Name: Enterococcus faecium BM4147
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 136701

Type strain:

Species: Enterococcus faecium

Strain Designation: BM4147

Culture col. no.: CIP 103510

Strain history: CIP <- 1992, P. Courvalin, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain BM4147 <- J. Duval, H. Mondor Hosp., Créteil, France

NCBI tax ID(s): 1352 (species)

SI-ID 68288

CIP 103510

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Section

Enterococcus faecium BM4147 is a facultative anaerobe, Gram-positive, coccus-shaped bacterium of the family Enterococcaceae.

coccus-shaped
Gram-positive
facultative anaerobe
Bacteria

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Bacillota*
	Class	*Bacilli*
	Order	*Lactobacillales*
	Family	*Enterococcaceae*
	Genus	*Enterococcus*
	Species	**Enterococcus faecium**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Enterococcus faecium (Orla-Jensen 1919) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984

Synonym

Streptococcus faecium

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #36207]	Gram stain	positive

[Ref.: #36207]	Cell shape	coccus-shaped

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 29- Brain heart agar

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 29

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #36207]			growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #36207]			growth	10-45 °C

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

facultative anaerobe

	Halophily	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #36207]		NaCl	no	growth	6.5	%

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #36207]	esculin ChEBI	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #36207]	hippurate ChEBI	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #36207]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #36207]	nitrite ChEBI	-	reduction

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Voges-Proskauer-test
[Ref.: #36207]		acetoin ChEBI	+

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68382]	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	* from API zym
[Ref.: #36207]	alcohol dehydrogenase	+	1.1.1.1
[Ref.: #68382]	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	* from API zym
[Ref.: #36207]	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API zym
[Ref.: #36207]	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #68382]	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase (C 4)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #36207]	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
[Ref.: #68382]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	lipase (C 14)	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #36207]	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
[Ref.: #68382]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #36207]	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
[Ref.: #36207]	oxidase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	valine arylamidase	-		* from API zym
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API® zym:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	Control	2-naphthyl phosphateAlkaline phosphatase	2-naphthyl butyrateEsterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	2-naphthyl myristateLipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-2-naphthylamideTrypsin	N-glutaryl-phenylalanine-2-naphthylamidealpha- Chymotrypsin	2-naphthyl phosphateAcid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-galactpyranosidealpha- Galactosidase	2-naphthyl-betaD-galactpyranosidebeta- Galactosidase	Naphthol-AS-BI-betaD-glucuronidebeta- Glucuronidase	2-naphthyl-alphaD-glucopyranosidealpha- Glucosidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-betaD-glucopyranosidebeta- Glucosidase	1-naphthyl-N-acetyl-betaD-glucosaminideN-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-mannopyranosidealpha- Mannosidase	2-naphthyl-alphaL-fucopyranosidealpha- Fucosidase
[Ref.: #36207]	7558	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #36207]	Sample type/isolated from	Human, Faeces
[Ref.: #36207]	Country	France
[Ref.: #36207]	Country ISO 3 Code	FRA
[Ref.: #36207]	Continent	Europe
[Ref.: #36207]	Isolation date	1986

[Ref.: #36207]	Country	France
[Ref.: #36207]	Country ISO 3 Code	FRA
[Ref.: #36207]	Continent	Europe
* marker position based on {}

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (French classification)

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

CIP 103510

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SI-ID 68288

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 )

#36207 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103510

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Automatically annotated from API zym .

#93793

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID68288.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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