Clostridioides difficile (DSM 102860, RT 127)

Name: Clostridioides difficile (DSM 102860, RT 127)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 176414

Type strain

Strain Designation RT 127

Culture col. no. DSM 102860 RT 127

NCBI tax ID(s) 1496

History DSMZ <- U. Groß, Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie. Universitätsmedizin Göttingen. <- L. von Müller; RT 127

Clostridioides difficile RT 127 is a human pathogen that was isolated from Faeces from a symptomatic patient.

human pathogen Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

DSM 102860 RT 127

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:48:15

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Clostridia

Order Peptostreptococcales

Family Peptostreptococcaceae

Genus Clostridioides

Species Clostridioides difficile

Full scientific name Clostridioides difficile (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Lawson et al. 2016

Synonyms (3)

"Peptoclostridium difficile"
"Bacillus difficilis"
Clostridium difficile

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Clostridioides difficile** (81)	Type strain
2582	C. difficile 1780, McClung 1780, 90556-M6S, 10008, DSM ... (type strain)
2583	C. difficile AA1, DSM 12056
2584	C. difficile A90, DSM 12057
22963	C. difficile R20291, DSM 27147, NCTC 13366
23853	C. difficile 630, DSM 27543, ATCC BAA-1382, NCTC 13307
23854	C. difficile 1470, DSM 27544, ATCC 43598, NCTC 13569, ...
23855	C. difficile 630 Delta erm, DSM 28645
134676	C. difficile CD196, CIP 107932
134703	C. difficile CIP 109239
135237	C. difficile W 1194, CIP 104903, ATCC 43594, CCUG 37779
135760	C. difficile CIP 110322
137137	C. difficile CIP 109238
137139	C. difficile CIP 109240, ATCC 43255, CCUG 19126, VPI 10463
138126	C. difficile 2149, CIP 104905, ATCC 43600, CCUG 37784
138128	C. difficile 545, CIP 104904, ATCC 43596, CCUG 37766
141963	C. difficile CCUG 8884
141965	C. difficile CCUG 9004
141966	C. difficile CCUG 9018
143578	C. difficile CCUG 20309
143948	C. difficile CCUG 22019
143949	C. difficile CCUG 22020
143950	C. difficile CCUG 22023
145666	C. difficile CCUG 29183
148544	C. difficile CCUG 35620
149446	C. difficile CCUG 37767
149447	C. difficile CCUG 37768
149448	C. difficile CCUG 37769
149449	C. difficile CCUG 37770
149450	C. difficile CCUG 37771
149451	C. difficile CCUG 37772
149452	C. difficile CCUG 37773
149453	C. difficile CCUG 37774
149454	C. difficile CCUG 37775
149455	C. difficile CCUG 37776
149456	C. difficile CCUG 37777
149457	C. difficile CCUG 37778
149458	C. difficile CCUG 37780, ATCC 43593
149459	C. difficile CCUG 37781, ATCC 43597
149460	C. difficile CCUG 37783, ATCC 43599
149461	C. difficile CCUG 37785, ATCC 43601
149462	C. difficile CCUG 37787, ATCC 43603
149536	C. difficile CCUG 37922
151958	C. difficile CCUG 45344
151959	C. difficile CCUG 45345
152338	C. difficile CCUG 46468
152339	C. difficile CCUG 46469
152340	C. difficile CCUG 46470
154467	C. difficile CCUG 53741
154468	C. difficile CCUG 53742
154474	C. difficile CCUG 53749
154520	C. difficile CCUG 54206
156075	C. difficile CCUG 60275, LBM 08.01.040
156076	C. difficile CCUG 60276, LBM 08.01.058
156768	C. difficile CCUG 64977
156771	C. difficile CCUG 65028
157662	C. difficile 4167/2013 1, DSM 27638
157663	C. difficile 4167/2013 2, DSM 27639
157664	C. difficile 4167/2013 3, DSM 27640
157665	C. difficile SC037-01-01, 6551/2013, DSM 28196
157666	C. difficile SC052-01-01, DSM 29688
157667	C. difficile SC009-01-01, DSM 29745
157668	C. difficile SC052-02-01, DSM 29747
157669	C. difficile CD-16-113, D/6474/2015, DSM 102978
157670	C. difficile 3525/15, Goe-91, DSM 105001
158911	C. difficile 3022, CD3022, DSM 101085
165126	C. difficile JCM 5243
165127	C. difficile JCM 5244
165128	C. difficile JCM 5245
165129	C. difficile JCM 5246
165130	C. difficile JCM 5247
165131	C. difficile JCM 5248
165132	C. difficile JCM 5249
165133	C. difficile JCM 5250
165134	C. difficile JCM 5251
165135	C. difficile JCM 5252
165136	C. difficile JCM 5253
165137	C. difficile JCM 5254
165138	C. difficile JCM 5256
165139	C. difficile JCM 5257
165140	C. difficile JCM 5258
176413	C. difficile RT 023, DSM 102859

