Name: Actinomyces gerencseriae 2-606-032
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 159

Type strain:

Species: Actinomyces gerencseriae

Strain Designation: 2-606-032

Culture col. no.: DSM 6844, ATCC 23860, CDC W838, CIP 105418, JCM 12963, VPI 12594, CCUG 32936, CCUG 34703

Strain history: CIP <- 1998, DSMZ <- ATCC <- L. Georg: strain CDC W838 <- L.A. Weed: strain 2-606-032

NCBI tax ID(s): 1120943 (strain), 52769 (species)

SI-ID 38271

ATCC 23860, CCUG 32936, DSM 6844, CCUG 34703, CIP 105418, JCM 12963

Other strains from Actinomyces gerencseriae

A. gerencseriae 8/46-47, DSM 43322, ATCC 29322, ...
A. gerencseriae CIP 53.118
A. gerencseriae CCUG 35927
A. gerencseriae CCUG 35928
A. gerencseriae CCUG 35929
A. gerencseriae CCUG 35930
A. gerencseriae CCUG 37400
A. gerencseriae CCUG 43151
A. gerencseriae CCUG 45476

Section

Actinomyces gerencseriae 2-606-032 is a microaerophile, mesophilic, Gram-positive bacterium that forms circular colonies and was isolated from human, parotid abscess.

colony-forming
Gram-positive
mesophilic
microaerophile
16S sequence
Bacteria
genome sequence

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Actinomycetota*
	Class	*Actinomycetes*
	Order	*Actinomycetales*
	Family	*Actinomycetaceae*
	Genus	*Actinomyces*
	Species	**Actinomyces gerencseriae**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Actinomyces gerencseriae Johnson et al. 1990

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #23355]	Gram stain	positive
[Ref.: #119606]	Gram stain	positive
[Ref.: #69480]	Gram stain	positive Confidence in %100

[Ref.: #23355]	Motility	no
[Ref.: #119606]	Motility	no
[Ref.: #69480]	Motility	no Confidence in %92.907

[Ref.: #119606]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #23355]	Colony size	0.2 mm
[Ref.: #23355]	Colony color	white
[Ref.: #23355]	Colony shape	circular
[Ref.: #23355]	Incubation period	2 days
[Ref.: #23355]	Cultivation medium used	blood agar and peptone-yeast extract-glucose broth

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

BHI/2 MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 217)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

blood agar

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 258 - for Actinomyces gerencseriae

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 7

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #2852]		growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #41697]		growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #67770]		growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #119606]		growth	30-37 °C
[Ref.: #119606]	no	growth	10 °C
[Ref.: #119606]	no	growth	25 °C
[Ref.: #119606]	no	growth	41 °C
[Ref.: #119606]	no	growth	45 °C

[Ref.: #2852]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #41697]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #67770]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #119606]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #119606]	Temperature range	psychrophilic
[Ref.: #119606]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #119606]	Temperature range	thermophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #2852]	Oxygen tolerance	microaerophile
[Ref.: #23355]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe
[Ref.: #119606]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe

[Ref.: #23355]	Ability of spore formation	no
[Ref.: #69481]	Ability of spore formation	no Confidence in %99
[Ref.: #69480]	Ability of spore formation	no Confidence in %99.986

	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #119606]	NaCl		growth	0-2	%
[Ref.: #119606]	NaCl	no	growth	4	%
[Ref.: #119606]	NaCl	no	growth	6	%
[Ref.: #119606]	NaCl	no	growth	8	%
[Ref.: #119606]	NaCl	no	growth	10	%

[Ref.: #2852]	Murein short key	A21.11
[Ref.: #2852]	Murein types	A5ß L-Orn-L-Lys-D-Glu

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #23355]	arabinose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23355]	D-arabinose ChEBI	+	fermentation
[Ref.: #119606]	esculin ChEBI	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #23355]	fructose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #119606]	hippurate ChEBI	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #23355]	mannitol ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #119606]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #119606]	nitrate ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #119606]	nitrite ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #23355]	raffinose ChEBI	+	builds acid from

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #119606]		indole ChEBI	no

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Voges-Proskauer-test	Methylred-test
[Ref.: #119606]		acetoin ChEBI	-
[Ref.: #119606]		glucose ChEBI		+

