Name: Serratia marcescens CIP 53.86
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 139081

Type strain:

Species: Serratia marcescens

Strain history: CIP <- 1953, ATCC <- R.S. Breed, New-York Agr. Exp. Stat., USA <- 1953, Rice strain QM B1466, Bacillus fuchsinus, Serratia marcescens var. kiliensis

NCBI tax ID(s): 615 (species)

SI-ID 34655

ATCC 990, NCIMB 10428, CIP 53.86, BCRC 15326, CCRC 15326, KACC 10002, CDBB 894

Special Collections

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Section

Serratia marcescens CIP 53.86 is a facultative anaerobe, Gram-negative, motile bacterium of the family Yersiniaceae.

Gram-negative
motile
rod-shaped
facultative anaerobe
Bacteria

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Pseudomonadota*
	Class	*Gammaproteobacteria*
	Order	*Enterobacterales*
	Family	*Yersiniaceae*
	Genus	*Serratia*
	Species	**Serratia marcescens**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Serratia marcescens Bizio 1823 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonym

Serratia marcescens subsp. sakuensis

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #41119]	Gram stain	negative

[Ref.: #41119]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #41119]	Motility	yes

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 3

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 72

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #41119]		growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #41119]		growth	10-41 °C
[Ref.: #41119]	no	growth	5 °C

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

facultative anaerobe

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Ability of spore formation

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #41119]	citrate ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #41119]	glucose ChEBI	+	degradation
[Ref.: #41119]	malonate ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #41119]	nitrate ChEBI	+	reduction
[Ref.: #41119]	nitrite ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #41119]	sodium thiosulfate ChEBI	-	builds gas from

	Antibiotica	Metabolite	Antibiotic sensitivity	Antibiotic resistance
[Ref.: #41119]		0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)	yes	no

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #41119]		indole ChEBI	no

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Voges-Proskauer-test	Methylred-test
[Ref.: #41119]		acetoin ChEBI	+
[Ref.: #41119]		glucose ChEBI		+

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #41119]	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
[Ref.: #41119]	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
[Ref.: #41119]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #41119]	gelatinase	+
[Ref.: #41119]	lysine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.18
[Ref.: #41119]	ornithine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.17
[Ref.: #41119]	oxidase	-
[Ref.: #41119]	tryptophan deaminase	-
[Ref.: #41119]	urease	-	3.5.1.5

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #41119]	Sample type/isolated from	Environment, Soil of chicken yard
[Ref.: #41119]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
[Ref.: #41119]	Country	United States of America
[Ref.: #41119]	Country ISO 3 Code	USA
[Ref.: #41119]	Continent	North America
[Ref.: #41119]	Isolation date	1919

[Ref.: #41119]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Lewisburg
[Ref.: #41119]	Country	USA
[Ref.: #41119]	Country ISO 3 Code	USA
[Ref.: #41119]	Continent	North America
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Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (French classification)

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

CIP 53.86, ATCC 990

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SI-ID 34655

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 )

#41119 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 53.86

#95663

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID34655.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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