Name: Empedobacter brevis 25-79
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 137597

Type strain:

Species: Empedobacter brevis

Strain Designation: 25-79

Culture col. no.: CIP 79.41, NCTC 11380

Strain history: CIP <- 1979, C. Richard, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France, Flavobacterium meningosepticum, serotype N: strain 25-79 <- P. Courvalin, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France <- D. Bondemy

NCBI tax ID(s): 247 (species)

SI-ID 68224

NCTC 11380, CIP 79.41

Other strains from Empedobacter brevis

Section

Empedobacter brevis 25-79 is an obligate aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-negative bacterium that was isolated from Sperm.

Gram-negative
rod-shaped
mesophilic
obligate aerobe
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	*Bacteroidota*
	Class	*Flavobacteriia*
	Order	*Flavobacteriales*
	Family	*Weeksellaceae*
	Genus	*Empedobacter*
	Species	**Empedobacter brevis**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Empedobacter brevis (Holmes and Owen 1982 ex Lustig 1890) Vandamme et al. 1994

	Synonym	"Flavobacterium* brevis"*
	Synonym	Flavobacterium breve

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #38404]	Gram stain	negative

[Ref.: #38404]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #38404]	Motility	no

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 72

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

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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

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #38404]			growth	30 °C

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Temperature range

mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

obligate aerobe

	Metabolite utilization	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #38404]		nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #38404]		nitrite ChEBI	-	reduction

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #38404]		indole ChEBI	yes

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68382]	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-chymotrypsin	+	3.4.21.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API zym
[Ref.: #38404]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #68382]	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase (C 4)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	lipase (C 14)	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #38404]	oxidase	+
[Ref.: #68382]	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	* from API zym
[Ref.: #38404]	urease	-	3.5.1.5
[Ref.: #68382]	valine arylamidase	+		* from API zym
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API® zym:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	Control	2-naphthyl phosphateAlkaline phosphatase	2-naphthyl butyrateEsterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	2-naphthyl myristateLipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-2-naphthylamideTrypsin	N-glutaryl-phenylalanine-2-naphthylamidealpha- Chymotrypsin	2-naphthyl phosphateAcid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-galactpyranosidealpha- Galactosidase	2-naphthyl-betaD-galactpyranosidebeta- Galactosidase	Naphthol-AS-BI-betaD-glucuronidebeta- Glucuronidase	2-naphthyl-alphaD-glucopyranosidealpha- Glucosidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-betaD-glucopyranosidebeta- Glucosidase	1-naphthyl-N-acetyl-betaD-glucosaminideN-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-mannopyranosidealpha- Mannosidase	2-naphthyl-alphaL-fucopyranosidealpha- Fucosidase
[Ref.: #38404]	13429	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

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

[Ref.: #38404]	Sample type/isolated from	Sperm
[Ref.: #38404]	Isolation date	1979
* marker position based on {}

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 79.41, NCTC 11380

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SI-ID 68224

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 )

#38404 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 79.41

#68382

Automatically annotated from API zym .

#94452

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-ID68224.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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