Clostridium beijerinckii 88-273 is an anaerobe, spore-forming, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from decaying straw.
spore-forming Gram-positive motile rod-shaped anaerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence| @ref 20215 |
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| Domain Bacillati |
| Phylum Bacillota |
| Class Clostridia |
| Order Eubacteriales |
| Family Clostridiaceae |
| Genus Clostridium |
| Species Clostridium beijerinckii |
| Full scientific name Clostridium beijerinckii Donker 1926 (Approved Lists 1980) |
| Synonyms (1) |
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5799 | PY + X MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 104b) | Medium recipe at MediaDive  | Name: PY + X MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 104b) Composition: Yeast extract 10.0 g/l D-Glucose 5.0 g/l Trypticase peptone 5.0 g/l Meat peptone 5.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.5 g/l NaHCO3 0.4 g/l NaCl 0.08 g/l KH2PO4 0.04 g/l K2HPO4 0.04 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.02 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.01 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.0005 g/l Distilled water | ||
| 33170 | MEDIUM 20 - for Anaerobic bacteria | Agar (15.000 g);Glucose (5.000 g);Yeast extract (20.000 g);Tryptone (30.000 g);Cysteine hydrochloride (0.500 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml);Hemin solution -M00149 (25.000 ml) | |||
| 116775 | CIP Medium 20 | Medium recipe at CIP |
| @ref | Chebi-ID | Metabolite | Utilization activity | Kind of utilization tested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116775 | 17057 ChEBI | cellobiose | + | degradation | |
| 116775 | 17108 ChEBI | D-arabinose | + | degradation | |
| 116775 | 15824 ChEBI | D-fructose | + | degradation | |
| 116775 | 17634 ChEBI | D-glucose | + | degradation | |
| 116775 | 65327 ChEBI | D-xylose | + | degradation | |
| 116775 | 4853 ChEBI | esculin | + | hydrolysis | |
| 116775 | 17716 ChEBI | lactose | + | degradation | |
| 116775 | 17306 ChEBI | maltose | + | degradation | |
| 116775 | 17632 ChEBI | nitrate | - | reduction | |
| 116775 | 17632 ChEBI | nitrate | + | respiration | |
| 116775 | 16301 ChEBI | nitrite | - | reduction | |
| 116775 | 17814 ChEBI | salicin | + | degradation | |
| 116775 | 17992 ChEBI | sucrose | + | degradation |
| @ref | Value | Activity | Ec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68382 | acid phosphatase | - | 3.1.3.2 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alkaline phosphatase | - | 3.1.3.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-chymotrypsin | - | 3.4.21.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-fucosidase | - | 3.2.1.51 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-galactosidase | - | 3.2.1.22 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-glucosidase | + | 3.2.1.20 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-mannosidase | - | 3.2.1.24 | from API zym |
| 116775 | amylase | + | ||
| 68382 | beta-galactosidase | - | 3.2.1.23 | from API zym |
| 116775 | beta-galactosidase | - | 3.2.1.23 | |
| 68382 | beta-glucosidase | - | 3.2.1.21 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-glucuronidase | - | 3.2.1.31 | from API zym |
| 116775 | caseinase | - | 3.4.21.50 | |
| 116775 | catalase | - | 1.11.1.6 | |
| 68382 | cystine arylamidase | - | 3.4.11.3 | from API zym |
| 116775 | DNase | - | ||
| 68382 | esterase (C 4) | - | from API zym | |
| 68382 | esterase lipase (C 8) | - | from API zym | |
| 116775 | gelatinase | - | ||
| 116775 | lecithinase | - | ||
| 68382 | leucine arylamidase | - | 3.4.11.1 | from API zym |
| 116775 | lipase | - | ||
| 68382 | lipase (C 14) | - | from API zym | |
| 68382 | N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase | - | 3.2.1.52 | from API zym |
| 68382 | naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase | + | from API zym | |
| 116775 | oxidase | - | ||
| 116775 | protease | - | ||
| 68382 | trypsin | - | 3.4.21.4 | from API zym |
| 116775 | tween esterase | - | ||
| 116775 | urease | - | 3.5.1.5 | |
| 68382 | valine arylamidase | - | from API zym |
| Cat1 | Cat2 | Cat3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #Host | #Plants | #Decomposing plant | |
| #Host | #Plants | #Herbaceous plants (Grass,Crops) |
Global distribution of 16S sequence AJ458418 (>99% sequence identity) for Clostridium from Microbeatlas 
 Aquatic Samples |
1977 |
 Soil Samples |
1985 |
 Animal Samples |
5931 |
 Plant Samples |
442 |
| Total Samples | 10335 |
| @ref | Description | Assembly level | INSDC accession | BV-BRC accession | IMG accession | NCBI tax ID | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66792 | ASM870517v1 assembly for Clostridium diolis DSM 15410 | complete | GCA_008705175   | 223919.11  | 223919 | 97.93 | | |
