Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 3206

Type strain: Yes

Species: Corynebacterium testudinoris

Strain Designation: M935/96/4

Strain history: CIP <- 2000, CCUG <- MD Collins, Reading, UK: strain M935/96/4 <- G. Foster, Inverness, UK

NCBI tax ID(s): 136857 (species)

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General

@ref: 11927

BacDive-ID: 3206

DSM-Number: 44614

keywords: genome sequence, 16S sequence, Bacteria, facultative anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive, pigmented, animal pathogen

description: Corynebacterium testudinoris M935/96/4 is a facultative anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive animal pathogen that has a yellow pigmentation and was isolated from from necrotic lesions in the mouth of a tortoise.

NCBI tax id

  • NCBI tax id: 136857
  • Matching level: species

strain history

@refhistory
11927<- CCUG <- M. D. Collins, IFR Reading <- G. Foster
67770CCUG 41823 <-- M. D. Collins <-- G. Foster M935/96/4.
123487CIP <- 2000, CCUG <- MD Collins, Reading, UK: strain M935/96/4 <- G. Foster, Inverness, UK

doi: 10.13145/bacdive3206.20230509.8.1

Name and taxonomic classification

LPSN

  • @ref: 20215
  • description: domain/bacteria
  • keyword: phylum/actinomycetota
  • domain: Bacteria
  • phylum: Actinomycetota
  • class: Actinomycetes
  • order: Mycobacteriales
  • family: Corynebacteriaceae
  • genus: Corynebacterium
  • species: Corynebacterium testudinoris
  • full scientific name: Corynebacterium testudinoris Collins et al. 2001

@ref: 11927

domain: Bacteria

phylum: Actinobacteria

class: Actinobacteria

order: Actinomycetales

family: Corynebacteriaceae

genus: Corynebacterium

species: Corynebacterium testudinoris

full scientific name: Corynebacterium testudinoris Collins et al. 2001 emend. Nouioui et al. 2018

strain designation: M935/96/4

type strain: yes

Morphology

cell morphology

@refgram stainmotilityconfidencecell shape
23371positiveno
69480no90.862
69480positive100
123487positivenorod-shaped

colony morphology

@refmedium used
23371Columbia blood agar base supplemented with 5% defibrinated sheep blood
123487

pigmentation

  • @ref: 23371
  • production: yes
  • color: yellow

Culture and growth conditions

culture medium

@refnamegrowthlinkcomposition
11927COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693)yeshttps://mediadive.dsmz.de/medium/693Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693) Composition: Defibrinated sheep blood 50.0 g/l Columbia agar base
23371Columbia blood agar base supplemented with 5% defibrinated sheep bloodyes
40595MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agaryesDistilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
123487CIP Medium 72yeshttps://catalogue-crbip.pasteur.fr/fiche_milieu.xhtml?crbip=72

culture temp

@refgrowthtypetemperaturerange
11927positivegrowth37mesophilic
23371positivegrowth37mesophilic
40595positivegrowth37mesophilic
55225positivegrowth25-37mesophilic
67770positivegrowth37mesophilic
123487positivegrowth10-37
123487nogrowth41thermophilic
123487nogrowth45thermophilic

Physiology and metabolism

oxygen tolerance

@refoxygen tolerance
23371facultative anaerobe
55225aerobe
123487facultative anaerobe

spore formation

@refspore formationconfidence
23371no
69481no100
69480no99.997

halophily

  • @ref: 123487
  • salt: NaCl
  • growth: positive
  • tested relation: growth
  • concentration: 0-10 %

