Campylobacter fetus subsp. testudinum (DSM 105764, ATCC BAA-2539, LMG 27499)

Name: Campylobacter fetus subsp. testudinum (DSM 105764, ATCC BAA-2539, LMG 27499)
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BacDive ID 140076

Type strain

Strain Designation 03-427, Blaser 03-427

Culture col. no. DSM 105764 ATCC BAA-2539 LMG 27499 03-427 Blaser 03-427

NCBI tax ID(s) 1507806

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- LMG; LMG 27499 <- J. A. Wagenaar, Univ. Utrecht, The Netherlands; <- M. J. Blaser and Z.C. Tu; 03-427

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Campylobacter fetus subsp. testudinum 03-427 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from human blood culture.

mesophilic genome sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 387767

DSM 105764,LMG 27499,ATCC BAA-2539

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:33:31

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Epsilonproteobacteria

Order Campylobacterales

Family Campylobacteraceae

Genus Campylobacter

Species Campylobacter fetus subsp. testudinum

Full scientific name Campylobacter fetus subsp. testudinum Fitzgerald et al. 2014

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125438	negative	97.455
125439	negative	97.8

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
42683	COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693) Composition: Defibrinated sheep blood 50.0 g/l Columbia agar base

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
42683	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125438		94.863
125439		98

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68373	30089 ChEBI	acetate	+	assimilation	from API CAM
68373	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	assimilation	from API CAM
68373	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API CAM
68373	17272 ChEBI	propionate	-	assimilation	from API CAM
68373	30031 ChEBI	succinate	+	assimilation	from API CAM
68373	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API CAM

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Sensitivity conc.	Is resistant	Resistance conc.
68373	48923	erythromycin		14 µg			from API CAM
68373	100147	nalidixic acid				84 µg	from API CAM

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68373	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide		from API CAM

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68373	catalase	+	1.11.1.6	from API CAM
68373	esterase	-		from API CAM
68373	L-aspartate arylamidase	-	3.4.11.21	from API CAM
68373	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API CAM
68373	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API CAM

API CAM

@ref	URE	Reduction of nitrateNIT	EsteraseEST	HIP	GGT	TTC	PYRA	L-arginine arylamidaseArgA	L-aspartic acid arylamidaseAspA	PAL	H2S productionH2S	GLU	SUT	NAL	CFZ	ACE	PROP	MLT	CIT	Erythromycin resistance (+) sensitivity (-)ERO	CAT
42683	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+/-	-	-	+
42683	-	+	-	+	+/-	+	-	+/-	-	+/-	-	-	+	+	+/-	+	-	-	+	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Infection	#Patient	#Blood culture
#Host	#Human	-
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	#Blood

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
42683	human blood culture	New York	USA	USA	North America

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
42683	2	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	Campylobacter fetus subsp. testudinum strain FDAARGOS_1591	complete		1507806.65	1507806	99.04
124043	ASM2073558v1 assembly for Campylobacter fetus subsp. testudinum FDAARGOS_1591	complete	GCA_020735585	1507806.64	1507806	93.71

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Campylobacter fetus subsp. testudinum strain FDAARGOS_1591
PATRIC: 1507806.65

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	98.00	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	68.40	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	97.80	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	75.90	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Campylobacter fetus subsp. testudinum strain FDAARGOS_1591
PATRIC: 1507806.65

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	97.46	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	73.92	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	94.86	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	82.37	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	86.91	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	64.08	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Differentiation of Campylobacter fetus Subspecies by Proteotyping.	Emele MF, Karg M, Hotzel H, Bloois LG, Gross U, Bader O, Zautner AE.	Eur J Microbiol Immunol (Bp)	10.1556/1886.2019.00006	2019
Genetics	Complete Genome Sequence of Campylobacter fetus subsp. testudinum Strain 03-427T.	Gilbert MJ, Miller WG, Yee E, Blaser MJ, Wagenaar JA, Duim B	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomeA.01002-13	2013
Phylogeny	Campylobacter fetus subsp. testudinum subsp. nov., isolated from humans and reptiles.	Fitzgerald C, Tu ZC, Patrick M, Stiles T, Lawson AJ, Santovenia M, Gilbert MJ, van Bergen M, Joyce K, Pruckler J, Stroika S, Duim B, Miller WG, Loparev V, Sinnige JC, Fields PI, Tauxe RV, Blaser MJ, Wagenaar JA	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.057778-0	2014

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 )
#42683	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 105764
#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) .
#68373	Automatically annotated from API CAM .
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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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Campylobacter fetus subsp. testudinum (DSM 105764, ATCC BAA-2539, LMG 27499)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Enzymes

API CAM

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_020735585

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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