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Neisseria subflava (CIP 68.4)

Name: Neisseria subflava (CIP 68.4)
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BacDive ID 137415

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP 68.4

NCBI tax ID(s) 28449

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 1968, Lab. Ident. Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain Chassaing, Neisseria flava CIP <- 1968, Lab. Ident. Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain Chassaing, Neisseria flava

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Neisseria subflava CIP 68.4 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-negative, coccus-shaped bacterium of the family Neisseriaceae.

Gram-negative coccus-shaped obligate aerobe Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 69504

CIP 68.4

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:39:01

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Betaproteobacteria

Order Neisseriales

Family Neisseriaceae

Genus Neisseria

Species Neisseria subflava

Full scientific name Neisseria subflava (Flügge 1886) Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

"Micrococcus subflavus"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Neisseria subflava** (16)	Type strain
10478	N. subflava 37, DSM 17610, ATCC 49275, CCUG 23930, CIP ... (type strain)
134992	N. subflava CIP 52.182
135682	N. subflava N 15, CIP 73.12, ATCC 19243, CCUG 26468, ...
135683	N. subflava CIP 73.13, ATCC 14221
137508	N. subflava 637H, CIP 67.22
138705	N. subflava CIP 52.184
141309	N. subflava CCUG 800
141687	N. subflava CCUG 4788
144386	N. subflava CCUG 24842
144393	N. subflava CCUG 24849
144394	N. subflava CCUG 24850
144438	N. subflava CCUG 24960, ATCC 49277
144479	N. subflava CCUG 25198
146032	N. subflava CCUG 30214
146209	N. subflava CCUG 30607
146827	N. subflava CCUG 32186

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
37905	negative	coccus-shaped

Colony morphology

37905

Hemolysis ability1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
37905	MEDIUM 6 - Columbia agar with 10 % horse blood		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Columbia agar (39.000 g);Horseblood (100.000 ml)
37905	CIP Medium 6			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
37905	positive	growth	30
37905	positive	growth	30-41
37905	negative	growth	25

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

37905

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
37905	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	degradation
37905	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	degradation
37905	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	degradation
37905	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
37905	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	degradation
37905	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	degradation
37905	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	builds gas from
37905	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
37905	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
37905	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	+	builds gas from
37905	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	+	reduction
37905	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	degradation

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
37905	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
37905	35581 ChEBI	indole
37905		polysaccharides

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
37905	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
37905	amylase	+
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
37905	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
37905	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
37905	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	from API zym
37905	DNase	+
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
37905	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
37905	gelatinase	-
37905	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
37905	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
37905	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
37905	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
37905	oxidase	+
37905	protease	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
37905	tween esterase	+
37905	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
37905	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
37905	not determinedn.d.	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
37905		France	FRA	Europe
37905	Throat	France	FRA	Europe	1968

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
37905	1	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 )
#37905	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 68.4
#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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