Clostridium nigeriense

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

Overview

  • Clostridium nigeriense is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 2 gut microbiome compilation studies or metastudies. The DNA G+C content is 28.2%. Clostridium nigeriense is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Alou2018)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces (Alou2018). Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Alou2018);
    Character Response
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • tolerates 0.5% salt;
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • Grows optimally at pH 6.
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • Grows optimally at 37℃.
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • fructose; glucose; mannose; ribose; lactose; maltose; sucrose;
  • Active enzymes:
  • alkaline phosphatase; N-Ac β-glucosaminidase; oxidase;

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Clostridia Order:  Eubacteriales Family:  Clostridiaceae Genus:  Clostridium Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  facultatively anaerobic Spore:  Endospore Motility:  Swimming Morphology:  Rod
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces (Alou2018)
    DNA G+C(%):  28.2
    Opt. T:  37℃
    NaCl 0.5-2%:  0.5(+)
    Opt. pH:  6
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    L-Arabinose:  neg Fructose:  + Glucose:  + Mannose:  + Ribose:  + Lactose:  + Maltose:  + Sucrose:  + Mannitol:  neg
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  + Catalase:  neg Urease:  neg Ac-β-glcamnd:  + β-Galactosidase:  neg AlkalineP:  +

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR CLOSTRIDIUM NIGERIENSE
  • Alou2018 - Taxonogenomic description of four new Clostridium species isolated from human gut: 'Clostridium amazonitimonense' , 'Clostridium merdae' , 'Clostridium massilidielmoense' and 'Clostridium nigeriense'.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR CLOSTRIDIUM NIGERIENSE
  • Byrd2020 - Stability and dynamics of the human gut microbiome and its association with systemic immune traits.
  • Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.
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    • Added: November 08, 2021