Achromobacter xylosoxidans (CIP 103961, ATCC 9220, NCTC 8764)

Name: Achromobacter xylosoxidans (CIP 103961, ATCC 9220, NCTC 8764)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 136869

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP 103961 ATCC 9220 NCTC 8764 CCUG 2349 LMG 3512 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 85698

Special Collections CCUG CIP

History CIP <- 1994, ATCC <- O. Felsenfeld

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Achromobacter xylosoxidans CIP 103961 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-negative, motile bacterium that was isolated from Human blood.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped obligate aerobe 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 92103

LMG 1867,CCUG 2349,NCTC 8764,LMG 3512,ATCC 9220,LMG 3468,CIP 103961

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:32:45

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Betaproteobacteria

Order Burkholderiales

Family Alcaligenaceae

Genus Achromobacter

Species Achromobacter xylosoxidans

Full scientific name Achromobacter xylosoxidans (ex Yabuuchi and Ohyama 1971) Yabuuchi and Yano 1981

Synonyms (4)

"Achromobacter xylosoxidans"
Alcaligenes xylosoxidans
"Alcaligenes xylosoxydans"
Alcaligenes denitrificans subsp. xylosoxydans

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Achromobacter xylosoxidans** (73)	Type strain
298	A. xylosoxidans DPK1, DSM 6388
299	A. xylosoxidans T7, DSM 11852
130853	A. xylosoxidans JP-22, DSM 29570
136806	A. xylosoxidans Dr Paris, CIP 58.72, JCM 20749, GIFU 1054, ...
136808	A. xylosoxidans 325, CIP 62.30, JCM 20673, IAM 12596, LMG ...
136809	A. xylosoxidans 532.85, CIP 101719
136822	A. xylosoxidans plu, CIP 68.19, NBIMCC 152
136823	A. xylosoxidans X86, CIP 61.20, NBIMCC 151, CCUG 723, LMG ...
136824	A. xylosoxidans 51.83, CIP 100029
136825	A. xylosoxidans CIP 71.33, JCM 9660, ATCC 27062, IAM 12685, ...
136827	A. xylosoxidans 11.83, CIP 100005
136839	A. xylosoxidans 232-86, CIP 102274
136840	A. xylosoxidans 503-86, CIP 102498
136847	A. xylosoxidans 1032-85, CIP 102041
136851	A. xylosoxidans 93.9, CIP 104044
136857	A. xylosoxidans CIP 100697
136859	A. xylosoxidans 762-85, CIP 101902
136861	A. xylosoxidans 93.3, CIP 104045
136862	A. xylosoxidans N°2, CIP 104124
136863	A. xylosoxidans 76.80, CIP 105843
136867	A. xylosoxidans 253-86, CIP 102288
136868	A. xylosoxidans 111-86, CIP 102198
136870	A. xylosoxidans 28443, CIP 103938
136871	A. xylosoxidans CIP 100117
137238	A. xylosoxidans 205-86, CIP 102236
137436	A. xylosoxidans 618-86, CIP 102630
137451	A. xylosoxidans 761-86, CIP 102744
137546	A. xylosoxidans 21-87, CIP 102768
137633	A. xylosoxidans 1030-85, CIP 102062
138417	A. xylosoxidans 126-87, CIP 102864
141242	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 367
141290	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 716
141346	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 1142
141367	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 1205
141418	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 1668
141444	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 1869
141477	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 2160
141483	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 2203
142343	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 11894
142779	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 14603
142780	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 14608
145154	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 27767 B
147214	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 33068
149224	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 37295
150714	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 42034
150731	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 42111
151658	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 44552
152509	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 46971
152571	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 47074
152684	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 47354
152776	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 47596
152828	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 47723
154348	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 53197
154449	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 53665
155054	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 56295
155276	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 57172
155881	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 59527
155975	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 59837
156009	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 60034
156412	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 61615
156471	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 61957, LMG 1865
156472	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 61958, LMG 3466
157260	A. xylosoxidans CCUG 72784
162987	A. xylosoxidans JCM 20745, CDC B6949, GIFU 954, IAM 12686, ...
162988	A. xylosoxidans JCM 20747, GIFU 1044, IAM 12688
162989	A. xylosoxidans JCM 20748, GIFU 1047, IAM 12689
166051	A. xylosoxidans JCM 9656, ATCC 27063
166058	A. xylosoxidans JCM 9787
174336	A. xylosoxidans Dres_AchromXyl_01, DSM 113262
174337	A. xylosoxidans Dres_AchromXyl_02, DSM 113263
174338	A. xylosoxidans Dres_AchromXyl_10, DSM 113276
176394	A. xylosoxidans Dres_AchromXyl_05, DSM 120188
176395	A. xylosoxidans Dres_AchromXyl_07, DSM 120632

