Empedobacter brevis (CIP 103083)

Name: Empedobacter brevis (CIP 103083)
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BacDive ID 136167

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP 103083

NCBI tax ID(s) 247

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 1980, Lab. Ident. Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain 67.80, Flavobacterium sp., King group IIb <- MGEN Cent. Med., Paris, France

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Empedobacter brevis CIP 103083 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the family Weeksellaceae.

Gram-negative rod-shaped obligate aerobe Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 68227

CIP 103083

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:32:35

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacteroidota

Class Flavobacteriia

Order Flavobacteriales

Family Weeksellaceae

Genus Empedobacter

Species Empedobacter brevis

Full scientific name Empedobacter brevis (Holmes and Owen 1982 ex Lustig 1890) Vandamme et al. 1994

Synonyms (2)

"Flavobacterium brevis"
Flavobacterium breve

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Empedobacter brevis** (30)	Type strain
138772	E. brevis CL 88-76, CIP 103104, ATCC 43319, CCM 3299, ... (type strain)
134412	E. brevis CIP 103060
135104	E. brevis B68189, 14-74, CIP 78.46
135183	E. brevis CIP 103067
135866	E. brevis CIP 103061
135982	E. brevis CIP 102965
136020	E. brevis 539-85, CIP 101742
136166	E. brevis CIP 103077
137225	E. brevis CIP 103046
137227	E. brevis CIP 103081
137588	E. brevis 24-74, 90 809, CIP 79.25, NCTC 11307
137597	E. brevis 25-79, CIP 79.41, NCTC 11380
137979	E. brevis CIP 102377
138770	E. brevis CIP 103076
139061	E. brevis 68-78, 8 A, CIP 78.68, NCTC 11308
139489	E. brevis CIP 111032
139517	E. brevis CIP 111072, CIP 200682
142681	E. brevis CCUG 13901, NCTC 11163
142743	E. brevis CCUG 14337 A
142744	E. brevis CCUG 14338
142789	E. brevis CCUG 14815
143498	E. brevis CCUG 19540 B
143857	E. brevis CCUG 21606
143971	E. brevis CCUG 22174
144647	E. brevis CCUG 26050
145353	E. brevis CCUG 28266
165416	E. brevis JCM 6810
165417	E. brevis JCM 6811
171316	E. brevis R528, CIP 109971
171317	E. brevis R563, Legall, CIP 109974

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
35483	negative	rod-shaped

Pigmentation

@ref	Production	Name
35483		flexirubin type pigments

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
35483	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
35483	CIP Medium 72			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
35483	positive	growth	30
35483	positive	growth	15-41
35483	negative	growth	5
35483	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

35483

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
35483	NaCl	positive	growth	0-2 %
35483	NaCl		growth	4 %
35483	NaCl		growth	6 %
35483	NaCl		growth	8 %
35483	NaCl		growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
35483	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
35483	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
35483	15792 ChEBI	malonate	-	assimilation
35483	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	builds gas from
35483	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
35483	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
35483	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	builds gas from
35483	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
35483	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
35483	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
35483	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
35483	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
35483	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
35483	amylase	-
35483	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
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
35483	caseinase	+	3.4.21.50
35483	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	from API zym
35483	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	-		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
35483	gamma-glutamyltransferase	+	2.3.2.2
35483	gelatinase	+/-
35483	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
35483	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
35483	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
35483	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
35483	oxidase	+
35483	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	+	4.3.1.24
35483	protease	-
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
35483	tryptophan deaminase	-
35483	tween esterase	-
35483	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
35483	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

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
35483	not determinedn.d.	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
35483		Paris	France	FRA	Europe
35483	Human, Vagina	Paris	France	FRA	Europe	1980

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
35483	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 )
#35483	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103083
#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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