| 66792 | ASM858044v1 assembly for Clostridium diolis DSM 15410 | scaffold | GCA_008580445 | 223919.10 | 223919 | 58.13 | | |
| 66792 | Clostridium diolis DSM 15410 Genome sequencing assembly for Clostridium diolis DSM 15410 | contig | GCA_000409695 | 1316937.3 | 2554235113  | 1316937 | 19.47 | |
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valorization of milling byproducts and ergot-sclerotia-contaminated rye via clostridial ABE fermentation. | Edelmann H, Thieme N, Ehrenreich A, Zverlov V, Liebl W. | Biotechnol Biofuels Bioprod | 10.1186/s13068-024-02590-6 | 2024 | | |
| Heterologous 1,3-Propanediol Production Using Different Recombinant Clostridium beijerinckii DSM 6423 Strains. | Schoch T, Baur T, Kunz J, Stoferle S, Durre P. | Microorganisms | 10.3390/microorganisms11030784 | 2023 | | |
| Biotechnology | An artificial coculture fermentation system for industrial propanol production. | Hocq R, Sauer M. | FEMS Microbes | 10.1093/femsmc/xtac013 | 2022 | |
| Heterologous Production of Isopropanol Using Metabolically Engineered Acetobacterium woodii Strains. | Hofele F, Schoch T, Oberlies C, Durre P. | Bioengineering (Basel) | 10.3390/bioengineering10121381 | 2023 | | |
| Microbial Conversion of Glycerol Into 1,3-Propanediol by Fermentation: Review of Fundamentals and Operational Strategies. | Perez-Bernal MF, Moscoviz R, Wang X, Bernet N, Trably E. | Microb Biotechnol | 10.1111/1751-7915.70265 | 2025 | | |
| Genome sequence of the H2-producing Clostridium beijerinckii strain Br21 isolated from a sugarcane vinasse treatment plant. | Fonseca BC, Riano-Pachon DM, Guazzaroni ME, Reginatto V. | Genet Mol Biol | 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2017-0315 | 2019 | | |
| The Restriction-Modification Systems of Clostridium carboxidivorans P7. | Kottenhahn P, Philipps G, Bunk B, Sproer C, Jennewein S. | Microorganisms | 10.3390/microorganisms11122962 | 2023 | | |
| 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 | |
| Pathogenicity | Improving isopropanol tolerance and production of Clostridium beijerinckii DSM 6423 by random mutagenesis and genome shuffling. | Gerando HM, Fayolle-Guichard F, Rudant L, Millah SK, Monot F, Lopes Ferreira N, Lopez-Contreras AM. | Appl Microbiol Biotechnol | 10.1007/s00253-016-7302-5 | 2016 | |
| Genetically Engineered Strains: Application and Advances for 1,3-Propanediol Production from Glycerol. | Yang M, Yun J, Zhang H, Magocha TA, Zabed H, Xue Y, Fokum E, Sun W, Qi X, Qi X. | Food Technol Biotechnol | 10.17113/ftb.56.01.18.5444 | 2018 | | |
| Enzymology | Enhancing 1,3-Propanediol Productivity in the Non-Model Chassis Clostridium beijerinckii through Genetic Manipulation. | Bortolucci J, Guazzaroni ME, Schoch T, Durre P, Reginatto V. | Microorganisms | 10.3390/microorganisms11071855 | 2023 | |
| Genetics | Draft Genome Sequence of Clostridium beijerinckii Strain mbf-VZ-132, Isolated from an Environmental Soil Sample. | Thieme N, Liebl W, Zverlov VV | Microbiol Resour Announc | 10.1128/MRA.00131-21 | 2021 | |
| Metabolism | Phenotypic and genomic analysis of isopropanol and 1,3-propanediol producer Clostridium diolis DSM 15410. | Sedlar K, Vasylkivska M, Musilova J, Branska B, Provaznik I, Patakova P | Genomics | 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.007 | 2020 | |
| Biotechnology | Milling byproducts are an economically viable substrate for butanol production using clostridial ABE fermentation. | Thieme N, Panitz JC, Held C, Lewandowski B, Schwarz WH, Liebl W, Zverlov V | Appl Microbiol Biotechnol | 10.1007/s00253-020-10882-8 | 2020 | |
| Metabolism | Co-utilization of glycerol and lignocellulosic hydrolysates enhances anaerobic 1,3-propanediol production by Clostridium diolis. | Xin B, Wang Y, Tao F, Li L, Ma C, Xu P | Sci Rep | 10.1038/srep19044 | 2016 | |
| Genetics | Genome Sequence of Clostridium diolis Strain DSM 15410, a Promising Natural Producer of 1,3-Propanediol. | Wang Y, Tao F, Tang H, Xu P | Genome Announc | 10.1128/genomeA.00542-13 | 2013 | |
| Biotechnology | Genome shuffling in Clostridium diolis DSM 15410 for improved 1,3-propanediol production. | Otte B, Grunwaldt E, Mahmoud O, Jennewein S | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/AEM.01774-09 | 2009 | |
| Phylogeny | Reclassification of Clostridium diolis Biebl and Sproer 2003 as a later heterotypic synonym of Clostridium beijerinckii Donker 1926 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Keis et al. 2001. | Kobayashi H, Tanizawa Y, Sakamoto M, Nakamura Y, Ohkuma M, Tohno M | Int J Syst Evol Microbiol | 10.1099/ijsem.0.004059 | 2020 | |
| Phylogeny | Taxonomy of the glycerol fermenting clostridia and description of Clostridium diolis sp. nov. | Biebl H, Sproer C | Syst Appl Microbiol | 10.1078/07232020260517616 | 2002 | |
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