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Clostridium tetanomorphum (Bulloch et al.) Bergey et al.

49273

Product category
Bacteria
Product type
Anaerobe
Strain designation
NCTC 543 [259E, DSM 4474]
Type strain
Yes
Isolation source
Septic wounds
Geographical isolation
England
Product format
Freeze-dried
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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

Preceptrol
No

Handling information

Medium
Temperature
37°C
Atmosphere
Anaerobic
Handling procedure

PROPAGATION PROCEDURE:

1. Open vial according to enclosed instructions.

2. Under anaerobic conditions, withdraw 0.5 ml of recommended broth from a single test tube (5 to 6 ml) and rehydrate the entire vial contents.

3. Aseptically transfer this aliquot back into the broth tube.  A slant and a pre-reduced blood plate may also be inoculated with 0.1 ml each of the cell suspension.  An aerobic blood plate may also be streaked to check for purity.

4. Incubate tubes and plate under anaerobic conditions at 37°C.  Incubate blood plate aerobically at 37°C.

5.       Within 24 to 48 hours, growth should be evident by   turbidity in the broth. No growth should occur on the blood agar plate incubated aerobically.

Anaerobic conditions for transfer may be obtained by either of the following:

·         Tubes of media are placed under a gassing cannula system hooked to a source of oxygen free gas.

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

Maintenance of anaerobic condition using Balch tubes:

·         Balch tubes (available from Bellco Glass, Vineland, NJ; are specially designed for anaerobic work and use an aluminum crimp cap to hold a rubber stopper in place.  Needles can easily be inserted through the stopper, and the tubes can be pressurized to 2 atm.  Alternatively, serum vials may be used, or screw cap tubes with butyl rubber stoppers, in the latter case the stopper may be removed and the tube placed under a cannula system that dispenses sterile, oxygen free gas for addition of reducing agents or inoculation.

·         Resazurin is a commonly used redox indicator that is pink when the redox potential is above –50 mv, and colorless when the redox potential is below –110 mv, i.e. highly reducing.  Most strict anaerobes require this low redox potential for optimum growth.

·      To obtain a fully reduced medium, it is necessary that the medium be anoxic and that a reducing agent be added.  Common reducing agents are sodium sulfide, cysteine, dithiothreitol, and titanium citrate.

·      Syringes can be made anaerobic by one of two methods. 

Handling notes
                                            Always use freshly prepared pre-reduced media or pre-reduced media that has been previously prepared but stored under anaerobic conditions.            Additional information on this culture is available on the ATCC® web site at www.atcc.org.

History

Deposited as
Clostridium tetanomorphum (Bulloch et al.) Bergey et al.
Depositors
NCTC
Chain of custody
ATCC <-- NCTC <-- M. Robertson 259E

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Frequently Asked Questions

References

Curated Citations

Wilde E, et al. Clostridium tetanomorphum sp. nov., nom. rev.. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 39: 127-134, 1989.

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