Actinomyces israelii (CIP 60.40, 1912)

Name: Actinomyces israelii (CIP 60.40, 1912)
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BacDive ID 137141

Type strain

Strain Designation 1912

Culture col. no. CIP 60.40 1912

NCBI tax ID(s) 1659

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Actinomyces israelii 1912 is an anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote of the family Actinomycetaceae.

Gram-positive rod-shaped anaerobe mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 67151

CIP 60.40

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:02:44

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Actinomycetales

Family Actinomycetaceae

Genus Actinomyces

Species Actinomyces israelii

Full scientific name Actinomyces israelii (Kruse 1896) Lachner-Sandoval 1898 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

"Actinobacterium israeli"
"Streptothrix israeli"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Actinomyces israelii** (36)	Type strain
151	A. israelii Jr 277 (CDC W855), DSM 43320, ATCC 12102, ... (type strain)
150	A. israelii CCUG 34702, DSM 43011, ATCC 10048, NHI 1829
152	A. israelii DSM 43323, WVU 339
105476	A. israelii STI09064(IMET), 1110-009,
105477	A. israelii STI09079(IMET), 1141-014,
135348	A. israelii B1, CIP 53.109
136339	A. israelii CIP 104730, CCUG 4867, NCTC 4860
137277	A. israelii CIP 104876, NCTC 10236, CCUG 34502
138098	A. israelii CIP 104874, NCTC 6826, CCUG 34495
138099	A. israelii CCUG 34501, CIP 104875, NCTC 10215
141881	A. israelii CCUG 8060
146033	A. israelii CCUG 30217
147537	A. israelii CCUG 33763
147818	A. israelii CCUG 34284, ATCC 12597
147919	A. israelii CCUG 34496, NCTC 6827
147920	A. israelii CCUG 34497, NCTC 6830
147921	A. israelii CCUG 34498, NCTC 6831
147922	A. israelii CCUG 34499, NCTC 8047
147923	A. israelii CCUG 34500, NCTC 8439
147946	A. israelii CCUG 34556
147947	A. israelii CCUG 34557
148445	A. israelii CCUG 35455
148548	A. israelii CCUG 35624
148770	A. israelii CCUG 35922
148771	A. israelii CCUG 35923
148772	A. israelii CCUG 35924
148773	A. israelii CCUG 35925
148774	A. israelii CCUG 35926
149130	A. israelii CCUG 36904
149131	A. israelii CCUG 36905
149316	A. israelii CCUG 37486 C
149320	A. israelii CCUG 37496
152583	A. israelii CCUG 47135
154406	A. israelii CCUG 53438
154704	A. israelii CCUG 54890
156688	A. israelii CCUG 64147

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
37005	positive	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition
37005	MEDIUM 39 - for Actinomyces		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Columbia agar (39.000 g);Horseblood (100.000 ml)
37005	CIP Medium 6

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
37005	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
37005	positive	growth	30-37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

37005

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
37005	NaCl	positive	growth	0-2 %
37005	NaCl		growth	4 %
37005	NaCl		growth	6 %
37005	NaCl		growth	8 %
37005	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
37005	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
37005	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
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
37005	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
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
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
37005	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
37005	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
37005	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
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 antibiotic	Is sensitive	Is resistant
37005	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
37005	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
37005	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
37005	17234 ChEBI	glucose

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
37005	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
37005	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
37005	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
37005	caseinase	+	3.4.21.50
37005	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
37005	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
37005	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
37005	gelatinase	-
37005	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
37005	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
37005	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
37005	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
37005	oxidase	-
37005	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
37005	protease	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
37005	tryptophan deaminase	-
37005	tween esterase	-
37005	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
37005	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-

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
37005	not determinedn.d.	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
37005	2	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 )
#37005	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 60.40
#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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