Name: Clostridium cochlearium 446
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 2574

Type strain:

Species: Clostridium cochlearium

Strain Designation: 446

Culture col. no.: DSM 3588, ATCC 19407, NCTC 2909, CCUG 4221

Strain history: <- NCTC <- I. C. Hall, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA; 446 (Clostridium tetanomorphum) {1929}

NCBI tax ID(s): 1494 (species)

SI-ID 45623

ATCC 19407, NCTC 2909, DSM 3588, CCUG 4221

Other strains from Clostridium cochlearium

C. cochlearium 1243, McClung, 1243, McClung, 10041, ... (type strain)
C. cochlearium G7K4R3-PYG-96, DSM 29358
C. cochlearium H25alpha, DSM 666
C. cochlearium Zi7, DSM 667
C. cochlearium 998, DSM 2153, ATCC 17794, NCIMB ...
C. cochlearium CCUG 45978
C. cochlearium Med78_4-601-WT-1, DSM 107247

Section

Clostridium cochlearium 446 is an anaerobe, spore-forming, mesophilic human pathogen that was isolated from saliva.

Gram-positive
spore-forming
anaerobe
human pathogen
mesophilic
Bacteria
genome sequence

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Bacillota*
	Class	*Clostridia*
	Order	*Eubacteriales*
	Family	*Clostridiaceae*
	Genus	*Clostridium*
	Species	**Clostridium cochlearium**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Clostridium cochlearium (Douglas et al. 1919) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

	Synonym	Clostridium lentoputrescens
	Synonym	"Bacillus* cochlearius"*

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #69480]	Gram stain	positive Confidence in %100

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

[Ref.: #1413]

Culture medium

WILKINS-CHALGREN ANAEROBE BROTH (DSMZ Medium 339)

[Ref.: #1413]

Culture medium growth

[Ref.: #1413]

Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

[Ref.: #1413]

Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

[Ref.: #1413]

Culture medium

CHOPPED MEAT MEDIUM WITH CARBOHYDRATES (DSMZ Medium 110)

[Ref.: #1413]

Culture medium growth

[Ref.: #1413]

Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

[Ref.: #1413]

Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #1413]			growth	37 °C

[Ref.: #1413]

Temperature range

mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #1413]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe
[Ref.: #69480]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe Confidence in %99.526

[Ref.: #69480]

Ability of spore formation

yes Confidence in %100

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #1413]	Sample type/isolated from	saliva

[Ref.: #44725]	Sample type/isolated from	Saliva
* marker position based on {}

Isolation sources categories

#Host Body Product

#Oral cavity and Airways

#Saliva

What are isolation sources categories?

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

[Ref.: #1413]	Pathogenicity (human)	yes, in single cases
[Ref.: #1413]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Clostridium cochlearium NCTC2909	GCA_900446985	contig	GenBank	1494 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Clostridium cochlearium strain NCTC2909	1494.15	wgs	PATRIC	1494 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Clostridium cochlearium NCTC 2909	2811995238	draft	JGI IMG/M	1494 tax ID	*

Data predicted using genome information as a basis Genome-based predictions

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 based on: Clostridium cochlearium strain NCTC2909 PATRIC: 1494.15
[Ref.: #69481]	spore-forming	yes	81	no

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from Diaspora project based on: Clostridium cochlearium strain NCTC2909 PATRIC: 1494.15
[Ref.: #69480]	motile	yes	77.437	no
[Ref.: #69480]	gram-positive	yes	67.332	no
[Ref.: #69480]	anaerobic	yes	99.645	no
[Ref.: #69480]	aerobic	no	98.061	no
[Ref.: #69480]	halophile	no	87.021	no
[Ref.: #69480]	spore-forming	yes	96.954	no
[Ref.: #69480]	thermophile	no	86.664	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-util	yes	81.967	no
[Ref.: #69480]	flagellated	no	60.795	no
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-ferment	yes	59.363	no

Availability in culture collections External links

[Ref.: #1413]

Culture collection no.

DSM 3588, ATCC 19407, NCTC 2909, CCUG 4221

[Ref.: #72107]

SI-ID 45623

References

#1413

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 3588

#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 )

#44725 Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 4221

#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) .

#69480

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Predictions based on genome sequence made in the Diaspora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#69481

Xiao-Yin To, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Alice C. McHardy, Philipp C. Münch: Predictions based on the model GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 . ( DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2527258/v1 )

#72107

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID45623.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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