Name: Moraxella catarrhalis Chatham
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 134460

Type strain:

Species: Moraxella catarrhalis

Strain Designation: Chatham

Culture col. no.: CIP A151, ATCC 23246, NCTC 4103

Strain history: CIP <- 1952, L. Le Minor, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France <- NCTC, Neisseria catarrhalis <- Royal Naval Hosp. Chatham, UK: strain Chatham

NCBI tax ID(s): 480 (species)

SI-ID 92351

LMG 1133, ATCC 23246, LMG 11193, NCTC 4103, CCUG 26886 B, CCUG 26886 A, CIP A151, ACM 683

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Section

Moraxella catarrhalis Chatham is an obligate aerobe, Gram-negative bacterium of the family Moraxellaceae.

Gram-negative
obligate aerobe
Bacteria
genome sequence

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Pseudomonadota*
	Class	*Gammaproteobacteria*
	Order	*Pseudomonadales*
	Family	*Moraxellaceae*
	Genus	*Moraxella*
	Species	**Moraxella catarrhalis**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Moraxella catarrhalis (Frosch and Kolle 1896) Henriksen and Bøvre 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

	Synonym	Branhamella catarrhalis
	Synonym	"Mikrokokkus* catarrhalis"*

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #32795]	Gram stain	negative
[Ref.: #69480]	Gram stain	negative Confidence in %97.043

[Ref.: #32795]	Cell shape	coccus-shaped

[Ref.: #32795]	Motility	no

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Hemolysis ability

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 72

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #32795]		growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #32795]		growth	25-37 °C
[Ref.: #32795]	no	growth	15 °C
[Ref.: #32795]	no	growth	41 °C

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

obligate aerobe

[Ref.: #32795]	Ability of spore formation	no
[Ref.: #69480]	Ability of spore formation	no Confidence in %96.447
[Ref.: #69481]	Ability of spore formation	no Confidence in %100

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #32795]	D-fructose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #32795]	D-glucose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #32795]	hippurate ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #32795]	lactose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #32795]	maltose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #32795]	nitrate ChEBI	-	builds gas from
[Ref.: #32795]	nitrate ChEBI	+	reduction
[Ref.: #32795]	nitrate ChEBI	-	respiration
[Ref.: #32795]	nitrite ChEBI	-	builds gas from
[Ref.: #32795]	nitrite ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #32795]	sucrose ChEBI	-	degradation
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	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #32795]		indole ChEBI	no

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68382]	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2	* from API zym
[Ref.: #32795]	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
[Ref.: #68382]	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	* from API zym
[Ref.: #32795]	amylase	-
[Ref.: #32795]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API zym
[Ref.: #32795]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #68382]	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase (C 4)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #32795]	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
[Ref.: #32795]	gelatinase	-
[Ref.: #32795]	lecithinase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	lipase (C 14)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #32795]	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
[Ref.: #68382]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #32795]	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
[Ref.: #32795]	oxidase	+
[Ref.: #68382]	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	* from API zym
[Ref.: #32795]	urease	-	3.5.1.5
[Ref.: #68382]	valine arylamidase	+		* from API zym
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API® Biotype100:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
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API® zym:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	Control	2-naphthyl phosphateAlkaline phosphatase	2-naphthyl butyrateEsterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	2-naphthyl myristateLipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-2-naphthylamideTrypsin	N-glutaryl-phenylalanine-2-naphthylamidealpha- Chymotrypsin	2-naphthyl phosphateAcid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-galactpyranosidealpha- Galactosidase	2-naphthyl-betaD-galactpyranosidebeta- Galactosidase	Naphthol-AS-BI-betaD-glucuronidebeta- Glucuronidase	2-naphthyl-alphaD-glucopyranosidealpha- Glucosidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-betaD-glucopyranosidebeta- Glucosidase	1-naphthyl-N-acetyl-betaD-glucosaminideN-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-mannopyranosidealpha- Mannosidase	2-naphthyl-alphaL-fucopyranosidealpha- Fucosidase
[Ref.: #32795]	13574	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (French classification)

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Moraxella catarrhalis strain NCTC4103	480.288	wgs	PATRIC	480 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Moraxella catarrhalis NCTC 4103	2900207529	draft	JGI IMG/M	480 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Moraxella catarrhalis NCTC4103	GCA_900453075	contig	GenBank ENA	480 tax ID	*

Data predicted using genome information as a basis Genome-based predictions

	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 based on: Moraxella catarrhalis strain NCTC4103 PATRIC: 480.288
[Ref.: #69481]	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	100	no

	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from Diaspora project based on: Moraxella catarrhalis strain NCTC4103 PATRIC: 480.288
[Ref.: #69480]	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	97.043	no
[Ref.: #69480]	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	96.421	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	96.447	no
[Ref.: #69480]	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	76.267	no
[Ref.: #69480]	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	98.392	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	81.127	no

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

CIP A151, ATCC 23246, NCTC 4103

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SI-ID 92351

Literature:

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Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Genotypic and phenotypic relatedness of 80 strains of Branhamella catarrhalis of worldwide origin.	Christensen JJ, Ursing J, Bruun B	FEMS Microbiol Lett	10.1111/j.1574-6968.1994.tb06882.x	1994	*
Metabolism	Defined medium for Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis.	Juni E, Heym GA, Avery M	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.52.3.546-551.1986	1986	*
Phylogeny	Lipids of Branhamella catarrhalis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.	Beebe JL, Wlodkowski TJ	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.127.1.168-178.1976	1976	*
Pathogenicity	Antibacterial effects of Alchornea cordifolia (Schumach. and Thonn.) Mull. Arg extracts and compounds on gastrointestinal, skin, respiratory and urinary tract pathogens.	Noundou XS, Krause RW, van Vuuren SF, Ndinteh DT, Olivier DK	J Ethnopharmacol	10.1016/j.jep.2015.12.043	2015	*
Pathogenicity	Targeting cystalysin, a virulence factor of treponema denticola-supported periodontitis.	Spyrakis F, Cellini B, Bruno S, Benedetti P, Carosati E, Cruciani G, Micheli F, Felici A, Cozzini P, Kellogg GE, Voltattorni CB, Mozzarelli A	ChemMedChem	10.1002/cmdc.201300527	2014	*
Pathogenicity	An antimicrobial evaluation of plants used for the treatment of respiratory infections in rural Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.	York T, van Vuuren SF, de Wet H	J Ethnopharmacol	10.1016/j.jep.2012.08.038	2012	*
Enzymology	Enzyme electrophoretograms in the analysis of taxon relatedness of Micrococcus cryophilus, Branhamella catarrhalis and atypical Neisserias.	Fox RH, McClain DE	J Gen Microbiol	10.1099/00221287-86-2-210	1975	*

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 )

#32795 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP A151

#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) .

#68382

Automatically annotated from API zym .

#69480

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Predictions based on genome sequence made in the Diaspora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#69481

Xiao-Yin To, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Alice C. McHardy, Philipp C. Münch: Predictions based on the model GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 . ( DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2527258/v1 )

#91983

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID92351.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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