Curvibacter gracilis (CIP 108608, IAM 15033, ATCC BAA-807)

Name: Curvibacter gracilis (CIP 108608, IAM 15033, ATCC BAA-807)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 135266

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP 108608 IAM 15033 ATCC BAA-807 CCUG 49445 JCM 21496

NCBI tax ID(s) 1336244 230310

Special Collections CCUG JCM CIP

History IAM 15033 <-- R. Ding 7-1. CIP <- 2005, IAM <- L. Ding: strain 7-1

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Curvibacter gracilis CIP 108608 is an aerobe, Gram-negative, motile bacterium of the family Comamonadaceae.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 134418

ATCC BAA-807,IAM 15033,CCUG 49445,JCM 21496,CIP 108608

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:32:23

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Betaproteobacteria

Order Burkholderiales

Family Comamonadaceae

Genus Curvibacter

Species Curvibacter gracilis

Full scientific name Curvibacter gracilis Ding and Yokota 2004

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility	Confidence
125438	negative			98.5
34327	negative	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

58558

Incubation period3 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
34327	MEDIUM 631 - for Herbaspirillum putei		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Magnesium sulphate heptahydrate (1.000 g);Agar (15.000 g);Yeast extract (2.000 g);Brain heart infusion (5.000 g);Polypeptone (10.000 g)
34327	CIP Medium 631			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
34327	positive	growth	30
34327	positive	growth	15-37
34327	negative	growth	5
34327	negative	growth	41
58558	positive	growth	30
67770	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
58558	aerobe
34327	obligate aerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
34327	NaCl	positive	growth	0 %
34327	NaCl		growth	2 %
34327	NaCl		growth	4 %
34327	NaCl		growth	6 %
34327	NaCl		growth	8 %
34327	NaCl		growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
34327	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
34327	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
34327	17234 ChEBI	glucose	-	fermentation
34327	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation
34327	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
34327	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
34327	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
34327	132112 ChEBI	sodium thiosulfate	-	builds gas from

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
34327	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
34327	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
34327	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
34327	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
34327	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
34327	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
34327	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
34327	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
34327	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
34327	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
34327	gamma-glutamyltransferase	+	2.3.2.2
34327	gelatinase	-
34327	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
34327	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
34327	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
34327	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
34327	oxidase	+
34327	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
34327	tryptophan deaminase	-
34327	tween esterase	-
34327	urease	+	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

58558

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C16:1 ω7c	41.4	15.819
C16:0	28.5	16
C18:1 ω7c /12t/9t	19.5	17.824
C12:0	3.2	12
C8:0 3OH	2.8	9.385
C17:0 CYCLO	1.4	16.888
unk. 18.846/19:1 ω6c	0.8	18.846
11 methyl 18:1 ω7c	0.6	18.081
C18:0	0.5	18
C15:0	0.5	15
C14:0	0.5	14
C17:0	0.3	17

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
34327	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
34327	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	-
#Engineered	#Built environment	#Water reservoir (Aquarium/pool)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
34327		Osaka	Japan	JPN	Asia
58558	Well water	Osaka	Japan	JPN	Asia
67770	Well water	Osaka	Japan	JPN	Asia
34327	Environment, Well water	Osaka	Japan	JPN	Asia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB109889 (>99% sequence identity) for Curvibacter from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	952
Soil Samples	119
Animal Samples	895
Plant Samples	156
Total Samples	2122

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
34327	1	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM51864v1 assembly for Curvibacter gracilis ATCC BAA-807	scaffold	GCA_000518645	1336244.3	2545555856	1336244	62.9

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
67770	Curvibacter gracilis gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB109889	1484		230310

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Curvibacter gracilis ATCC BAA-807 ATCC BAA-807
NCBI: GCA_000518645.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.50	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	92.33	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	83.44	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	88.04	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	97.80	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	81.20	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Proposals of Curvibacter gracilis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Herbaspirillum putei sp. nov. for bacterial strains isolated from well water and reclassification of [Pseudomonas] huttiensis, [Pseudomonas] lanceolata, [Aquaspirillum] delicatum and [Aquaspirillum] autotrophicum as Herbaspirillum huttiense comb. nov., Curvibacter lanceolatus comb. nov., Curvibacter delicatus comb. nov. and Herbaspirillum autotrophicum comb. nov.	Ding L, Yokota A	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.02975-0	2004

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 )
#34327	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 108608
#58558	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 49445
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#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 )
#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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Curvibacter gracilis (CIP 108608, IAM 15033, ATCC BAA-807)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

Fatty acid profile

API zym

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000518645

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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