@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-39-4-491, author = "Niel, Philippe and Rimbault, Alain and Campion, Genevieve and Leluan, Georges", title = "Phenotypic Differentiation between Clostridium hastiforme and Clostridium subterminale by Headspace Gas Chromatography", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1989", volume = "39", number = "4", pages = "491-492", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-39-4-491", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-39-4-491", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Abstract Assessment of methane and methanethiol in the headspace gas from cultures of various strains labeled Clostridium hastiforme or Clostridium subterminale allowed differentiation between these two species. C. hastiforme strains produced significantly more methane and less methanethiol than C. subterminale strains. We confirm that strain DSM 1786 (= ATCC 25772) does not belong to either of these species.", }