Strain identifier
BacDive ID: 136880
Type strain: 
Species: Enterococcus faecium
Strain Designation: BM4538
Strain history: CIP <- 2012, P. Courvalin, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain BM4538 <- Australia
NCBI tax ID(s): 1352 (species)
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General
@ref: 36605
BacDive-ID: 136880
keywords: Bacteria, Gram-positive, coccus-shaped
description: Enterococcus faecium BM4538 is a Gram-positive, coccus-shaped bacterium of the family Enterococcaceae.
NCBI tax id
- NCBI tax id: 1352
- Matching level: species
strain history
- @ref: 36605
- history: CIP <- 2012, P. Courvalin, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain BM4538 <- Australia
doi: 10.13145/bacdive136880.20240510.9
Name and taxonomic classification
LPSN
- @ref: 20215
- description: domain/bacteria
- keyword: phylum/bacillota
- domain: Bacteria
- phylum: Bacillota
- class: Bacilli
- order: Lactobacillales
- family: Enterococcaceae
- genus: Enterococcus
- species: Enterococcus faecium
- full scientific name: Enterococcus faecium (Orla-Jensen 1919) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984
synonyms
- @ref: 20215
- synonym: Streptococcus faecium
@ref: 36605
domain: Bacteria
phylum: Firmicutes
class: Bacilli
order: Lactobacillales
family: Enterococcaceae
genus: Enterococcus
species: Enterococcus faecium
strain designation: BM4538
type strain: no
Morphology
cell morphology
- @ref: 36605
- gram stain: positive
- cell shape: coccus-shaped
- motility: no
Culture and growth conditions
culture medium
| @ref | name | growth | composition | link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36605 | MEDIUM 29- Brain heart agar | yes | Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Brain heart infusion agar (52.000 g) | |
| 36605 | CIP Medium 29 | yes | https://catalogue-crbip.pasteur.fr/fiche_milieu.xhtml?crbip=29 |
culture temp
- @ref: 36605
- growth: positive
- type: growth
- temperature: 37
Isolation, sampling and environmental information
isolation
| @ref | geographic location | country | origin.country | continent | sample type | isolation date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36605 | Adelaide | Australia | AUS | Australia and Oceania | ||
| 36605 | Adelaide | Australia | AUS | Australia and Oceania | Human, Blood | 2001 |
Safety information
risk assessment
- @ref: 36605
- biosafety level: 2
- biosafety level comment: Risk group (French classification)
External links
@ref: 36605
culture collection no.: CIP 110560
straininfo link
- @ref: 93903
- straininfo: 395494
Reference
| @id | authors | title | doi/url | catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 | |
| 36605 | Curators of the CIP | https://catalogue-crbip.pasteur.fr/fiche_catalogue.xhtml?crbip=CIP%20110560 | Collection of Institut Pasteur (CIP 110560) | |
| 93903 | 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 | 10.60712/SI-ID395494.1 |