Clostridium felsineum (DSM 794, ATCC 17788, NCIMB 10690)

Name: Clostridium felsineum (DSM 794, ATCC 17788, NCIMB 10690)
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BacDive ID 2586

Type strain

Strain Designation 541

Culture col. no. DSM 794 ATCC 17788 NCIMB 10690 541 NRRL B-41126 3 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1121310 36839

Special Collections DSMZ JCM KCTC

History <- ATCC <- L. S. McClung, University of California, San Francisco, USA; 541 ATCC 17788 <-- L. S. McClung 541.

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Clostridium felsineum 541 is an anaerobe, mesophilic prokaryote of the family Clostridiaceae.

anaerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 11832

LMG 5738,DSM 794,ATCC 17788,NCIB 10690,JCM 1399,CCRC 14489,NCIMB 10690,BCRC 14489,KCTC 5072,NRRL B-41126

@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 felsineum

Full scientific name Clostridium felsineum (Carbone and Tombolato 1917) Bergey et al. 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (3)

Clostridium roseum
"Bacillus felsineus"
Clostridium aurantibutyricum

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Clostridium felsineum** (3)	Type strain
2543	C. felsineum 2038, 10022, DSM 793, ATCC 17777, NCIMB 10659, ...
2655	C. felsineum Wis 42-A, DSM 6424, NRRL B-575
2656	C. felsineum 653, DSM 7320, ATCC 17797

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
451	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)	Range
451	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
451	anaerobe
125439	facultative anaerobe	99

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		91.6

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
451	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM200635v2 assembly for Clostridium felsineum DSM 794	complete	GCA_002006355	1121310.9	2988541455	1121310	97.65
66792	Clostridium felsineum 541	complete			2703719316	36839	76.95
66792	Clostridium felsineum DSM 794 strain DSM 794	contig		1121310.4		1121310	60

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Clostridium felsineum 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 794	X77851	1501	36839
451	Clostridium felsineum DSM 794 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF270502	1439	36839
67770	Clostridium felsineum NCIMB 10690 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF270501	1439	36839
67770	Clostridium felsineum gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 1399	LC036316	1467	36839

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
451	28.0-29.0
451	26.0
67770	26	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Clostridium felsineum DSM 794
NCBI: GCA_002006355

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	91.60	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	84.00	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	84.70	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	99.00	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Clostridium felsineum DSM 794 strain DSM 794
PATRIC: 1121310.4

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	65.56	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	86.86	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	75.24	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	94.15	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	92.62	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	80.92	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Multiple variants of the type VII secretion system in Gram-positive bacteria.	Garrett SR, Higginson AB, Palmer T.	Microlife	10.1093/femsml/uqae013	2024
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
Enzymology	Degradation of cyanophycin by Sedimentibacter hongkongensis strain KI and Citrobacter amalonaticus strain G Isolated from an anaerobic bacterial consortium.	Obst M, Krug A, Luftmann H, Steinbuchel A.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.71.7.3642-3652.2005	2005
	A Review on Bast-Fibre-Reinforced Hybrid Composites and Their Applications.	Mokhena TC, Mtibe A, Mokhothu TH, Mochane MJ, John MJ.	Polymers (Basel)	10.3390/polym15163414	2023
	Recombinant Clostridium acetobutylicum Endoxylanase for Xylooligosaccharide Production from Pretreated Lignocellulosic Biomass.	Husna A, Wardani AK, Hu CY, Chen YC.	BioTech (Basel)	10.3390/biotech14040085	2025
	Composites with Flax and Hemp Fibers Obtained Using Osmotic Degumming, Water-Retting, and Dew-Retting Processes.	Rozanska W, Rojewski S.	Materials (Basel)	10.3390/ma18133200	2025
Genetics	Comparative genomics of Clostridium butyricum reveals a conserved genome architecture and novel virulence-related gene clusters	Anderson O, Chong J, Thomas G.	Microb Genom		2025
	Genetic diversity and amplification of different clostridial [FeFe] hydrogenases by group-specific degenerate primers.	Calusinska M, Joris B, Wilmotte A.	Lett Appl Microbiol	10.1111/j.1472-765x.2011.03135.x	2011
	The Quantity and Quality of Flax and Hemp Fibers Obtained Using the Osmotic, Water-, and Dew-Retting Processes.	Rozanska W, Romanowska B, Rojewski S.	Materials (Basel)	10.3390/ma16237436	2023
Enzymology	Characterization of bacterial pectinolytic strains involved in the water retting process.	Tamburini E, Leon AG, Perito B, Mastromei G.	Environ Microbiol	10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00462.x	2003
Pathogenicity	Influence of habitual dietary fibre intake on the responsiveness of the gut microbiota to a prebiotic: protocol for a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over, single-centre study.	Healey G, Brough L, Butts C, Murphy R, Whelan K, Coad J.	BMJ Open	10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012504	2016
	Gut microbiota signatures predict host and microbiota responses to dietary interventions in obese individuals.	Korpela K, Flint HJ, Johnstone AM, Lappi J, Poutanen K, Dewulf E, Delzenne N, de Vos WM, Salonen A.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0090702	2014
Enzymology	[Fermentation products and the pectolytic enzymatic activity in Clostridium felsineum strains differing in intensity of sporulation].	Avrova NP, Zubko IK, Alekseeva EG.	Mikrobiologiia		1981
	[Variable forms of Clostridium felsineum].	Avrova NP.	Mikrobiologiia		1977
Enzymology	[Ecologic features of cultures of the species Clostridium gürfelii].	Vozniakovskaia IuM, Popova ZhP.	Mikrobiologiia		1977
Metabolism	Bacteriocin production by Clostridium acetobutylicum in an industrial fermentation process.	Barber JM, Robb FT, Webster JR, Woods DR.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.37.3.433-437.1979	1979
	Diet and the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis: Sowing the Seeds of Good Mental Health.	Berding K, Vlckova K, Marx W, Schellekens H, Stanton C, Clarke G, Jacka F, Dinan TG, Cryan JF.	Adv Nutr	10.1093/advances/nmaa181	2021
Metabolism	Alkaline anaerobic respiration: isolation and characterization of a novel alkaliphilic and metal-reducing bacterium.	Ye Q, Roh Y, Carroll SL, Blair B, Zhou J, Zhang CL, Fields MW.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.70.9.5595-5602.2004	2004
Enzymology	Microbial diversity in ultra-high-pressure rocks and fluids from the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling Project in China.	Zhang G, Dong H, Xu Z, Zhao D, Zhang C.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.71.6.3213-3227.2005	2005
Phylogeny	Clostridium felsineum and Clostridium acetobutylicum are two distinct species that are phylogenetically closely related.	Tamburini E, Daly S, Steiner U, Vandini C, Mastromei G	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-51-3-963	2001
Phylogeny	Reclassification of Clostridium aurantibutyricum Hellinger 1944 and Clostridium roseum (ex McCoy and McClung 1935) Cato et al. 1988.	Schoch T, Hofele F, Odeh H, Winter LM, Stoferle S, Karl M, Bengelsdorf F, Poehlein A, Daniel R, Durre P	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.005589	2022
Genetics	Paenibacillus phocaensis sp. nov., isolated from the gut microbiota of a healthy infant.	Tidjani Alou M, Rathored J, Nguyen TT, Andrieu C, Couderc C, Brah S, Diallo BA, Fournier PE, Raoult D, Dubourg G.	New Microbes New Infect	10.1016/j.nmni.2016.12.001	2017

References

#451	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 794
#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 )
#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;
#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 felsineum (DSM 794, ATCC 17788, NCIMB 10690)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_002006355

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

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