| Species: | Clostridium perfringens
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| Species code: | CLOPE
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| Type: | Eubacteria
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| Taxonomy: | Bacteria; Firmicutes; Clostridia; Clostridiales; Clostridiaceae; Clostridium (TaxID: 1502)
[NEWT /
NCBI]
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| Strain(s): | 13 / Type A
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| Genome: | circular, 3.03 Mb; 1 ECE of 54 Kb
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| Reference(s): |
MEDLINE=21664373
[NCBI, ExPASy, Israel, Japan]; PubMed=11792842;
Shimizu T., Ohtani K., Hirakawa H., Ohshima K., Yamashita A.,
Shiba T., Ogasawara N., Hattori M., Kuhara S., Hayashi H.;
"Complete genome sequence of Clostridium perfringens, an anaerobic
flesh-eater.";
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99:996-1001(2002).
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| Genome official sequence WWW site(s): |
http://w3.grt.kyushu-u.ac.jp/CPE/
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| Other WWW site(s): |
GIB (DDBJ)
TIGR CMR
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| Description: | Rod-shaped Gram-positive bacterium that is anaerobic and spore forming.
It is widely distributed in the environment and frequently occurs in
the intestines of humans and many domestic and feral animals. Spores
of the organism persist in soil, sediments, and areas subject to
human or animal fecal pollution.
The common form of perfringens poisoning is characterized by intense
abdominal cramps and diarrhea which begin 8-22 hours after consumption
of foods containing large numbers of those bacteria capable of producing
the food poisoning toxin.
Type A strains can also cause wound contamination; traumatic or
nontraumatic myonecrosis (gas gangrene); clostridial cellulitis,
intra-abdominal sepsis, gangrenous cholecystitis.
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| Properties: | Number of membranes : 1
Presence of a flagella : No?
Number of inteins : 2 in 2 different sequences
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