Alcaligenes faecalis (CIP 67.23, LMG 3374, IAM 12587)

Name: Alcaligenes faecalis (CIP 67.23, LMG 3374, IAM 12587)
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BacDive ID 136761

Type strain

Strain Designation Krier 2

Culture col. no. CIP 67.23 LMG 3374 IAM 12587 JCM 20664 Krier 2

NCBI tax ID(s) 511

Special Collections JCM CIP

History JCM <-- IAM 12587 <-- CIP 67.23 <-- Lab. Ident. Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France <-- Metz Hosp., France, strain Krier 2. CIP <- 1967, Lab. Ident. Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France <- Metz Hosp., Metz, France: strain Krier 2

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Alcaligenes faecalis Krier 2 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-negative, motile bacterium of the family Alcaligenaceae.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped obligate aerobe Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 740

LMG 3374,IAM 12587,CCM 2975,CIP 67.23,JCM 20664

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:38:52

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Betaproteobacteria

Order Burkholderiales

Family Alcaligenaceae

Genus Alcaligenes

Species Alcaligenes faecalis

Full scientific name Alcaligenes faecalis Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Alcaligenes faecalis** (52)	Type strain
326	A. faecalis MT1, DSM 16964
328	A. faecalis CCUG 710, LMG 1230, DSM 30033, ATCC 15554, ...
336	A. faecalis DSM 13644, IMI 358536
136750	A. faecalis CIP 64.15, NBIMCC 156, JCM 20667, IAM 12590, ...
136759	A. faecalis 439, CIP 62.32, ATCC 19018, NBIMCC 154, NCTC ...
136760	A. faecalis Lister, CCUG 535, LMG 3340, LMG 7046, CIP ...
136762	A. faecalis N28, CIP 71.10, CCEB 569
136763	A. faecalis N46, CIP 71.9, CCEB 568
136764	A. faecalis 44-86, 3242, CIP 102140
136805	A. faecalis Ch.mt.2, CIP 71.7, CCEB 015
141201	A. faecalis CCUG 171 A
141238	A. faecalis CCUG 362
141240	A. faecalis CCUG 365
141243	A. faecalis CCUG 368
141281	A. faecalis CCUG 575 B
141282	A. faecalis CCUG 585
141383	A. faecalis CCUG 1325
141425	A. faecalis CCUG 1712
141464	A. faecalis CCUG 2071
141466	A. faecalis CCUG 2074
141490	A. faecalis CCUG 2350, ATCC 19209, NCTC 10388, JCM 20525, ...
141512	A. faecalis CCUG 2493
141515	A. faecalis CCUG 2515, NRRL B-170
141698	A. faecalis CCUG 4978, CCM 267
142157	A. faecalis CCUG 11246
142401	A. faecalis CCUG 12360
142499	A. faecalis CCUG 12699
143557	A. faecalis CCUG 20077
144618	A. faecalis CCUG 25969
146205	A. faecalis CCUG 30599
148153	A. faecalis CCUG 34908
149989	A. faecalis CCUG 38807
151250	A. faecalis CCUG 43542
151946	A. faecalis CCUG 45299
152215	A. faecalis CCUG 46123
153566	A. faecalis CCUG 50196
154446	A. faecalis CCUG 53652
157300	A. faecalis IMI 347326
157301	A. faecalis IMI 347327
157302	A. faecalis IMI 349009
162800	A. faecalis JCM 20175, IAM 1473
162981	A. faecalis JCM 20666, IAM 12589
174956	A. faecalis Dres_AlcFaec_07, DSM 107044
174957	A. faecalis Dres_AlcFaec_08, DSM 107045
174958	A. faecalis Dres_AlcFaec_02, DSM 107046
174959	A. faecalis DSM 108051
174960	A. faecalis Dres_AlcFaec_11, DSM 108181
174961	A. faecalis Dres_AlcFaec_12, DSM 108182
174962	A. faecalis DSM 108185
174963	A. faecalis Dres_AlcFaec_14, DSM 110696
174964	A. faecalis Dres_AlcFaec_15, DSM 117146
177899	A. faecalis 840, SF002785

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
36303	negative	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

36303

Hemolysis ability1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
36303	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
36303	CIP Medium 72			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
36303	positive	growth	30
36303	positive	growth	15-45
36303	negative	growth	5
67770	positive	growth	25

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

36303

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
36303	NaCl	positive	growth	0-6 %
36303	NaCl		growth	8 %
36303	NaCl		growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
36303	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	carbon source
36303	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
36303	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
36303	15792 ChEBI	malonate	+	assimilation
36303	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	builds gas from
36303	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
36303	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
36303	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	+	builds gas from
36303	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	+	reduction

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
36303	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
36303	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
36303	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
36303	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
36303	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
36303	amylase	-
36303	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
36303	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
36303	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
36303	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	-		from API zym
36303	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
36303	gelatinase	-
36303	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
36303	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
36303	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
36303	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
36303	oxidase	+
36303	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
36303	tryptophan deaminase	+
36303	tween esterase	-
36303	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
36303	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
36303	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
36303			Metz	France	FRA	Europe
67770	Burn wound
36303	Human, Pus, burn	Homo sapiens	Metz	France	FRA	Europe	1967

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
36303	1	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Enzymology	Capillary electrophoresis-single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis for rapid identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other gram-negative nonfermenting bacilli recovered from patients with cystic fibrosis.	Ghozzi R, Morand P, Ferroni A, Beretti JL, Bingen E, Segonds C, Husson MO, Izard D, Berche P, Gaillard JL.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.37.10.3374-3379.1999	1999

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 )
#36303	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 67.23
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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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Alcaligenes faecalis (CIP 67.23, LMG 3374, IAM 12587)

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

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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