Corynebacterium urealyticum (CIP 102488, 486-86)

Name: Corynebacterium urealyticum (CIP 102488, 486-86)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 138605

Type strain

Strain Designation 486-86

Culture col. no. CIP 102488 486-86

NCBI tax ID(s) 43771

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 1986, Lab. Ident. Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain 486-86 <- Broussais Hosp., Paris, France

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Corynebacterium urealyticum 486-86 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-positive, flask-shaped bacterium of the family Corynebacteriaceae.

Gram-positive flask-shaped obligate aerobe Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 68137

CIP 102488

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:39:18

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Corynebacteriaceae

Genus Corynebacterium

Species Corynebacterium urealyticum

Full scientific name Corynebacterium urealyticum Pitcher et al. 1992

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Corynebacterium urealyticum** (43)	Type strain
3148	C. urealyticum Armendariz, 1, DSM 7109, ATCC 43042, NCTC ... (type strain)
3149	C. urealyticum Bajo, DSM 7110, ATCC 43043, CIP 103425
3150	C. urealyticum Garcia, DSM 7111, ATCC 43044, CCUG 18159
134904	C. urealyticum 721.86, CIP 102730
135000	C. urealyticum 105.87, CIP 102843
135241	C. urealyticum A21397, CIP 103276
136070	C. urealyticum 266-85, CIP 102292
136094	C. urealyticum 448-86, CIP 102444
137638	C. urealyticum 195-87, CIP 102949
137819	C. urealyticum 386.84, CIP 100873
137860	C. urealyticum 823.85, CIP 101943
137961	C. urealyticum 269-86, CIP 102316
137963	C. urealyticum 298-86, CIP 102319
137984	C. urealyticum CIP 102375
138002	C. urealyticum 457-86, CIP 102449
138003	C. urealyticum 455-86, CIP 102450
138004	C. urealyticum 459-86, CIP 102451
138760	C. urealyticum 131.87, CIP 102875
139205	C. urealyticum 493.85, CIP 101698
139593	C. urealyticum 136.87, CIP 102879
143107	C. urealyticum CCUG 17231
143123	C. urealyticum CCUG 17286
143227	C. urealyticum CCUG 17882
143333	C. urealyticum CCUG 18441
143386	C. urealyticum CCUG 18829
143636	C. urealyticum CCUG 20684
143659	C. urealyticum CCUG 20855
144969	C. urealyticum CCUG 27323
145011	C. urealyticum CCUG 27400 A
146987	C. urealyticum CCUG 32602
147007	C. urealyticum CCUG 32635
147463	C. urealyticum CCUG 33614
147717	C. urealyticum CCUG 34075
147718	C. urealyticum CCUG 34076
148170	C. urealyticum CCUG 34966
148212	C. urealyticum CCUG 35044
148223	C. urealyticum CCUG 35067
148569	C. urealyticum CCUG 35650
149423	C. urealyticum CCUG 37702
151852	C. urealyticum CCUG 45051
151948	C. urealyticum CCUG 45302
152685	C. urealyticum CCUG 47356
156105	C. urealyticum CCUG 60386

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
40176	positive	flask-shaped

Colony morphology

40176

Hemolysis ability0

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
40176	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)
40176	CIP Medium 6			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
40176	positive	growth	37
40176	positive	growth	25-41
40176	negative	growth	10
40176	negative	growth	15
40176	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

40176

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
40176	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
40176	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
40176	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
40176	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
40176	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
40176	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
40176	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
40176	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
40176	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
40176	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
40176	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
40176	amylase	-
40176	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
40176	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
40176	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
40176	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
40176	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
40176	gelatinase	-
40176	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
40176	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	+		from API zym
40176	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
40176	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
40176	oxidase	-
40176	protease	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
40176	tween esterase	+
40176	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
40176	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
40176	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
40176			Paris	France	FRA	Europe
40176	Human, Urine	Homo sapiens	Paris	France	FRA	Europe	1986

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
40176	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 )
#40176	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 102488
#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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