metabolite utilization

@refChebi-IDmetaboliteutilization activitykind of utilization tested
2337165327D-xylose-builds acid from
2337128087glycogen-builds acid from
2337117716lactose-builds acid from
2337129864mannitol-builds acid from
233715291gelatin-hydrolysis
2337117234glucose+builds acid from
2337117306maltose+builds acid from
2337133942ribose+builds acid from
2337117992sucrose+builds acid from
233714853esculin+hydrolysis
2337117632nitrate+reduction
68371Potassium 5-ketogluconate-builds acid from
68371Potassium 2-ketogluconate-builds acid from
6837124265gluconate-builds acid from
6837118403L-arabitol-builds acid from
6837118333D-arabitol-builds acid from
6837118287L-fucose-builds acid from
6837128847D-fucose-builds acid from
6837116443D-tagatose-builds acid from
6837162318D-lyxose-builds acid from
6837132528turanose-builds acid from
6837128066gentiobiose+builds acid from
6837117151xylitol-builds acid from
6837128087glycogen-builds acid from
6837128017starch-builds acid from
6837116634raffinose-builds acid from
683716731melezitose-builds acid from
6837115443inulin-builds acid from
6837127082trehalose+builds acid from
6837117992sucrose+builds acid from
6837128053melibiose-builds acid from
6837117716lactose-builds acid from
6837117306maltose+builds acid from
6837117814salicin+builds acid from
683714853esculin+builds acid from
6837118305arbutin+builds acid from
6837127613amygdalin+builds acid from
68371320061methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside-builds acid from
6837143943methyl alpha-D-mannoside-builds acid from
6837117924D-sorbitol-builds acid from
6837116899D-mannitol-builds acid from
6837117268myo-inositol-builds acid from
6837116813galactitol-builds acid from
6837162345L-rhamnose-builds acid from
6837117266L-sorbose-builds acid from
6837116024D-mannose+builds acid from
6837115824D-fructose+builds acid from
6837117634D-glucose+builds acid from
6837112936D-galactose-builds acid from
6837174863methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside-builds acid from
6837115963ribitol-builds acid from
6837165328L-xylose-builds acid from
6837165327D-xylose-builds acid from
6837116988D-ribose+builds acid from
6837130849L-arabinose-builds acid from
6837117108D-arabinose-builds acid from
6837117113erythritol-builds acid from
6837117754glycerol-builds acid from
12348716947citrate-carbon source
1234874853esculin+hydrolysis
123487606565hippurate-hydrolysis
12348717632nitrate+reduction
12348716301nitrite-reduction
12348717632nitrate+respiration

antibiotic resistance

  • @ref: 123487
  • metabolite: 0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)
  • is antibiotic: yes
  • is sensitive: no
  • is resistant: yes

metabolite production

  • @ref: 123487
  • Chebi-ID: 35581
  • metabolite: indole
  • production: no

metabolite tests

@refChebi-IDmetabolitevoges-proskauer-testmethylred-test
12348715688acetoin-
12348717234glucose+

enzymes

@refvalueactivityec
23371acid phosphatase+3.1.3.2
23371alkaline phosphatase-3.1.3.1
23371alpha-fucosidase-3.2.1.51
23371alpha-galactosidase-3.2.1.22
23371alpha-glucosidase-3.2.1.20
23371alpha-mannosidase-3.2.1.24
23371beta-galactosidase-3.2.1.23
23371beta-glucosidase+3.2.1.21
23371beta-glucuronidase-3.2.1.31
23371catalase+1.11.1.6
23371chymotrypsin-3.4.4.5
23371cystine arylamidase-3.4.11.3
23371esterase (C 4)+
23371esterase lipase (C 8)+
23371leucine arylamidase+3.4.11.1
23371lipase (C 14)-
23371N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase-3.2.1.52
23371phosphoamidase-3.9.1.1
23371pyrazinamidase-3.5.1.B15
23371pyrrolidonyl arylamidase-3.4.19.3
23371trypsin-3.4.21.4
23371urease-3.5.1.5
23371valine arylamidase-
68382alpha-fucosidase-3.2.1.51
68382alpha-mannosidase-3.2.1.24
68382N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase-3.2.1.52
68382beta-glucosidase+3.2.1.21
68382alpha-glucosidase+3.2.1.20
68382beta-glucuronidase-3.2.1.31
68382beta-galactosidase-3.2.1.23
68382alpha-galactosidase-3.2.1.22
68382naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase+
68382acid phosphatase+3.1.3.2
68382alpha-chymotrypsin-3.4.21.1
68382trypsin-3.4.21.4
68382cystine arylamidase-3.4.11.3
68382valine arylamidase-
68382leucine arylamidase+3.4.11.1
68382lipase (C 14)-
68382esterase lipase (C 8)+
68382esterase (C 4)+
68382alkaline phosphatase+3.1.3.1
123487oxidase-
123487beta-galactosidase-3.2.1.23
123487alcohol dehydrogenase-1.1.1.1
123487gelatinase-
123487DNase-
123487caseinase-3.4.21.50
123487catalase+1.11.1.6
123487tween esterase-
123487gamma-glutamyltransferase+2.3.2.2
123487lecithinase-
123487lipase-
123487lysine decarboxylase-4.1.1.18
123487ornithine decarboxylase-4.1.1.17
123487phenylalanine ammonia-lyase-4.3.1.24
123487tryptophan deaminase-
123487urease-3.5.1.5

