Kurthia zopfii (DSM 20580, ATCC 33403, NCIB 9878)

Name: Kurthia zopfii (DSM 20580, ATCC 33403, NCIB 9878)
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BacDive ID 11954

Type strain

Strain Designation F 64/100, EF 64/100

Culture col. no. DSM 20580 ATCC 33403 NCIB 9878 NCTC 10597 CCUG 38890 8 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1650

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP

History <- NCTC <- NCIB <- T. Gibson <- E.M. Barnes, F 64/100 R. M. Keddie K5. CIP <- 1988, NCIB <- 1966, T. Gibson <- E.M. Barns: strain EF 64/100

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Kurthia zopfii F 64/100 is an aerobe, mesophilic prokaryote of the family Caryophanaceae.

aerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 13979

LMG 17318,ATCC 33403,DSM 20580,NCIMB 9878,NCTC 10597,NCIB 9878,CCUG 38890,CIP 103249,JCM 6101,VKM B-1568,BCRC 17018,CCRC 17018,NRRL B-41084,NBRC 101529

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:49:43

Domain Bacillati

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
11953	K. zopfii DSM 20487, ATCC 6900, NCTC 405
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	Medium link	Composition
8930	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
41347	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
124037	CIP Medium 3	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
8930	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
41347	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
54532	positive	growth	30-37	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	30	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
54532	aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	95.9

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
8930	A11.31	A4alpha L-Lys-D-Asp

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

54532

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C15:0 ISO	28.2	14.621
C15:0 ANTEISO	21.6	14.711
C14:0 ISO	17	13.618
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	6.5	17.724
C16:0	5.6	16
C18:1 ω9c	4.6	17.769
C16:0 iso	3.9	15.626
C14:0	3.2	14
C18:0	2.5	18
C16:1 ω11c	2.1	15.757
C15:0	1.6	15
C13:0 iso	0.9	12.612
C17:0 iso	0.7	16.629
C17:0 anteiso	0.6	16.722
Unidentified	0.5	13.927
C13:0 ANTEISO	0.4	12.701

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Sample type
8930	Turkey	TUR
67770			Turkey meat
124037			Animal, Turkey, cecum

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence X70321 (>99% sequence identity) for Kurthia zopfii subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	206
Soil Samples	206
Animal Samples	1454
Plant Samples	91
Total Samples	1957

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
8930	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
124037		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	50861_B01 assembly for Kurthia zopfii NCTC10597	contig	GCA_900452285	1650.7	2837275893	1650	73.85
67770	ASM436359v1 assembly for Kurthia zopfii DSM 20580	scaffold	GCA_004363595	1650.9	2770939571	1650	54.17
67770	ASM314395v1 assembly for Kurthia zopfii ATCC 33403	contig	GCA_003143955	1650.5	2839649258	1650	51.91
66792	ASM798974v1 assembly for Kurthia zopfii NBRC 101529	contig	GCA_007989745	1650.10		1650	42.98

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Kurthia zopfii 16S ribosomal RNA	M58800	1557	1650
20218	Kurthia zopfii DSM:20580 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	JN600480	1476	1650
20218	Kurthia zopfii gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB271740	1479	1650
20218	K.zopfii (NCIMB 9878) 16S rRNA	X70321	1457	1650

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	37.1	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
67770	37.6	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Kurthia zopfii DSM 20580
NCBI: GCA_004363595

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	62.50	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	62.10	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	variable	75.00	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	95.90	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Kurthia zopfii strain ATCC 33403
PATRIC: 1650.5

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	74.18	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	93.64	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	62.66	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	75.85	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	90.08	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	74.49	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Enzymology	Identification and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes by nonradioactive DNA probe colony hybridization.	Datta AR, Moore MA, Wentz BA, Lane J.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.59.1.144-149.1993	1993
Cultivation	Comparison of seven plating media for enumeration of Listeria spp.	Loessner MJ, Bell RH, Jay JM, Shelef LA.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.54.12.3003-3007.1988	1988
Enzymology	Development of polymerase chain reaction assays for detection of Listeria monocytogenes in clinical cerebrospinal fluid samples.	Jaton K, Sahli R, Bille J.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.30.8.1931-1936.1992	1992
Genetics	Genome Sequence of Kurthia Type Species Kurthia zopfii Strain ATCC 33403(T).	Goen AE, MacLea KS	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/MRA.00833-18	2018
Phylogeny	Kurthia ruminicola sp. nov., isolated from the rumen contents of a Holstein cow.	Kim MK, Kim ET, Kim SB, Jeong HY, Park BY, Srinivasan S	J Microbiol	10.1007/s12275-018-7285-2	2018
Phylogeny	Kurthia huakuii sp. nov., isolated from biogas slurry, and emended description of the genus Kurthia.	Ruan Z, Wang Y, Song J, Jiang S, Wang H, Li Y, Zhao B, Jiang R, Zhao B	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.056044-0	2013

References

#8930	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 20580
#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 )
#41347	; Curators of the CIP;
#54532	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 38890
#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) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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 .
#124037	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103249
#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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Kurthia zopfii (DSM 20580, ATCC 33403, NCIB 9878)

Name and taxonomic classification

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