Clostridium beijerinckii (JCM 8023, ATCC 14823, ATCC 6014)

Name: Clostridium beijerinckii (JCM 8023, ATCC 14823, ATCC 6014)
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BacDive ID 165721

Type strain

Culture col. no. JCM 8023 ATCC 14823 ATCC 6014 IAM 19002 KCTC 1671 2 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1520

Special Collections JCM KCTC

History JCM <-- IAM 19002 <-- ATCC 6014 <-- E. McCoy 79 <-- Král Collection.

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Clostridium beijerinckii JCM 8023 is a bacterium of the family Clostridiaceae.

16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 44356

ATCC 6014,KCTC 1671,VTT E-84190

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:45:43

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Clostridia

Order Eubacteriales

Family Clostridiaceae

Genus Clostridium

Species Clostridium beijerinckii

Full scientific name Clostridium beijerinckii Donker 1926 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

Clostridium diolis

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Clostridium beijerinckii** (30)	Type strain
2548	C. beijerinckii E. McCoy A-67, L.S. McClung 1671, 10026, ... (type strain)
2547	C. beijerinckii DSM 552, VKM B-1773
2549	C. beijerinckii N.O. Sjolander and McCoy, 67, 7, N.O. Sjolander ...
2550	C. beijerinckii 2287, McClung, A-14, 2287, McClung, DSM 1739, ...
2551	C. beijerinckii DSM 51, ATCC 17797 (1969)
2552	C. beijerinckii 34, Ng 34, DSM 53, ATCC 14949, NCIMB 9503, ...
2553	C. beijerinckii A-39, DSM 6422, NRRL B-592
2554	C. beijerinckii A-21, DSM 6423, NRRL B-593
2555	C. beijerinckii KT-1P, DSM 13821
2692	C. beijerinckii C8, DSM 11329, IAM 19232, JCM 7847
2819	C. beijerinckii 88-273, SH1, DSM 15410, ATCC BAA-557, DSM ...
158905	C. beijerinckii WB01-NA02, DSM 105335
165626	C. beijerinckii JCM 7833, IAM 19015
165630	C. beijerinckii JCM 7837, IAM 19225
165631	C. beijerinckii JCM 7838, IAM 19240, IFO 3859, NBRC 3859, ...
165632	C. beijerinckii JCM 7839, IAM 19092
165633	C. beijerinckii JCM 7840, IAM 19108
165685	C. beijerinckii JCM 7986, IAM 19046
165689	C. beijerinckii JCM 7990, IAM 19050
165696	C. beijerinckii JCM 7997, IAM 19060
165722	C. beijerinckii JCM 8024, IAM 19006
165723	C. beijerinckii JCM 8025, IAM 19007, NRRL B-591
165724	C. beijerinckii JCM 8026, IAM 19008, NRRL B592
165725	C. beijerinckii JCM 8027, IAM 19093
165726	C. beijerinckii JCM 8028, IAM 19105
165727	C. beijerinckii JCM 8030, IAM 19091
165728	C. beijerinckii JCM 8031, IAM 19106
165729	C. beijerinckii JCM 8032, IAM 19094
165730	C. beijerinckii JCM 8033, IAM 19095
165731	C. beijerinckii JCM 8034, IAM 19098

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB647331 (>99% sequence identity) for Clostridium from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	1977
Soil Samples	1985
Animal Samples	5931
Plant Samples	442
Total Samples	10335

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
67770	Clostridium beijerinckii gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 8023	AB647331	1473		1520

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	28	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Acetone, Isopropanol, and Butanol Production by Clostridium beijerinckii (syn. Clostridium butylicum) and Clostridium aurantibutyricum.	George HA, Johnson JL, Moore WE, Holdeman LV, Chen JS.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.45.3.1160-1163.1983	1983
Metabolism	Lactate racemization as a rescue pathway for supplying D-lactate to the cell wall biosynthesis machinery in Lactobacillus plantarum.	Goffin P, Deghorain M, Mainardi JL, Tytgat I, Champomier-Verges MC, Kleerebezem M, Hols P.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.187.19.6750-6761.2005	2005
	Cellulolytic Activity of Clostridium acetobutylicum.	Lee SF, Forsberg CW, Gibbins LN.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.50.2.220-228.1985	1985
	Xylanolytic Activity of Clostridium acetobutylicum.	Lee SF, Forsberg CW, Gibbins LN.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.50.4.1068-1076.1985	1985
	Clostridium butyricum-altered lung microbiome is associated with enhanced anti-influenza effects via G-protein-coupled receptor120.	Hagihara M, Yamashita M, Ariyoshi T, Minemura A, Yoshida C, Higashi S, Oka K, Takahashi M, Ota A, Maenaka A, Iwasaki K, Hirai J, Shibata Y, Umemura T, Mori T, Kato H, Asai N, Mikamo H.	iScience	10.1016/j.isci.2025.113502	2025
Genetics	Characterization and genome analysis of a butanol-isopropanol-producing Clostridium beijerinckii strain BGS1.	Zhang C, Li T, He J.	Biotechnol Biofuels	10.1186/s13068-018-1274-x	2018
Genetics	Towards continuous industrial bioprocessing with solventogenic and acetogenic clostridia: challenges, progress and perspectives.	Vees CA, Neuendorf CS, Pflugl S.	J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s10295-020-02296-2	2020
Enzymology	Purification and properties of an acetoacetyl coenzyme A-reacting phosphotransbutyrylase from Clostridium beijerinckii ("Clostridium butylicum") NRRL B593.	Thompson DK, Chen JS.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.56.3.607-613.1990	1990

References

#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Clostridium beijerinckii (JCM 8023, ATCC 14823, ATCC 6014)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

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Genome-based predictions

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