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Isolation and Identification of Clostridia from North Sea Sediments
Author(s) -
Davies June A.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1969.tb00962.x
Subject(s) - clostridia , isolation (microbiology) , clostridium , psychrophile , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , clostridiaceae , identification (biology) , bacteria , ecology , genetics , toxin
Summary Using enrichment techniques, it was possible to isolate clostridia from marine sediments collected from 10 stations in the North Sea. Of the total number of isolates Clostridium bifermentans constituted 47% and Cl. welchii 21%, while Cl. sordellii constituted 18%. The remainder were unknown species. Evidence of cellulolysis was obtained, but no organism has as yet been isolated. No psychrophilic anaerobes were found.