Acinetobacter lwoffii (CIP 70.36, ATCC 17987, NCTC 5867)

Name: Acinetobacter lwoffii (CIP 70.36, ATCC 17987, NCTC 5867)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 139049

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP 70.36 ATCC 17987 NCTC 5867

NCBI tax ID(s) 28090

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 1970, M. Piéchaud, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France, Moraxella lwoffii var. non liquefaciens <- ATCC, Moraxella lwoffii var. brevis <- S.D. Henriksen

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Acinetobacter lwoffii CIP 70.36 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the family Moraxellaceae.

Gram-negative rod-shaped obligate aerobe genome sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 13548

LMG 1030,ATCC 17987,CCM 5572,NCTC 5867,CIP 70.36

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:39:24

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Pseudomonadales

Family Moraxellaceae

Genus Acinetobacter

Species Acinetobacter lwoffii

Full scientific name Acinetobacter lwoffii (Audureau 1940) Brisou and Prévot 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

"Moraxella lwoffi"
"Acinetobacter mesopotamicus"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Acinetobacter lwoffii** (50)	Type strain
8058	A. lwoffii DSM 2403, ATCC 15309, CIP 644.10, JCM 6840, ... (type strain)
130854	A. lwoffii 2A, DSM 101862
8059	A. lwoffii ES1-117-3, DSM 30502
8060	A. lwoffii ES1-189-5, DSM 30543
8061	A. lwoffii ES1-189-6, DSM 30544
8062	A. lwoffii ES1-189-7, DSM 30545
8063	A. lwoffii ES1-230-1c, DSM 30554
8064	A. lwoffii ES1-306b, DSM 30571
8065	A. lwoffii ES2-W2a2, DSM 30617
8066	A. lwoffii ES-12, DSM 30754
131596	A. lwoffii Stev48, DSM 103056
23127	A. lwoffii alk 3PO c), DSM 30932
23128	A. lwoffii alk 4PO c), DSM 30935
134719	A. lwoffii CIP 110447, NIPH 478
134901	A. lwoffii 705-86, CIP 102725
135761	A. lwoffii 2, CIP 55.102
135764	A. lwoffii CIP 55.113
137338	A. lwoffii CIP 70.20, ATCC 17985, NCDC KC 764
137455	A. lwoffii CIP 55.112
137771	A. lwoffii CIP 101718
138338	A. lwoffii 11.976, CIP 54.98
138411	A. lwoffii CIP 100598
138819	A. lwoffii CIP 110448, NIPH 715
139604	A. lwoffii CIP 102136
139605	A. lwoffii CIP 64.7, ATCC 17910, NCTC 10309
139606	A. lwoffii CIP 70.31, ATCC 9957, CCUG 61662, LMG 985, ...
139612	A. lwoffii CIP 101966
141194	A. lwoffii CCUG 156, ATCC 14291
146826	A. lwoffii CCUG 32185
146914	A. lwoffii CCUG 32443
147799	A. lwoffii CCUG 34253
148628	A. lwoffii CCUG 35742 B
149260	A. lwoffii CCUG 37364
155119	A. lwoffii CCUG 56521
155467	A. lwoffii CCUG 57819
155496	A. lwoffii CCUG 57888
155617	A. lwoffii CCUG 58423
155925	A. lwoffii CCUG 59661
155983	A. lwoffii CCUG 59881
156001	A. lwoffii CCUG 59975
156039	A. lwoffii CCUG 60151
156087	A. lwoffii CCUG 60343
156142	A. lwoffii CCUG 60534
156460	A. lwoffii CCUG 61917
158827	A. lwoffii S2/2 B, DSM 110883
158828	A. lwoffii S 58/4, DSM 110938
163942	A. lwoffii GC2, JCM 31073, DSM 26953
173156	A. lwoffii CIP 70.17, ATCC 17925, LMG 1004, NCIMB 9020
173157	A. lwoffii CIP 110967, CIP 200119
173158	A. lwoffii CIP 110969, CIP 200013

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility	Confidence
41075	negative	rod-shaped
125438	negative			99

Colony morphology

41075

Hemolysis ability1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
41075	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
41075	CIP Medium 72			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
41075	positive	growth	30
41075	positive	growth	10-37
41075	negative	growth	41
41075	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
41075	obligate aerobe
125438	aerobe	90.68
125439	obligate aerobe	96.566

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125438		94.218
125439		94.101

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
41075	NaCl	positive	growth	0-2 %
41075	NaCl		growth	4 %
41075	NaCl		growth	6 %
41075	NaCl		growth	8 %
41075	NaCl		growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
41075	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
41075	17234 ChEBI	glucose	-	degradation
41075	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
41075	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
41075	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
41075	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
41075	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
41075	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

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
41075	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	+	3.2.1.31	from API zym
41075	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
41075	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
41075	gelatinase	-
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
41075	oxidase	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
41075	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
41075	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-

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
41075	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
41075	Paris	France	FRA	Europe
41075	Paris	France	FRA	Europe	1939

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
41075	1	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	52941_F01 assembly for Acinetobacter lwoffii NCTC5867	contig	GCA_900444925	28090.77	8033249701	28090	76.74

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: 52941_F01 assembly for Acinetobacter lwoffii NCTC5867
BV-BRC: 28090.77

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	96.57	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	62.65	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	50.00	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	94.10	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Acinetobacter lwoffii strain NCTC5867
PATRIC: 28090.77

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	99.00	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	97.27	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	94.22	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	90.68	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	99.48	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	80.09	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Interspecies transformation of Acinetobacter: genetic evidence for a ubiquitous genus.	Juni E.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.112.2.917-931.1972	1972
	Differential development of antibiotic resistance and virulence between Acinetobacter species.	Darby EM, Moran RA, Holden E, Morris T, Harrison F, Clough B, McInnes RS, Schneider L, Frickel EM, Webber MA, Blair JMA.	mSphere	10.1128/msphere.00109-24	2024

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 )
#41075	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 70.36
#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) .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#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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Acinetobacter lwoffii (CIP 70.36, ATCC 17987, NCTC 5867)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900444925

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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