Chromobacterium haemolyticum (DSM 19808, CCUG 53230, JCM 14163)

Name: Chromobacterium haemolyticum (DSM 19808, CCUG 53230, JCM 14163)
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BacDive ID 10452

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 19808 CCUG 53230 JCM 14163 MDA 0585

NCBI tax ID(s) 1121283 394935

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Chromobacterium haemolyticum DSM 19808 is an aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-negative prokaryote that was isolated from sputum.

Gram-negative rod-shaped aerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 406503

JCM 14163,DSM 19808,CCUG 53230

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:49:20

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Betaproteobacteria

Order Neisseriales

Family Chromobacteriaceae

Genus Chromobacterium

Species Chromobacterium haemolyticum

Full scientific name Chromobacterium haemolyticum Han et al. 2008

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
31938	negative	rod-shaped
125438	negative		98.994
125439	negative		99.3
125439			90

Pigmentation

31938

Productionno

Multimedia

@ref:	8327
multimedia content:	DSM_19808.jpg
multimedia.multimedia content:	https://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/photos/DSM_19808.jpg
intellectual property rights:	© Leibniz-Institut DSMZ
manual_annotation:	1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
8327	TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Distilled water
8327	COLUMBIA BLOOD AGAR (DSMZ Medium 429)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD AGAR (DSMZ Medium 429) Composition: Horse blood 40.0 g/l Columbia agar base
8327	TRYPTONE SOYA BROTH (TSB) (DSMZ Medium 545)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTONE SOYA BROTH (TSB) (DSMZ Medium 545) Composition: Casein peptone 17.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 3.0 g/l D(+)-Glucose 2.5 g/l K2HPO4 2.5 g/l Distilled water
8327	R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casamino acids 0.5 g/l Starch 0.5 g/l Glucose 0.5 g/l Proteose peptone 0.5 g/l Yeast extract 0.5 g/l K2HPO4 0.3 g/l Na-pyruvate 0.3 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.05 g/l Distilled water
8327	NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
8327	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
59837	positive	growth	30-37	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

59837

Oxygen toleranceaerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.5

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	+	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
31938	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	carbon source
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	fermentation	from API 20NE
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
31938	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	+	carbon source
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
31938	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	carbon source
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
31938	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	carbon source
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
31938	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	carbon source
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
31938	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+	carbon source
31938	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	carbon source
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
31938	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API 20NE
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API 20NE

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68369	arginine dihydrolase	+	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68369	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
31938	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
31938	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
68369	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1	from API 20NE
31938	gelatinase	+
68369	gelatinase	+		from API 20NE
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE

API 20NE

@ref	Reduction of nitratesNO3	TRP	GLU_ Ferm	ADH (Arg)	URE	ESC	GEL	PNPG	GLU_ Assim	ARA	MNE	MAN	NAG	MAL	GNT	CAP	ADI	MLT	CIT	PAC	OX
8327	+	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+
8327	+	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	#Sputum

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
8327	sputum		Texas	USA	USA	North America
59837	Human sputum (doubtful clinical significance)	2001-06-01	Texas,Houston	USA	USA	North America
67770	Sputum culture from a patient

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence DQ785104 (>99% sequence identity) for Chromobacterium from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	186
Soil Samples	31
Animal Samples	44
Plant Samples	51
Total Samples	312

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
8327	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM71188v1 assembly for Chromobacterium haemolyticum DSM 19808	scaffold	GCA_000711885	1121283.3	2565956523	1121283	63.1

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
31938	Chromobacterium haemolyticum DSM 19808 strain MDA0585 16S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence	DQ785104	1500		1121283

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Chromobacterium haemolyticum DSM 19808
NCBI: GCA_000711885

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.50	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	90.00	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	99.30	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative aerobe	70.80	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Chromobacterium haemolyticum DSM 19808
PATRIC: 1121283.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.99	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	94.24	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	86.13	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	55.46	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	95.99	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	79.87	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Dual-use virulence factors of the opportunistic pathogen Chromobacterium haemolyticum mediate hemolysis and colonization.	Dumjahn L, Wein P, Molloy EM, Scherlach K, Trottmann F, Meisinger PR, Judd LM, Pidot SJ, Stinear TP, Richter I, Hertweck C.	mBio	10.1128/mbio.03605-24	2025
	Increased environmental microbial diversity reduces the disease risk of a mosquitocidal pathogen.	Kang Z, Martinson VG, Wang Y, Coon KL, Valzania L, Strand MR.	mBio	10.1128/mbio.02726-23	2024
	Draft Genome of a Member of the Family Chromobacteriaceae Isolated from Anopheles Mosquitoes in West Africa.	Stephens K, Gnambani EJ, Bilgo E, Diabate A, Soby S.	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/mra.00524-22	2022
Genetics	Genome sequencing and multifaceted taxonomic analysis of novel strains of violacein-producing bacteria and non-violacein-producing close relatives.	De Leon ME, Wilson HS, Jospin G, Eisen JA.	Microb Genom	10.1099/mgen.0.000971	2023
Enzymology	Chromobacterium spp. harbour Ambler class A beta-lactamases showing high identity with KPC.	Gudeta DD, Bortolaia V, Jayol A, Poirel L, Nordmann P, Guardabassi L	J Antimicrob Chemother	10.1093/jac/dkw020	2016
Phylogeny	Chromobacterium rhizoryzae sp. nov., isolated from rice roots.	Zhou S, Guo X, Wang H, Kong D, Wang Y, Zhu J, Dong W, He M, Hu G, Zhao B, Zhao B, Ruan Z	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001284	2016
Phylogeny	Chromobacterium haemolyticum sp. nov., a strongly haemolytic species.	Han XY, Han FS, Segal J	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.64681-0	2008

References

#8327	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 19808
#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 )
#31938	Barberan A, Caceres Velazquez H, Jones S, Fierer N.: Hiding in Plain Sight: Mining Bacterial Species Records for Phenotypic Trait Information. mSphere 2: 2017 ( DOI 10.1128/mSphere.00237-17 , PubMed 28776041 ) - originally annotated from #28194 (see below)
#59837	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 53230
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#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 .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Chromobacterium haemolyticum (DSM 19808, CCUG 53230, JCM 14163)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Pigmentation

Multimedia

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API 20NE

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000711885

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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