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Cutibacterium acnes (CIP A179)

Name: Cutibacterium acnes (CIP A179)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 139640

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP A179

NCBI tax ID(s) 1747

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Cutibacterium acnes CIP A179 is an anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote of the family Propionibacteriaceae.

Gram-positive rod-shaped anaerobe mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 105352

CIP A179

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:03:23

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Propionibacteriales

Family Propionibacteriaceae

Genus Cutibacterium

Species Cutibacterium acnes

Full scientific name Cutibacterium acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Scholz and Kilian 2016

Synonyms (2)

Propionibacterium acnes
"Bacillus acnes"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Cutibacterium acnes** (83)	Type strain
12637	C. acnes DSM 16379, KPA 171202
12638	C. acnes FR1-165P, DSM 30738
12639	C. acnes FR2-MS23, DSM 30753
12640	C. acnes K2-18, DSM 30919
100658	C. acnes STI07542(IMET), IMET 7542
100659	C. acnes STI07254(IMET), BU57.1,
100660	C. acnes STI07552(IMET), IMET 7552
134424	C. acnes CIP 110517
134720	C. acnes CIP 110513
135376	C. acnes CIP 110518
135568	C. acnes CIP 110526
135569	C. acnes CIP 110527
137097	C. acnes CIP 110506
137098	C. acnes CIP 110509
137399	C. acnes CIP 110530
137400	C. acnes CIP 110531
138963	C. acnes CIP 110525
139597	C. acnes CIP 110519
139636	C. acnes CIP 53.119
139637	C. acnes CIP 54.158
139638	C. acnes CIP 54.166
139639	C. acnes CIP 60.42
139641	C. acnes CIP 110371
139642	C. acnes CIP 110503
139643	C. acnes CIP 110504
139644	C. acnes CIP 110505
139645	C. acnes CIP 110510
139646	C. acnes CIP 110511
139647	C. acnes CIP 110512
139648	C. acnes CIP 110514
139649	C. acnes CIP 110515
139650	C. acnes CIP 110516
139651	C. acnes CIP 110520
139652	C. acnes CIP 110521
139653	C. acnes CIP 110523
139654	C. acnes CIP 110529
139655	C. acnes CIP 110533
141766	C. acnes CCUG 6528
141767	C. acnes CCUG 6529
142058	C. acnes CCUG 10171
147123	C. acnes CCUG 32901, LMG 16730
147248	C. acnes CCUG 33192
147253	C. acnes CCUG 33206
147648	C. acnes CCUG 33950
147650	C. acnes CCUG 33951 B
148159	C. acnes CCUG 34938
148493	C. acnes CCUG 35547
148635	C. acnes CCUG 35749
148753	C. acnes CCUG 35900
148938	C. acnes CCUG 36609
148971	C. acnes CCUG 36661
149168	C. acnes CCUG 36986
149215	C. acnes CCUG 37286 B
149692	C. acnes CCUG 38203
149733	C. acnes CCUG 38293
149807	C. acnes CCUG 38453
149870	C. acnes CCUG 38584, ATCC 6922, NCTC 556
151988	C. acnes CCUG 45436
152217	C. acnes CCUG 46136
152639	C. acnes CCUG 47251
152733	C. acnes CCUG 47502
152961	C. acnes CCUG 48138
153010	C. acnes CCUG 48264
153042	C. acnes CCUG 48370
153284	C. acnes CCUG 48996
153647	C. acnes CCUG 50480
153689	C. acnes CCUG 50655
153755	C. acnes CCUG 50865
153995	C. acnes CCUG 51883
154183	C. acnes CCUG 52676
154207	C. acnes CCUG 52753
154208	C. acnes CCUG 52754
154231	C. acnes CCUG 52854
154930	C. acnes CCUG 55746
155481	C. acnes CCUG 57837
157794	C. acnes Z140, DSM 108415
170961	C. acnes CIMB 05-1526, CRBIP17.133
170962	C. acnes CIP 110507
170963	C. acnes CIP 110508
170964	C. acnes CIP 110522
170965	C. acnes CIP 110528
174546	C. acnes AP1, DSM 117891
176486	C. acnes CA02, DSM 117854

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
42226	positive	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

42226

Hemolysis ability1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
42226	MEDIUM 20 - for Anaerobic bacteria		Agar (15.000 g);Glucose (5.000 g);Yeast extract (20.000 g);Tryptone (30.000 g);Cysteine hydrochloride (0.500 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml);Hemin solution -M00149 (25.000 ml)
42226	CIP Medium 20			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
42226	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
42226	positive	growth	10-41
42226	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

42226

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
42226	NaCl	positive	growth	0-6 %
42226	NaCl		growth	8 %
42226	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
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	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	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
42226	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
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
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	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	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	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
42226	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
42226	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
42226	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		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	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	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

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
42226	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
42226	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
42226	amylase	-
42226	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
42226	caseinase	+	3.4.21.50
42226	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
42226	DNase	+
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
42226	gelatinase	-
42226	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
42226	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
42226	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
42226	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
42226	oxidase	-
42226	protease	+
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
42226	tween esterase	-
42226	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
42226	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-

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
42226	not determinedn.d.	+	+/-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+/-	+/-	+/-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
42226		France	FRA	Europe
42226	Sebaceous gland	France	FRA	Europe	1946

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
42226	1	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Identification of 2,4-Di-tert-Butylphenol as an Antimicrobial Agent Against Cutibacterium acnes Bacteria from Rwandan Propolis.	Rouvier F, Abou L, Wafo E, Andre P, Cheyrol J, Khacef MM, Nappez C, Lepidi H, Brunel JM.	Antibiotics (Basel)	10.3390/antibiotics13111080	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 )
#42226	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP A179
#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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Cutibacterium acnes (CIP A179)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Enzymes

API zym

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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