Vibrio cholerae (CIP 55.91, ATCC 11623, NCTC 8367)

Name: Vibrio cholerae (CIP 55.91, ATCC 11623, NCTC 8367)
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BacDive ID 135756

Type strain

Strain Designation 4Z

Culture col. no. CIP 55.91 ATCC 11623 NCTC 8367 4Z

NCBI tax ID(s) 666

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 1955, J. Gallut: strain 4Z <- F.M. Burnet

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Vibrio cholerae 4Z is a facultative anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-negative prokaryote of the family Vibrionaceae.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped facultative anaerobe mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 35394

ATCC 11623,NCTC 8367,CIP 55.91,CNCTC 6534

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:32:30

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order "Vibrionales"

Family Vibrionaceae

Genus Vibrio

Species Vibrio cholerae

Full scientific name Vibrio cholerae Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

Vibrio albensis

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Vibrio cholerae** (116)	Type strain
130763	V. cholerae strain 3, J4308, 3, CCUG 9118 A, DSM 100200, ... (type strain)
131086	V. cholerae VL 3029, DSM 101014, NCTC 11348, WDCM 00136, ...
134413	V. cholerae Ez 5cp, CIP 56.39
134434	V. cholerae 35A3, CIP A269
134436	V. cholerae Eu5, CIP 56.38
134437	V. cholerae N16961 Smr, CIP 106851
134439	V. cholerae 2830, CIP 106970
134443	V. cholerae AI1853, CIP 104152
134445	V. cholerae AE17504, CIP 104153
134769	V. cholerae O1, CIP 62.14
134770	V. cholerae O14, CIP 62.16
134771	V. cholerae O9, CIP 62.15
134871	V. cholerae B2 (Berne 2), CIP A256
135777	V. cholerae CIP 69.41, ATCC 14547, NCIMB 41, CCUG 48664, ...
135898	V. cholerae AC7535, CIP 104154
136198	V. cholerae Makassar 757, CIP 66.2
136572	V. cholerae 182, CIP 106971
136573	V. cholerae 2829, CIP 106969
136586	V. cholerae 723, CIP 106920
136888	V. cholerae MDO19, CIP 104151
137123	V. cholerae CIP 68.10
137402	V. cholerae 335, CIP 106974
137778	V. cholerae 254, CIP 106972
138905	V. cholerae HK1, CIP 63.32
139031	V. cholerae 940041, 569B, CIP 105882
139458	V. cholerae CIP 63.40, ATCC 14730, NCTC 4711
139519	V. cholerae N16961, CIP 106855, ATCC 39315
139869	V. cholerae A1552, DSM 106276
141274	V. cholerae CCUG 537, ATCC 14733, NCTC 8042, CIP 63.42, ...
141524	V. cholerae CCUG 2569
141525	V. cholerae CCUG 2572
141526	V. cholerae CCUG 2573
141628	V. cholerae CCUG 4070
141968	V. cholerae CCUG 9119, ATCC 14034, NCTC 7254
141969	V. cholerae CCUG 9120, NCTC 7270
141970	V. cholerae CCUG 9121, NCTC 8041
141971	V. cholerae CCUG 9122, ATCC 15748, NCTC 3661
141974	V. cholerae CCUG 9193
141975	V. cholerae CCUG 9194
141976	V. cholerae CCUG 9195
141977	V. cholerae CCUG 9196
141978	V. cholerae CCUG 9197
141979	V. cholerae CCUG 9198
142575	V. cholerae CCUG 13118
142576	V. cholerae CCUG 13119
142577	V. cholerae CCUG 13120
142578	V. cholerae CCUG 13121
142579	V. cholerae CCUG 13122
142580	V. cholerae CCUG 13123
142581	V. cholerae CCUG 13124
142582	V. cholerae CCUG 13125
142768	V. cholerae CCUG 14542
142947	V. cholerae CCUG 15858
143054	V. cholerae CCUG 16570
143055	V. cholerae CCUG 16571
143277	V. cholerae CCUG 18208 A
143427	V. cholerae CCUG 19100
143428	V. cholerae CCUG 19101
143429	V. cholerae CCUG 19102
143443	V. cholerae CCUG 19149
143444	V. cholerae CCUG 19153
143471	V. cholerae CCUG 19445
143551	V. cholerae CCUG 20047
143552	V. cholerae CCUG 20048
143577	V. cholerae CCUG 20308, ATCC 2587
143854	V. cholerae CCUG 21589
143874	V. cholerae CCUG 21688
143875	V. cholerae CCUG 21691
146832	V. cholerae CCUG 32198
147329	V. cholerae CCUG 33379
147381	V. cholerae CCUG 33493
147699	V. cholerae CCUG 34033
148001	V. cholerae CCUG 34649
148028	V. cholerae CCUG 34707, ATCC 51394
148029	V. cholerae CCUG 34708
148949	V. cholerae CCUG 36627
149332	V. cholerae CCUG 37531
149707	V. cholerae CCUG 38251
150362	V. cholerae CCUG 39732
150363	V. cholerae CCUG 39733
150508	V. cholerae CCUG 41448
150672	V. cholerae CCUG 41930
150696	V. cholerae CCUG 41979
150821	V. cholerae CCUG 42464
150832	V. cholerae CCUG 42513
150833	V. cholerae CCUG 42514
150838	V. cholerae CCUG 42534
150854	V. cholerae CCUG 42568
151014	V. cholerae CCUG 43040
151016	V. cholerae CCUG 43042
151285	V. cholerae CCUG 43612
151286	V. cholerae CCUG 43617
151288	V. cholerae CCUG 43628
151310	V. cholerae CCUG 43715
151339	V. cholerae CCUG 43794
151680	V. cholerae CCUG 44618
151700	V. cholerae CCUG 44668
151964	V. cholerae CCUG 45388
151966	V. cholerae CCUG 45390
151968	V. cholerae CCUG 45392
152507	V. cholerae CCUG 46968
152588	V. cholerae CCUG 47153
152715	V. cholerae CCUG 47460
152716	V. cholerae CCUG 47461
153518	V. cholerae CCUG 50018
153801	V. cholerae CCUG 50999
153915	V. cholerae CCUG 51600
154009	V. cholerae CCUG 51963
154463	V. cholerae CCUG 53724
154464	V. cholerae CCUG 53725
154509	V. cholerae CCUG 53967
155197	V. cholerae CCUG 56875
155407	V. cholerae CCUG 57635
155559	V. cholerae CCUG 58152
156054	V. cholerae CCUG 60231
156860	V. cholerae CCUG 66155

