Shimwellia blattae (CIP 104993, ATCC 33430, 2928-78)

Name: Shimwellia blattae (CIP 104993, ATCC 33430, 2928-78)
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BacDive ID 138137

Type strain

Strain Designation 2928-78

Culture col. no. CIP 104993 ATCC 33430 2928-78

NCBI tax ID(s) 563

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 1996, ATCC <- CDC: strain 2928-78

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Shimwellia blattae 2928-78 is a facultative anaerobe, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the family Enterobacteriaceae.

Gram-negative rod-shaped facultative anaerobe Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 46755

ATCC 33430,CIP 104993,BCRC 15591,CCRC 15591

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:33:03

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Enterobacterales

Family Enterobacteriaceae

Genus Shimwellia

Species Shimwellia blattae

Full scientific name Shimwellia blattae (Burgess et al. 1973) Priest and Barker 2010

Synonyms (1)

Escherichia blattae

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Shimwellia blattae** (2)	Type strain
5246	S. blattae 9005-74, DSM 4481, ATCC 29907, CIP 103175, ... (type strain)
138136	S. blattae 1182-73, CIP 104992, ATCC 33429

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
39155	negative	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
39155	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
39155	CIP Medium 3			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
39155	positive	growth	30
39155	positive	growth	5-41

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

39155

Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe

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
39155	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
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	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	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
39155	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
39155	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	fermentation
39155	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	degradation
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
39155	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	fermentation
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
39155	15792 ChEBI	malonate	+	assimilation
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
39155	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	-	fermentation
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
39155	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
39155	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
39155	132112 ChEBI	sodium thiosulfate	-	builds gas from
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

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
39155	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
39155	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
39155	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
39155	17234 ChEBI	glucose		+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
39155	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
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
39155	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
39155	gelatinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
39155	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
39155	ornithine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.17
39155	oxidase	-
39155	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
39155	tryptophan deaminase	-
39155	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
39155	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
39155	not determinedn.d.	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+

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
39155	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
39155		Atlanta, GA	USA	USA	North America
39155	Animal, Cockroach	Atlanta, Georgia	United States of America	USA	North America

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
39155	1	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	From waste to plastic: synthesis of poly(3-hydroxypropionate) in Shimwellia blattae.	Heinrich D, Andreessen B, Madkour MH, Al-Ghamdi MA, Shabbaj II, Steinbuchel A.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.00161-13	2013
Biotechnology	Bacteria associated with cockroaches: health risk or biotechnological opportunity?	Guzman J, Vilcinskas A.	Appl Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s00253-020-10973-6	2020
Metabolism	Utilization of biodiesel derived-glycerol for 1,3-PD and citric acid production.	Mitrea L, Trif M, Catoi AF, Vodnar DC, Vodnar DC.	Microb Cell Fact	10.1186/s12934-017-0807-5	2017
Metabolism	Insights into the genome of the enteric bacterium Escherichia blattae: cobalamin (B12) biosynthesis, B12-dependent reactions, and inactivation of the gene region encoding B12-dependent glycerol dehydratase by a new mu-like prophage.	Andres S, Wiezer A, Bendfeldt H, Waschkowitz T, Toeche-Mittler C, Daniel R.	J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1159/000085788	2004
Enzymology	Conversion of cysteine to 3-mercaptopyruvic acid by bacterial aminotransferases.	Andreessen C, Gerlt V, Steinbuchel A	Enzyme Microb Technol	10.1016/j.enzmictec.2017.01.004	2017
Enzymology	1,3-Propanediol production from glycerol with a novel biocatalyst Shimwellia blattae ATCC 33430: Operational conditions and kinetics in batch cultivations.	Rodriguez A, Wojtusik M, Ripoll V, Santos VE, Garcia-Ochoa F	Bioresour Technol	10.1016/j.biortech.2015.10.061	2015
	Strain and process development for poly(3HB-co-3HP) fermentation by engineered Shimwellia blattae from glycerol.	Sato S, Andreessen B, Steinbuchel A	AMB Express	10.1186/s13568-015-0105-8	2015
Metabolism	Influence of the operon structure on poly(3-hydroxypropionate) synthesis in Shimwellia blattae.	Andreessen B, Johanningmeier B, Burbank J, Steinbuchel A	Appl Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s00253-014-5804-6	2014
Metabolism	Functional heterologous production of reductive dehalogenases from Desulfitobacterium hafniense strains.	Mac Nelly A, Kai M, Svatos A, Diekert G, Schubert T	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/AEM.00881-14	2014

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 )
#39155	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104993
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#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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Shimwellia blattae (CIP 104993, ATCC 33430, 2928-78)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API 50CHac

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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