API zym

@refControlAlkaline phosphataseEsteraseEsterase LipaseLipaseLeucine arylamidaseValine arylamidaseCystine arylamidaseTrypsinalpha- ChymotrypsinAcid phosphataseNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolasealpha- Galactosidasebeta- Galactosidasebeta- Glucuronidasealpha- Glucosidasebeta- GlucosidaseN-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidasealpha- Mannosidasealpha- Fucosidase
123487-+++-+----++---++---

API 50CHac

@refGLYERYDARALARARIBDXYLLXYLADOMDXGALGLUFRUMNESBERHADULINOMANSORMDMMDGNAGAMYARBESCSALCELMALLACMELSACTREINUMLZRAFAMDGLYGXLTGENTURLYXTAGDFUCLFUCDARLLARLGNT2KG5KG
123487----+-----+++--------+/-+++++/-+--++------+----------

API biotype100

@refGLUFRUGALTREMNESBEMELSACRAFMTEMALLACLTEMbGaMaGaCELGENMbGuESCRIBARAXYLPLERHAFUCMLZDARLLARLXLTDULTAGGLYINOMANMTLTURSORADOHBGLYXERYMDG3MDGSATMUCLTATDTATMTATDMLTLMLTCATETATETTECITGRTGAT2KG5KGTRYNAGGNTPACPATpOBEQATGTEmOBEBATPPATCMTTGEBETPCEABTHINLATCAPCYTHISSUCFUMGREGYTAVTETNTTNGLNITA3OBUAPTGTTPRODALALALASERMNTPROPTYR2KT
123487++-++--+-++-----++++----------------------------++---------+------------+--+----------+--++--------

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

isolation

@refsample typegeographic locationcountryorigin.countrycontinentsampling date
11927from necrotic lesions in the mouth of a tortoiseInvernessUnited KingdomGBREurope
55225Tortoise,necrotic lesions in mouthInvernessUnited KingdomGBREurope1996
67770Necrotic lesions in the mouth of a tortoiseUnited KingdomGBREurope
123487Tortoise, necrotic lesions in mouthInvernessUnited KingdomGBREurope

isolation source categories

Cat1Cat2Cat3
#Infection#Inflammation
#Host#Reptilia
#Host Body-Site#Oral cavity and airways#Mouth
#Host Body-Site#Other#Wound

Safety information

risk assessment

@refpathogenicity animalbiosafety levelbiosafety level comment
11927yes, in single cases1Risk group (German classification)
1234872Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

16S sequences

  • @ref: 11927
  • description: Corynebacterium testudinoris 16S rRNA gene, strain CCUG 41823T
  • accession: AJ295841
  • length: 1482
  • database: ena
  • NCBI tax ID: 136857

Genome sequences

@refdescriptionaccessionassembly leveldatabaseNCBI tax ID
66792Corynebacterium testudinoris DSM 44614GCA_001021045completencbi136857
66792Corynebacterium testudinoris strain DSM 44614136857.5completepatric136857
66792Corynebacterium testudinoris DSM 44614 Genome Sequencing2615840659completeimg136857

GC content

  • @ref: 67770
  • GC-content: 63.14
  • method: genome sequence analysis

Genome-based predictions

predictions

traitpredictionconfidencetraining_data
spore-formingno100no
motileno92.786no
flagellatedno97.889yes
gram-positiveyes92.74no
anaerobicno99.378yes
aerobicno52.326no
halophileyes64.56no
spore-formingno94.391yes
thermophileno98.743no
glucose-utilyes88.569no
glucose-fermentyes59.133no