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
36574	negative	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

36574

Hemolysis ability1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
36574	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
36574	CIP Medium 3			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
36574	positive	growth	30
36574	positive	growth	15-41
36574	negative	growth	5
36574	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

36574

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
36574	NaCl	positive	growth	0-6 %
36574	NaCl		growth	8 %
36574	NaCl		growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
36574	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	carbon source
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
68369	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
36574	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
36574	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
36574	15792 ChEBI	malonate	-	assimilation
68369	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
36574	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	builds gas from
36574	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
36574	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API 20NE
36574	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	+	builds gas from
36574	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	+	reduction
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
36574	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE
36574	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
36574	15688 ChEBI	acetoin		-
36574	17234 ChEBI	glucose			-
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	-			from API 20NE

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
36574	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	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
36574	amylase	-
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
36574	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68369	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
36574	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
36574	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68369	cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1	from API 20NE
36574	DNase	-
36574	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
36574	gelatinase	-
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
36574	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
36574	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
36574	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
36574	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
36574	oxidase	+
36574	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
36574	protease	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
36574	tryptophan deaminase	-
36574	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

44522

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C16:0	38.6	16
C17:0 CYCLO	26.1	16.888
C16:1 ω7c	11.2	15.819
C14:0 3OH/C16:1 ISO I	6.9	15.485
C16:1 ω7c DMA	4.2	16.288
C14:0 2OH	3.1	15.205
C12:0 2OH	2.7	13.178
C18:1 ω7c /12t/9t	2.2	17.824
C18:0	1.1	18
Unidentified	1.1	17.203
C14:0	0.9	14
C17:0	0.5	17
C15:0 ISO 3OH	0.5	16.135
unknown 18.445	0.4	18.445
C15:0	0.3	15
C12:0	0.3	12

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
44522	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
36574	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API 20NE

@ref	Reduction of nitratesNO3	TRP	GLU_ Ferm	ADH (Arg)	URE	ESC	GEL	PNPG	GLU_ Assim	ARA	MNE	MAN	NAG	MAL	GNT	CAP	ADI	MLT	CIT	PAC	OX
44522	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-

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
36574	not determinedn.d.	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Human	-
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	#Blood

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
44522	Human blood	1950	Manchester	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe
36574	Sepsis

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
36574	1	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
124043	Achromobacter xylosoxidans subsp. xylosoxidans 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	AF411021	1490		85698
124043	Achromobacter sp. CCUG 2349 partial 16S rRNA gene, strain CCUG 2349	HG423402	455		85698

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Identification of strains of Alcaligenes and Agrobacterium by a polyphasic approach.	Clermont D, Harmant C, Bizet C.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.39.9.3104-3109.2001	2001
Pathogenicity	Screening a mushroom extract library for activity against Acinetobacter baumannii and Burkholderia cepacia and the identification of a compound with anti-Burkholderia activity.	Schwan WR, Dunek C, Gebhardt M, Engelbrecht K, Klett T, Monte A, Toce J, Rott M, Volk TJ, LiPuma JJ, Liu XT, McKelvey R.	Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob	10.1186/1476-0711-9-4	2010
Phylogeny	Ribosomal DNA-directed PCR for identification of Achromobacter (Alcaligenes) xylosoxidans recovered from sputum samples from cystic fibrosis patients.	Liu L, Coenye T, Burns JL, Whitby PW, Stull TL, LiPuma JJ.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.40.4.1210-1213.2002	2002
Enzymology	Superiority of molecular techniques for identification of gram-negative, oxidase-positive rods, including morphologically nontypical Pseudomonas aeruginosa, from patients with cystic fibrosis.	Wellinghausen N, Kothe J, Wirths B, Sigge A, Poppert S.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.43.8.4070-4075.2005	2005
Phylogeny	Kit systems for identifying gram negative aerobic bacilli: report of the Welsh Standing Specialist Advisory Working Group in Microbiology.	Bennett CH, Joynson DH.	J Clin Pathol	10.1136/jcp.39.6.666	1986
Phylogeny	Identification of Gram-negative non-fermenters and oxidase-positive fermenters by the Oxi/Ferm tube.	Holmes B, Dowling J, Lapage SP.	J Clin Pathol	10.1136/jcp.32.1.78	1979

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 )
#36574	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103961
#44522	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 2349
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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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Achromobacter xylosoxidans (CIP 103961, ATCC 9220, NCTC 8764)

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

Fatty acid profile

API zym

API 20NE

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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