Clostridium thiosulfatireducens

Bacteria
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Overview

  • Clostridium thiosulfatireducens is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, 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 31.4%. Clostridium thiosulfatireducens is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Rainey2011aBergey; HernandezEugenio2002)



  • This organism has been recovered from upflow anerobic sludge blanket digestors. The risk classification (www.baua.de) for this organism is 1, i.e., low risk of infection and spread. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Rainey2011aBergey); (HernandezEugenio2002);
    Character Response
  • Substrates hydrolysed or digested:
  • gelatin;
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • tolerates 6% salt; Grows optimally with 0% salt.
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • tolerates pH 6.0; tolerates pH 9.8; Grows optimally at pH 7.4.
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 18℃; grows at 45℃; Grows optimally at 37℃.
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • alanine; histidine; isoleucine; leucine; lysine; methionine; phenylalanine; serine; threonine; valine; pyruvate; Casamino acids;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Rainey2011aBergey); (HernandezEugenio2002);
    Character Response
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  • Metabolites produced:
  • acetate; butyrate; isobutyrate; isovalerate; H₂S; CO₂;
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  • Nitrate:
  • not reduced
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  • Nitrite:
  • not reduced
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  • Sulfate:
  • 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.:  anaerobic Spore:  Endospore Motility:  Swimming Morphology:  Rod
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  upflow anerobic sludge blanket digestors
    DNA G+C(%):  31.4
    Opt. T:  37℃
    Low T(℃):  18(+)
    High T(℃):  45(+)
    NaCl >6%:  6(+)
    Opt. pH:  7.4
    pH 6.0-8.0:  6.0(+)
    pH >8:  9.8(+)
    		Gelatin:  +
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    L-Arabinose:  neg Fructose:  neg Galactose:  neg Glucose:  neg Ribose:  neg Xylose:  neg Maltose:  neg Ethanol:  neg Mannitol:  neg Propanol:  neg Ala:  + Arg:  neg Asp:  neg Cys:  neg Gly:  neg His:  + Ile:  + Leu:  + Lys:  + Met:  + Phe:  + Ser:  + Thr:  + Trp:  neg Tyr:  neg Val:  + Acetate:  neg Butyrate:  neg Formate:  neg Fumarate:  neg Lactate:  neg Malate:  neg Propionate:  neg Pyruvate:  + Succinate:  neg Valerate:  neg
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		Acetate:  + Butyrate:  + Isobutyrate:  + Isovalerate:  + H2S:  + CO2:  +

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR CLOSTRIDIUM THIOSULFATIREDUCENS
  • Rainey2011aBergey - Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 3, The Firmicutes. Family Clostridiaceae, Genus I. Clostridium - Cluster I
  • HernandezEugenio2002 - Clostridium thiosulfatireducens sp. nov., a proteolytic, thiosulfate- and sulfur-reducing bacterium isolated from an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR CLOSTRIDIUM THIOSULFATIREDUCENS
  • Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.
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    • Added: January 14, 2022