Clostridium butyricum (DSM 552, VKM B-1773)

Name: Clostridium butyricum (DSM 552, VKM B-1773)
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BacDive ID 2547

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 552 VKM B-1773

NCBI tax ID(s) 1520 1492

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Clostridium butyricum DSM 552 is an anaerobe, mesophilic prokaryote of the family Clostridiaceae.

anaerobe mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 92601

LMG 5588,ATCC 19398,CCUG 4217,CECT 361,DSM 552,IFO 13949,JCM 1391,LMG 1217,NCDO 1713,NCIB 7423,NCTC 7423,NCIMB 7423,CIP 103309,VKM B-1773,IAM 14194,KCTC 1786,KCTC 1871,ATCC 16398,LMD 89.156,CCRC 11665,HAMBI 482,NCFB 1713,VTT E-91426,NBRC 13949,NCCB 89156,BCRC 11665,NCAIM B.02000,VTT E-97426,VTT E-991415,CIP 109397,VTT E-911415,DSM 10702

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Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:47:20

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Clostridia

Order Eubacteriales

Family Clostridiaceae

Genus Clostridium

Species Clostridium butyricum

Full scientific name Clostridium butyricum Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Clostridium butyricum** (9)	Type strain
2563	C. butyricum Rowett, DSM 10702, ATCC 19398, IAM 14194, ... (type strain)
2560	C. butyricum 4P1, DSM 2477
2561	C. butyricum DSM 2478, MMP 3
2562	C. butyricum DP1, DSM 6566
23852	C. butyricum AKR102a, DSM 25047
147908	C. butyricum CCUG 34471
152779	C. butyricum CCUG 47601
165627	C. butyricum JCM 7834, IAM 19001
169215	C. butyricum Cla-TS-114, S114, M9-Schm-H4-B, DSM 107392

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
274	CHOPPED MEAT MEDIUM WITH CARBOHYDRATES (DSMZ Medium 110)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CHOPPED MEAT MEDIUM WITH CARBOHYDRATES (DSMZ Medium 110) Composition: Ground beef 500.0 g/l Casitone 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l K2HPO4 5.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l D-Glucose 4.0 g/l Starch 1.0 g/l Maltose 1.0 g/l Cellobiose 1.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl 0.5 g/l Ethanol 0.19 g/l Vitamin K3 0.05 g/l Hemin 0.005 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.0005 g/l Vitamin K1 NaOH Distilled water
274	TRYPTONE THIOGLYCOLATE MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 48)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTONE THIOGLYCOLATE MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 48) Composition: Glucose 20.0 g/l Yeast extract 6.0 g/l K2HPO4 5.45 g/l Tryptone 2.0 g/l Peptone 2.0 g/l KH2PO4 1.2 g/l Na-thioglycolate 0.5 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.025 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.015 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.01 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 0.0025 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.0025 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.002 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
274	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

274

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
274	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	The glycyl radical enzyme TdcE can replace pyruvate formate-lyase in glucose fermentation.	Sawers G, Hesslinger C, Muller N, Kaiser M.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.180.14.3509-3516.1998	1998
	Immunological comparison of ribosomal proteins from archaebacteria.	Schmid G, Bock A.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.147.2.282-288.1981	1981

References

#274	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 552
#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 )
#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 butyricum (DSM 552, VKM B-1773)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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