Kurthia zopfii (DSM 20487, ATCC 6900, NCTC 405)

Name: Kurthia zopfii (DSM 20487, ATCC 6900, NCTC 405)
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BacDive ID 11953

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 20487 ATCC 6900 NCTC 405

NCBI tax ID(s) 1650

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Kurthia zopfii DSM 20487 is a bacterium of the family Caryophanaceae.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 8774

LMG 17154,ATCC 6900,DSM 20487,NCTC 405,IFO 12083,NBRC 12083

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:20:42

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Caryophanaceae

Genus Kurthia

Species Kurthia zopfii

Full scientific name Kurthia zopfii (Kurth 1883) Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

"Bacterium zopfii"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Kurthia zopfii** (6)	Type strain
11954	K. zopfii F 64/100, EF 64/100, DSM 20580, ATCC 33403, ... (type strain)
136946	K. zopfii CIP 55.79, NCIMB 8603
138961	K. zopfii CIP 76.21
141215	K. zopfii CCUG 220, ATCC 10538, NCTC 404
165342	K. zopfii JCM 6102
165343	K. zopfii JCM 6103

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
8733	CORYNEBACTERIUM AGAR (DSMZ Medium 53)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CORYNEBACTERIUM AGAR (DSMZ Medium 53) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 10.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Glucose 5.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
8733	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Compound production

8733

CompoundL carnitine

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
8733	A11.31	A4alpha L-Lys-D-Asp

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
8733	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Enzymology	Quantitative detection of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria innocua by real-time PCR: assessment of hly, iap, and lin02483 targets and AmpliFluor technology.	Rodriguez-Lazaro D, Hernandez M, Scortti M, Esteve T, Vazquez-Boland JA, Pla M.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.70.3.1366-1377.2004	2004
Phylogeny	Numerical taxonomy of certain coryneform bacteria.	da Silva GA, Holt JG.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.90.4.921-927.1965	1965
Phylogeny	Peptidoglycan types of bacterial cell walls and their taxonomic implications.	Schleifer KH, Kandler O.	Bacteriol Rev	10.1128/br.36.4.407-477.1972	1972

References

#8733	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 20487
#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 )
#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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Kurthia zopfii (DSM 20487, ATCC 6900, NCTC 405)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Compound production

Murein

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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