Photobacterium damselae (CIP 104414, JCM 8968, ATCC 51805)

Name: Photobacterium damselae (CIP 104414, JCM 8968, ATCC 51805)
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BacDive ID 136605

Type strain

Strain Designation C-8

Culture col. no. CIP 104414 JCM 8968 ATCC 51805 CECT 4996 CGMCC 1.3753 2 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 38293

Special Collections JCM CIP

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Photobacterium damselae C-8 is a facultative anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-negative prokaryote of the family Vibrionaceae.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped facultative anaerobe mesophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 13095

LMG 19445,JCM 8968,NCIMB 13351,ATCC 51805,CIP 104414,CECT 4996

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:02:37

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order "Vibrionales"

Family Vibrionaceae

Genus Photobacterium

Species Photobacterium damselae

Full scientific name Photobacterium damselae corrig. (Love et al. 1982) Smith et al. 1991

Synonyms (6)

Vibrio damsela
Photobacterium histaminum
Listonella damsela
Listonella damselae
Photobacterium damsela
Vibrio damselae

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Photobacterium damselae** (9)	Type strain
17223	P. damselae DSM 7482, ATCC 33539, CCUG 13626, KCTC 12323, ... (type strain)
136606	P. damselae C-3, CIP 104415, JCM 8967
137420	P. damselae C-41, CIP 104416, JCM 8969
138580	P. damselae CIP 100540
142842	P. damselae CCUG 15267, CCM 4549
143435	P. damselae CCUG 19117, ATCC 35083
160410	P. damselae 110632, DSM 110632
160411	P. damselae 110633, DSM 110633
160412	P. damselae 110634, DSM 110634

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
36062	negative	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition
36062	Marine agar (MA)		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Marine agar (55.100 g)
36062	CIP Medium 13

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
36062	positive	growth	25	mesophilic
36062	positive	growth	15-37
36062	negative	growth	5
36062	negative	growth	41
67770	positive	growth	25	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

36062

Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
36062	NaCl	positive	growth	2-8 %
36062	NaCl		growth	0 %
36062	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
36062	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
36062	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
36062	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	fermentation
36062	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	degradation
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
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
36062	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
36062	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
36062	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
36062	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
36062	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

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
36062	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
36062	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
36062	17234 ChEBI	glucose

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
36062	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
36062	amylase	+
36062	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
36062	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
36062	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
36062	DNase	+
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
36062	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
36062	gelatinase	-
36062	lecithinase	+
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
36062	lipase	+
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
36062	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
36062	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
36062	oxidase	+
36062	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
36062	protease	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
36062	tryptophan deaminase	-
36062	tween esterase	-
36062	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
36062	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-

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
36062	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
36062	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
36062	Konagawa	Japan	JPN	Asia
67770
36062	Kanagawa	Japan	JPN	Asia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB032014 (>99% sequence identity) for Photobacterium damselae subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	3204
Soil Samples	214
Animal Samples	2991
Plant Samples	45
Total Samples	6454

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
36062	1	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
67770	Photobacterium histaminum gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB032014	1550		85581
67770	Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae gene for 16S rRNA	D25308	1472		85581

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	41.6	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Detection and Characterization of Histamine-Producing Strains of Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae Isolated from Mullets.	Trevisani M, Mancusi R, Cecchini M, Costanza C, Prearo M.	Vet Sci	10.3390/vetsci4020031	2017
Histidine decarboxylases and their role in accumulation of histamine in tuna and dried saury.	Kanki M, Yoda T, Tsukamoto T, Baba E.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.01907-06	2007
Simultaneous detection of marine fish pathogens by using multiplex PCR and a DNA microarray.	Gonzalez SF, Krug MJ, Nielsen ME, Santos Y, Call DR.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.42.4.1414-1419.2004	2004
Characterization of Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae isolated from a spotted seal (Phoca largha) (Pinnipedia: Phocidae) stranded in Korea.	Cha TS, Park SY, Lee K, Park EJ, Na JB, Kim YB, Lee K, Lim S, Uh N, Jung JY, Kim BY, Kim B, Han JE, Kim JH.	Front Vet Sci	10.3389/fvets.2025.1574705	2025
A New Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme and Its Application for the Characterization of Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae Associated with Mortality in Cetaceans.	Alba P, Caprioli A, Cocumelli C, Ianzano A, Donati V, Scholl F, Sorbara L, Terracciano G, Fichi G, Di Nocera F, Franco A, Battisti A.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2016.01656	2016
Photobacterium histaminum Okuzumi et al. 1994 is a later subjective synonym of Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae (Love et al. 1981) Smith et al. 1991.	Kimura B, Hokimoto S, Takahashi H, Fujii T	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-50-3-1339	2000

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 )
#36062	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104414
#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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Photobacterium damselae (CIP 104414, JCM 8968, ATCC 51805)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell 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

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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