Actinomyces slackii (CCUG 32792, CIP 103130, NCTC 11923)

Name: Actinomyces slackii (CCUG 32792, CIP 103130, NCTC 11923)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 138775

Type strain

Strain Designation Sh-134563

Culture col. no. CCUG 32792 CIP 103130 NCTC 11923 Sh-134563

NCBI tax ID(s) 52774

Special Collections CCUG CIP

History CIP <- 1988, NCTC <- V.E. Dent: strain Sh-134563

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Actinomyces slackii Sh-134563 is a mesophilic, Gram-positive, rod-shaped prokaryote of the family Actinomycetaceae.

Gram-positive rod-shaped mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 46131

ATCC 49928,NCTC 11923,CCUG 32792,CIP 103130

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:03:09

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Actinomycetales

Family Actinomycetaceae

Genus Actinomyces

Species Actinomyces slackii

Full scientific name Actinomyces slackii Dent and Williams 1986

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Actinomyces slackii** (3)	Type strain
148785	A. slackii CCUG 35938
148786	A. slackii CCUG 35939
148787	A. slackii CCUG 35940

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
125439	positive		99.3
125439			91
125438			93.875
125438	positive		92.597
40535	positive	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
40535	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)
40535	CIP Medium 6			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
40535	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	facultative anaerobe	93.3

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
40535	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
40535	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
40535	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
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
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
40535	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
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		from API zym
40535	oxidase	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
40535	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	teichoic acid biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	denitrification	100	2 of 2
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	starch degradation	100	10 of 10
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	95.45	21 of 22
66794	heme metabolism	92.86	13 of 14
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	86.67	13 of 15
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	83.33	5 of 6
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	81.82	9 of 11
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	80	8 of 10
66794	threonine metabolism	80	8 of 10
66794	vitamin K metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	80	4 of 5
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	photosynthesis	78.57	11 of 14
66794	valine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	d-mannose degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	75	6 of 8
66794	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	73.33	33 of 45
66794	NAD metabolism	72.22	13 of 18
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	purine metabolism	71.28	67 of 94
66794	glycolysis	70.59	12 of 17
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	70	7 of 10
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	67.86	19 of 28
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
66794	serine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
66794	flavin biosynthesis	66.67	10 of 15
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	proline metabolism	63.64	7 of 11
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	63.64	7 of 11
66794	gluconeogenesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	leucine metabolism	61.54	8 of 13
66794	degradation of pentoses	60.71	17 of 28
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	D-cycloserine biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	methionine metabolism	57.69	15 of 26
66794	citric acid cycle	57.14	8 of 14
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	57.14	52 of 91
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
66794	degradation of hexoses	55.56	10 of 18
66794	non-pathway related	55.26	21 of 38
66794	histidine metabolism	55.17	16 of 29
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	50	4 of 8
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	50	13 of 26
66794	butanoate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	cysteine metabolism	50	9 of 18
66794	adipate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	alanine metabolism	48.28	14 of 29
66794	lysine metabolism	47.62	20 of 42
66794	arginine metabolism	45.83	11 of 24
66794	d-xylose degradation	45.45	5 of 11
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	lipid metabolism	45.16	14 of 31
66794	tryptophan metabolism	44.74	17 of 38
66794	nitrate assimilation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	44.44	4 of 9
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	42.86	3 of 7
66794	propanol degradation	42.86	3 of 7
66794	glutathione metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
66794	mevalonate metabolism	42.86	3 of 7
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	41.67	5 of 12
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	bacilysin biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
66794	urea cycle	38.46	5 of 13
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	37.5	3 of 8
66794	tyrosine metabolism	35.71	5 of 14
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	sulfoquinovose degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	octane oxidation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	31.25	5 of 16
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	31.25	5 of 16
66794	sulfate reduction	30.77	4 of 13
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	30.77	4 of 13
66794	phenol degradation	30	6 of 20
66794	propionate fermentation	30	3 of 10
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	vitamin E metabolism	25	1 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	ascorbate metabolism	22.73	5 of 22
66794	allantoin degradation	22.22	2 of 9

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
40535	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Mammals	#Bovinae (Cow, Cattle)
#Host Body-Site	#Oral cavity and airways	#Plaque

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
40535		Belfast	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe
51191	Cattle,dental plaque of dairy cattle
40535	Animal, Cow, dental plaque	Belfast	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe	1985

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
40535	2	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	50477_G01 assembly for Actinomyces slackii NCTC11923	complete	GCA_900637295	52774.3	8111663552	52774	99.53

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
124043	A.slackii 16S rRNA gene	X82452	1242		52774

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Actinomyces slackii NCTC11923
NCBI: GCA_900637295

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	71.30	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	91.00	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	99.30	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	93.30	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Actinomyces slackii NCTC11923
NCBI: GCA_900637295.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	92.60	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	78.95	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	77.56	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	79.02	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	92.28	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	93.88	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Development of amplified 16S ribosomal DNA restriction analysis for identification of Actinomyces species and comparison with pyrolysis-mass spectrometry and conventional biochemical tests.	Hall V, O'Neill GL, Magee JT, Duerden BI.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.37.7.2255-2261.1999	1999

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 )
#40535	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103130
#51191	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 32792
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#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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Actinomyces slackii (CCUG 32792, CIP 103130, NCTC 11923)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Enzymes

Pathway annotation

API zym

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900637295

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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