Clostridium beijerinckii (DSM 53, ATCC 14949, NCIMB 9503)
BacDive ID
2552
Type strain
Strain Designation
34, Ng 34
NCBI tax ID(s)
1520
History
DSMZ <- G. Gottschalk, Universität Göttingen, Germany; ATCC 14949 <- ATCC <- H. Ng, University of California, Davis; 34 (Clostridium rubrum)
JCM <-- ATCC 14949 <-- H. Ng 34.
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Clostridium beijerinckii 34 is an anaerobe bacterium that was isolated from soil.
anaerobe genome sequence 16S sequence BacteriaName and taxonomic classification
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Last LPSN update
2026-05-29 08:25:30 |
| 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) |
Culture and growth conditions
Culture medium
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2044 | CLOSTRIDIUM SP. MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 54b) | Medium recipe at MediaDive  | Name: CLOSTRIDIUM SP. MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 54b) Composition: CaCO3 20.0 g/l Glucose 20.0 g/l Agar 17.0 g/l (optional) Yeast extract 10.0 g/l Distilled water | ||
| 2044 | PY + X MEDIUM (N2/CO2) (DSMZ Medium 104c) | Medium recipe at MediaDive | Name: PY + X MEDIUM (N2/CO2) (DSMZ Medium 104c) Composition: Yeast extract 10.0 g/l D-Glucose 5.0 g/l Trypticase peptone 5.0 g/l Meat peptone 5.0 g/l Na2CO3 1.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.5 g/l NaHCO3 0.4 g/l NaCl 0.08 g/l KH2PO4 0.04 g/l K2HPO4 0.04 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.02 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.01 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.0005 g/l Distilled water | ||
| 2044 | CMC MEDIUM (N2/CO2) (DSMZ Medium 110a) | Medium recipe at MediaDive | Name: CMC MEDIUM (N2/CO2) (DSMZ Medium 110a) Composition: Ground beef 500.0 g/l Casitone 30.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l K2HPO4 5.0 g/l D-Glucose 4.0 g/l Na2CO3 1.5 g/l Cellobiose 1.0 g/l Maltose 1.0 g/l Starch 1.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.5 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.0005 g/l NaOH Distilled water |
Isolation, sampling and environmental information
Isolation
Taxonmaps
Global distribution of 16S sequence AB640693 (>99% sequence identity) for Clostridium from Microbeatlas 
 Aquatic Samples |
1977 |
 Soil Samples |
1985 |
 Animal Samples |
5931 |
 Plant Samples |
442 |
| Total Samples | 10335 |
Sequence information
Genome sequences
| @ref | Description | Assembly level | INSDC accession | NCBI tax ID | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67770 | ASM200620v1 assembly for Clostridium beijerinckii DSM 53 | contig | GCA_002006205   | 1520 | 0 |
Genome browser: GCA_002006205
16S sequences
| @ref | Description | Accession | Length | Database | NCBI tax ID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67770 | Clostridium beijerinckii gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 6287 | AB640693 | 1473 | | 1520 |
GC content
| 2044 | GC-content (mol%)28.0 |
Literature
Literature 
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genome sequence of the H2-producing Clostridium beijerinckii strain Br21 isolated from a sugarcane vinasse treatment plant. | Fonseca BC, Riano-Pachon DM, Guazzaroni ME, Reginatto V. | Genet Mol Biol | 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2017-0315 | 2019 |  | |
| Phylogeny | Microbial solvent formation revisited by comparative genome analysis. | Poehlein A, Solano JDM, Flitsch SK, Krabben P, Winzer K, Reid SJ, Jones DT, Green E, Minton NP, Daniel R, Durre P. | Biotechnol Biofuels | 10.1186/s13068-017-0742-z | 2017 | |
| Dynamics of rumen microbiome in sika deer (Cervus nippon yakushimae) from unique subtropical ecosystem in Yakushima Island, Japan. | Eto M, Yahara T, Kuroiwa A, Shioya K, Flores GE, Hamamura N. | Sci Rep | 10.1038/s41598-022-26050-z | 2022 | | |
| 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 | | |
| 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 | |
How to cite
If you want to cite this particular strain cite the following doi:
https://doi.org/10.13145/bacdive2552.20260601.11
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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