Acidipropionibacterium jensenii (DSM 20279, ATCC 4870, CCM 1860)

Name: Acidipropionibacterium jensenii (DSM 20279, ATCC 4870, CCM 1860)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 12650

Type strain

Strain Designation 20

Culture col. no. DSM 20279 ATCC 4870 CCM 1860 NCDO 565 NCIB 5962 6 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1749

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM

History <- Weihenstephan, Germany <- ATCC <- C.B. van Niel, 20 (Propionibacterium petersonii) T. Mitsuoka <-- ATCC 4870 <-- C. B. van Niel 120.

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Acidipropionibacterium jensenii 20 is an anaerobe, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from emmental cheese.

anaerobe mesophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 92533

LMG 16727,ATCC 4870,CCM 1860,CCUG 28150,DSM 20279,JCM 6433,LMG 16444,LMG 16572,NCFB 565,NCIMB 5962,NCTC 5962,LMG 16440,NCFB 850,NCIB 5962,NCDO 565,CGMCC 1.2524

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:20:54

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Propionibacteriales

Family Propionibacteriaceae

Genus Acidipropionibacterium

Species Acidipropionibacterium jensenii

Full scientific name Acidipropionibacterium jensenii (van Niel 1928) Scholz and Kilian 2016

Synonyms (1)

Propionibacterium jensenii

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Acidipropionibacterium jensenii** (4)	Type strain
12651	A. jensenii 29, CCUG 48883, CIP 103028, NCIMB 8071, DSM ... (type strain)
12647	A. jensenii 56, DSM 20274, ATCC 4964, CCM 122, NCDO 569, ...
12648	A. jensenii 23, DSM 20275, ATCC 4871, NCDO 571, NCIB ...
12649	A. jensenii 24, DSM 20278, ATCC 4867, NCDO 572, NCIB ...

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
8686	PROPIONIBACTERIUM AGAR (DSMZ Medium 91)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: PROPIONIBACTERIUM AGAR (DSMZ Medium 91) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Na-lactate 10.0 g/l Casein peptone 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
8686	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
49123	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	30	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
8686	anaerobe
49123	anaerobe
49123	microaerophile

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
8686	A41.01	A3gamma LL-Dpm-Gly

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68381	40585 ChEBI	alpha-cyclodextrin	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68380	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A
68381	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68379	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68381	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68381	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68381	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68381	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68381	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68380	29985 ChEBI	L-glutamate	-	degradation	from API rID32A
68381	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68381	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68381	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	320055 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API Coryne
68380	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API rID32A
68381	27941 ChEBI	pullulan	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68380	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	fermentation	from API rID32A
68381	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68381	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68380	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API rID32A
68381	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68380	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68381	15688 ChEBI	acetoin		from API rID32STR
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API rID32A

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Indole test
68381	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-		from API rID32STR
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole		-	from API rID32A

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68381	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidase	+		from API rID32STR
68381	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API rID32STR
68380	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API rID32A
68379	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
68380	alpha-arabinosidase	-	3.2.1.55	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API rID32A
68381	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22	from API rID32STR
68380	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API rID32A
68379	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
68381	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API rID32STR
68380	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API rID32A
68381	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API rID32STR
68379	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68380	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphate	-		from API rID32A
68381	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API rID32STR
68379	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68381	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32STR
68380	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32A
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
68381	beta-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.25	from API rID32STR
68379	catalase	-	1.11.1.6	from API Coryne
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
68380	glutamate decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.15	from API rID32A
68380	glutamyl-glutamate arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68381	glycyl tryptophan arylamidase	-		from API rID32STR
68380	histidine arylamidase	+		from API rID32A
68380	L-arginine arylamidase	+		from API rID32A
68380	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API rID32A
68380	leucyl glycin arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API rID32A
68381	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API rID32STR
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
68380	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API rID32A
68380	phenylalanine arylamidase	+		from API rID32A
68380	proline-arylamidase	+	3.4.11.5	from API rID32A
68379	pyrazinamidase	+	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68380	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API rID32A
68381	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API rID32STR
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
68380	serine arylamidase	+		from API rID32A
68380	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API rID32A
68380	tyrosine arylamidase	+		from API rID32A
68381	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32STR
68380	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32A
68379	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	starch degradation	100	10 of 10
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	acetate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	denitrification	100	2 of 2
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	acetoin degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	90.91	10 of 11
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	valine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	NAD metabolism	88.89	16 of 18
66794	propanol degradation	85.71	6 of 7
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	82.35	28 of 34
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	80	4 of 5
66794	threonine metabolism	80	8 of 10
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	photosynthesis	78.57	11 of 14
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	78.57	22 of 28
66794	citric acid cycle	78.57	11 of 14
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	alanine metabolism	75.86	22 of 29
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	biotin biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	75	6 of 8
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	73.33	33 of 45
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	72.73	8 of 11
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	71.43	5 of 7
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	glycolysis	70.59	12 of 17
66794	propionate fermentation	70	7 of 10
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	70	7 of 10
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	68.75	11 of 16
66794	purine metabolism	67.02	63 of 94
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	flavin biosynthesis	66.67	10 of 15
66794	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	66.67	4 of 6
66794	d-mannose degradation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	66.67	6 of 9
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	65.93	60 of 91
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	65.38	17 of 26
66794	proline metabolism	63.64	7 of 11
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
66794	gluconeogenesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	isoleucine metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
66794	methionine metabolism	61.54	16 of 26
66794	urea cycle	61.54	8 of 13
66794	leucine metabolism	61.54	8 of 13
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	60	6 of 10
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	60	3 of 5
66794	arginine metabolism	58.33	14 of 24
66794	non-pathway related	57.89	22 of 38
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
66794	mevalonate metabolism	57.14	4 of 7
66794	cysteine metabolism	55.56	10 of 18
66794	histidine metabolism	55.17	16 of 29
66794	lipid metabolism	51.61	16 of 31
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	degradation of pentoses	50	14 of 28
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	50	1 of 2
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	adipate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	tryptophan metabolism	50	19 of 38
66794	glutathione metabolism	50	7 of 14
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	lysine metabolism	47.62	20 of 42
66794	d-xylose degradation	45.45	5 of 11
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	44.44	4 of 9
66794	tyrosine metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	42.86	3 of 7
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	41.67	5 of 12
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	40.91	9 of 22
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	cellulose degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	37.5	6 of 16
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	degradation of hexoses	33.33	6 of 18
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	allantoin degradation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	30.77	4 of 13
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	ascorbate metabolism	27.27	6 of 22
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	butanoate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	degradation of sugar acids	24	6 of 25
66794	nitrate assimilation	22.22	2 of 9
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	22.22	2 of 9

