Clostridium perfringens (DSM 11784, 8239, C103)
Clostridium perfringens 8239 is an anaerobe human pathogen of the family Clostridiaceae.
anaerobe human pathogen BacteriaName and taxonomic classification
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Last LPSN update
2026-05-29 08:25:31 |
| Domain Bacteria |
| 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) |
Culture and growth conditions
Culture medium
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4489 | 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 |
Culture temp
| @ref | Growth | Type | Temperature (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4489 | positive | growth | 37 |
Literature
Literature 
| Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Comprehensive Review of Variability in the Thermal Resistance (D-Values) of Food-Borne Pathogens-A Challenge for Thermal Validation Trials. | Soni A, Bremer P, Brightwell G. | Foods | 10.3390/foods11244117 | 2022 |  |
How to cite
If you want to cite this particular strain cite the following doi:
https://doi.org/10.13145/bacdive2640.20260601.11
When using BacDive for research please cite the following paper
BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain dataIsabel Schober, Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà Carbasse, Christian Ebeling, Marvin Leon Schmidt, Adam Podstawka, Rohit Gupta, Vinodh Ilangovan, Javad Chamanara, Jörg Overmann, Lorenz Christian Reimer
Nucleic Acids Research; database issue 2025.
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