Corynebacterium ulcerans (CIP 54.62, 1520/50)

Name: Corynebacterium ulcerans (CIP 54.62, 1520/50)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 134527

Type strain

Strain Designation 1520/50

Culture col. no. CIP 54.62 1520/50

NCBI tax ID(s) 65058

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Corynebacterium ulcerans 1520/50 is a facultative anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote of the family Corynebacteriaceae.

Gram-positive rod-shaped facultative anaerobe mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 68009

CIP 54.62

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:02:04

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Corynebacteriaceae

Genus Corynebacterium

Species Corynebacterium ulcerans

Full scientific name Corynebacterium ulcerans (ex Gilbert and Stewart 1927) Riegel et al. 1995

Synonyms (1)

Corynebacterium ramonii

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Corynebacterium ulcerans** (32)	Type strain
3147	C. ulcerans 20184, ATCC 51799, LMG 19058, DSM 46325, ... (type strain)
134529	C. ulcerans 973/52, CIP 54.63
134532	C. ulcerans 1417/51, CIP 54.66
134534	C. ulcerans 1329/50, CIP 54.67
135128	C. ulcerans 1054/52, CIP 54.68
135483	C. ulcerans 603/50, CIP 54.69
136466	C. ulcerans 1254/50, CIP 54.61
136471	C. ulcerans 1661/50, CIP 54.70
136476	C. ulcerans 1771/50, CIP 54.71
137702	C. ulcerans 1613/51, CIP 54.60
137745	C. ulcerans 301-80, CIP 100177
138011	C. ulcerans 471-86, CIP 102462
138255	C. ulcerans 1634/50, CIP 54.53
138262	C. ulcerans 2292/50, CIP 54.55
138276	C. ulcerans 2404/50, CIP 54.59
138289	C. ulcerans 2295/50, CIP 54.64
138295	C. ulcerans 976/51, CIP 54.65
143050	C. ulcerans CCUG 16556
143343	C. ulcerans CCUG 18646
143344	C. ulcerans CCUG 18647
144010	C. ulcerans CCUG 22327
144011	C. ulcerans CCUG 22328
144012	C. ulcerans CCUG 22329
144013	C. ulcerans CCUG 22330
145521	C. ulcerans CCUG 28740
145661	C. ulcerans CCUG 29170
149388	C. ulcerans CCUG 37628
153461	C. ulcerans CCUG 49671
154941	C. ulcerans CCUG 55793
155246	C. ulcerans CCUG 57059
155701	C. ulcerans CCUG 59050
156966	C. ulcerans CCUG 67700

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
32916	positive	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Composition	Medium link
32916	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar	Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
32916	CIP Medium 72		Medium recipe at CIP
32916	CIP Medium 3		Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
32916	positive	growth	30	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

32916

Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
32916	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
32916	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
32916	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
32916	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
32916	oxidase	-
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
32916	urease	+	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
32916	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
32916	not determinedn.d.	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
32916		Norway	NOR	Europe
32916	Human, Throat	Norway	NOR	Europe	1950

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
32916	2	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

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 )
#32916	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 54.62
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#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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