Clostridium acetobutylicum (DSM 1738, ATCC 8529, McClung 2288)
BacDive ID
2534
Type strain
Strain Designation
McClung 2288, 48
NCBI tax ID(s)
1488
Special Collections
DSMZ
History
DSMZ <- ATCC <- C. H. Castell, Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada <- E. McCoy, University of Wisconsin, Departments of Biochemistry and Agricultural Bacteriology, Madison, USA; 48
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Clostridium acetobutylicum McClung 2288 is an anaerobe bacterium of the family Clostridiaceae.
anaerobe BacteriaName and taxonomic classification
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Last LPSN update
2026-05-29 08:25:29 |
| Domain Bacteria |
| Phylum Bacillota |
| Class Clostridia |
| Order Eubacteriales |
| Family Clostridiaceae |
| Genus Clostridium |
| Species Clostridium acetobutylicum |
| Full scientific name Clostridium acetobutylicum McCoy et al. 1926 (Approved Lists 1980) |
Culture and growth conditions
Culture medium
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 893 | CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 411) | Medium recipe at MediaDive  | Name: CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 411) Composition: Potato 200.0 g/l D-Glucose 6.0 g/l CaCO3 2.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.5 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.0005 g/l Distilled water |
Culture temp
| @ref | Growth | Type | Temperature (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 893 | positive | growth | 37 |
Literature
Literature 
| Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characterization, Biosynthesis, and Regulation of Granulose in Clostridium acetobutylicum. | Reysenbach AL, Ravenscroft N, Long S, Jones DT, Woods DR. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.52.1.185-190.1986 | 1986 |  |
| 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 | |
How to cite
If you want to cite this particular strain cite the following doi:
https://doi.org/10.13145/bacdive2534.20260601.11
When using BacDive for research please cite the following paper
BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain dataIsabel Schober, Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà Carbasse, Christian Ebeling, Marvin Leon Schmidt, Adam Podstawka, Rohit Gupta, Vinodh Ilangovan, Javad Chamanara, Jörg Overmann, Lorenz Christian Reimer
Nucleic Acids Research; database issue 2025.
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