Clostridium perfringens C12 is an anaerobe, mesophilic human pathogen that was isolated from human faeces.
anaerobe mesophilic human pathogen genome sequence| @ref 20215 |
Last LPSN update
2025-12-16 09:47:21 |
| Domain Bacillati |
| Phylum Bacillota |
| Class Clostridia |
| Order Eubacteriales |
| Family Clostridiaceae |
| Genus Clostridium |
| Species Clostridium perfringens |
| Full scientific name Clostridium perfringens (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Hauduroy et al. 1937 (Approved Lists 1980) |
| Synonyms (2) |
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4485 | 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 |
| @ref | Growth | Type | Temperature (°C) | Range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4485 | positive | growth | 37 | mesophilic |
| @ref | Description | Assembly level | INSDC accession | BV-BRC accession | NCBI tax ID | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66792 | ASM1623613v1 assembly for Clostridium perfringens C12 | contig | GCA_016236135   | 1502.1800  | 1502 | 68.58 |  |
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metabolism | Removal of free extracellular DNA from environmental samples by ethidium monoazide and propidium monoazide. | Wagner AO, Malin C, Knapp BA, Illmer P. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.02288-07 | 2008 | |
| Pathogenicity | Sensitivity of pathogenic and commensal bacteria from the human colon to essential oils. | Thapa D, Losa R, Zweifel B, Wallace RJ | Microbiology (Reading) | 10.1099/mic.0.061127-0 | 2012 | |
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