Clostridium formicaceticum (DSM 92, ATCC 27076, A1)

Name: Clostridium formicaceticum (DSM 92, ATCC 27076, A1)
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BacDive ID 2587

Type strain

Strain Designation A1

Culture col. no. DSM 92 ATCC 27076 A1

NCBI tax ID(s) 1497

Special Collections DSMZ

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Clostridium formicaceticum A1 is an anaerobe, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from sewage plant.

anaerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 38794

ATCC 27076,DSM 92,BCRC 14470,CCRC 14470

@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 formicaceticum

Full scientific name Clostridium formicaceticum corrig. Andreesen et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

"Andreesenella formicoacetica"
Clostridium formicoaceticum

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Clostridium formicaceticum** (7)	Type strain
2589	C. formicaceticum 5(1)b, DSM 94, ATCC 27077
2590	C. formicaceticum 12(1)c, DSM 95
2591	C. formicaceticum 12(3)b, DSM 96
2592	C. formicaceticum 26(1)a, DSM 97
2593	C. formicaceticum 29(2)b, DSM 98, ATCC 27078
2594	C. formicaceticum 32(1)b, DSM 99
2595	C. formicaceticum 34(1)a, DSM 100

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
2068	CLOSTRIDIUM FORMICACETICUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 14)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CLOSTRIDIUM FORMICACETICUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 14) Composition: Agar 14.8368 g/l K2HPO4 9.8912 g/l Yeast extract 4.9456 g/l D-Fructose 4.9456 g/l Na2CO3 0.98912 g/l Na-thioglycolate 0.74184 g/l Na2-EDTA 0.0049456 g/l H3BO3 0.00296736 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.00197824 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00197824 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00098912 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 0.00098912 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.00049456 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 0.000296736 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.000296736 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000197824 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 9.8912e-05 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
2068	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
2068	anaerobe
125438	anaerobe
125439	anaerobe

Compound production

2068

Compoundformate dehydrogenase

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Waste	#Water treatment plant

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
2068	sewage plant	Göttingen	Germany	DEU	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence HF679208 (>99% sequence identity) for Clostridium formicaceticum from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	1320
Soil Samples	347
Animal Samples	1149
Plant Samples	76
Total Samples	2892

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
2068	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
66792	ASM185418v1 assembly for Clostridium formicaceticum ATCC 27076	complete	GCA_001854185	1497.3	2718217923	1497	98.42
124043	ASM208047v1 assembly for Clostridium formicaceticum DSM 92	complete	GCA_002080475	1497.4	2773858021	1497	98.41
66792	Clostridium formicaceticum A1	complete			2639762535	1497	81.77

Genome browser: GCA_001854185

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Clostridium formicaceticum strain ATCC 27076 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, complete sequence; and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	DQ834679	422	1497
20218	Clostridium formicaceticum 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 92	X77836	1521	1497
2068	Clostridium formicaceticum partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain DSM 92T	HF679208	1515	1497

GC content

2068

GC-content (mol%)34.0

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Clostridium formicaceticum strain ATCC 27076
PATRIC: 1497.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	78.00	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	80.20	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	variable	70.00	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	98.50	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Clostridium formicaceticum ATCC 27076
NCBI: GCA_001854185.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	59.90	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	90.33	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	91.35	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	78.07	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	82.87	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	83.75	no

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
A mesophilic Argonaute from Clostridium formicaceticum with efficient DNA cleavage activity guided by small DNA.	Li J, Yu M, Yang Z, Zhou Y, Teng Y, Wang Z, Chen J, Lai J, Xin B.	Structure	10.1016/j.str.2025.03.002	2025
Batch-Mode Analysis of Thermophilic Methanogenic Microbial Community Changes in the Overacidification Stage in Beverage Waste Treatment.	Matsuda S, Yamato T, Mochizuki Y, Sekiguchi Y, Ohtsuki T.	Int J Environ Res Public Health	10.3390/ijerph17207514	2020
Energy conservation under extreme energy limitation: the role of cytochromes and quinones in acetogenic bacteria.	Rosenbaum FP, Muller V.	Extremophiles	10.1007/s00792-021-01241-0	2021
Homo-Acetogens: Their Metabolism and Competitive Relationship with Hydrogenotrophic Methanogens.	Karekar S, Stefanini R, Ahring B.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms10020397	2022
The Sporomusa type Nfn is a novel type of electron-bifurcating transhydrogenase that links the redox pools in acetogenic bacteria.	Kremp F, Roth J, Muller V.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-020-71038-2	2020
High-Throughput Sequencing and Unsupervised Analysis of Formyltetrahydrofolate Synthetase (FTHFS) Gene Amplicons to Estimate Acetogenic Community Structure.	Singh A, Nylander JAA, Schnurer A, Bongcam-Rudloff E, Muller B.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2020.02066	2020
Genomic Insights Into Energy Metabolism of Carboxydocella thermautotrophica Coupling Hydrogenogenic CO Oxidation With the Reduction of Fe(III) Minerals.	Toshchakov SV, Lebedinsky AV, Sokolova TG, Zavarzina DG, Korzhenkov AA, Teplyuk AV, Chistyakova NI, Rusakov VS, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Kublanov IV, Gavrilov SN.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2018.01759	2018
Using gas mixtures of CO, CO₂ and H₂ as microbial substrates: the do's and don'ts of successful technology transfer from laboratory to production scale.	Takors R, Kopf M, Mampel J, Bluemke W, Blombach B, Eikmanns B, Bengelsdorf FR, Weuster-Botz D, Durre P.	Microb Biotechnol	10.1111/1751-7915.13270	2018
The enrichment of an alkaliphilic biofilm consortia capable of the anaerobic degradation of isosaccharinic acid from cellulosic materials incubated within an anthropogenic, hyperalkaline environment.	Charles CJ, Rout SP, Garratt EJ, Patel K, Laws AP, Humphreys PN.	FEMS Microbiol Ecol	10.1093/femsec/fiv085	2015
Evidence for a hexaheteromeric methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase in Moorella thermoacetica.	Mock J, Wang S, Huang H, Kahnt J, Thauer RK.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.01839-14	2014
Single gene insertion drives bioalcohol production by a thermophilic archaeon.	Basen M, Schut GJ, Nguyen DM, Lipscomb GL, Benn RA, Prybol CJ, Vaccaro BJ, Poole FL, Kelly RM, Adams MW, Adams MW.	Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A	10.1073/pnas.1413789111	2014
First insights into the syntrophic acetate-oxidizing bacteria--a genetic study.	Muller B, Sun L, Schnurer A.	Microbiologyopen	10.1002/mbo3.50	2013
Complete Genome Sequence of the Autotrophic Acetogen Clostridium formicaceticum DSM 92(T) Using Nanopore and Illumina Sequencing Data.	Karl MM, Poehlein A, Bengelsdorf FR, Daniel R, Durre P	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomeA.00423-17	2017
Anaerovirgula multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel spore-forming, alkaliphilic anaerobe isolated from Owens Lake, California, USA.	Pikuta EV, Itoh T, Krader P, Tang J, Whitman WB, Hoover RB.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.64198-0	2006

References

#2068	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 92
#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) .
#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 .
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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 formicaceticum (DSM 92, ATCC 27076, A1)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Compound production

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_001854185

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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