Clostridium punense

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

Overview

  • Clostridium punense is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, strictly anaerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium. The DNA G+C content is 44.1%. Clostridium punense is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Lanjekar2015)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces (CCUG). Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Lanjekar2015);
    Character Response
  • 🌡
  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 20℃; grows at 40℃; Grows optimally at 37℃.
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • cellubiose; fructose; galactose; glucose; lactose; ribose; sucrose; arginine; aspartate; L-citrulline; cysteine; glutamate; glycine; histidine; lysine; methionine; ornithine; proline; serine; threonine; tryptophan; tyrosine; pyruvate; glucose-1-phosphate; glutamine; Casamino acids; thymidine; UMP; D-glucose-6-phosphate;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Lanjekar2015);
    Character Response
  • ✓
  • Metabolites produced:
  • formate (minor); acetate; propionate (minor); butyrate; isobutyrate (minor); succinate (minor); isovalerate; H₂S (most strains; weak); CO₂; H₂;
  • Haemolysis:
  • alpha
  • ✗
  • Nitrate:
  • not reduced
  • ✗
  • Sulfate:
  • not reduced
  • ✓
  • Thiosulfate:
  • reduced
    • RESPONSE TO ANTIBIOTICS (Lanjekar2015);
    Class Active Resistant
  • Penicillins:
  • ampicillin; penicillin G;
  • Tetracyclines:
  • tetracycline;
  • Aminoglycosides:
  • amikacin; gentamicin; kanamycin; streptomycin;
  • Heterocycles:
  • chloramphenicol; co-trimoxazole;
  • Vancomycins:
  • vancomycin;
  • Miscellaneous antibiotics:
  • colistin;

    • 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 (CCUG)
    DNA G+C(%):  44.1
    Opt. T:  37℃
    Lower T(℃):  20(+)
    Mid T(℃):  40(+)
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    Fructose:  + Galactose:  + Glucose:  + Ribose:  + Cellubiose:  + Lactose:  + Melibiose:  neg Sucrose:  + Trehalose:  neg N_Acetyl_glucosamine:  neg Mannitol:  neg Ala:  neg Arg:  + Asp:  + L-Citrulline:  + Cys:  + Glu:  + Gly:  + His:  + Leu:  neg Lys:  + Met:  + Orn:  + Phe:  neg Pro:  + Ser:  + Thr:  + Trp:  + Tyr:  + Val:  neg 3-Hydroxybutyrate:  neg L-Malate:  neg Pyruvate:  +
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  neg Catalase:  neg
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		Formate:  minor(+) Acetate:  + Propionate:  minor(+) Butyrate:  + Isobutyrate:  minor(+) Succinate:  minor(+) Isovalerate:  + H2S:  w(+) CO2:  + H2:  +
    ANTIBIOTICS ℞
    Penicillins & Penems (μg/mL) Cephalosporins (μg/mL) Aminoglycosides (μg/mL) Macrolides (μg/mL) Quinolones (μg/mL)
    ampicillin:  Res
    penicillin_G:  Res
    amikacin:  Res
    gentamicin:  Res
    kanamycin:  Res
    streptomycin:  Res
    Tetracyclines (μg/mL) Vancomycin Class (μg/mL) Polypep/ketides (μg/mL) Heterocycles (μg/mL) Other (μg/mL)
    tetracycline:  Res
    vancomycin:  Res
    chloramphenicol:  Res
    co-trimoxazole:  Res
    colistin:  Res

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR CLOSTRIDIUM PUNENSE
  • Lanjekar2015 - Clostridium punense sp. nov., an obligate anaerobe isolated from healthy human faeces.
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    • GENERAL REFERENCES FOR CLOSTRIDIUM PUNENSE
  • Ludwig2009 - Revised road map to the phylum Firmicutes.
  • CCUG - Culture Collection University of Gothenburg - Entire Collection
    • Added: July 12, 2021