Clostridium vincentii

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

Overview

  • Clostridium vincentii is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, strictly anaerobic, motile, rod-shaped - curved bacterium. It has been detected in at least 2 gut microbiome compilation studies or metastudies. The DNA G+C content is 33%. Clostridium vincentii is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Mountfort1997; Rainey2011aBergey)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces, and low-temperature anaerobic sediment. 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. Likely to be transient and not a long-term gut commensal.
    • QUIRKS
  • Can't grow at 31C or above. In 1% of Europeans (unseenbio.com).
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Mountfort1997); (Rainey2011aBergey);
    Character Response
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • tolerates 0% salt; tolerates 3% salt; Grows optimally with 0-0.5% salt.
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • tolerates pH 5.5; tolerates pH 8; Grows optimally at pH 6.5.
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 5℃; grows at 20℃; doesn't grow at 31℃; Grows optimally at 12℃.
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • N-acetylglucosamine; cellubiose; aesculin; fructose; galactose; glucose; lactose; maltose; mannose; sucrose; xylan; xylose;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Mountfort1997); (Rainey2011aBergey);
    Character Response
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  • Metabolites produced:
  • formate; acetate; butyrate; CO₂; H₂;
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  • Metabolites not produced:
  • indole;
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  • Nitrate:
  • not reduced
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  • Sulfate:
  • not reduced

  • Pfleiderer, A., Lagier, J.-C., Armougom, F., Robert, C., Vialettes, B., & Raoult, D. (2013). Culturomics identified 11 new bacterial species from a single anorexia nervosa stool sample. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases: Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 32(11), 1471–1481.

    • 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 - curved
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces, and low-temperature anaerobic sediment
    DNA G+C(%):  33
    Opt. T:  12℃
    Low T(℃):  5(+)
    Lower T(℃):  20(+)
    Mid T(℃):  31(neg)
    NaCl 0.5-2%:  0(+)
    NaCl 3-5%:  3(+)
    Opt. pH:  6.5
    pH 4.2-5.9:  5.5(+)
    pH 6.0-8.0:  8(+)
    		Starch:  neg
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    Fructose:  + Galactose:  + Glucose:  + Mannose:  + Rhamnose:  neg Xylose:  + Cellubiose:  + Lactose:  + Maltose:  + Sucrose:  + N_Acetyl_glucosamine:  + Cellulose:  neg Aesculin:  + Glycerol:  neg Glycogen:  neg Sorbitol:  neg Starch:  neg Xylan:  + Ile:  neg Val:  neg Formate:  neg Fumarate:  neg Lactate:  neg Malate:  neg
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		Formate:  + Acetate:  + Butyrate:  + CO2:  + H2:  + Indole:  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR CLOSTRIDIUM VINCENTII
  • Mountfort1997 - Clostridium vincentii sp. nov., a new obligately anaerobic, saccharolytic, psychrophilic bacterium isolated from low-salinity pond sediment of the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica.
  • Rainey2011aBergey - Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 3, The Firmicutes. Family Clostridiaceae, Genus I. Clostridium - Cluster I
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR CLOSTRIDIUM VINCENTII
  • Byrd2020 - Stability and dynamics of the human gut microbiome and its association with systemic immune traits.
  • RajilicStojanovic2014 - The first 1000 cultured species of the human gastrointestinal microbiota.
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    • GENERAL REFERENCES FOR CLOSTRIDIUM VINCENTII
  • Ludwig2009 - Revised road map to the phylum Firmicutes.
    • Added: April 08, 2021