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Clostridium fallax

Clostridium fallax

Catalogue No.

NCTC 8380

Current Name

Clostridium fallax

Type Strain

Type Strain

Original Strain Reference

Tracol

General Info

Authority

(Weinberg and Seguin 1915) Bergey et al. 1923 (AL)

Other Collection Numbers

ATCC 19400, BCRC 14512, CCRC 14512, CCUG 4853, DSM 2631, JCM 1398, NCIMB 10634, Tracol, VPI 5729

Family

Clostridiaceae

Hazard Group (ACDP)

Hazard Group (ACDP) 2

Culture Conditions

Growth Conditions on Solid Media

Columbia blood agar, 48 hours, 37°C, AnO₂

Biological and Genomic Info

Anaerobic Fermentation

Tomato juice agar: -

Gram Stain Result

Positive

Enzyme Tests

Catalase: -

Gelatinase: -

Lecithinase / alpha: -

Strain Data

(ATCC 19400, DSM 2631) Type strain / Institut Pasteur, Paris in 1951

Colony Appearance

Smooth, Shiny

Additional Info

Accession Date

01/01/1951

Depositor

INSTITUT PASTEUR

Previous Catalogue Name

Clostridium fallax

Applications

Extended Bibliography

1 WEINBERG (M.) and SÉGUIN (P.), (1915), Flore microbienne de la gangrène gazeuse. Le B. fallax. Comptes Rendus des Séances de la Société de Biologie, Paris, 1915, 78, 686-689. 2 BERGEY (D.H.), HARRISON (F.C.), BREED (R.S.), HAMMER (B.W.) and HUNTOON (F.M.) (editors): Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923, pp. 1-442., 686-689 Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225 Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed.

Available Formats

  • Ampoule (Bacteria)

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