Fusobacterium nucleatum (CIP 60.39, 1789)

Name: Fusobacterium nucleatum (CIP 60.39, 1789)
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BacDive ID 137492

Type strain

Strain Designation 1789

Culture col. no. CIP 60.39 1789

NCBI tax ID(s) 851 155615

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 1960, A.R. Prévot, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain 1789 <- Boucicaut Hosp., Paris, France

Fusobacterium nucleatum 1789 is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the family Fusobacteriaceae.

Gram-negative rod-shaped Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

CIP 60.39 1789

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:32:54

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Fusobacteriota

Class Fusobacteriia

Order Fusobacteriales

Family Fusobacteriaceae

Genus Fusobacterium

Species Fusobacterium nucleatum

Full scientific name Fusobacterium nucleatum Knorr 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (6)

Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. fusiforme
"Fusobacterium fusiforme"
Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. vincentii
Fusobacterium vincentii
Fusobacterium animalis
Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. animalis

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Fusobacterium nucleatum** (9)	Type strain
142753	F. nucleatum CCUG 14448
142924	F. nucleatum CCUG 15725
142925	F. nucleatum CCUG 15758
151510	F. nucleatum CCUG 44169
152134	F. nucleatum CCUG 45873
154184	F. nucleatum CCUG 52678
154363	F. nucleatum CCUG 53249
155322	F. nucleatum CCUG 57321
156450	F. nucleatum CCUG 61856

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
38025	negative	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
38025	MEDIUM 20 - for Anaerobic bacteria		Agar (15.000 g);Glucose (5.000 g);Yeast extract (20.000 g);Tryptone (30.000 g);Cysteine hydrochloride (0.500 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml);Hemin solution -M00149 (25.000 ml)
38025	CIP Medium 20			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
38025	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

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
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	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	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
38025	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
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
38025	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
38025	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

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
38025	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
38025	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
38025	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
38025	gelatinase	-
38025	urease	-	3.5.1.5

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
38025	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	+/-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
38025		Paris	France	FRA	Europe
38025	Human, Cervico facial lesion	Paris	France	FRA	Europe	1960

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
38025	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 )
#38025	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 60.39
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .

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