Actinomyces viscosus (CIP 104871, ATCC 15988, NCTC 10952)

Name: Actinomyces viscosus (CIP 104871, ATCC 15988, NCTC 10952)
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BacDive ID 136351

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP 104871 ATCC 15988 NCTC 10952 CIP 104838 JCM 8351 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1656

Special Collections CCUG JCM CIP

History N. Maeda TPR-10 <-- ATCC 15988 <-- A. Howell, Jr. HS-69. CIP <- 1996, NCTC <- 1974, ATCC <- A. Howell, NIH, Bethesda, USA: strain HS-69, Odontomyces viscosus

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Actinomyces viscosus CIP 104871 is a facultative anaerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from Hampster.

Gram-positive rod-shaped facultative anaerobe 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 36610

ATCC 15988,CCUG 34489,NCTC 10952,CIP 104838,JCM 8351,CIP 104871,KCTC 9146

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:32:37

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Actinomycetales

Family Actinomycetaceae

Genus Actinomyces

Species Actinomyces viscosus

Full scientific name Actinomyces viscosus (Howell et al. 1965) Georg et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

"Odontomyces viscosus"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Actinomyces viscosus** (116)	Type strain
157	A. viscosus DSM 43327, ATCC 15987, CCUG 14476, NCTC 10951, ... (type strain)
138733	A. viscosus 857-82, CIP 102478
143157	A. viscosus CCUG 17534
144180	A. viscosus CCUG 23345
144565	A. viscosus CCUG 25696
144930	A. viscosus CCUG 27172
145516	A. viscosus CCUG 28729
145707	A. viscosus CCUG 29347
145952	A. viscosus CCUG 29952
146313	A. viscosus CCUG 30872
146633	A. viscosus CCUG 31676
147055	A. viscosus CCUG 32751
147093	A. viscosus CCUG 32838
147094	A. viscosus CCUG 32839
147095	A. viscosus CCUG 32840
147096	A. viscosus CCUG 32841
147101	A. viscosus CCUG 32863
147103	A. viscosus CCUG 32867
147104	A. viscosus CCUG 32869
147394	A. viscosus CCUG 33518
147442	A. viscosus CCUG 33590
147443	A. viscosus CCUG 33591
147444	A. viscosus CCUG 33592
147445	A. viscosus CCUG 33593
147446	A. viscosus CCUG 33594
147449	A. viscosus CCUG 33598
147450	A. viscosus CCUG 33599
147451	A. viscosus CCUG 33600
147497	A. viscosus CCUG 33702
147503	A. viscosus CCUG 33709
147504	A. viscosus CCUG 33710
147505	A. viscosus CCUG 33711
147506	A. viscosus CCUG 33712
147507	A. viscosus CCUG 33713
147508	A. viscosus CCUG 33714
147509	A. viscosus CCUG 33715
147510	A. viscosus CCUG 33716
147511	A. viscosus CCUG 33717
147619	A. viscosus CCUG 33910
147620	A. viscosus CCUG 33911
147625	A. viscosus CCUG 33916
147626	A. viscosus CCUG 33917
147627	A. viscosus CCUG 33918
147630	A. viscosus CCUG 33921
147631	A. viscosus CCUG 33922
147632	A. viscosus CCUG 33923
147633	A. viscosus CCUG 33924
147634	A. viscosus CCUG 33925
147635	A. viscosus CCUG 33926
147636	A. viscosus CCUG 33927
147639	A. viscosus CCUG 33930
147642	A. viscosus CCUG 33934
147657	A. viscosus CCUG 33963
147658	A. viscosus CCUG 33964
147659	A. viscosus CCUG 33965
147660	A. viscosus CCUG 33966
147661	A. viscosus CCUG 33967
147662	A. viscosus CCUG 33968
147664	A. viscosus CCUG 33971
147680	A. viscosus CCUG 33997
147681	A. viscosus CCUG 33998
147682	A. viscosus CCUG 33999
147683	A. viscosus CCUG 34000
147684	A. viscosus CCUG 34001
147685	A. viscosus CCUG 34002
147686	A. viscosus CCUG 34003
147688	A. viscosus CCUG 34005
147689	A. viscosus CCUG 34006
147690	A. viscosus CCUG 34007
147757	A. viscosus CCUG 34182
147758	A. viscosus CCUG 34183
147759	A. viscosus CCUG 34185
147760	A. viscosus CCUG 34186
147776	A. viscosus CCUG 34210
147777	A. viscosus CCUG 34211
147779	A. viscosus CCUG 34213
147780	A. viscosus CCUG 34214
148043	A. viscosus CCUG 34723
148044	A. viscosus CCUG 34724
148095	A. viscosus CCUG 34809
148097	A. viscosus CCUG 34811
148103	A. viscosus CCUG 34817
148104	A. viscosus CCUG 34818
148105	A. viscosus CCUG 34819
148108	A. viscosus CCUG 34822
148114	A. viscosus CCUG 34835
148115	A. viscosus CCUG 34836
148116	A. viscosus CCUG 34837
148118	A. viscosus CCUG 34839
148119	A. viscosus CCUG 34840
148120	A. viscosus CCUG 34841
148121	A. viscosus CCUG 34842
148122	A. viscosus CCUG 34843
148123	A. viscosus CCUG 34844
148124	A. viscosus CCUG 34845
148125	A. viscosus CCUG 34846
148126	A. viscosus CCUG 34847
148176	A. viscosus CCUG 34991
148177	A. viscosus CCUG 34992
148178	A. viscosus CCUG 34993
148179	A. viscosus CCUG 34994
148180	A. viscosus CCUG 34995
148181	A. viscosus CCUG 34996
148184	A. viscosus CCUG 35003
148196	A. viscosus CCUG 35021
148386	A. viscosus CCUG 35332
148388	A. viscosus CCUG 35336
148389	A. viscosus CCUG 35338
148431	A. viscosus CCUG 35426
148441	A. viscosus CCUG 35450
148442	A. viscosus CCUG 35451
148443	A. viscosus CCUG 35452
148444	A. viscosus CCUG 35453
151009	A. viscosus CCUG 43031
151257	A. viscosus CCUG 43550
156083	A. viscosus CCUG 60330

