| Species/Subspecies:
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Clostridium septicum |
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| Etymology:
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Genus name: a small spindle. Species epithet: putrefactive. |
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| Significance: | [Of minor importance]
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| Taxonomy:
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| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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| Firmicutes | Clostridia | Clostridiales | Clostridiaceae | Clostridium |
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| Type Strain:
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ATCC 12464 = CCUG 4855 = NCTC 547. |
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Macromorphology (smell):
 | Bildar mycket små gråvita kolonier, som snabbt flyter ut på plattan till en tät matta (bakterierna "svärmar"). Gives β-hemolysis on blood agar. |
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| Micromorphology:
| Large rods (0.6-1.9 x 1.9-35.0 µm), which usually are motile. Produce oval and subterminal spores. |
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| Gram +/Gram -: | G+ |
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| Metabolism:
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Anaerobic |
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| Catalase/Oxidase: | -/- |
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| Other Enzymes:
| Esculinase +, lecithinase -, tryptophanase -. |
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| Fermentation of carbohydrates:
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| D-Glucose | Lactose | Maltose | L-rhamnose | Sucrose |
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| ? | + | + | - | - | | L-Arabinos | Cellobios | D-mannitol | Salicin | Trehalose |
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| - | (+) | - | v | (+) | | Glycerol | Inulin | Raffinose | D-sorbitol | Starch |
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| ? | - | - | - | - |
Other carbohydrates: Fructose +, galactose (+), mannose +, ribose v, xylose -. |
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| Spec. Char.:
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| Hosts:
| Cattle, sheep, pig |
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| Disease (Swedish): | Malignt ödem, brådsot |
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| Disease (English): | False blackleg |
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| Clinical Picture:
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| 16S rRNA Seq.:
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| Acc-no | Strain | Number of NT | Operon |
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| U59278 | ATCC 12464T | 1 507 | |
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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| Link(s):
| Genus Clostridium |
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