Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 132604

Type strain: Yes

Species: Tsukamurella serpentis

Strain Designation: HKU54

Strain history: J. L. L. Teng; Dept. of Microbiol., Univ. of Hong Kong, China; HKU54.

NCBI tax ID(s): 1750603 (species)

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General

@ref: 24393

BacDive-ID: 132604

DSM-Number: 100915

keywords: 16S sequence, Bacteria, aerobe, thermophilic, Gram-positive, rod-shaped, colony-forming

description: Tsukamurella serpentis HKU54 is an aerobe, thermophilic, Gram-positive bacterium that forms irregular colonies and was isolated from oral cavity of a healthy Chinese cobra Naja atra.

NCBI tax id

  • NCBI tax id: 1750603
  • Matching level: species

strain history

@refhistory
24393<- J. L. L. Teng, Univ. of Hong Kong; HKU54
67770J. L. L. Teng; Dept. of Microbiol., Univ. of Hong Kong, China; HKU54.

doi: 10.13145/bacdive132604.20230509.8.1

Name and taxonomic classification

LPSN

  • @ref: 20215
  • description: domain/bacteria
  • keyword: phylum/actinomycetota
  • domain: Bacteria
  • phylum: Actinomycetota
  • class: Actinomycetes
  • order: Mycobacteriales
  • family: Tsukamurellaceae
  • genus: Tsukamurella
  • species: Tsukamurella serpentis
  • full scientific name: Tsukamurella serpentis Tang et al. 2016

@ref: 24393

domain: Bacteria

phylum: Actinobacteria

class: Actinobacteria

order: Actinomycetales

family: Tsukamurellaceae

genus: Tsukamurella

species: Tsukamurella serpentis

full scientific name: Tsukamurella serpentis Tang et al. 2016

strain designation: HKU54

type strain: yes

Morphology

cell morphology

  • @ref: 43103
  • gram stain: positive
  • cell shape: rod-shaped
  • motility: no

colony morphology

  • @ref: 43103
  • colony size: 2 mm
  • colony color: cream-to-yellow
  • colony shape: irregular
  • incubation period: 2 days
  • medium used: Columbia agar with 5 % defibrinated sheep blood agar

multimedia

  • @ref: 24393
  • multimedia content: https://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/photos/DSM_100915.jpg
  • caption: Medium 693 25°C
  • intellectual property rights: © Leibniz-Institut DSMZ

Culture and growth conditions

culture medium

@refnamegrowthlinkcomposition
43103Columbia agar with 5 % defibrinated sheep blood agaryes
43103brain-heart infusion agaryes
43103nutritient agar (NA)yes
43103trypticase soy agar (TSA)yes
43103chocolate agaryes
43103MacConkey agaryes
24393TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR+BLOOD (DSMZ Medium 535a)yeshttps://mediadive.dsmz.de/medium/535aName: TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR+BLOOD (DSMZ Medium 535a) Composition: None 50.0 g/l Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Distilled water

culture temp

@refgrowthtypetemperaturerange
43103nogrowth42thermophilic
43103positivegrowth10-37
24393positivegrowth25mesophilic
67770positivegrowth28mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

oxygen tolerance

  • @ref: 43103
  • oxygen tolerance: aerobe

spore formation

  • @ref: 43103
  • spore formation: no

halophily

  • @ref: 43103
  • salt: NaCl
  • growth: positive
  • tested relation: maximum
  • concentration: 7 %(w/v)

metabolite utilization

@refChebi-IDmetaboliteutilization activitykind of utilization tested
4310315318xanthine-hydrolysis
4310318186tyrosine-hydrolysis
4310312936D-galactose+assimilation
4310317634D-glucose+assimilation
4310315824D-fructose+assimilation
4310317268myo-inositol+assimilation
4310316899D-mannitol+assimilation
4310317924D-sorbitol+assimilation
4310317306maltose+assimilation
4310317992sucrose+assimilation
4310327082trehalose+assimilation
4310317151xylitol+assimilation
4310332528turanose+assimilation
4310318333D-arabitol+assimilation
4310317108D-arabinose-assimilation
4310330849L-arabinose-assimilation
4310316988D-ribose-assimilation
4310365327D-xylose-assimilation
4310316813galactitol-assimilation
4310337657methyl D-glucoside-assimilation
43103506227N-acetylglucosamine-assimilation
43103esculin ferric citrate-assimilation
4310317814salicin-assimilation
4310317057cellobiose-assimilation
4310328053melibiose-assimilation
431036731melezitose-assimilation
4310318287L-fucose-assimilation
4310332032potassium gluconate-assimilation
43103168082-dehydro-D-gluconate-assimilation
4310365328L-xylose-assimilation
4310315963ribitol-assimilation
4310317266L-sorbose-assimilation
4310362345L-rhamnose-assimilation
4310343943methyl alpha-D-mannoside-assimilation
4310327613amygdalin-assimilation
4310318305arbutin-assimilation
4310317716lactose-assimilation
4310315443inulin-assimilation
4310316634raffinose-assimilation
4310328017starch-assimilation
4310328087glycogen-assimilation
4310328066gentiobiose-assimilation
4310362318D-lyxose-assimilation
4310316443D-tagatose-assimilation
4310328847D-fucose-assimilation
4310318403L-arabitol-assimilation
43103581435-dehydro-D-gluconate-assimilation

