How to Identify a Purchasable Strain Closely Related to GCF_003024715.1

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I am very interested in the genome GCF_003024715.1, which is classified in NCBI as Clostridium fessum.

For practical reasons, however, I need to obtain a closely related bacterial strain that is available from a public culture collection or can otherwise be purchased. I am not sure what would be the best way to identify strains that are phylogenetically or genomically closest to GCF_003024715.1.

Could anyone suggest a good workflow for finding the nearest available cultured strains based on GTDB/GTDB-Tk?

Any suggestions on how to systematically find a purchasable strain that is as closely related as possible to GCF_003024715.1 would be greatly appreciated.

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You can buy the actual type strain of Clostridium fessum itself from these culture collections:

JCM 32258 - JCM Catalogue

Korean Collection for Type Cultures