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

49123

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C15:0 ISO	33.3	14.621
C15:0 ANTEISO	24.7	14.711
C15:0	10.2	15
C16:0	6.8	16
C18:1 ω9c	5.6	17.769
C17:0 iso	4.3	16.629
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	3.8	17.724
C14:0 3OH/C16:1 ISO I	3.4	15.485
C14:0 ISO 3OH	3.1	15.117
C17:0	2.6	17
C18:0	2.3	18

API coryne

@ref	Reduction of nitrateNIT	PYZ	PYRA	PAL	beta GUR	beta GAL	alpha GLU	beta NAG	ESC	URE	GEL	Control fermentationControl	GLU	RIB	XYL	MAN	MAL	LAC	SAC	GLYG	CAT
49123	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	-

API rID32A

@ref	URE	ADH (Arg)	alpha GAL	beta GAL	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphatebeta GP	alpha GLU	beta GLU	alpha ARA	beta GUR	beta-N-Acetyl-beta-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	MNE	RAF	GDC	alpha FUC	Reduction of nitrateNIT	IND	PAL	L-arginine arylamidaseArgA	ProA	LGA	Phenylalanine arylamidasePheA	Leucine arylamidaseLeuA	PyrA	Tyrosine arylamidaseTyrA	Alanine arylamidaseAlaA	Glycin arylamidaseGlyA	Histidine arylamidaseHisA	Glutamyl-glutamate arylamidaseGGA	Serine arylamidaseSerA
8686	-	-	-	-	-	+	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	+/-	+	-	+
49123	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+

API rID32STR

@ref	ADH (Arg)	beta GLU	beta GAR	beta GUR	alpha GAL	PAL	RIB	MAN	SOR	LAC	TRE	RAF	SAC	LARA	DARL	Acid from alpha-cyclodextrinCDEX	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidaseAPPA	beta GAL	Pyrrolidonyl arylamidasePyrA	N-Acetyl-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	Glycyl-tryptophan arylamidaseGTA	HIP	GLYG	PUL	MAL	MEL	MLZ	Acidification of methyl beta-D-glucopyranosideMbeta DG	TAG	beta MAN	URE
49123	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Food production	#Dairy product

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
8686	emmental cheese
49123	Emmental cheese
67770	Emmenthaler cheese

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence LC145545 (>99% sequence identity) for Propionibacteriaceae from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	788
Soil Samples	179
Animal Samples	2096
Plant Samples	72
Total Samples	3135

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
8686	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Propionibacterium jensenii 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer region, complete sequence	AF218433	322		1749
67770	Propionibacterium sp. JCM 6433 gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 6433	LC145545	1468		1827098

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
8686	67.0
67770	67	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Red-Brown Pigmentation of Acidipropionibacterium jensenii Is Tied to Haemolytic Activity and cyl-Like Gene Cluster.	Deptula P, Loivamaa I, Smolander OP, Laine P, Roberts RJ, Piironen V, Paulin L, Savijoki K, Auvinen P, Varmanen P.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms7110512	2019

References

#8686	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 20279
#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 )
#49123	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 28150
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#68380	Automatically annotated from API rID32A .
#68381	Automatically annotated from API rID32STR .
#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 .
#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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Acidipropionibacterium jensenii (DSM 20279, ATCC 4870, CCM 1860)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology