Clostridium cochlearium (DSM 1285, ATCC 17787, JCM 1396)

Name: Clostridium cochlearium (DSM 1285, ATCC 17787, JCM 1396)
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BacDive ID 2572

Type strain

Strain Designation 1243, McClung, 1243, McClung, 10041

Culture col. no. DSM 1285 ATCC 17787 JCM 1396 NCIMB 10633 CCUG 31665 7 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1494

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP

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Clostridium cochlearium 1243 is an anaerobe, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from Soil.

anaerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 36726

ATCC 17787,CCUG 31665,NCIMB 10633,CIP 104319,NCIB 10633,JCM 1396,CCRC 14471,LMD 73.36,NCCB 73036,BCRC 14471,DSM 1285,KCTC 5185,NCTC 13027

@ref 20215

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

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Clostridia

Order Eubacteriales

Family Clostridiaceae

Genus Clostridium

Species Clostridium cochlearium

Full scientific name Clostridium cochlearium (Douglas et al. 1919) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

Clostridium lentoputrescens
"Bacillus cochlearius"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Clostridium cochlearium** (8)	Type strain
130920	C. cochlearium G7K4R3-PYG-96, DSM 29358
2570	C. cochlearium H25alpha, DSM 666
2571	C. cochlearium Zi7, DSM 667
2573	C. cochlearium 998, DSM 2153, ATCC 17794, NCIMB 10629, JCM ...
2574	C. cochlearium 446, DSM 3588, ATCC 19407, NCTC 2909, CCUG ...
152177	C. cochlearium CCUG 45978
158910	C. cochlearium Med78_4-601-WT-1, DSM 107247
174395	C. cochlearium NLAE-zl-C224, DSM 116330

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
605	CHOPPED MEAT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 78)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CHOPPED MEAT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 78) Composition: Ground beef 500.0 g/l Casitone 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Ethanol 9.5 g/l (optional) K2HPO4 5.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl 0.5 g/l Haemin 0.005 g/l (optional) Resazurin 0.001 g/l Vitamin K3 0.0005 g/l (optional) Vitamin K1 (optional) NaOH (optional) Distilled water
37058	MEDIUM 20 - for Anaerobic bacteria		Agar (15.000 g);Glucose (5.000 g);Yeast extract (20.000 g);Tryptone (30.000 g);Cysteine hydrochloride (0.500 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml);Hemin solution -M00149 (25.000 ml)
118322	CIP Medium 20	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
605	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
37058	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
50678	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
605	anaerobe
50678	anaerobe
125438	anaerobe
125439	anaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

67770

Sample typeSoil

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB538429 (>99% sequence identity) for Clostridium cochlearium from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	733
Soil Samples	855
Animal Samples	1929
Plant Samples	204
Total Samples	3721

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
605	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
118322		2	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	52121_G02 assembly for Clostridium cochlearium NCTC13027	complete	GCA_900187165	1494.5	2773857856	1494	98.12

Genome browser: GCA_900187165

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Clostridium cochlearium strain ATCC 17787 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	DQ911265	318	1494
20218	Clostridium cochlearium strain ATCC 17787 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	M59093	1460	1494
605	Clostridium cochlearium gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 1396	AB538429	1474	1494

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)
605	28.0
67770	28

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Clostridium cochlearium NCTC13027
NCBI: GCA_900187165

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	54.90	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	71.40	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	79.70	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	99.60	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Clostridium cochlearium NCTC13027
NCBI: GCA_900187165.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	62.51	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	90.15	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	98.66	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	73.59	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	81.24	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	75.04	no

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Native corrinoids from Clostridium cochlearium are adeninylcobamides: spectroscopic analysis and identification of pseudovitamin B(12) and factor A.	Hoffmann B, Oberhuber M, Stupperich E, Bothe H, Buckel W, Konrat R, Krautler B.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.182.17.4773-4782.2000	2000
Intrinsic Class D beta-Lactamases of Clostridium difficile.	Toth M, Stewart NK, Smith C, Vakulenko SB.	mBio	10.1128/mbio.01803-18	2018
Two pathways of glutamate fermentation by anaerobic bacteria.	Buckel W, Barker HA.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.117.3.1248-1260.1974	1974
Reactivation of latent HIV-1 by a wide variety of butyric acid-producing bacteria.	Imai K, Yamada K, Tamura M, Ochiai K, Okamoto T.	Cell Mol Life Sci	10.1007/s00018-012-0936-2	2012
Draft Genome Sequence of Clostridium cochlearium Strain AGROS13, Isolated from a Sheep Dairy Farm in New Zealand.	Gupta TB, Maclean P, Jauregui R, Risson AN, Brightwell G	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/MRA.00593-20	2020

References

#605	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 1285
#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 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#37058	; Curators of the CIP;
#50678	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 31665
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#118322	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104319
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#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 cochlearium (DSM 1285, ATCC 17787, JCM 1396)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900187165

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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