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
34987	negative	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Composition	Medium link
34987	Marine agar (MA)	Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Marine agar (55.100 g)
34987	CIP Medium 13		Medium recipe at CIP
34987	CIP Medium 72		Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
34987	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
34987	positive	growth	15-41
34987	negative	growth	5

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

34987

Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
34987	NaCl	positive	growth	0-6 %
34987	NaCl		growth	8 %
34987	NaCl		growth	10 %

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
34987	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
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
34987	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
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
34987	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	fermentation
34987	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	degradation
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
34987	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation
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
34987	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
34987	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
34987	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
34987	132112 ChEBI	sodium thiosulfate	-	builds gas from
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	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

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
34987	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
34987	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
34987	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+
34987	17234 ChEBI	glucose		+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
34987	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
34987	amylase	+
34987	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
34987	caseinase	+	3.4.21.50
34987	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
34987	DNase	+
34987	gamma-glutamyltransferase	+	2.3.2.2
34987	gelatinase	+
34987	lecithinase	+
34987	lipase	+
34987	lysine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.18
34987	ornithine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.17
34987	oxidase	+
34987	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
34987	protease	+
34987	tryptophan deaminase	-
34987	tween esterase	+
34987	urease	-	3.5.1.5

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
34987	not determinedn.d.	+/-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-

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
34987	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
34987	2	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Development of two multiplex PCR assays for rapid detection of eleven Gram-negative bacteria in children with septicemia	Miringu G, Musyoki A, Muriithi B, Wandera E, Waithiru D, Odoyo E, Shoji H, Menza N, Ichinose Y.	Tropical Medicine and Health		2024
	Vitex Genus as a Source of Antimicrobial Agents.	Islam Z, Caldeira GI, Canica M, Islam N, Silva O.	Plants (Basel)	10.3390/plants13030401	2024
	Emergence of Tetracycline Resistant Vibrio cholerae O1 Biotype El Tor Serotype Ogawa with Classical ctxB Gene from a Cholera Outbreak in Odisha, Eastern India.	Jain M, Kumar P, Goel AK.	J Pathog	10.1155/2016/1695410	2016
	Molecular characterization of Vibrio cholerae outbreak strains with altered El Tor biotype from southern India.	Goel AK, Jain M, Kumar P, Jiang SC.	World J Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s11274-009-0171-7	2010
	Antibacterial and Antifungal Alkaloids from Asian Angiosperms: Distribution, Mechanisms of Action, Structure-Activity, and Clinical Potentials.	Sulaiman M, Jannat K, Nissapatorn V, Rahmatullah M, Paul AK, de Lourdes Pereira M, Rajagopal M, Suleiman M, Butler MS, Break MKB, Weber JF, Wilairatana P, Wiart C.	Antibiotics (Basel)	10.3390/antibiotics11091146	2022
Phylogeny	Prevalence of cholera toxin genes (ctxA and zot) among non-O1/O139 Vibrio cholerae strains from Newport Bay, California.	Jiang S, Chu W, Fu W.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.69.12.7541-7544.2003	2003
	RNA colony blot hybridization method for enumeration of culturable Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio mimicus bacteria.	Grim CJ, Zo YG, Hasan NA, Ali A, Chowdhury WB, Islam A, Rashid MH, Alam M, Morris JG, Huq A, Colwell RR.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02007-08	2009
Phylogeny	Genetic diversity of clinical and environmental isolates of Vibrio cholerae determined by amplified fragment length polymorphism fingerprinting.	Jiang SC, Matte M, Matte G, Huq A, Colwell RR.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.66.1.148-153.2000	2000
	Genotypes associated with virulence in environmental isolates of Vibrio cholerae.	Rivera IN, Chun J, Huq A, Sack RB, Colwell RR.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.67.6.2421-2429.2001	2001
Enzymology	Bacteria associated with crabs from cold waters with emphasis on the occurrence of potential human pathogens.	Faghri MA, Pennington CL, Cronholm LS, Atlas RM.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.47.5.1054-1061.1984	1984

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 )
#34987	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 55.91
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#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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Vibrio cholerae (CIP 55.91, ATCC 11623, NCTC 8367)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API 50CHac

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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