Clostridium cagae

Bacteria
General | Carbohydrate O/F | Substrate utilisation | Enzymes | Metabolites | Antibiotics

Overview

  • Clostridium cagae is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, strictly anaerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium. The DNA G+C content is 36.6%. Clostridium cagae is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Tall2020a)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces (Tall2020a). Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Tall2020a);
    Character Response
  • 🌡
  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 28℃; grows at 55℃; Grows optimally at 37℃.
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • fucose; D-fucose; glucose; D-tagatose; inulin; D-lyxose; melezitose; D-turanose; D-arabitol; L-arabitol; mannitol; arbutin; 5-ketogluconate;
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • glucose; mannitol;
  • Active enzymes:
  • acid phosphatase; catalase; naphthol-ASBI-P;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES
    Character Response
  • ✗
  • Haemolysis:
  • absent

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Clostridia Order:  Eubacteriales Family:  Clostridiaceae Genus:  Clostridium Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  strictly anaerobic Spore:  Endospore Motility:  Sessile Morphology:  Rod
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces (Tall2020a)
    DNA G+C(%):  36.6
    Opt. T:  37℃
    Lower T(℃):  28(+)
    High T(℃):  55(+)
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    D-Arabinose:  neg L-Arabinose:  neg Fructose:  neg Fucose:  + D-Fucose:  + Galactose:  neg Glucose:  + Mannose:  neg D-Lyxose:  + Rhamnose:  neg Ribose:  neg Sorbose:  neg D-Tagatose:  + Xylose:  neg L-Xylose:  neg Cellubiose:  neg Gentiobiose:  neg Lactose:  neg Maltose:  neg Melezitose:  + Melibiose:  neg Sucrose:  neg Trehalose:  neg Turanose:  + Amygdalin:  neg Aesculin:  neg Glycogen:  neg Inulin:  + Starch:  neg Adonitol:  neg D-Arabitol:  + L-Arabitol:  + Dulcitol:  neg Erythritol:  neg Glycerol:  neg Inositol:  neg Mannitol:  + Sorbitol:  neg Xylitol:  neg Arbutin:  + Gluconate:  neg 2-Ketogluconate:  neg 5-Ketogluconate:  + Me-α-D-Glc:  neg Me-α-D-Mann:  neg Me-Xyloside:  neg NAc-α-GA:  neg Salicin:  neg
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    Arabinose:  neg Fructose:  neg Glucose:  + Mannose:  neg Maltose:  neg Sucrose:  neg N_Acetyl_glucosamine:  neg Mannitol:  +
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  neg Catalase:  + Ac-β-glcamnd:  neg α-Fucosidase:  neg α-Galactosidase:  neg β-Galactosidase:  neg α-Glucosidase:  neg β-Glucosidase:  neg β-Glucuronidase:  neg α-Mannosidase:  neg Chymotrypsin:  neg Trypsin:  neg CystineAA:  neg LeuAA:  neg ValAA:  neg AlkalineP:  neg AcidP:  + Esterase(C4):  neg EstLip(C8):  neg Lipase(C14):  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR CLOSTRIDIUM CAGAE
  • Tall2020a - Description of Clostridium cagae sp. nov., Clostridium rectalis sp. nov. and Hathewaya massiliensis sp. nov., new anaerobic bacteria isolated from human stool samples.
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    • Added: November 08, 2021