Chromobacterium violaceum (CIP 53.2)

Name: Chromobacterium violaceum (CIP 53.2)
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BacDive ID 138470

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP 53.2

NCBI tax ID(s) 536

Special Collections CIP

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Chromobacterium violaceum CIP 53.2 is a mesophilic, Gram-negative, motile prokaryote of the family Chromobacteriaceae.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 67786

CIP 53.2

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:03:04

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Betaproteobacteria

Order Neisseriales

Family Chromobacteriaceae

Genus Chromobacterium

Species Chromobacterium violaceum

Full scientific name Chromobacterium violaceum Bergonzini 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

Chromobacterium pseudoviolaceum

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Chromobacterium violaceum** (9)	Type strain
10449	C. violaceum MK, Mentekab, DSM 30191, ATCC 12472, IFO ... (type strain)
10455	C. violaceum strain Lewitus, DSM 23279, CCM 2076, LMG ...
134832	C. violaceum CIP 73.3
135503	C. violaceum 4-82, D4567/81, CIP 82.24
136558	C. violaceum CIP 54.144, NCTC 9376
138091	C. violaceum CIP 53.123
149359	C. violaceum CCUG 37577
157318	C. violaceum IMI 185481
174292	C. violaceum CIMB 04-8792, CRBIP17.44

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
39815	negative	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Composition
39815	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar	Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
39815	CIP Medium 3
39815	CIP Medium 72

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
39815	positive	growth	30	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

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
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Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
39815	France	FRA	Europe
39815	France	FRA	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
39815	1	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 )
#39815	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 53.2
#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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