Clostridium acetobutylicum (DSM 6228, ATCC 39236, B-11-3)
Clostridium acetobutylicum B-11-3 is an anaerobe bacterium that produces alcohol.
alcohol production anaerobe BacteriaName and taxonomic classification
SI-ID 45083
ATCC 39236,DSM 6228
| @ref 20215 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2548 | 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) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2548 | positive | growth | 35 |
Literature
Literature 
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production of a functional cell wall-anchored minicellulosome by recombinant Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824. | Willson BJ, Kovacs K, Wilding-Steele T, Markus R, Winzer K, Minton NP. | Biotechnol Biofuels | 10.1186/s13068-016-0526-x | 2016 |  | |
| Pathogenicity | Effects of butanol on Clostridium acetobutylicum. | Bowles LK, Ellefson WL. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.50.5.1165-1170.1985 | 1985 | |
| Purification and Characterization of Two Endoxylanases from Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824. | Lee SF, Forsberg CW, Rattray JB. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.53.4.644-650.1987 | 1987 | | |
| Metabolism | Acetone-butanol fermentation revisited. | Jones DT, Woods DR. | Microbiol Rev | 10.1128/mr.50.4.484-524.1986 | 1986 | |
| Modulation of acetone-butanol-ethanol fermentation by carbon monoxide and organic acids. | Datta R, Zeikus JG. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.49.3.522-529.1985 | 1985 | |
How to cite
If you want to cite this particular strain cite the following doi:
https://doi.org/10.13145/bacdive2536.20260601.11
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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