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Clostridium cochlearium

Clostridium cochlearium

Catalogue No.

NCTC 2909

Current Name

Clostridium cochlearium

Type Strain

Reference Strain

Original Strain Reference

446 Ivan Hall

Culture Conditions

Growth Conditions on Solid Media

Neopeptone agar, 37°C, Strict Anaerobe

Biological and Genomic Info

Anaerobic Fermentation

Sorbitol: -

Gram Stain Result

Positive

Enzyme Tests

Catalase: -

Triacylglycero: -

Strain Data

(ATCC 19407) / Suggested working type / I. C. Hall in 1929 / Saliva / Sneath, P. H. A. & Skerman, V. B. D. (1966) Int. J. syst. Bact. 16, 1 / Wilde, E. et al. (1989) Int. J. syst. Bact. 39, 127

Colony Appearance

Smooth, Shiny

Additional Info

Accession Date

01/01/1929

Depositor

HALL I C

Isolated From

from saliva

Previous Catalogue Name

Clostridium cochlearium

Applications

Bibliography

SNEATH P H A & SKERMAN V B D 1966 INT J SYST BACT 16 1

Extended Bibliography

Nakamura, S. Okado, I. Abe, T. Nishida, S., (1979), Taxonomy of Clostridium tetani and related species., J. Gen. Microbiol., 29-35 Hall, I.C., (1922), J. Infect. Dis., 445 Gottwald, M. Hippe, H. Gottschalk, G., (1984), Formation of n-butanol from D-glucose by strains of the "Clostridium tetanomorphum" group., Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 573-576

Available Formats

  • Ampoule (Bacteria)

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