Actinobacillus capsulatus (DSM 19761, ATCC 51571, CCUG 12396)

Name: Actinobacillus capsulatus (DSM 19761, ATCC 51571, CCUG 12396)
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BacDive ID 11676

Type strain

Strain Designation 11-61, P243

Culture col. no. DSM 19761 ATCC 51571 CCUG 12396 CIP 103283 NCTC 11408 2 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1120931 717

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG CIP

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Actinobacillus capsulatus 11-61 is a facultative anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-negative animal pathogen that was isolated from rabbit joint.

Gram-negative rod-shaped facultative anaerobe mesophilic animal pathogen genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 45302

ATCC 51571,CIP 103283,CCUG 12396,NCTC 11408,DSM 19761

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:49:39

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Pasteurellales

Family Pasteurellaceae

Genus Actinobacillus

Species Actinobacillus capsulatus

Full scientific name Actinobacillus capsulatus Arseculeratne 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Actinobacillus capsulatus** (16)	Type strain
135117	A. capsulatus CNPA52, P244, CIP 104135
135427	A. capsulatus CNPA53, P564, CIP 104136
135969	A. capsulatus 704-80, CNPA51, CIP 101375
137620	A. capsulatus 133-84, CIP 100695
137828	A. capsulatus 661.84, CIP 101064
139011	A. capsulatus P572, CNPA54, CIP 104137
144135	A. capsulatus CCUG 23125
144742	A. capsulatus CCUG 26442, MCCM 00468
149179	A. capsulatus CCUG 37034, MCCM 00149
149180	A. capsulatus CCUG 37036, MCCM 00376
149181	A. capsulatus CCUG 37038, MCCM 01905
149468	A. capsulatus CCUG 37798
149559	A. capsulatus CCUG 37956
152515	A. capsulatus CCUG 46989
152806	A. capsulatus CCUG 47660
152807	A. capsulatus CCUG 47661

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
117176	negative	rod-shaped
125438	negative		97.5

Colony morphology

@ref	Type of hemolysis
8301	gamma
117176

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
8301	BHI MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 215)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BHI MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 215) Composition: Brain heart infusion 37.0 g/l Distilled water
8301	COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693) Composition: Defibrinated sheep blood 50.0 g/l Columbia agar base
40096	MEDIUM 6 - Columbia agar with 10 % horse blood		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Columbia agar (39.000 g);Horseblood (100.000 ml)
117176	CIP Medium 6	Medium recipe at CIP
117176	CIP Medium 118-b	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
8301	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
40096	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
117176	positive	growth	30-41
117176	negative	growth	15
117176	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
117176	facultative anaerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	96.6

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125438		91.449
125439		95.6

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68377	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from	from API NH
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68377	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API NH
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68377	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API NH
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
117176	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
117176	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
117176	132112 ChEBI	sodium thiosulfate	-	builds gas from
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68377	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API NH
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
117176	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68377	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API NH
117176	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
117176	15688 ChEBI	acetoin		+
117176	17234 ChEBI	glucose			-
68377	35581 ChEBI	indole	-			from API NH

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
117176	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68377	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API NH
117176	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
117176	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
8301	cytochrome-c oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
68377	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2	from API NH
117176	gelatinase	-
117176	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
117176	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
117176	oxidase	+
68377	proline-arylamidase	-	3.4.11.5	from API NH
68377	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API NH
117176	urease	+	3.5.1.5

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
117176	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	+/-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+/-	+/-	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-

API NH

@ref	PEN	GLU	FRU	MAL	SAC	ODC	URE	LIP	PAL	beta GAL	ProA	GGT	IND
8301	+	+	+	+	-	+	+/-	+	+	-	-	-	-
8301	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+/-	+	+	-	-	-

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
117176	not determinedn.d.	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Mammals	#Leporidae (Rabbit/Hare)
#Host Body-Site	#Limb	#Joint

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
8301	rabbit joint	Sri Lanka	LKA	Asia
45688	Rabbit joint (hare arthritis ?)
117176	Animal, Rabbit

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AY362886 (>99% sequence identity) for Actinobacillus capsulatus subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	3
Soil Samples
Animal Samples	136
Plant Samples
Total Samples	139

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
8301		2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
117176		1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM37428v1 assembly for Actinobacillus capsulatus DSM 19761	scaffold	GCA_000374285	1120931.3	2519899771	1120931	69.38

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Actinobacillus capsulatus partial 16S rRNA gene, strain P243	AJ438675	435	717
20218	Actinobacillus capsulatus strain NCTC 11408 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	M75062	1476	717
20218	Actinobacillus capsulatus strain CCUG 12396 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	M75069	1476	717
8301	Actinobacillus capsulatus strain CCUG 12396 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY362886	1362	717

GC content

8301

GC-content (mol%)42.4

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Actinobacillus capsulatus DSM 19761
NCBI: GCA_000374285

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	95.60	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	59.50	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	80.80	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	96.60	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Actinobacillus capsulatus DSM 19761 DSM 19761
NCBI: GCA_000374285.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	97.50	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	93.68	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	72.61	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	91.45	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.50	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	89.06	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Adaptation of the cecal bacterial microbiome of growing pigs in response to resistant starch type 4.	Metzler-Zebeli BU, Schmitz-Esser S, Mann E, Grull D, Molnar T, Zebeli Q.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02756-15	2015
	Compilation of small ribosomal subunit RNA structures.	Neefs JM, Van de Peer Y, De Rijk P, Chapelle S, De Wachter R.	Nucleic Acids Res	10.1093/nar/21.13.3025	1993
Enzymology	Improved diagnostic PCR assay for Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae based on the nucleotide sequence of an outer membrane lipoprotein.	Gram T, Ahrens P.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.36.2.443-448.1998	1998
Phylogeny	Emended description of Actinobacillus capsulatus Arseculeratne 1962, 38AL.	Kuhnert P, Korczak BM, Christensen H, Bisgaard M	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.64659-0	2007

References

#8301	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 19761
#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 )
#40096	; Curators of the CIP;
#45688	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 12396
#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) .
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68377	Automatically annotated from API NH .
#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 .
#117176	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103283
#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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Actinobacillus capsulatus (DSM 19761, ATCC 51571, CCUG 12396)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API 50CHac

API NH

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000374285

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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