Clostridium tagluense (DSM 17763, KCTC 15160, VKM B-2369)

Name: Clostridium tagluense (DSM 17763, KCTC 15160, VKM B-2369)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 2851

Type strain

Strain Designation A121

Culture col. no. DSM 17763 KCTC 15160 VKM B-2369 A121

NCBI tax ID(s) 360422

Special Collections DSMZ KCTC Literature strains

History DSMZ <- V. A. Shcherbakova; A121

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Clostridium tagluense A121 is an anaerobe, spore-forming, Gram-positive bacterium that was isolated from permafrost.

spore-forming Gram-positive motile rod-shaped anaerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 362782

KCTC 15160,DSM 17763,VKM B-2369

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:25:34

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Clostridia

Order Eubacteriales

Family Clostridiaceae

Genus Clostridium

Species Clostridium tagluense

Full scientific name Clostridium tagluense Suetin et al. 2009

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Motility
28944	positive	6.5 µm	1.1 µm	rod-shaped

Pigmentation

28944

Productionno

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
7173	WILKINS-CHALGREN ANAEROBE BROTH (N2/CO2) (DSMZ Medium 339a)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: WILKINS-CHALGREN ANAEROBE BROTH (N2/CO2) (DSMZ Medium 339a) Composition: dehydrated Wilkins-Chalgren medium 33.0 g/l D-Glucose 5.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl 0.3 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.0005 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
7173	positive	growth	15
28944	positive	growth	15-28
28944	positive	optimum	17.5

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH
28944	positive	optimum	6.85
28944	positive	growth	6.0-8.0

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
7173	anaerobe
28944	anaerobe
125439	facultative anaerobe	95.576

Spore formation

28944

Spore formationyes

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
28944	NaCl	positive	growth	0-14 %
28944	NaCl	positive	optimum	1 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
28944	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+	carbon source
28944	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	carbon source
28944	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	carbon source
28944	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	carbon source

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	100	13 of 13
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	100	8 of 8
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	threonine metabolism	90	9 of 10
66794	NAD metabolism	88.89	16 of 18
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	88.89	8 of 9
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	88.24	30 of 34
66794	gluconeogenesis	87.5	7 of 8
66794	citric acid cycle	85.71	12 of 14
66794	heme metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	propanol degradation	85.71	6 of 7
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	85.71	6 of 7
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	84.44	38 of 45
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	83.33	5 of 6
66794	purine metabolism	80.85	76 of 94
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	80	4 of 5
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	hydrogen production	80	4 of 5
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	flavin biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	cellulose degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	alanine metabolism	79.31	23 of 29
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	photosynthesis	78.57	11 of 14
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	glycolysis	76.47	13 of 17
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	75	21 of 28
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	72.73	8 of 11
66794	histidine metabolism	72.41	21 of 29
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	71.43	5 of 7
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	70	7 of 10
66794	urea cycle	69.23	9 of 13
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	non-pathway related	68.42	26 of 38
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	66.67	4 of 6
66794	methane metabolism	66.67	2 of 3
66794	d-mannose degradation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	66.67	6 of 9
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	65.93	60 of 91
66794	methionine metabolism	65.38	17 of 26
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	62.5	10 of 16
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
66794	lipid metabolism	61.29	19 of 31
66794	starch degradation	60	6 of 10
66794	propionate fermentation	60	6 of 10
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	57.69	15 of 26
66794	tryptophan metabolism	55.26	21 of 38
66794	proline metabolism	54.55	6 of 11
66794	d-xylose degradation	54.55	6 of 11
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	53.85	7 of 13
66794	leucine metabolism	53.85	7 of 13
66794	toluene degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	50	2 of 4
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	lactate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	isoleucine metabolism	50	4 of 8
66794	kanosamine biosynthesis II	50	1 of 2
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	50	5 of 10
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	dolichol and dolichyl phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	50	5 of 10
66794	vitamin E metabolism	50	2 of 4
66794	arginine metabolism	50	12 of 24
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	cysteine metabolism	50	9 of 18
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	lysine metabolism	50	21 of 42
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	50	5 of 10
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	45.45	5 of 11
66794	valine metabolism	44.44	4 of 9
66794	nitrate assimilation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	glutathione metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
66794	degradation of pentoses	42.86	12 of 28
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	41.67	5 of 12
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	40	2 of 5
66794	creatinine degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	O-antigen biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	sulfate reduction	38.46	5 of 13
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	38.46	5 of 13
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	degradation of hexoses	33.33	6 of 18
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	ascorbate metabolism	31.82	7 of 22
66794	tyrosine metabolism	28.57	4 of 14
66794	aclacinomycin biosynthesis	28.57	2 of 7
66794	benzoyl-CoA degradation	28.57	2 of 7
66794	degradation of sugar acids	28	7 of 25
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	27.78	5 of 18
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	27.27	3 of 11
66794	polyamine pathway	26.09	6 of 23
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	alginate biosynthesis	25	1 of 4

