Vespertiliibacter pulmonis (DSM 27238, CCUG 64585, E127/08)

Name: Vespertiliibacter pulmonis (DSM 27238, CCUG 64585, E127/08)
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BacDive ID 130520

Type strain

Strain Designation E127/08

Culture col. no. DSM 27238 CCUG 64585 E127/08

NCBI tax ID(s) 1443036

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG

History <- K. Mühldorfer, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Res., Berlin, Germany; E127/08

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Vespertiliibacter pulmonis E127/08 is an aerobe, mesophilic animal pathogen that was isolated from lung of a deceased free-ranging noctule bat .

aerobe mesophilic animal pathogen genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 400704

DSM 27238,CCUG 64585

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:31:15

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Pasteurellales

Family Pasteurellaceae

Genus Vespertiliibacter

Species Vespertiliibacter pulmonis

Full scientific name Vespertiliibacter pulmonis Mühldorfer et al. 2014

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Vespertiliibacter pulmonis** (1)	Type strain
156727	V. pulmonis CCUG 64587

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125439	negative	94.5
125438		91.935
125438	negative	98

Colony morphology

@ref	Incubation period
22109	1-2 days
63137	1 day

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
22109	CHOCOLATE AGAR (DSMZ Medium 429b)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CHOCOLATE AGAR (DSMZ Medium 429b) Composition: Horse blood 100.0 g/l Sheep blood 100.0 g/l Columbia agar base

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
22109	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
63137	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
22109	aerobe
63137	microaerophile
125439	microaerophile	93.9

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		98.4
125438		93.23

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
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
68377	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API NH
68369	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68377	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API 20NE
68377	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	-	degradation	from API NH
68377	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
68377	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API NH
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68377	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API NH
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68377	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API NH
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API 20NE

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68377	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API NH
68369	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
22109	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68369	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1	from API 20NE
22109	cytochrome-c oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
68377	lipase	+		from API NH
68377	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	from API NH
68377	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API NH
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
22109	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+

API NH

@ref	PEN	GLU	FRU	MAL	SAC	ODC	URE	LIP	PAL	beta GAL	ProA	GGT	IND
22109	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-
22109	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Mammals	-
#Host Body-Site	#Oral cavity and airways	#Lung

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Sampling date
22109	lung of a deceased free-ranging noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula)	Nyctalus noctula	Berlin	Germany	DEU	Europe
63137	Lung of a noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula)		Berlin	Germany	DEU	Europe	2008-03-05

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
22109		2	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM1337727v1 assembly for Vespertiliibacter pulmonis CCUG 64585	chromosome	GCA_013377275	1443036.4	8048279095	1443036	85.68
66792	ASM384385v1 assembly for Vespertiliibacter pulmonis DSM 27238	scaffold	GCA_003843855	1443036.3	2786546143	1443036	73.83

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
22109	Vespertiliibacter pulmonis strain E127/08 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KF031240	1462		1443036

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
22109	38.2	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Vespertiliibacter pulmonis DSM 27238
NCBI: GCA_003843855

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	98.40	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	59.10	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	94.50	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	microaerophile	93.90	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Vespertiliibacter pulmonis CCUG 64585
NCBI: GCA_013377275.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.00	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	91.12	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	74.10	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	93.23	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	97.50	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	91.94	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Proposal of Vespertiliibacter pulmonis gen. nov., sp. nov. and two genomospecies as new members of the family Pasteurellaceae isolated from European bats.	Muhldorfer K, Speck S, Wibbelt G	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.062786-0	2014

References

#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 )
#22109	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 27238
#63137	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 64585
#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) .
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#68377	Automatically annotated from API NH .
#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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Vespertiliibacter pulmonis (DSM 27238, CCUG 64585, E127/08)

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

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API 20NE

API NH

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_013377275

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

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References

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