Sphingobacterium cellulitidis (DSM 102028, LMG 28764, R-53603)

Name: Sphingobacterium cellulitidis (DSM 102028, LMG 28764, R-53603)
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BacDive ID 133096

Type strain

Strain Designation R-53603

Culture col. no. DSM 102028 LMG 28764 R-53603

NCBI tax ID(s) 1768011

Special Collections DSMZ Literature strains

History <- G. Huys, Univ. Ghent, Belgium; LMG 28764 <- Al-Sabah Hospital, Assad Al-Hamad Center for Dermatology, Kuwait

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Sphingobacterium cellulitidis R-53603 is an aerobe, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that forms circular colonies and was isolated from purulent discharge from the toe of a cellulitis patient.

Gram-negative rod-shaped colony-forming aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 397888

LMG 28764,DSM 102028

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:31:52

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacteroidota

Class Sphingobacteriia

Order Sphingobacteriales

Family Sphingobacteriaceae

Genus Sphingobacterium

Species Sphingobacterium cellulitidis

Full scientific name Sphingobacterium cellulitidis Huys et al. 2017

Synonyms (1)

Sphingobacterium soli

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Confidence
43211	negative	1.2-1.5 µm	0.9 µm	rod-shaped
125438	negative				97.976
125439	negative				98.3

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony size	Colony shape	Incubation period	Medium used
43211	0.5 mm	circular	2 days	nutritient agar (NA)

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
43211	nutritient agar (NA)
43211	tryptic soy agar (TSA)
43211	MacConkey agar
24884	NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
24884	positive	growth	37
43211	positive	optimum	28-37
43211	positive	growth	15-37

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
43211	positive	optimum	7
43211	positive	growth	7.0-9.0	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

43211

Oxygen toleranceaerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
43211
125439		98.5

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
43211	NaCl	positive	growth	0-6 %(w/v)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
43211	17521 ChEBI	(-)-quinic acid	-	respiration
43211	64552 ChEBI	2-hydroxybutyrate	-	respiration
43211	16763 ChEBI	2-oxobutanoate	-	respiration
43211	30916 ChEBI	2-oxoglutarate	-	respiration
43211	73918 ChEBI	3-O-methyl-D-glucose	-	respiration
43211	18101 ChEBI	4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid	-	respiration
43211	30089 ChEBI	acetate	+	respiration
43211	13705 ChEBI	acetoacetate	+	respiration
43211	17925 ChEBI	alpha-D-glucose	+	respiration
43211	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	fermentation
43211	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	-	fermentation
43211	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	+	assimilation
43211	161680 ChEBI	aztreonam	+	respiration
43211	8295 ChEBI	beta-hydroxybutyrate	-	respiration
43211	73706 ChEBI	bromosuccinate	-	respiration
43211	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	assimilation
43211	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	respiration
43211	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	assimilation
43211	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	respiration
43211	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	+	assimilation
43211	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	assimilation
43211	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	respiration
43211	29990 ChEBI	D-aspartate	+	respiration
43211	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	assimilation
43211	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	respiration
43211	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	respiration
43211	18024 ChEBI	D-galacturonic acid	-	respiration
43211	8391 ChEBI	D-gluconate	-	respiration
43211	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	+	assimilation
43211	15588 ChEBI	D-malate	-	respiration
43211	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	respiration
43211	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	assimilation
43211	33801 ChEBI	D-saccharate	-	respiration
43211	16523 ChEBI	D-serine	-	respiration
43211	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	respiration
43211	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	assimilation
43211	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	assimilation
43211	23652 ChEBI	dextrin	+	respiration
43211	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	assimilation
43211	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	assimilation
43211	71321 ChEBI	fusidate	-	respiration
43211	16537 ChEBI	galactarate	-	respiration
43211	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	assimilation
43211	28260 ChEBI	galactose	+	assimilation
43211	16865 ChEBI	gamma-aminobutyric acid	-	respiration
43211	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	respiration
43211	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	+	assimilation
43211	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	+	respiration
43211	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	assimilation
43211	17234 ChEBI	glucose	-	fermentation
43211	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	respiration
43211	15978 ChEBI	glycerol 3-phosphate	-	assimilation
43211	70744 ChEBI	glycine-proline	+	respiration
43211	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	assimilation
43211	32735 ChEBI	guanidinium chloride	+	respiration
43211	17596 ChEBI	inosine	-	respiration
43211	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	assimilation
43211	16977 ChEBI	L-alanine	+	respiration
43211	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation
43211	16467 ChEBI	L-arginine	-	respiration
43211	29991 ChEBI	L-aspartate	+	respiration
43211	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	+	assimilation
43211	17464 ChEBI	L-galactonic acid gamma-lactone	-	respiration
43211	29985 ChEBI	L-glutamate	+	respiration
43211	15971 ChEBI	L-histidine	+	respiration
43211	15589 ChEBI	L-malate	-	respiration
43211	18183 ChEBI	L-pyroglutamic acid	-	respiration
43211	17115 ChEBI	L-serine	+	respiration
43211	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	assimilation
43211	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	assimilation
43211	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	assimilation
43211	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	respiration
43211	48607 ChEBI	lithium chloride	+	respiration
43211	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	assimilation
43211	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	respiration
43211	37684 ChEBI	mannose	-	fermentation
43211	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	+	assimilation
43211	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	fermentation
43211	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	assimilation
43211	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	respiration
43211	74611 ChEBI	methyl (R)-lactate	-	respiration
43211	320055 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	+	respiration
43211	37657 ChEBI	methyl D-glucoside	+	assimilation
43211	51850 ChEBI	methyl pyruvate	-	respiration
43211	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	fermentation
43211	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	respiration
43211	63154 ChEBI	N-acetyl-beta-D-mannosamine	+	respiration
43211	28037 ChEBI	N-acetylgalactosamine	+	respiration
43211	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	assimilation
43211	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	respiration
43211	35418 ChEBI	n-acetylneuraminate	+	respiration
43211	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
43211	17272 ChEBI	propionate	+	respiration
43211	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	assimilation
43211	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	-	fermentation
43211	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	assimilation
43211	33942 ChEBI	ribose	-	assimilation
43211	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	assimilation
43211	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	respiration
43211	75229 ChEBI	sodium bromate	-	respiration
43211	64103 ChEBI	sodium butyrate	+	respiration
43211	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	fermentation
43211	17164 ChEBI	stachyose	-	respiration
43211	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	hydrolysis
43211	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation
43211	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	assimilation
43211	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	respiration
43211	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	assimilation
43211	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	respiration
43211	32528 ChEBI	turanose	+	assimilation
43211	32528 ChEBI	turanose	+	respiration
43211	53423 ChEBI	tween 40	+	respiration
43211	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	assimilation

