Clostridium formicaceticum (DSM 96, 12(3)b)

Name: Clostridium formicaceticum (DSM 96, 12(3)b)
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BacDive ID 2591

Type strain

Strain Designation 12(3)b

Culture col. no. DSM 96 12(3)b

NCBI tax ID(s) 1497

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- J. R. Andreesen, Universität Göttingen, Germany; 12(3)b (Clostridium formicoaceticum)

Clostridium formicaceticum 12b is an anaerobe bacterium that was isolated from ditch mud.

anaerobe Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

DSM 96 12(3)b

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:18:19

Domain Bacteria

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
2587	C. formicaceticum A1, DSM 92, ATCC 27076 (type strain)
2589	C. formicaceticum 5(1)b, DSM 94, ATCC 27077
2590	C. formicaceticum 12(1)c, DSM 95
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
2072	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)
2072	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

2072

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Mud (Sludge)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
2072	ditch mud	Ossenfeld	Germany	DEU	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
2072	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#2072	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 96
#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 )

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