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
35742	positive	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

35742

Hemolysis ability1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
35742	MEDIUM 6 - Columbia agar with 10 % horse blood		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Columbia agar (39.000 g);Horseblood (100.000 ml)
35742	CIP Medium 6			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
35742	positive	growth	37
35742	positive	growth	25-41
35742	negative	growth	10
35742	negative	growth	45
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

35742

Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
35742	NaCl	positive	growth	0-4 %
35742	NaCl		growth	6 %
35742	NaCl		growth	8 %
35742	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
35742	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
35742	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
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
35742	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
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
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
35742	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
35742	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
35742	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	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

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
35742	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
35742	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
35742	17234 ChEBI	glucose		+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
35742	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
35742	amylase	-
35742	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
35742	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
35742	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
35742	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
35742	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
35742	gelatinase	-
35742	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
35742	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
35742	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
35742	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
35742	oxidase	-
35742	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
35742	tryptophan deaminase	-
35742	tween esterase	-
35742	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
35742	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-

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
35742	not determinedn.d.	+/-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+/-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Mammals	#Rodentia (Other)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
52140	Hampster
67770	Hamster
35742	Animal, Hamster

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence LC037217 (>99% sequence identity) for Actinomyces from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	1
Soil Samples	4
Animal Samples	543
Plant Samples	3
Total Samples	551

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
35742	2	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
67770	Actinomyces viscosus gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 8351	LC037217	1502		1656

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Purification and Anti-pathogenic Properties of Immunoglobulin Concentrates from Porcine Blood.	Jung TH, Choi JH, Koh KC, Jeon WM, Han KS.	Korean J Food Sci Anim Resour	10.5851/kosfa.2017.37.5.743	2017
Enzymology	Three rapid methods compared with a conventional method for detection of urease production in anaerobic bacteria.	Mills CK, Grimes BY, Gherna RL.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.25.11.2209-2210.1987	1987
Enzymology	Identification of Actinomyces, Arachnia, Bacterionema, Rothia, and Propionibacterium species by defined immunofluorescence.	Holmberg K, Forsum U.	Appl Microbiol	10.1128/am.25.5.834-843.1973	1973
Phylogeny	Rapid identification of Actinomycetaceae and related bacteria.	Kilian M.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.8.2.127-133.1978	1978
	Surface structures (peritrichous fibrils and tufts of fibrils) found on Streptococcus sanguis strains may be related to their ability to coaggregate with other oral genera.	Handley PS, Carter PL, Wyatt JE, Hesketh LM.	Infect Immun	10.1128/iai.47.1.217-227.1985	1985

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 )
#35742	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104871
#52140	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 34489
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#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 .
#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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Actinomyces viscosus (CIP 104871, ATCC 15988, NCTC 10952)

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

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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