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Kocuria rosea (CIP 56.93)

Name: Kocuria rosea (CIP 56.93)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 135587

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP 56.93

NCBI tax ID(s) 1275

Special Collections CIP

History 1956, Brisou, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain: R27, Micrococcus roseus CIP <- 1956, Brisou, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain: R27, Micrococcus roseus

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Kocuria rosea CIP 56.93 is an obligate aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote of the family Micrococcaceae.

Gram-positive coccus-shaped obligate aerobe mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 68979

CIP 56.93

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:02:21

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Micrococcales

Family Micrococcaceae

Genus Kocuria

Species Kocuria rosea

Full scientific name Kocuria rosea (Flügge 1886) Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Synonyms (4)

Deinococcus erythromyxa
Pelczaria aurantia
Micrococcus roseus
Kocuria erythromyxa

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Kocuria rosea** (7)	Type strain
103060	K. rosea ST000650(HKI),
135377	K. rosea CIP 82.61, ATCC 516, CCM 839
135657	K. rosea CIP 68.26
153554	K. rosea CCUG 50155 C
162781	K. rosea JCM 20141, ATCC 9815, BCRC 11577, CCM 691, ...
162925	K. rosea JCM 20437, ATCC 412, CCM 633, IAM 12147, ...
162926	K. rosea JCM 20438, ATCC 185, CCM 385, IAM 12148, ...

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
34760	positive	coccus-shaped

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
34760	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
34760	CIP Medium 3			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
34760	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
34760	positive	growth	10-30
34760	negative	growth	37
34760	negative	growth	41
34760	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

34760

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

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	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	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	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	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
34760	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	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	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
34760	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
34760	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	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	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
34760	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
34760	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2	from API zym
34760	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
34760	amylase	+
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
34760	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
34760	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
34760	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
34760	coagulase	-
68382	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	from API zym
34760	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	-		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
34760	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
34760	gelatinase	-
34760	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
34760	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
34760	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
34760	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
34760	oxidase	-
34760	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
34760	protease	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
34760	tween esterase	-
34760	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
34760	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

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
34760	not determinedn.d.	+/-	-	-	+/-	-	+/-	-	-	-	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	-	+/-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
34760	France	FRA	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
34760	1	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 )
#34760	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 56.93
#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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