P. Lawson et al., CHARACTERIZATION OF A PSYCHROTROPHIC CLOSTRIDIUM CAUSING SPOILAGE IN VACUUM-PACKED COOKED PORK - DESCRIPTION OF CLOSTRIDIUM-ALGIDICARNIS SP-NOV, Letters in applied microbiology, 19(3), 1994, pp. 153-157
A Clostridium species causing spoilage of vacuum-packed refrigerated p
ork was isolated and characterized. The unknown organism differed phen
otypically from other clostridial species usually associated with spoi
lage. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing demonstr
ated that the psychrotroph represents a distinct line of descent withi
n the genus Clostridium. It is proposed that the organism be classifie
d as a new species of the genus Clostridium, Clostridium algidicarnis.