Corynebacterium jeikeium (CIP 52.15)

Name: Corynebacterium jeikeium (CIP 52.15)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 137838

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP 52.15

NCBI tax ID(s) 38289

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 1952, M. Welsch: strain X2, Corynebacterium acuminatum CIP <- 1952, M. Welsch: strain X2, Corynebacterium acuminatum

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Corynebacterium jeikeium CIP 52.15 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from Human.

Gram-positive rod-shaped obligate aerobe Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 68026

CIP 52.15

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:39:07

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Corynebacteriaceae

Genus Corynebacterium

Species Corynebacterium jeikeium

Full scientific name Corynebacterium jeikeium Jackman et al. 1988

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Corynebacterium jeikeium** (50)	Type strain
3142	C. jeikeium D1076, DSM 7171, ATCC 43734, CIP 103337, ... (type strain)
3140	C. jeikeium D760, DSM 7112, ATCC 43216
3141	C. jeikeium C8676, DSM 7113, ATCC 43217
134941	C. jeikeium 24-87, CIP 102772
134968	C. jeikeium 56.87, CIP 102801
135022	C. jeikeium 163-87, CIP 102898
135163	C. jeikeium 2.87, CIP 102749
135979	C. jeikeium CIP 101973
136032	C. jeikeium CIP 102029
136052	C. jeikeium 118-86, CIP 102172
136121	C. jeikeium 642.86, CIP 102659
136152	C. jeikeium CIP 102927
137627	C. jeikeium 347-86, CIP 102360
137912	C. jeikeium 116-86, CIP 102170
137913	C. jeikeium 104-86, CIP 102171
137920	C. jeikeium 143-86, CIP 102189
137958	C. jeikeium 281-86, CIP 102312
137960	C. jeikeium 275-86, CIP 102315
138083	C. jeikeium CIP 100151
138709	C. jeikeium 272-86, 47289, CIP 102296
138747	C. jeikeium 751.86, CIP 102732
138765	C. jeikeium 183-87, CIP 102926
138806	C. jeikeium F2704, CIP 82.51
142143	C. jeikeium CCUG 11018 A
142311	C. jeikeium CCUG 11623 A
142413	C. jeikeium CCUG 12418
142724	C. jeikeium CCUG 14246
143091	C. jeikeium CCUG 17152
143633	C. jeikeium CCUG 20665
143664	C. jeikeium CCUG 20880
144911	C. jeikeium CCUG 27047
145008	C. jeikeium CCUG 27385, NCTC 11915
145872	C. jeikeium CCUG 29865
146036	C. jeikeium CCUG 30236
146470	C. jeikeium CCUG 31240 A
146588	C. jeikeium CCUG 31528
146689	C. jeikeium CCUG 31953
146962	C. jeikeium CCUG 32550
147186	C. jeikeium CCUG 33019
147204	C. jeikeium CCUG 33046
147739	C. jeikeium CCUG 34122
147783	C. jeikeium CCUG 34219
147784	C. jeikeium CCUG 34220
147785	C. jeikeium CCUG 34221
147817	C. jeikeium CCUG 34281
149196	C. jeikeium CCUG 37251
150662	C. jeikeium CCUG 41893
151102	C. jeikeium CCUG 43278
156319	C. jeikeium CCUG 61137
173088	C. jeikeium CIMB 05-9342, CRBIP17.58

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
38784	positive	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

38784

Hemolysis ability0

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
38784	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)
38784	CIP Medium 6			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
38784	positive	growth	37
38784	positive	growth	25-41
38784	negative	growth	10
38784	negative	growth	15
38784	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

38784

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
38784	NaCl	positive	growth	0-2 %
38784	NaCl		growth	4 %
38784	NaCl		growth	6 %
38784	NaCl		growth	8 %
38784	NaCl		growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
38784	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
38784	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
38784	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
38784	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
38784	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
38784	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
38784	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
38784	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
38784	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
38784	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
38784	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
38784	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
38784	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
38784	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
38784	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	from API zym
38784	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
38784	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
38784	gelatinase	-
38784	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
38784	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
38784	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
38784	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
38784	oxidase	-
38784	protease	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
38784	tween esterase	-
38784	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
38784	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species
38784	Human	Homo sapiens

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
38784	2	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 )
#38784	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 52.15
#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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