Clostridium sulfidigenes

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Overview

  • Clostridium sulfidigenes is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, strictly anaerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 1 gut microbiome compilation study or metastudy. The DNA G+C content is 32.3%. Clostridium sulfidigenes is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Sallam2009)



  • This organism has been recovered from pond sediment and human faeces. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Sallam2009);
    Character Response
  • Substrates hydrolysed or digested:
  • gelatin;
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • doesn't tolerate 2% salt; Grows optimally with 0% salt.
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • tolerates pH 5.5; tolerates pH 9; Grows optimally at pH 6.6.
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 18℃; grows at 48℃; Grows optimally at 34℃.
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • alanine; arginine; L-citrulline; cysteine; leucine; methionine; ornithine; phenylalanine; threonine; valine; pyruvate; Casamino acids;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Sallam2009);
    Character Response
  • ✓
  • Metabolites produced:
  • acetate; propionate; butyrate; valerate; ethanol; succinate; Hâ‚‚S;
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  • Nitrate:
  • not reduced
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  • Nitrite:
  • not reduced
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  • Thiosulfate:
  • reduced

    • 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:  Swimming Morphology:  Rod
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  pond sediment and human faeces
    DNA G+C(%):  32.3
    Opt. T:  34℃
    Lower T(℃):  18(+)
    High T(℃):  48(+)
    NaCl 0.5-2%:  2(neg)
    Opt. pH:  6.6
    pH 4.2-5.9:  5.5(+)
    pH >8:  9(+)
    		Gelatin:  +
    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 Galactose:  neg Glucose:  neg Mannose:  neg Ribose:  neg Xylose:  neg Cellubiose:  neg Lactose:  neg Maltose:  neg Sucrose:  neg Ethanol:  neg Propanol:  neg Ala:  + Arg:  + Asp:  neg L-Citrulline:  + Cys:  + Glu:  neg Gly:  neg His:  neg Leu:  + Lys:  neg Met:  + Orn:  + Phe:  + Thr:  + Trp:  neg Tyr:  neg Val:  + Acetate:  neg Lactate:  neg Pyruvate:  + Succinate:  neg
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		Acetate:  + Propionate:  + Butyrate:  + Valerate:  + Ethanol:  + Succinate:  + H2S:  +

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR CLOSTRIDIUM SULFIDIGENES
  • Sallam2009 - Clostridium sulfidigenes sp. nov., a mesophilic, proteolytic, thiosulfate- and sulfur-reducing bacterium isolated from pond sediment.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR CLOSTRIDIUM SULFIDIGENES
  • Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.
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    • Added: October 28, 2021