| NCIMB number | NCIMB 10716 |
| Deposit type | Bacteria |
| Type strain | Yes |
| GMO | No |
| Taxon name | Clostridium bifermentans |
| Depositor designation | Hall76 |
| Preservation method | Lyophilised |
| Price band | A |
| Media | 012 |
| Gas regime | anaerobic |
| Growth factors (and/or information) | Growth on NA anearobically Blood agar, 37C, 48hr: good growth, opacity dependent on degree of sporulation |
| ACDP category | 2 |
| Hazard information | This species has been associated with gas gangrene. |
| Colony Edge | Irregular |
| Colony Surface | Glossy |
| Colony Shape | Circular |
| Colony Elevation | Convex |
| Colony Colour | White |
| Colony Opacity | Translucent/ Opaque |
| Cellular Shape | Rod |
| Cellular Size | 0.5-0.6 x 1-3 u |
| Cellular Arrangement | Singly/Short Chains |
| Cellular Motility | Yes |
| Gram stain | Gram Positive |
| Cellular Flagella | Peritrichous |
| Cell inclusion bodies | Spores - Oval, Sub Terminal |
| Cellular (Other) | Straight Sides, Rounded Ends, Thick Exosporium |
| Depositor Name | G.Hobbs |
| Depositor Company | Torry Research Station |
| Depositor Address | Aberdeen U.K. |
| Date of Accession | 01/01/1972 |
| Other collection IDs | ATCC638 |
| Yeast? | False |
| K12 | No |
| References | McCoy E. and McClung L.S. (1936) J. Bact. 31 p560 (Unknown), Int J Syst Bacteriol 30, 277, 1980 (Unknown), J Bacteriol 31, 560, 1936 (Unknown), J Infect Dis 30, 464, 1922 Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, Int J Syst Bacteriol 30, 225-420, 1980 Electrophoretic study of Clostridium species, J Clin Microbiol 15(4), 688-702, 1982 Towards a phylogeny of the clostridia based on 16S rRNA sequences, FEMS Microbiol Lett 113(1), 87-92, 1993 Genotypic differentiation of twelve Clostridium species by polymorphism analysis of the triosephosphate isomerase (tpi) gene, Syst Appl Microbiol 26(1), 90-96, 2003 Differences in the carboxy-terminal (Putative phospholipid binding) domains of Clostridium perfringens and Clostridium bifermentans phospholipases C influence the hemolytic and lethal properties of these enzymes, Infect Immun 67(7), 3297-3301, 1999 Taxonomy of the Clostridia: ribosomal ribonucleic acid homologies among the species, J Gen Microbiol 88(2), 229-244, 1975 |
| NCIMB number | NCIMB 10716 |
| Deposit type | Bacteria |
| Type strain | Yes |
| GMO | No |
| Taxon name | Clostridium bifermentans |
| Depositor designation | Hall76 |
| Preservation method | Lyophilised |
| Price band | A |
| Media | 012 |
| Gas regime | anaerobic |
| Growth factors (and/or information) | Growth on NA anearobically Blood agar, 37C, 48hr: good growth, opacity dependent on degree of sporulation |
| ACDP category | 2 |
| Hazard information | This species has been associated with gas gangrene. |
| Colony Edge | Irregular |
| Colony Surface | Glossy |
| Colony Shape | Circular |
| Colony Elevation | Convex |
| Colony Colour | White |
| Colony Opacity | Translucent/ Opaque |
| Cellular Shape | Rod |
| Cellular Size | 0.5-0.6 x 1-3 u |
| Cellular Arrangement | Singly/Short Chains |
| Cellular Motility | Yes |
| Gram stain | Gram Positive |
| Cellular Flagella | Peritrichous |
| Cell inclusion bodies | Spores - Oval, Sub Terminal |
| Cellular (Other) | Straight Sides, Rounded Ends, Thick Exosporium |
| Depositor Name | G.Hobbs |
| Depositor Company | Torry Research Station |
| Depositor Address | Aberdeen U.K. |
| Date of Accession | 01/01/1972 |
| Other collection IDs | ATCC638 |
| Yeast? | False |
| K12 | No |
| References | McCoy E. and McClung L.S. (1936) J. Bact. 31 p560 (Unknown), Int J Syst Bacteriol 30, 277, 1980 (Unknown), J Bacteriol 31, 560, 1936 (Unknown), J Infect Dis 30, 464, 1922 Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, Int J Syst Bacteriol 30, 225-420, 1980 Electrophoretic study of Clostridium species, J Clin Microbiol 15(4), 688-702, 1982 Towards a phylogeny of the clostridia based on 16S rRNA sequences, FEMS Microbiol Lett 113(1), 87-92, 1993 Genotypic differentiation of twelve Clostridium species by polymorphism analysis of the triosephosphate isomerase (tpi) gene, Syst Appl Microbiol 26(1), 90-96, 2003 Differences in the carboxy-terminal (Putative phospholipid binding) domains of Clostridium perfringens and Clostridium bifermentans phospholipases C influence the hemolytic and lethal properties of these enzymes, Infect Immun 67(7), 3297-3301, 1999 Taxonomy of the Clostridia: ribosomal ribonucleic acid homologies among the species, J Gen Microbiol 88(2), 229-244, 1975 |