enzymes

@refvalueactivityec
43103catalase+1.11.1.6
43103cytochrome oxidase-1.9.3.1

fatty acid profile

  • fatty acids

    @reffatty acidpercentage
    43103C12:01.1
    43103C14:04.8
    43103C16:1ω9c1.6
    43103C16:020.1
    43103C17:1ω8c1.1
    43103C17:01
    43103C18:1ω9c45.4
    43103C18:04.4
    43103C20:1ω9c2.4
    43103C16:1ω6c / C16:1ω7c / C15:0 iso 2OH14.9
  • type of FA analysis: whole cell analysis
  • incubation medium: Columbia agar with 5 % defibrinated sheep blood
  • agar/liquid: agar
  • incubation temperature: 25
  • incubation time: 2
  • system: MIS MIDI
  • cutoff value:

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

isolation

@refsample typehost speciesgeographic locationcountryorigin.countrycontinentenrichment cultureenrichment culture durationenrichment culture temperature
24393oral cavity of a healthy Chinese cobra Naja atraNaja atraHong Kong, Queen Mary HospitalChinaCHNAsia
43103oral cavities of healthy Chinese cobras (Naja atra)Hong KongChinaCHNAsiaColumbia agar (Oxoid) with 5 % defibrinated sheep blood2 days25
67770Oral cavity of two Chinese cobras (Naja atra)Naja atraHong KongChinaCHNAsia

isolation source categories

Cat1Cat2
#Host#Reptilia
#Host Body-Site#Oral cavity and airways

taxonmaps

  • @ref: 69479
  • File name: preview.99_52063.png
  • url: https://microbeatlas.org/index.html?action=taxon&taxon_id=90_10;96_1974;97_2373;98_2929;99_52063&stattab=map
  • Last taxonomy: Tsukamurella serpentis
  • 16S sequence: KT581020
  • Sequence Identity:
  • Total samples: 297
  • soil counts: 60
  • aquatic counts: 78
  • animal counts: 118
  • plant counts: 41

Safety information

risk assessment

  • @ref: 24393
  • biosafety level: 1
  • biosafety level comment: Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

16S sequences

  • @ref: 24393
  • description: Tsukamurella serpentis strain HKU54 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence
  • accession: KT581020
  • length: 1407
  • database: ena
  • NCBI tax ID: 1750603

GC content

@refGC-contentmethod
4310369.2
2439369.2thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
6777066.7-71.7thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

External links

@ref: 24393

culture collection no.: DSM 100915, JCM 31017

straininfo link

  • @ref: 90919
  • straininfo: 407697

literature

  • topic: Phylogeny
  • Pubmed-ID: 27257031
  • title: Tsukamurella serpentis sp. nov., isolated from the oral cavity of Chinese cobras (Naja atra).
  • authors: Tang Y, Teng JLL, Cheung CLW, Ngan AHY, Huang Y, Wong SSY, Yip EKT, Ng KHL, Que TL, Lau SKP, Woo PCY
  • journal: Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
  • DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001187
  • year: 2016
  • mesh: Actinomycetales/*classification/genetics/isolation & purification, Animals, Bacterial Typing Techniques, Base Composition, DNA, Bacterial/genetics, Elapidae/*microbiology, Fatty Acids/chemistry, Hong Kong, Mouth/*microbiology, Nucleic Acid Hybridization, *Phylogeny, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics, Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • topic2: Transcriptome

Reference

@idauthorstitledoi/urlcataloguejournalpubmed
20215Parte, 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 DSMZ10.1099/ijsem.0.004332
24393Curators of the DSMZhttps://www.dsmz.de/collection/catalogue/details/culture/DSM-100915Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSM 100915)
43103Ying Tang, Jade L. L. Teng, Candy L. W. Cheung, Antonio H. Y. Ngan, Yi Huang, Samson S. Y. Wong, Eric K. T. Yip, Kenneth H. L. Ng, Tak-Lun Que, Susanna K. P. Lau, Patrick C. Y. WooTsukamurella serpentis sp. nov., isolated from the oral cavity of Chinese cobras (Naja atra)10.1099/ijsem.0.001187IJSEM 66: 3329-3336 201627257031
67770Curators of the JCMhttps://jcm.brc.riken.jp/en/
69479João 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 betahttps://microbeatlas.org/
90919Reimer, 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 identifiers10.60712/SI-ID407697.1