SAMN02990135 Clostridium pasteurianum DSM 525 Clostridium pasteurianum DSM 525 = ATCC 6013 Clostridium pasteurianum is a gram positive, endospore-forming, obligately anaerobic rod shaped bacterium that fixes atmospheric nitrogen. It can efficiently utilise glycerol as a feedstock to produce the fuels n-butanol and 1,3-propanediol. The species was discovered in (1893-95) in soil by the Russian microbiologist Winogradsky. The strain described here was obtained from the DSMZ. Georg-August-University Goettingen, Genomic and Applied Microbiology, Goettingen Genomics Laboratory G2L Team Microbe, viral or environmental Microbe.1.0 DSM 525 1893 Russia soil missing type strain of Clostridium pasteurianum