Corynebacterium kutscheri (CIP 54.79, ATCC 6944, NCTC 949)

Name: Corynebacterium kutscheri (CIP 54.79, ATCC 6944, NCTC 949)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 136472

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP 54.79 ATCC 6944 NCTC 949

NCBI tax ID(s) 35755

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Corynebacterium kutscheri CIP 54.79 is a mesophilic prokaryote of the family Corynebacteriaceae.

mesophilic genome sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 66302

ATCC 6944,NCTC 949,CCM 2795,CIP 54.79

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:02:34

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Corynebacteriaceae

Genus Corynebacterium

Species Corynebacterium kutscheri

Full scientific name Corynebacterium kutscheri (Migula 1900) Bergey et al. 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

"Bacterium kutscheri"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Corynebacterium kutscheri** (11)	Type strain
3101	C. kutscheri DSM 20755, ATCC 15677, NCTC 11138, CCUG 27535, ... (type strain)
3099	C. kutscheri B635, DSM 7172, ATCC 43218
3100	C. kutscheri D6676, DSM 7173, ATCC 43219
135489	C. kutscheri CIP A23
137266	C. kutscheri CIP 63.71
137417	C. kutscheri CIP 53.46
138214	C. kutscheri CIP 54.17
138671	C. kutscheri R297, CIP 110138
144576	C. kutscheri CCUG 25797, CIP 5479
146727	C. kutscheri CCUG 32027
146750	C. kutscheri CCUG 32062

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Motility	Confidence	Gram stain
125438		92.5
125438		90.095	positive

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
35893	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
35893	CIP Medium 3			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
35893	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate aerobe	96.7

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		98

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	glycogen metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	denitrification	100	2 of 2
66794	acetoin degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	threonine metabolism	90	9 of 10
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	valine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	86.67	13 of 15
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	86.36	19 of 22
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	propanol degradation	85.71	6 of 7
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	83.33	5 of 6
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	82.35	28 of 34
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	81.82	9 of 11
66794	flavin biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	starch degradation	80	8 of 10
66794	citric acid cycle	78.57	11 of 14
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
66794	biotin biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	gluconeogenesis	75	6 of 8
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	75	6 of 8
66794	purine metabolism	74.47	70 of 94
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	73.33	33 of 45
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	glycolysis	70.59	12 of 17
66794	propionate fermentation	70	7 of 10
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	67.03	61 of 91
66794	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	serine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
66794	NAD metabolism	66.67	12 of 18
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	64.29	18 of 28
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	63.64	7 of 11
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	61.54	16 of 26
66794	lipid metabolism	61.29	19 of 31
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	60	3 of 5
66794	alanine metabolism	58.62	17 of 29
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	56.25	9 of 16
66794	d-mannose degradation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	leucine metabolism	53.85	7 of 13
66794	urea cycle	53.85	7 of 13
66794	tryptophan metabolism	52.63	20 of 38
66794	non-pathway related	52.63	20 of 38
66794	histidine metabolism	51.72	15 of 29
66794	adipate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	50	7 of 14
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	glutathione metabolism	50	7 of 14
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	50	2 of 4
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	proline metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	lysine metabolism	45.24	19 of 42
66794	nitrate assimilation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	40.91	9 of 22
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	40	4 of 10
66794	cysteine metabolism	38.89	7 of 18
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	38.46	5 of 13
66794	methionine metabolism	38.46	10 of 26
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	38.46	5 of 13
66794	arginine metabolism	37.5	9 of 24
66794	tyrosine metabolism	35.71	5 of 14
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	33.33	4 of 12
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	degradation of hexoses	33.33	6 of 18
66794	sulfate reduction	30.77	4 of 13
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	degradation of pentoses	28.57	8 of 28
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	28.57	2 of 7
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	28.57	2 of 7
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	d-xylose degradation	27.27	3 of 11
66794	ascorbate metabolism	27.27	6 of 22
66794	cholesterol biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	allantoin degradation	22.22	2 of 9

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
35893		London	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe
35893	Animal, Mouse	London	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe	1921

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
35893	2	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	51470_B02 assembly for Corynebacterium kutscheri NCTC949	complete	GCA_900637565	35755.8	35755	98.45

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Corynebacterium kutscheri NCTC949
NCBI: GCA_900637565

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	98.00	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	78.50	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	68.00	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	96.70	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Corynebacterium kutscheri NCTC949
NCBI: GCA_900637565.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	90.10	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	90.95	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	62.34	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	78.55	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	95.13	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	92.50	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	High-performance liquid chromatography of corynomycolic acids as a tool in identification of Corynebacterium species and related organisms.	De Briel D, Couderc F, Riegel P, Jehl F, Minck R.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.30.6.1407-1417.1992	1992
Phylogeny	Cellular fatty acid composition as an adjunct to the identification of asporogenous, aerobic gram-positive rods.	Bernard KA, Bellefeuille M, Ewan EP.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.29.1.83-89.1991	1991
Metabolism	Phospholipase D activity of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis (Corynebacterium ovis) and Corynebacterium ulcerans, a distinctive marker within the genus Corynebacterium.	Barksdale L, Linder R, Sulea IT, Pollice M.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.13.2.335-343.1981	1981

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 )
#35893	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 54.79
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#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 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#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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Corynebacterium kutscheri (CIP 54.79, ATCC 6944, NCTC 949)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Pathway annotation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900637565

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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