External links

@ref: 11927

culture collection no.: DSM 44614, ATCC BAA 467, CCUG 41823, CIP 106763, JCM 12108, NCIMB 14414

straininfo link

  • @ref: 72721
  • straininfo: 87799

literature

topicPubmed-IDtitleauthorsjournalDOIyearmeshtopic2
Phylogeny11491332Corynebacterium testudinoris sp. nov., from a tortoise, and Corynebacterium felinum sp. nov., from a Scottish wild cat.Collins MD, Hoyles L, Hutson RA, Foster G, Falsen EInt J Syst Evol Microbiol10.1099/00207713-51-4-13492001Animals, Animals, Wild/microbiology, Cats/*microbiology, Corynebacterium/*classification/genetics/*isolation & purification/metabolism, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, RNA, Bacterial/genetics, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics, Scotland, Species Specificity, Terminology as Topic, Turtles/*microbiologyGenetics
Phylogeny25404484Corynebacterium atrinae sp. nov., isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of a pen shell, Atrina pectinata.Kim PS, Shin NR, Hyun DW, Kim JY, Whon TW, Oh SJ, Bae JWInt J Syst Evol Microbiol10.1099/ijs.0.067587-02014Animals, Bacterial Typing Techniques, Base Composition, Bivalvia/*microbiology, Corynebacterium/*classification/genetics/isolation & purification, DNA, Bacterial/genetics, Diaminopimelic Acid/chemistry, Fatty Acids/chemistry, Gastrointestinal Tract/*microbiology, Molecular Sequence Data, Nucleic Acid Hybridization/genetics, Peptidoglycan/chemistry, Phospholipids/chemistry, *Phylogeny, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics, Republic of Korea, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Vitamin K 2/analogs & derivatives/chemistryGenetics
Genetics26227591Complete Genome Sequence of the Type Strain Corynebacterium testudinoris DSM 44614, Recovered from Necrotic Lesions in the Mouth of a Tortoise.Ruckert C, Kriete M, Jaenicke S, Winkler A, Tauch AGenome Announc10.1128/genomeA.00784-152015
Phylogeny30688628Corynebacterium alimapuense sp. nov., an obligate marine actinomycete isolated from sediment of Valparaiso bay, Chile.Claverias F, Gonzales-Siles L, Salva-Serra F, Inganas E, Molin K, Cumsille A, Undabarrena A, Couve E, Moore ERB, Tindall BJ, Gomila M, Camara BInt J Syst Evol Microbiol10.1099/ijsem.0.0032372019Bacterial Typing Techniques, Base Composition, Bays, Chile, Corynebacterium/*classification/isolation & purification, DNA, Bacterial/genetics, Fatty Acids/chemistry, Geologic Sediments/*microbiology, Glycolipids/chemistry, Nucleic Acid Hybridization, Phospholipids/chemistry, *Phylogeny, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics, Seawater/*microbiology, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Vitamin K 2/analogs & derivatives/chemistryTranscriptome

Reference

@idauthorscataloguedoi/urltitlejournalpubmed
11927Curators of the DSMZLeibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSM 44614)https://www.dsmz.de/collection/catalogue/details/culture/DSM-44614
20215Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.10.1099/ijsem.0.004332List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ
23371M D Collins, L Hoyles, R A Hutson, G Foster, E Falsen10.1099/00207713-51-4-1349Corynebacterium testudinoris sp. nov., from a tortoise, and Corynebacterium felinum sp. nov., from a Scottish wild cat.IJSEM 51: 1349-1352 200111491332
40595Curators of the CIPhttps://brclims.pasteur.fr/brcWeb/souche/detail/1/18929
55225Curators of the CCUGCulture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) (CCUG 41823)https://www.ccug.se/strain?id=41823
66792Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmannhttps://diaspora-project.de/progress.html#genomesAutomatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information)
66794Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg10.1093/nar/gkaa1025BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updatesNucleic Acids Res. 49: D498-D508 202033211880
67770Curators of the JCMhttps://jcm.brc.riken.jp/en/
68371Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid
68382Automatically annotated from API zym
69480Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmannhttps://diaspora-project.de/progress.html#genomesPredictions based on genome sequence made in the Diaspora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information)
69481Xiao-Yin To, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Alice C. McHardy, Philipp C. Münch10.21203/rs.3.rs-2527258/v1Predictions based on the model GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1
72721Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.10.60712/SI-ID87799.1StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers
123487Curators of the CIPCollection of Institut Pasteur (CIP 106763)https://catalogue-crbip.pasteur.fr/fiche_catalogue.xhtml?crbip=CIP%20106763