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68382]	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2	* from API zym
[Ref.: #119606]	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
[Ref.: #68382]	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	* from API zym
[Ref.: #119606]	amylase	-
[Ref.: #119606]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API zym
[Ref.: #119606]	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
[Ref.: #119606]	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #68382]	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	* from API zym
[Ref.: #119606]	DNase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase (C 4)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #119606]	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
[Ref.: #119606]	gelatinase	-
[Ref.: #119606]	lecithinase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #119606]	lipase	+
[Ref.: #68382]	lipase (C 14)	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #119606]	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
[Ref.: #68382]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #119606]	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
[Ref.: #119606]	oxidase	-
[Ref.: #119606]	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
[Ref.: #119606]	protease	+
[Ref.: #68382]	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	* from API zym
[Ref.: #119606]	tryptophan deaminase	-
[Ref.: #119606]	tween esterase	-
[Ref.: #119606]	urease	-	3.5.1.5
[Ref.: #68382]	valine arylamidase	-		* from API zym
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API® zym:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	Control	2-naphthyl phosphateAlkaline phosphatase	2-naphthyl butyrateEsterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	2-naphthyl myristateLipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-2-naphthylamideTrypsin	N-glutaryl-phenylalanine-2-naphthylamidealpha- Chymotrypsin	2-naphthyl phosphateAcid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-galactpyranosidealpha- Galactosidase	2-naphthyl-betaD-galactpyranosidebeta- Galactosidase	Naphthol-AS-BI-betaD-glucuronidebeta- Glucuronidase	2-naphthyl-alphaD-glucopyranosidealpha- Glucosidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-betaD-glucopyranosidebeta- Glucosidase	1-naphthyl-N-acetyl-betaD-glucosaminideN-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-mannopyranosidealpha- Mannosidase	2-naphthyl-alphaL-fucopyranosidealpha- Fucosidase
[Ref.: #119606]	8682	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #2852]	Sample type/isolated from	human, parotid abscess

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Human parotid abscess

[Ref.: #119606]	Sample type/isolated from	Human, Parotid abscess
[Ref.: #119606]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Rochester, Minnesota
[Ref.: #119606]	Country	United States of America
[Ref.: #119606]	Country ISO 3 Code	USA
[Ref.: #119606]	Continent	North America
* marker position based on {}

Isolation sources categories

#Host	#Human	-
#Host Body-Site	#Other	#Abscess
#Host Body-Site	#Organ	#Ear

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Global distribution of 16S sequence X80414 (>99% sequence identity) for Actinomyces gerencseriae subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	686
Soil Samples	470
Animal Samples	29005
Plant Samples	258
Total Samples	30419

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

[Ref.: #2852]	Biosafety level	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
[Ref.: #119606]	Biosafety level	2	Risk group (French classification)

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #20218]	Actinomyces gerencseriae 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF058050	282	ENA	52769 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	A.gerencseriae 16S rDNA	X80414	1415	ENA	52769 tax ID	*

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #67770]	Actinomyces gerencseriae DSM 6844	GCA_000429265	scaffold	GenBank	1120943 tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Actinomyces gerencseriae DSM 6844	1120943.3	wgs	PATRIC	1120943 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Actinomyces gerencseriae DSM 6844	2524023137	draft	JGI IMG/M	1120943 tax ID	*

[Ref.: #2852]	GC-content	70.0 mol%	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
[Ref.: #23355]	GC-content	70.0 mol%
[Ref.: #67770]	GC-content	70 mol%

Data predicted using genome information as a basis Genome-based predictions

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 based on: Actinomyces gerencseriae DSM 6844 DSM 6844 NCBI: GCA_000429265.1
[Ref.: #69481]	spore-forming	no	99	no

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from Diaspora project based on: Actinomyces gerencseriae DSM 6844 PATRIC: 1120943.3
[Ref.: #69480]	motile	no	92.073	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	flagellated	no	97.207	no
[Ref.: #69480]	gram-positive	yes	94.726	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	anaerobic	no	71.606	no
[Ref.: #69480]	aerobic	no	92.026	no
[Ref.: #69480]	halophile	no	85.317	no
[Ref.: #69480]	spore-forming	no	93.308	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-util	yes	89.63	no
[Ref.: #69480]	thermophile	no	91.455	no
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-ferment	yes	80.188	no

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 6844, ATCC 23860, CDC W838, CIP 105418, JCM 12963, VPI 12594, CCUG 32936, CCUG 34703

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SI-ID 38271

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Actinomyces georgiae sp. nov., Actinomyces gerencseriae sp. nov., designation of two genospecies of Actinomyces naeslundii, and inclusion of A. naeslundii serotypes II and III and Actinomyces viscosus serotype II in A. naeslundii genospecies 2.	Johnson JL, Moore LV, Kaneko B, Moore WE	Int J Syst Bacteriol	10.1099/00207713-40-3-273	1990	*

References

#2852

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 6844

#20215

Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )

#20218

Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )

#23355

J. L. Johnson, Lillian V. H. Moore, Beverly Kaneko, W. E. C. Moore: Actinomyces georgiae sp. nov., Actinomyces gerencseriae sp. nov., Designation of Two Genospecies of Actinomyces naeslundii, and Inclusion of A. naeslundii serotypes II and III and Actinomyces viscosus serotype II in A. naeslundii Genospecies 2. IJSEM 40: 273 - 286 1990 ( DOI 10.1099/00207713-40-3-273 , PubMed 2397195 )

#41697 ; Curators of the CIP;

#66792

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#67770 Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;

#68382

Automatically annotated from API zym .

#69479

João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .

#69480

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Predictions based on genome sequence made in the Diaspora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#69481

Xiao-Yin To, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Alice C. McHardy, Philipp C. Münch: Predictions based on the model GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 . ( DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2527258/v1 )

#69841

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID38271.1 )

#119606 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 105418
* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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