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Clostridium perfringens (Veillon and Zuber) Hauduroy et al.

13124

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Clostridium perfringens strain NCTC 8237 [ATCC 19408, CIP 103 409, CN 1491, NCIB 6125, NCTC 6125, S 107] is a whole-genome sequenced bacterial type strain. This toxigenic culture has applications in agricultural research, bioinformatics, quality control, media testing, and water testing.
Product category
Bacteria
Product type
Anaerobe
Preceptrol culture
Strain designation
NCTC 8237 [ATCC 19408, CIP 103 409, CN 1491, NCIB 6125, NCTC 6125, S 107]
Type strain
Yes
Genome sequenced strain
Yes
Applications
Agricultural research
Bioinformatics
Media testing
Quality control
Water testing
Product format
Frozen
Storage conditions
-80°C or colder
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ATCC highly recommends that appropriate personal protective equipment is always used when handling vials. For cultures that require storage in liquid nitrogen, it is important to note that some vials may leak when submersed in liquid nitrogen and will slowly fill with liquid nitrogen. Upon thawing, the conversion of the liquid nitrogen back to its gas phase may result in the vial exploding or blowing off its cap with dangerous force creating flying debris. Unless necessary, ATCC recommends that these cultures be stored in the vapor phase of liquid nitrogen rather than submersed in liquid nitrogen.

Detailed product information

General

Specific applications
Media testing
Produces hemolysins
Produces lethal toxins
Produces phospholipase C lecithinase C
Quality control strain
Reference material
Control strain for anaerobe identification
Quality control strain for API, BBL, and MicroScan [Reg TM] products
Water testing
Preceptrol
Yes

Characteristics

Toxigenic
Yes
Toxin genes
cpa (Alpha toxin) positive
etx (Epsilon toxin) negative
pfoA (Perfringolysin O) positive
Comments
Penicillin-binding protein profile
Type A, alpha-toxigenic
The presence of cpa and pfoA genes was confirmed by PCR.
Genome sequenced strain
This strain does not produce epsilon toxin

Handling information

Medium
Temperature
37°C
Atmosphere
Anaerobic
Handling procedure
  1. Open thawed vial.
  2. Under anaerobic conditions aseptically transfer the entire contents to a 5-6 mL tube of #2107 broth. Additional test tubes can be inoculated by transferring 0.5 mL of the primary broth tube to these secondary broth tubes. Best practice dictates the use of pre-reduced media.
  3. Use several drops of the primary broth tube to inoculate a #260 plate and/or #260 agar slant.
  4. Incubate in an anaerobic atmosphere at 37°C for 24 to 48 hours. Incubate one agar plate aerobically at 37°C to check for contamination.

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS:

Anaerobic conditions for transfer may be obtained by the use of an anaerobic gas chamber or placement of test tubes under a gassing cannula system connected to anaerobic gas.

Anaerobic conditions for incubation may be obtained by any of the following:

  • Loose screw caps on test tubes in an anaerobic chamber
  • Loose screw caps on test tubes in an activated anaerobic gas pack jar
  • Use of sterile butyl rubber stoppers on test tubes so that an anaerobic gas headspace is retained
Handling notes
The presence of cpa and pfoA genes was confirmed by PCR.
Purified genomic DNA of this strain is available as ATCC® 13124D-5™.
Additional information on this culture is available on the ATCC® web site at www.atcc.org.

Quality control specifications

Verification method
Whole-genome Sequencing

History

Deposited as
Clostridium perfringens (Veillon and Zuber) Hauduroy et al.
Depositors
NCTC
Chain of custody
ATCC <-- NCTC <-- Wellcome Lab. CN 1491
Cross references
GenBank AX109537 Sequence 270 from Patent WO0123604.
GenBank AX110098 Sequence 831 from Patent WO0123604.
GenBank M59103 Clostridium perfringens 16S ribosomal RNA.
GenBank J02880 C.perfringens pyruvoyl-dependent histidine decarboxylase (hdc), gene, complete cds.
GenBank S51964 {16S/23S ribosomal DNA spacer region} [Clostridium perfringens, ATCC 13124, Genomic, 239 nt]
GenBank CP00246 Clostridium perfringens ATCC 13124, complete genome.

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References

Curated Citations

J. Appl. Bacteriol. 22: 1, 1959.

Chalkley L, Van der Westhuyzen I. Penicillin-binding proteins of Clostridia. Curr. Microbiol. 26: 109-112, 1993.

British Pharmacopoeia Commission Tests for microbial contamination. London, UK:British Pharmacopoeia Commission;British Pharmacopoeia Appendix XVI B, 2003

European Pharmacopoeia Commission Microbial contamination of products not required to comply with the test for sterility (tests for specified micro-organisms). Nutritive and selective properties of the media and validity of the test for specified micro-organisms. Strasbourg, France:European Pharmacopoeia Commission;European Pharmacopoeia EP 2.6.13, 1997

Quality Control for Commercially Prepared Microbiological Culture Media; Approved Standard - 3rd Edition. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M22-A3.

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