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
125462	COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693) Composition: Defibrinated sheep blood 50.0 g/l Columbia agar base
125462	FASTIDIOUS ANAEROBE AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1203)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: FASTIDIOUS ANAEROBE AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1203) Composition: Horse blood 100.0 g/l Fastidious Anaerobe Agar 45.7 g/l Deionized water
125462	WILKINS-CHALGREN ANAEROBE BROTH (DSMZ Medium 339)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: WILKINS-CHALGREN ANAEROBE BROTH (DSMZ Medium 339) Composition: dehydrated Wilkins-Chalgren medium 33.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl 0.3 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.0005 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
125462	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68380	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A
68367	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
68380	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	fermentation	from API rID32A
68367	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20A
68367	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20A
68367	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68380	29985 ChEBI	L-glutamate	-	degradation	from API rID32A
68367	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68380	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API rID32A
68380	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	fermentation	from API rID32A
68367	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68380	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API rID32A
68367	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20A
68380	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A
68367	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20A

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API rID32A
68367	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20A

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API rID32A
68367	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API 20A

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68380	alanine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.2	from API rID32A
68380	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-arabinosidase	-	3.2.1.55	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API rID32A
68380	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API rID32A
68380	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API rID32A
68380	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphate	-		from API rID32A
68380	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API rID32A
68367	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API 20A
68380	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32A
68367	gelatinase	-		from API 20A
68380	glutamate decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.15	from API rID32A
68380	glutamyl-glutamate arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	glycin arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	histidine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	L-arginine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API rID32A
68380	leucyl glycin arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API rID32A
68380	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API rID32A
68380	phenylalanine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	proline-arylamidase	+	3.4.11.5	from API rID32A
68380	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API rID32A
68380	serine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API rID32A
68380	tyrosine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32A
68367	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20A

API 20A

@ref	IND	URE	GLU	MAN	LAC	SAC	MAL	SAL	XYL	ARA	GEL	ESC	GLY	CEL	MNE	MLZ	RAF	SOR	RHA	TRE	CAT	Spores presentSPOR	GramGRAM	Morphology coccus="+" rod="-"COCC
125462	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.

API rID32A

@ref	URE	ADH (Arg)	alpha GAL	beta GAL	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphatebeta GP	alpha GLU	beta GLU	alpha ARA	beta GUR	beta-N-Acetyl-beta-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	MNE	RAF	GDC	alpha FUC	Reduction of nitrateNIT	IND	PAL	L-arginine arylamidaseArgA	ProA	LGA	Phenylalanine arylamidasePheA	Leucine arylamidaseLeuA	PyrA	Tyrosine arylamidaseTyrA	Alanine arylamidaseAlaA	Glycin arylamidaseGlyA	Histidine arylamidaseHisA	Glutamyl-glutamate arylamidaseGGA	Serine arylamidaseSerA
125462	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
125462	Faeces from a symptomatic patient	Homo sapiens	Germany	DEU	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
125462			2	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

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 )
#68367	Automatically annotated from API 20A .
#68380	Automatically annotated from API rID32A .
#125462	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 102860

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