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Permafrost

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
7173	permafrost	Northwest Territories, Mackenzie Delta, borehole 92GSCTaglu	Canada	CAN	North America

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
7173	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	ASM386509v1 assembly for Clostridium tagluense A121	scaffold	GCA_003865095	360422.5	8032797428	360422	37.87

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
7173	Clostridium tagluense strain A121 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	DQ296031	1454		360422

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
7173	31.5	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
28944	31.5

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM386509v1 assembly for Clostridium tagluense A121
NCBI: GCA_003865095

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	95.58	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	51.25	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	68.88	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	68.09	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Clostridium tagluense A121
NCBI: GCA_003865095.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	71.34	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	83.47	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	94.15	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	79.51	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	92.46	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	75.91	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Draft Genome Sequence of Clostridium sp. Strain FP1, with Similarity to Clostridium tagluense, Isolated from Spoiled Lamb.	Palevich N, Palevich FP, Maclean PH, Jauregui R, Altermann E, Mills J, Brightwell G.	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/mra.00321-20	2020
	Phylogeny and Physiological Diversity of Cold-adapted Anaerobic Bacteria Isolated from Rice Field Soil in Japan.	Honma S, Ueki A, Ichimura A, Suzuki K, Kaku N, Ueki K.	Microbes Environ	10.1264/jsme2.me22109	2023
Enzymology	Unraveling the Genotypic and Phenotypic Diversity of the Psychrophilic Clostridium estertheticum Complex, a Meat Spoilage Agent.	Wambui J, Stevens MJA, Cernela N, Stephan R.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2022.856810	2022
Genetics	Whole Genome Sequence-Based Identification of Clostridium estertheticum Complex Strains Supports the Need for Taxonomic Reclassification Within the Species Clostridium estertheticum.	Wambui J, Cernela N, Stevens MJA, Stephan R.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2021.727022	2021
	Occurrence of genes encoding spore germination in Clostridium species that cause meat spoilage.	Burgess SA, Palevich FP, Gardner A, Mills J, Brightwell G, Palevich N.	Microb Genom	10.1099/mgen.0.000767	2022
Metabolism	Substrate utilization during incubation in meat juice medium of psychrotolerant clostridia associated with blown pack spoilage.	Yang X, Badoni M.	Food Microbiol	10.1016/j.fm.2013.02.003	2013
Enzymology	Detection of cold-tolerant clostridia other than Clostridium estertheticum in raw vacuum-packed chill-stored meat.	Cavill L, Renteria-Monterrubio AL, Helps CR, Corry JE.	Food Microbiol	10.1016/j.fm.2011.01.003	2011
Pathogenicity	Comparative Genome Analysis and Phenotypic Characterization of Clostridium gasigenes CGAS001 Isolated From Chilled Vacuum-Packed Lamb Meat.	Wambui J, Cernela N, Corti S, Stephan R.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2020.02048	2020
Phylogeny	Clostridium tagluense sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium from permafrost.	Suetin SV, Shcherbakova VA, Chuvilskaya NA, Rivkina EM, Suzina NE, Lysenko AM, Gilichinsky DA	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.002295-0	2009

References

#7173	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 17763
#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 )
#25383	IJSEM 1421 2009 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.002295-0 , PubMed 19502327 )
#28944	Barberan A, Caceres Velazquez H, Jones S, Fierer N.: Hiding in Plain Sight: Mining Bacterial Species Records for Phenotypic Trait Information. mSphere 2: 2017 ( DOI 10.1128/mSphere.00237-17 , PubMed 28776041 ) - originally annotated from #25383
#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) .
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#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 tagluense (DSM 17763, KCTC 15160, VKM B-2369)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Pathway annotation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_003865095

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

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