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
43211	15688 ChEBI	acetoin
43211	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
43211	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
43211	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6
43211	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
43211	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
43211	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
43211	gelatinase	-
43211	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
43211	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
43211	tryptophan deaminase	+	4.1.99.1
43211	tryptophanase	-	4.1.99.1
43211	urease	-	3.5.1.5

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

43211

Fatty acid	Percentage
C15:0 iso	43.6
C15:0 iso 2OH / C16:1ω7c	28.1
C17:0 iso 3OH	13.8
C16:0	3.1
C16:0 3OH	2
C17:1 iso ω9c	1.9
C15:0 iso 3OH	1.2

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Infection	#Patient	-
#Host Body-Site	#Limb	#Foot
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Enrichment culture	Enrichment culture temperature
24884	purulent discharge from the toe of a cellulitis patient	Al-Sabah Hospital, Assad Al-Hamad Center for Dermatology	Kuwait	KWT	Asia
43211	swab of purulent discharge from the base of the right big toe of a cellulitis patient	Assad Al-Hamad Center for Dermatology, Al-Sabah Hospital	Kuwait	KWT	Asia	5 % sheep blood agar (BA)	37

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM224585v1 assembly for Sphingobacterium cellulitidis R-53603	contig	GCA_002245855	1768011.4	2882323096	1768011	68.33

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
24884	Sphingobacterium cellulitidis strain LMG 28764 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KU243696	1518		1768011

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
24884	37.3	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: Sphingobacterium cellulitidis strain R-53603
PATRIC: 1768011.4

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	98.50	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	74.80	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	98.30	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	microaerophile	67.00	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Sphingobacterium cellulitidis strain R-53603
PATRIC: 1768011.4

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	97.98	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	96.41	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	89.68	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	95.99	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	83.13	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	88.48	yes

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Sphingobacterium cellulitidis sp. nov., isolated from clinical and environmental sources.	Huys G, Purohit P, Tan CH, Snauwaert C, Vos P, Saffar HA, Obaid IA, Busse HJ, Seemann T, John Albert M	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001832	2017
Phylogeny	Sphingobacterium humi sp. nov., isolated from soil.	Lee Y, Jin HM, Jung HS, Jeon CO	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002345	2017

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 )
#24884	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 102028
#43211	Geert Huys, Prashant Purohit, Chuan Hao Tan, Cindy Snauwaert, Paul De Vos, Huda Al Saffar, Ina’am Al Obaid, Hans-Jürgen Busse, Torsten Seemann, M. John Albert: Sphingobacterium cellulitidis sp. nov., isolated from clinical and environmental sources. IJSEM 67: 1415 - 1421 2017 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.001832 , PubMed 28141505 )
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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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Sphingobacterium cellulitidis (DSM 102028, LMG 28764, R-53603)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

Fatty acid profile

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_002245855

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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