Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (CIP 78.30, NCTC 11305, DSM 103689)
BacDive ID
137583
Type strain
Strain Designation
G4071, 13-78
NCBI tax ID(s)
238
History
DSMZ <- A. Nicholson, CDC, Atlanta; G4071
CIP <- 1978, C. Richard, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain 13-78 <- R. Minck, Strasbourg Hosp., France: strain B 38593, Flavobacterium meningosepticum
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Elizabethkingia meningoseptica G4071 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-negative, rod-shaped human pathogen that was isolated from Tracheal exudate.
Gram-negative rod-shaped obligate aerobe human pathogen genome sequence BacteriaName and taxonomic classification
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Last LPSN update
2026-05-29 08:39:04 |
| Domain Bacteria |
| Phylum Bacteroidota |
| Class Flavobacteriia |
| Order Flavobacteriales |
| Family Weeksellaceae |
| Genus Elizabethkingia |
| Species Elizabethkingia meningoseptica |
| Full scientific name Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (King 1959) Kim et al. 2005 |
| Synonyms (2) |
Culture and growth conditions
Culture medium
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38389 | MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar | Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml) | |||
| 68456 | R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830) | Medium recipe at MediaDive  | Name: R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casamino acids 0.5 g/l Starch 0.5 g/l Glucose 0.5 g/l Proteose peptone 0.5 g/l Yeast extract 0.5 g/l K2HPO4 0.3 g/l Na-pyruvate 0.3 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.05 g/l Distilled water | ||
| 68456 | NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1) | Medium recipe at MediaDive | Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water | ||
| 68456 | OXOID NUTRIENT BROTH (DSMZ Medium 948) | Medium recipe at MediaDive | Name: OXOID NUTRIENT BROTH (DSMZ Medium 948) Composition: Nutrient broth 13.0 g/l Distilled water | ||
| 38389 | CIP Medium 3 | Medium recipe at CIP | |||
| 38389 | CIP Medium 72 | Medium recipe at CIP |
Physiology and metabolism
Metabolite utilization
Enzymes
| @ref | Value | Activity | Ec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68382 | acid phosphatase | + | 3.1.3.2 | from API zym |
| 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 |
| 68382 | beta-galactosidase | - | 3.2.1.23 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-glucosidase | - | 3.2.1.21 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-glucuronidase | - | 3.2.1.31 | from API zym |
| 38389 | catalase | + | 1.11.1.6 | |
| 68382 | cystine arylamidase | - | 3.4.11.3 | from API zym |
| 68382 | esterase (C 4) | - | from API zym | |
| 68382 | esterase lipase (C 8) | + | from API zym | |
| 68382 | leucine arylamidase | + | 3.4.11.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | lipase (C 14) | - | from API zym | |
| 68382 | N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase | + | 3.2.1.52 | from API zym |
| 68382 | naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase | + | from API zym | |
| 38389 | oxidase | + | ||
| 68382 | trypsin | + | 3.4.21.4 | from API zym |
| 38389 | urease | - | 3.5.1.5 | |
| 68382 | valine arylamidase | + | from API zym |
API zym
Sequence information
Genome sequences
| @ref | Description | Assembly level | INSDC accession | BV-BRC accession | IMG accession | NCBI tax ID | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66792 | 56279_E01 assembly for Elizabethkingia miricola NCTC11305 | contig | GCA_900447195   | 238.86  | 2823255045  | 172045 | 43.83 | |
Genome browser: GCA_900447195
Literature
Literature 
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metabolism | Molecular and biochemical heterogeneity of class B carbapenem-hydrolyzing beta-lactamases in Chryseobacterium meningosepticum. | Bellais S, Aubert D, Naas T, Nordmann P. | Antimicrob Agents Chemother | 10.1128/aac.44.7.1878-1886.2000 | 2000 | |
| Phylogeny | DNA-DNA hybridization study of strains of Chryseobacterium, Elizabethkingia and Empedobacter and of other usually indole-producing non-fermenters of CDC groups IIc, IIe, IIh and IIi, mostly from human clinical sources, and proposals of Chryseobacterium bernardetii sp. nov., Chryseobacterium carnis sp. nov., Chryseobacterium lactis sp. nov., Chryseobacterium nakagawai sp. nov. and Chryseobacterium taklimakanense comb. nov. | Holmes B, Steigerwalt AG, Nicholson AC. | Int J Syst Evol Microbiol | 10.1099/ijs.0.054353-0 | 2013 | |
How to cite
If you want to cite this particular strain cite the following doi:
https://doi.org/10.13145/bacdive137583.20260601.11
When using BacDive for research please cite the following paper
BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain dataIsabel Schober, Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà Carbasse, Christian Ebeling, Marvin Leon Schmidt, Adam Podstawka, Rohit Gupta, Vinodh Ilangovan, Javad Chamanara, Jörg Overmann, Lorenz Christian Reimer
Nucleic Acids Research; database issue 2025.
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