Amaricoccus tamworthensis (CIP 107261, ACM 5097, DSM 101596)

Name: Amaricoccus tamworthensis (CIP 107261, ACM 5097, DSM 101596)
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BacDive ID 134996

Type strain

Strain Designation Ben-103

Culture col. no. CIP 107261 ACM 5097 DSM 101596 Ben 103 Ben-103

NCBI tax ID(s) 57002

Special Collections CIP DSMZ

History CIP <- 2001, M. Dougall, Victoria, Australia: strain Ben-103

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Amaricoccus tamworthensis Ben-103 is a Gram-negative, coccus-shaped bacterium of the family Paracoccaceae.

Gram-negative coccus-shaped Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 100497

ACM 5097,CIP 107261,DSM 101596

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:32:20

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Rhodobacterales

Family Paracoccaceae

Genus Amaricoccus

Species Amaricoccus tamworthensis

Full scientific name Amaricoccus tamworthensis Maszenan et al. 1997

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
33710	negative	coccus-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
68862	ISP2 MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 987)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: ISP2 MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 987) Composition: Agar 20.0 g/l Malt extract 10.0 g/l Dextrose 4.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Distilled water
68862	GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65) Composition: Agar 20.0 g/l Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l CaCO3 2.0 g/l Distilled water
33710	MEDIUM 57 - for Streptomyces, Nocardioides, Lentzea albidocapillata and Streptoverticillium reticulum		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Agar (15.000 g);Glucose (4.000g);Yeast extract (4.000 g);Malt extract (10.000 g);Calcium carbonate (2.000 g)
33710	CIP Medium 57	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
33710	positive	growth	25
33710	positive	growth	5-30
33710	negative	growth	37
33710	negative	growth	41
68862	positive	growth	25

Physiology and metabolism

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Tested relation	Concentration
33710	NaCl	growth	0 %
33710	NaCl	growth	2 %
33710	NaCl	growth	4 %
33710	NaCl	growth	6 %
33710	NaCl	growth	8 %
33710	NaCl	growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
33710	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
33710	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
33710	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
33710	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
33710	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
33710	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
33710	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
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
33710	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
33710	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
33710	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
33710	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
33710	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
33710	gelatinase	-
33710	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
33710	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
33710	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		from API zym
33710	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
33710	oxidase	+
33710	protease	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
33710	tryptophan deaminase	-
33710	tween esterase	-
33710	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
33710	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

API biotype100

@ref	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
33710	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
33710			Australia	AUS	Australia and Oceania
68862	activated sludge	Tamworth	Australia	AUS	Australia and Oceania
33710	Environment, Activated sludge		Australia	AUS	Australia and Oceania	1996

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
33710	1	Risk group (French classification)
68862	1	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Amaricoccus gen. nov., a gram-negative coccus occurring in regular packages or tetrads, isolated from activated sludge biomass, and descriptions of Amaricoccus veronensis sp. nov., Amaricoccus tamworthensis sp. nov., Amaricoccus macauensis sp. nov., and Amaricoccus kaplicensis sp. nov.	Maszenan AM, Seviour RJ, Patel BK, Rees GN, McDougall BM	Int J Syst Bacteriol	10.1099/00207713-47-3-727	1997

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 )
#33710	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 107261
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#68862	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 101596
#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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Amaricoccus tamworthensis (CIP 107261, ACM 5097, DSM 101596)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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