Corynebacterium amycolatum (CIP 101477, 178.85)

Name: Corynebacterium amycolatum (CIP 101477, 178.85)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 137191

Type strain

Strain Designation 178.85

Culture col. no. CIP 101477 178.85

NCBI tax ID(s) 43765

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 1985, Lab. Ident. Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain 178.85 <- Garches Hosp., France

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Corynebacterium amycolatum 178.85 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium of the family Corynebacteriaceae.

Gram-positive rod-shaped obligate aerobe Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 68088

CIP 101477

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:32:50

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Corynebacteriaceae

Genus Corynebacterium

Species Corynebacterium amycolatum

Full scientific name Corynebacterium amycolatum Collins et al. 1988

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Corynebacterium amycolatum** (69)	Type strain
3134	C. amycolatum S160, DSM 6922, ATCC 49368, NCFB 2768, CCUG ... (type strain)
3135	C. amycolatum PAP 291, Co 291, DSM 44375
3136	C. amycolatum PAP 197, Co 197, DSM 44371
3137	C. amycolatum PAP 232, Co 232, DSM 44372
3138	C. amycolatum PAP 272, Co272, DSM 44373
3139	C. amycolatum PAP 290, Co 290, DSM 44374
135001	C. amycolatum 104.87, CIP 102846
135002	C. amycolatum 94.87, CIP 102847
135131	C. amycolatum 202.85, CIP 101489
135362	C. amycolatum CIP 102897
135817	C. amycolatum CIP 80.54
135818	C. amycolatum CIP 80.55
135964	C. amycolatum 995.83, CIP 100613
136025	C. amycolatum CIP 101883
136055	C. amycolatum 109-86, CIP 102176
136071	C. amycolatum 273-86, CIP 102297
137594	C. amycolatum 266-79, CIP 79.37
137877	C. amycolatum 1040, CIP 102101
137894	C. amycolatum 54-86, CIP 102133
137914	C. amycolatum 108-86, CIP 102177
137970	C. amycolatum 312-86, CIP 102335
138019	C. amycolatum 486-86, CIP 102482
138028	C. amycolatum 531.86, CIP 102544
138053	C. amycolatum 602.86, CIP 102609
138056	C. amycolatum 619-86, CIP 102624
138746	C. amycolatum 707-86, CIP 102699
139083	C. amycolatum Vf1, CIP 52.14
139110	C. amycolatum LIB 169-87, CIP 103818
139111	C. amycolatum LIB 740-88, CIP 103819
139112	C. amycolatum LIB 551-89, CIP 103820
139114	C. amycolatum LIB 081-91, CIP 103821, ATCC 700207
139177	C. amycolatum CIP 100836, ATCC 700206
139188	C. amycolatum CIP 52.13, CCUG 38798
139211	C. amycolatum 518.85, CIP 101726
143105	C. amycolatum CCUG 17225
143587	C. amycolatum CCUG 20407
144001	C. amycolatum CCUG 22317
144002	C. amycolatum CCUG 22318
144480	C. amycolatum CCUG 25199 A
146332	C. amycolatum CCUG 30938
146983	C. amycolatum CCUG 32594
148023	C. amycolatum CCUG 34699
148024	C. amycolatum CCUG 34700
148025	C. amycolatum CCUG 34701
148326	C. amycolatum CCUG 35228
148547	C. amycolatum CCUG 35623
148595	C. amycolatum
149006	C. amycolatum CCUG 36714
149187	C. amycolatum CCUG 37236 A
150024	C. amycolatum CCUG 38870
150158	C. amycolatum CCUG 39137
150375	C. amycolatum CCUG 39759
151090	C. amycolatum CCUG 43250
151333	C. amycolatum CCUG 43782
151449	C. amycolatum CCUG 44094
151691	C. amycolatum CCUG 44643
151821	C. amycolatum CCUG 44985
152500	C. amycolatum CCUG 46945
152980	C. amycolatum CCUG 48186
153159	C. amycolatum CCUG 48602
153513	C. amycolatum CCUG 50000
154808	C. amycolatum CCUG 55290
155049	C. amycolatum CCUG 56284
155324	C. amycolatum CCUG 57329
155334	C. amycolatum CCUG 57358
155377	C. amycolatum CCUG 57527
155580	C. amycolatum CCUG 58230
155980	C. amycolatum CCUG 59875
155991	C. amycolatum CCUG 59929

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
37068	positive	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
37068	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
37068	CIP Medium 72			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
37068	positive	growth	37
37068	positive	growth	30-41
37068	negative	growth	10
37068	negative	growth	15
37068	negative	growth	25
37068	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

37068

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
37068	NaCl	positive	growth	0-8 %
37068	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
37068	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
37068	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
37068	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
37068	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
37068	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
37068	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 sensitive	Is resistant
37068	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
37068	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
37068	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
37068	17234 ChEBI	glucose		+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
37068	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
37068	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
37068	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
37068	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
37068	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
37068	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
37068	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
37068	gelatinase	-
37068	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
37068	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	+		from API zym
37068	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
37068	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
37068	oxidase	-
37068	protease	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
37068	tryptophan deaminase	-
37068	tween esterase	-
37068	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
37068	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
37068	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
37068	not determinedn.d.	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
37068		Garches	France	FRA	Europe
37068	Human, Pus	Garches	France	FRA	Europe	1985

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
37068	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 )
#37068	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 101477
#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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