Gemella sanguinis (CIP 105929, CCUG 37820, CCM 4941)

Name: Gemella sanguinis (CIP 105929, CCUG 37820, CCM 4941)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 138271

Type strain

Strain Designation 2045-94

Culture col. no. CIP 105929 CCUG 37820 CCM 4941 2045-94

NCBI tax ID(s) 84135

Special Collections CCUG CIP

History CIP <- 1999, CCUG <- M.D. Collins, IFR, Reading, UK: strain 2045-94 <- R.R. Facklam, CDC, Atlanta, USA <- Georgia State Health Dept.

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Gemella sanguinis 2045-94 is a facultative anaerobe, Gram-positive, coccus-shaped bacterium of the family Gemellaceae.

Gram-positive coccus-shaped facultative anaerobe 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 12950

LMG 18986,CCUG 37820,CIP 105929,ATCC 700632,CCM 4941

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:39:13

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Gemellaceae

Genus Gemella

Species Gemella sanguinis

Full scientific name Gemella sanguinis Collins et al. 1999

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Gemella sanguinis** (6)	Type strain
138268	G. sanguinis CIP 105930, CCUG 24073
138269	G. sanguinis B57352, CIP 105931, CCUG 33602
149483	G. sanguinis CCUG 37821
149484	G. sanguinis CCUG 37822
149567	G. sanguinis CCUG 37970
153764	G. sanguinis CCUG 50878

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
39396	positive	coccus-shaped

Colony morphology

39396

Hemolysis ability1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Composition	Medium link
39396	MEDIUM 38 - for Streptococcus and Gemella Haemolysans	Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Horse serum (200.000 ml);Glucose (10.000 g);Brain heart infusion agar (52.000 g)
39396	CIP Medium 253		Medium recipe at CIP
39396	CIP Medium 38		Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
39396	positive	growth	37
39396	positive	growth	25-41
39396	negative	growth	10
39396	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

39396

Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
39396	NaCl		growth	6.5 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	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	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
39396	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
39396	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
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
39396	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
39396	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	0 ChEBI	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	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	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 tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
39396	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
39396	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
39396	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
39396	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
39396	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
68382	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
39396	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
39396	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
39396	oxidase	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
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
39396	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

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
39396	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+/-	-	+/-	+	+/-	+/-	+	-	-	+	+/-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	#Blood
#Host	#Human	#Male

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
39396			Georgia	USA	USA	North America
53895	Human blood,41-yr-old male	Homo sapiens	Ga,Augusta	USA	USA	North America
39396	Human, Blood	Homo sapiens	Georgia	United States of America	USA	North America

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
39396	1	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
124043	Gemella sanguinis strain CCUG 37820 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, complete sequence.	JQ012765	199		84135

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Description of Gemella sanguinis sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens.	Collins MD, Hutson RA, Falsen E, Sjoden B, Facklam RR	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/JCM.36.10.3090-3093.1998	1998

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 )
#39396	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 105929
#53895	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 37820
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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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Gemella sanguinis (CIP 105929, CCUG 37820, CCM 4941)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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