Klebsiella variicola (CIP 53.24, BR 40)

Name: Klebsiella variicola (CIP 53.24, BR 40)
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BacDive ID 139091

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP 53.24 BR 40

NCBI tax ID(s) 244366

Special Collections CIP

History 1952, I. Orskov, Ser. Inst., Copenhagen, Denmark: strain Br40 CIP <- 1953, I. Orskov, Ser. Inst., Copenhagen, Denmark, Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumoniae O3 Type 48: strain Br40

Klebsiella variicola CIP 53.24 is a mesophilic, Gram-negative, rod-shaped prokaryote of the family Enterobacteriaceae.

Gram-negative rod-shaped mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

CIP 53.24 BR 40

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:33:16

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Enterobacterales

Family Enterobacteriaceae

Genus Klebsiella

Species Klebsiella variicola

Full scientific name Klebsiella variicola Rosenblueth et al. 2004

Synonyms (1)

Klebsiella singaporensis

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Klebsiella variicola** (9)	Type strain
135990	K. variicola CIP 52.199
136613	K. variicola Q067, CIP 80.49
138488	K. variicola CIP 53.27
139097	K. variicola 1756/51, CIP 53.26
174287	K. variicola CIMB 04-5641, CRBIP17.85
174288	K. variicola SB1, 01A065, CIP 111840, CRBIP28.94
174289	K. variicola SB31, CIP 111851
174290	K. variicola 100814, SB5387, CIP 111870
174291	K. variicola SB5544, 201283, CIP 111898

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
41133	negative	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
41133	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
41133	CIP Medium 3			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
41133	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
41133	positive	growth	10	psychrophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

41133

Spore formationno

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
41133	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	carbon source

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
41133	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
41133	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
41133	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
41133	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
41133	gelatinase	-
41133	lysine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.18
41133	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
41133	urease	+	3.5.1.5

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
41133	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 )
#41133	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 53.24

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