Cutibacterium acnes (CIP 110371)

Name: Cutibacterium acnes (CIP 110371)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 139641

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP 110371

NCBI tax ID(s) 1747

Special Collections CIP

Cutibacterium acnes CIP 110371 is a mesophilic, Gram-positive, rod-shaped prokaryote of the family Propionibacteriaceae.

Gram-positive rod-shaped mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

CIP 110371

@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
139640	C. acnes CIP A179
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
42227	positive	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
42227	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
42227	CIP Medium 72			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
42227	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
42227	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
42227	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
42227	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
42227	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
42227	oxidase	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
42227	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
42227	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
42227		Paris	France	FRA	Europe
42227	Human, Hair	Paris	France	FRA	Europe	2008

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
42227	1	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 )
#42227	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 110371
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .

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