Serratia marcescens (CIP 107253, P12)

Name: Serratia marcescens (CIP 107253, P12)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 136640

Type strain

Strain Designation P12

Culture col. no. CIP 107253 P12

NCBI tax ID(s) 615

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 2001, F. Grimont, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France, strain: P12 <- Aucken <- 1991, Traub

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Serratia marcescens P12 is a facultative anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-negative prokaryote of the family Yersiniaceae.

Gram-negative motile oval-shaped facultative anaerobe mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 362175

CIP 107253

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:32:42

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Enterobacterales

Family Yersiniaceae

Genus Serratia

Species Serratia marcescens

Full scientific name Serratia marcescens Bizio 1823 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

Serratia marcescens subsp. sakuensis

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Serratia marcescens** (101)	Type strain
5165	S. marcescens BS 303, 504, DSM 30121, ATCC 13880, CCM 303, ... (type strain)
5136	S. marcescens DSM 1608
5137	S. marcescens DSM 1636, ATCC 14756, CCUG 46356, CIP 103716, ...
5138	S. marcescens 62-1, DSM 48, CCM 846
5139	S. marcescens HY, W225, DSM 12481
5140	S. marcescens W319, DSM 12482
5141	S. marcescens CN, W246, DSM 12483
5142	S. marcescens EQ, W247, DSM 12484
5143	S. marcescens W1128, DSM 12485
5144	S. marcescens Sma, W1659, DSM 12486
5145	S. marcescens SM-6-F'lac+, W838, SM-6-F'lac⁺, ...
5146	S. marcescens HY, DSM 14187
5147	S. marcescens WS 10207, DSM 30122
5148	S. marcescens 37, DSM 30124
5149	S. marcescens 296, 5751, DSM 30126
100067	S. marcescens STI08016(IMET), IMET 8016
23961	S. marcescens LH165, DSM 28921
23968	S. marcescens DSM 46342, ATCC 27117, IMET 11379
23969	S. marcescens DSM 50904, ATCC 15365, ICPB 2031
131011	S. marcescens Mm3, DSM 26061
131927	S. marcescens PH1a, DSM 103302
134390	S. marcescens CIP 107243, CDC 4444-60
134902	S. marcescens 710-86, CIP 102728
135226	S. marcescens CIP 107235, CDC 862-57
135649	S. marcescens Kol, CIP A170
135654	S. marcescens Boquet, CIP A174
135728	S. marcescens CIP 107237, CDC 1604-55
136275	S. marcescens S6, CIP 104117
136413	S. marcescens S008/93, CIP 105471
136528	S. marcescens 296, CIP 106472
137060	S. marcescens CIP 53.90, ATCC 274, ATCC 8412, ATCC 10759, ...
137178	S. marcescens JF246, CIP 105661, NCTC 50151
137261	S. marcescens 116-175, CIP 104221, ATCC 8100, CCUG 33063
137509	S. marcescens Censters, CIP 67.55
138185	S. marcescens S1254, CIP 105188
138472	S. marcescens Micoulaud, CIP 53.106
138926	S. marcescens Vosges, CIP A173
138927	S. marcescens Tobri, CIP A176
138928	S. marcescens crachats, CIP A177
139081	S. marcescens CIP 53.86, ATCC 990
139127	S. marcescens HY, CIP 53.100, ATCC 8195
139473	S. marcescens 8K, CIP 103959, ATCC 14041, NRRL B-1481
139678	S. marcescens CIP 58.14
141172	S. marcescens CCUG 6
141182	S. marcescens CCUG 32
141208	S. marcescens CCUG 190
141279	S. marcescens CCUG 561
141954	S. marcescens CCUG 8722
142671	S. marcescens CCUG 13685
143400	S. marcescens CCUG 18909
143467	S. marcescens CCUG 19424
143852	S. marcescens CCUG 21562
143968	S. marcescens CCUG 22139
144516	S. marcescens CCUG 25444
145513	S. marcescens CCUG 28717
145951	S. marcescens CCUG 29947
146200	S. marcescens CCUG 30579
147247	S. marcescens CCUG 33189
147675	S. marcescens CCUG 33988, NCTC 11935
152028	S. marcescens CCUG 45588
152032	S. marcescens CCUG 45613
152033	S. marcescens CCUG 45614
152039	S. marcescens CCUG 45620
152043	S. marcescens CCUG 45627
155137	S. marcescens CCUG 56562 A
155143	S. marcescens CCUG 56579
155149	S. marcescens CCUG 56606
155206	S. marcescens CCUG 56909
155228	S. marcescens CCUG 57001
155520	S. marcescens CCUG 57966
155645	S. marcescens CCUG 58589
155672	S. marcescens CCUG 58875
155681	S. marcescens CCUG 58980
156010	S. marcescens CCUG 60036
156119	S. marcescens CCUG 60453
156368	S. marcescens CCUG 61322
156437	S. marcescens CCUG 61728
156580	S. marcescens CCUG 63016
156591	S. marcescens CCUG 63177 B
156593	S. marcescens CCUG 63227
156821	S. marcescens CCUG 65681
156822	S. marcescens CCUG 65682
156888	S. marcescens CCUG 66351
161565	S. marcescens JCM 15057
161999	S. marcescens JCM 17283
162691	S. marcescens JCM 20012, IAM 1022
162715	S. marcescens JCM 20052, IAM 1104
162716	S. marcescens JCM 20053, ATCC 21639, IAM 1105
162726	S. marcescens JCM 20070, IAM 1136
162734	S. marcescens JCM 20081, ATCC 14225, IAM 1161
162735	S. marcescens JCM 20082, IAM 1162
162744	S. marcescens JCM 20091, IAM 1184
162754	S. marcescens JCM 20104, IAM 1205
162764	S. marcescens JCM 20115, ATCC 14226, IAM 1223
162771	S. marcescens JCM 20124, IAM 1240, IFO 3052, NBRC 3052
162922	S. marcescens JCM 20434, ATCC 17991, IAM 12143, NRRL B-486
162950	S. marcescens JCM 20508, ATCC 6911, IAM 12352, NCTC 2165
162951	S. marcescens JCM 20513, IAM 12359
165808	S. marcescens JCM 8536, ATCC 14223
173163	S. marcescens U11, CRBIP19.328
174641	S. marcescens LVF3, DSM 112280

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
36114	negative	oval-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
36114	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
36114	CIP Medium 72			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
36114	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
36114	positive	growth	30-41
36114	negative	growth	5
36114	negative	growth	10

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

36114

Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe

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
36114	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	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	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
36114	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	fermentation
36114	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	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	+	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
36114	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
36114	15792 ChEBI	malonate	-	assimilation
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
36114	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+	fermentation
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	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
36114	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
36114	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
36114	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
36114	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
36114	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
36114	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+
36114	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
36114	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
36114	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
36114	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
36114	gelatinase	+
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
36114	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
36114	ornithine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.17
36114	oxidase	-
36114	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
36114	tryptophan deaminase	-
36114	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
36114	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-

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
36114	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
36114	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
36114	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 )
#36114	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 107253
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#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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