Name: Bacillus cereus CIP 51.27
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 137410

Type strain:

Species: Bacillus cereus

Culture col. no.: CIP 51.27, ATCC 27522, NCTC 9947

Strain history: CIP <- 1951, H. Proom, Wellcome Res. Lab., Beckenman, UK: strain CN 2501 Beckenham, UK

NCBI tax ID(s): 1396 (species)

SI-ID 39050

ATCC 27522, NCTC 9947, CIP 51.27

Other strains from Bacillus cereus

Section

Bacillus cereus CIP 51.27 is a facultative anaerobe, spore-forming, mesophilic bacterium of the family Bacillaceae.

Gram-positive
motile
rod-shaped
spore-forming
facultative anaerobe
mesophilic
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	*Caryophanales*
	Family	*Bacillaceae*
	Genus	*Bacillus*
	Species	**Bacillus cereus**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Bacillus cereus Frankland and Frankland 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #37867]	Gram stain	positive

[Ref.: #37867]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #37867]	Motility	yes

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 3 - Columbia 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 3

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #37867]		growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #37867]		growth	10-45 °C
[Ref.: #37867]	no	growth	5 °C
[Ref.: #37867]	no	growth	55 °C

[Ref.: #37867]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #37867]	Temperature range	psychrophilic
[Ref.: #37867]	Temperature range	thermophilic

	pH	Kind of pH		pH
[Ref.: #37867]			growth	6

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

facultative anaerobe

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Ability of spore formation

yes

	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #37867]	NaCl		growth	0-6	%
[Ref.: #37867]	NaCl	no	growth	8	%
[Ref.: #37867]	NaCl	no	growth	10	%

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #37867]	citrate ChEBI	-	carbon source
[Ref.: #37867]	nitrate ChEBI	+	reduction
[Ref.: #37867]	nitrate ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #37867]	nitrite ChEBI	+	reduction

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #37867]		indole ChEBI	no

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Voges-Proskauer-test
[Ref.: #37867]		acetoin ChEBI	+

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #37867]	amylase	+
[Ref.: #37867]	caseinase	+	3.4.21.50
[Ref.: #37867]	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #37867]	gelatinase	+
[Ref.: #37867]	lecithinase	+
[Ref.: #37867]	urease	-	3.5.1.5

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

[Ref.: #37867]	Sample type/isolated from	Environment, Soil
[Ref.: #37867]	Country	United Kingdom
[Ref.: #37867]	Country ISO 3 Code	GBR
[Ref.: #37867]	Continent	Europe

[Ref.: #37867]	Country	United Kingdom
[Ref.: #37867]	Country ISO 3 Code	GBR
[Ref.: #37867]	Continent	Europe
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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 51.27, ATCC 27522, NCTC 9947

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SI-ID 39050

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 )

#37867 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 51.27

#94313

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-ID39050.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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