Actinomyces viscosus (CIP 102478, 857-82)

Name: Actinomyces viscosus (CIP 102478, 857-82)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 138733

Type strain

Strain Designation 857-82

Culture col. no. CIP 102478 857-82

NCBI tax ID(s) 1656

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 1982, Lab. Ident. Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain 857-82 <- Saint Joseph Hosp., Paris, France

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Actinomyces viscosus 857-82 is a facultative anaerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium of the family Actinomycetaceae.

Gram-positive rod-shaped facultative anaerobe Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 67218

CIP 102478

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:39:20

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Actinomycetales

Family Actinomycetaceae

Genus Actinomyces

Species Actinomyces viscosus

Full scientific name Actinomyces viscosus (Howell et al. 1965) Georg et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

"Odontomyces viscosus"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Actinomyces viscosus** (116)	Type strain
157	A. viscosus DSM 43327, ATCC 15987, CCUG 14476, NCTC 10951, ... (type strain)
136351	A. viscosus CIP 104871, ATCC 15988, NCTC 10952, CIP 104838, ...
143157	A. viscosus CCUG 17534
144180	A. viscosus CCUG 23345
144565	A. viscosus CCUG 25696
144930	A. viscosus CCUG 27172
145516	A. viscosus CCUG 28729
145707	A. viscosus CCUG 29347
145952	A. viscosus CCUG 29952
146313	A. viscosus CCUG 30872
146633	A. viscosus CCUG 31676
147055	A. viscosus CCUG 32751
147093	A. viscosus CCUG 32838
147094	A. viscosus CCUG 32839
147095	A. viscosus CCUG 32840
147096	A. viscosus CCUG 32841
147101	A. viscosus CCUG 32863
147103	A. viscosus CCUG 32867
147104	A. viscosus CCUG 32869
147394	A. viscosus CCUG 33518
147442	A. viscosus CCUG 33590
147443	A. viscosus CCUG 33591
147444	A. viscosus CCUG 33592
147445	A. viscosus CCUG 33593
147446	A. viscosus CCUG 33594
147449	A. viscosus CCUG 33598
147450	A. viscosus CCUG 33599
147451	A. viscosus CCUG 33600
147497	A. viscosus CCUG 33702
147503	A. viscosus CCUG 33709
147504	A. viscosus CCUG 33710
147505	A. viscosus CCUG 33711
147506	A. viscosus CCUG 33712
147507	A. viscosus CCUG 33713
147508	A. viscosus CCUG 33714
147509	A. viscosus CCUG 33715
147510	A. viscosus CCUG 33716
147511	A. viscosus CCUG 33717
147619	A. viscosus CCUG 33910
147620	A. viscosus CCUG 33911
147625	A. viscosus CCUG 33916
147626	A. viscosus CCUG 33917
147627	A. viscosus CCUG 33918
147630	A. viscosus CCUG 33921
147631	A. viscosus CCUG 33922
147632	A. viscosus CCUG 33923
147633	A. viscosus CCUG 33924
147634	A. viscosus CCUG 33925
147635	A. viscosus CCUG 33926
147636	A. viscosus CCUG 33927
147639	A. viscosus CCUG 33930
147642	A. viscosus CCUG 33934
147657	A. viscosus CCUG 33963
147658	A. viscosus CCUG 33964
147659	A. viscosus CCUG 33965
147660	A. viscosus CCUG 33966
147661	A. viscosus CCUG 33967
147662	A. viscosus CCUG 33968
147664	A. viscosus CCUG 33971
147680	A. viscosus CCUG 33997
147681	A. viscosus CCUG 33998
147682	A. viscosus CCUG 33999
147683	A. viscosus CCUG 34000
147684	A. viscosus CCUG 34001
147685	A. viscosus CCUG 34002
147686	A. viscosus CCUG 34003
147688	A. viscosus CCUG 34005
147689	A. viscosus CCUG 34006
147690	A. viscosus CCUG 34007
147757	A. viscosus CCUG 34182
147758	A. viscosus CCUG 34183
147759	A. viscosus CCUG 34185
147760	A. viscosus CCUG 34186
147776	A. viscosus CCUG 34210
147777	A. viscosus CCUG 34211
147779	A. viscosus CCUG 34213
147780	A. viscosus CCUG 34214
148043	A. viscosus CCUG 34723
148044	A. viscosus CCUG 34724
148095	A. viscosus CCUG 34809
148097	A. viscosus CCUG 34811
148103	A. viscosus CCUG 34817
148104	A. viscosus CCUG 34818
148105	A. viscosus CCUG 34819
148108	A. viscosus CCUG 34822
148114	A. viscosus CCUG 34835
148115	A. viscosus CCUG 34836
148116	A. viscosus CCUG 34837
148118	A. viscosus CCUG 34839
148119	A. viscosus CCUG 34840
148120	A. viscosus CCUG 34841
148121	A. viscosus CCUG 34842
148122	A. viscosus CCUG 34843
148123	A. viscosus CCUG 34844
148124	A. viscosus CCUG 34845
148125	A. viscosus CCUG 34846
148126	A. viscosus CCUG 34847
148176	A. viscosus CCUG 34991
148177	A. viscosus CCUG 34992
148178	A. viscosus CCUG 34993
148179	A. viscosus CCUG 34994
148180	A. viscosus CCUG 34995
148181	A. viscosus CCUG 34996
148184	A. viscosus CCUG 35003
148196	A. viscosus CCUG 35021
148386	A. viscosus CCUG 35332
148388	A. viscosus CCUG 35336
148389	A. viscosus CCUG 35338
148431	A. viscosus CCUG 35426
148441	A. viscosus CCUG 35450
148442	A. viscosus CCUG 35451
148443	A. viscosus CCUG 35452
148444	A. viscosus CCUG 35453
151009	A. viscosus CCUG 43031
151257	A. viscosus CCUG 43550
156083	A. viscosus CCUG 60330

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
40426	positive	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

40426

Hemolysis ability1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
40426	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)
40426	CIP Medium 6			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
40426	positive	growth	37
40426	positive	growth	25-41
40426	negative	growth	10
40426	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

40426

Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
40426	NaCl	positive	growth	0-2 %
40426	NaCl		growth	4 %
40426	NaCl		growth	6 %
40426	NaCl		growth	8 %
40426	NaCl		growth	10 %

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
40426	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	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
40426	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
40426	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
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	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
40426	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
40426	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
40426	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	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	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

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
40426	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
40426	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
40426	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
40426	17234 ChEBI	glucose		+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
40426	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
40426	amylase	+
40426	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
40426	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
40426	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
40426	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
40426	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
40426	gelatinase	-
40426	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
40426	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
40426	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
40426	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
40426	oxidase	-
40426	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
40426	protease	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
40426	tryptophan deaminase	-
40426	tween esterase	-
40426	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
40426	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-

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
40426	not determinedn.d.	+	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+/-	+/-	+/-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
40426			Paris	France	FRA	Europe
40426	Human, Blood	Homo sapiens	Paris	France	FRA	Europe	1982

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
40426	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 )
#40426	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 102478
#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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