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Proteus vulgaris (CIP A232)

Name: Proteus vulgaris (CIP A232)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 138464

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP A232

NCBI tax ID(s) 585

Special Collections CIP

History 1952, R. Buttiaux, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France CIP <- 1952, R. Buttiaux, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France

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Proteus vulgaris CIP A232 is a facultative anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-negative prokaryote of the family Morganellaceae.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped facultative anaerobe mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 105355

CIP A232

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:33:07

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Enterobacterales

Family Morganellaceae

Genus Proteus

Species Proteus vulgaris

Full scientific name Proteus vulgaris Hauser 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Proteus vulgaris** (36)	Type strain
5069	P. vulgaris PR 1, DSM 13387, ATCC 29905, CDC PR1, CIP ... (type strain)
5066	P. vulgaris DSM 2140, ATCC 8427
5067	P. vulgaris KS, DSM 3265, IFO 3045, NBRC 3045
5068	P. vulgaris DSM 13625, IMI 358534
5070	P. vulgaris Ox 19, DSM 46228, IMET 10764, SG 2
131880	P. vulgaris 65490/2016, DSM 103498
134601	P. vulgaris OX19, CIP 54.160, NCTC 8313, NCIMB 8261, ...
134602	P. vulgaris OX2, CIP 54.161, NCTC 8311, NCIMB 8259
135462	P. vulgaris 122-86, CIP 102184
135806	P. vulgaris X19 Syrie, CIP A244, CCUG 1644, CCM 1956, ...
137326	P. vulgaris OXL, CIP 54.162, NCTC 4635, NCIMB 11833, ...
137640	P. vulgaris CIP 103558, ATCC 49132
141245	P. vulgaris CCUG 376
141664	P. vulgaris CCUG 4635, CCUG 18983
141665	P. vulgaris CCUG 4636, CCUG 18985
141667	P. vulgaris CCUG 4639, CCUG 18991
141671	P. vulgaris CCUG 4643
141675	P. vulgaris CCUG 4647, CCUG 19002
141678	P. vulgaris CCUG 4650, CCUG 2148
141679	P. vulgaris CCUG 4654, CCUG 19012
141680	P. vulgaris CCUG 4660
141681	P. vulgaris CCUG 4678, CCUG 19034
141682	P. vulgaris CCUG 4679, CCUG 2150
141683	P. vulgaris CCUG 4682, CCUG 19037
143410	P. vulgaris CCUG 18984
143411	P. vulgaris CCUG 18986
143415	P. vulgaris CCUG 19017
143416	P. vulgaris CCUG 19036, CCUG 4681
146586	P. vulgaris CCUG 31523
148403	P. vulgaris 87B, 8390-93, CCUG 35381, ATCC 51471, CIP ...
148404	P. vulgaris 8385-93, 111B, CCUG 35384, ATCC 51469, CIP ...
148405	P. vulgaris HSCT 3586 T1, 1404-81, CCUG 35385, ATCC 51470, ...
149464	P. vulgaris CCUG 37793
150580	P. vulgaris CCUG 41652
162692	P. vulgaris JCM 20013, IAM 1025
162884	P. vulgaris JCM 20339, IAM 12003, RIMD 1643005

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
39808	negative	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
39808	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
39808	CIP Medium 72			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
39808	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
39808	positive	growth	30-41
39808	negative	growth	5
39808	negative	growth	10

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

39808

Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
39808	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	carbon source
39808	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	degradation
39808	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation
39808	15792 ChEBI	malonate	-	assimilation
39808	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+	fermentation
39808	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
39808	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
39808	132112 ChEBI	sodium thiosulfate	+	builds gas from

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
39808	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
39808	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
39808	17234 ChEBI	glucose		+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
39808	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
39808	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
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
39808	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
39808	gelatinase	+
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
39808	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
39808	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
39808	oxidase	-
39808	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	+	4.3.1.24
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
39808	tryptophan deaminase	+
39808	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
39808	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-

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
39808	not determinedn.d.	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
39808	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 )
#39808	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP A232
#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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