Cellvibrio japonicus (NCDO 2697, NCIMB 10462, DSM 16015)

Name: Cellvibrio japonicus (NCDO 2697, NCIMB 10462, DSM 16015)
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BacDive ID 140658

Type strain

Strain Designation Ueda107

Culture col. no. NCDO 2697 NCIMB 10462 DSM 16015 Ueda107

NCBI tax ID(s) 155077

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History DSMZ <- NCIMB <- K. Nisizawa, Tokyo Kyoiku University, Botanical Institute <- K. Ueda; Ueda107

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Cellvibrio japonicus Ueda107 is an aerobe, chemoorganotroph, Gram-negative bacterium that was isolated from field soil.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped aerobe chemoorganotroph 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 60061

NCIMB 10462,NCDO2697,KCTC 1397,DSM 16015

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:39:46

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Cellvibrionales

Family Cellvibrionaceae

Genus Cellvibrio

Species Cellvibrio japonicus

Full scientific name Cellvibrio japonicus Humphry et al. 2003

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Motility	Flagellum arrangement
43405	negative	1.2-3 µm	0.5-0.7 µm	rod-shaped		polar

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Medium used
43405	cream-coloured	TSA

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
43405	Trypticase Soy Agar (TSA)
43405	PYEA
43405	Medium B
6153	CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 1111)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 1111) Composition: Carboxymethyl cellulose 15.0 g/l Agar 6.0 g/l Casitone 2.0 g/l K2HPO4 1.0 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 1.0 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g/l (NH4)2SO4 1.0 g/l FeCl3 0.2 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
6153	positive	growth	37
43405	positive	growth	17-47

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
43405	positive	growth	6-9	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

43405

Oxygen toleranceaerobe

Nutrition type

43405

Typechemoorganotroph

Spore formation

43405

Spore formationno

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
43405	NaCl	positive	growth	2 %
43405	NaCl		growth	4 %

Observation

43405

Observationcould not tolerate 0.0075% KCN

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
43405	91043 ChEBI	2-naphthyl dihydrogen phosphate	+	hydrolysis
43405	90343 ChEBI	4-nitrophenyl N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminide	+	hydrolysis
43405	30089 ChEBI	acetate	-	growth
43405	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	growth
43405	2509 ChEBI	agar	-	growth
43405	28057 ChEBI	amylopectin	+	growth
43405	28057 ChEBI	amylopectin	+	carbon source
43405	28057 ChEBI	amylopectin	+	energy source
43405	28102 ChEBI	amylose	+	assimilation
43405	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	-	builds acid from
43405	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	+	growth
43405	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	+	carbon source
43405	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	+	energy source
43405	85146 ChEBI	carboxymethylcellulose	+	growth
43405	85146 ChEBI	carboxymethylcellulose	+	carbon source
43405	85146 ChEBI	carboxymethylcellulose	+	energy source
43405		casein	-	growth
43405		casein hydrolysate	-	assimilation
43405	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	builds acid from
43405	62968 ChEBI	cellulose	-	builds acid from
43384	62968 ChEBI	cellulose	+	degradation
43405	17029 ChEBI	chitin	+	assimilation
43405	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	growth
43405	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	growth
43405	52071 ChEBI	dextran	-	growth
43405	23652 ChEBI	dextrin	-	builds acid from
43405	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
43405	28757 ChEBI	fructose	-	builds acid from
43405	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+	assimilation
43405	28260 ChEBI	galactose	-	builds acid from
43405	28260 ChEBI	galactose	+	growth
43405	28260 ChEBI	galactose	+	carbon source
43405	28260 ChEBI	galactose	+	energy source
43405	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis
43405	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	growth
43405	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	growth
43405	17234 ChEBI	glucose	-	builds acid from
43405	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	growth
43405	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	carbon source
43405	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	energy source
43405	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from
43405	29985 ChEBI	L-glutamate	-	growth
43405	90741 ChEBI	L-leucylglycine 2-naphthylamide	+	hydrolysis
43405	24996 ChEBI	lactate	-	growth
43405	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from
43405	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	growth
43405	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	carbon source
43405	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	energy source
43405	25115 ChEBI	malate	-	growth
43405	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from
43405	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	growth
43405	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	carbon source
43405	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	energy source
43384	28808 ChEBI	mannan	+	degradation
43405	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	-	growth
43405	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+	builds acid from
43405	37684 ChEBI	mannose	-	builds acid from
43405	37684 ChEBI	mannose	-	assimilation
43405	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from
43405	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	growth
43405	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	assimilation
43405	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
43405	17309 ChEBI	pectin	+	growth
43405	17309 ChEBI	pectin	+	carbon source
43405	17309 ChEBI	pectin	+	energy source
43405	18401 ChEBI	phenylacetate	-	growth
43405	15361 ChEBI	pyruvate	-	growth
43405	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from
43405	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	assimilation
43405	33942 ChEBI	ribose	-	growth
43405	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from
43405	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from
43405	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	growth
43405	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	carbon source
43405	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	energy source
43405	143136 ChEBI	succinamate	-	growth
43405	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from
43405	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	assimilation
43405	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	growth
43405	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	carbon source
43405	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	energy source
43405		tryptone	+	growth
43405		tryptone	+	carbon source
43405		tryptone	+	energy source
43405	53426 ChEBI	tween 80	-	growth
43384	37166 ChEBI	xylan	+	degradation
43405	37166 ChEBI	xylan	+	growth
43405	37166 ChEBI	xylan	+	carbon source
43405	37166 ChEBI	xylan	+	energy source
43405	18222 ChEBI	xylose	-	builds acid from
43405	18222 ChEBI	xylose	+	growth
43405	18222 ChEBI	xylose	+	carbon source
43405	18222 ChEBI	xylose	+	energy source

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Metabolite	Resistance conc.	Sensitivity conc.
43405	28971	ampicillin	10 µg/mL
43405	3542	cephalothin		5 µg (disc)
43405	17698	chloramphenicol		10 µg/mL
43405	48923	erythromycin		10 µg/mL
43405	17833	gentamicin		10 µg/mL
43405	6104	kanamycin		10 µg/mL
43405	7507	neomycin	10 µg/mL
43405	28368	novobiocin		5 µg (disc)
43405	28077	rifampicin		10 µg/mL
43405	17076	streptomycin	10 µg/mL
43405	9332	sulfamethoxazole		25 µg (disc)
43405	27902	tetracycline		10 µg/mL

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
43405	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
43405	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6
43405	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
43405	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
43405	cellulase	+	3.2.1.4
43405	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
43405	endo-1,4-beta-xylanase	+	3.2.1.8
43405	esterase	+
43405	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
43405	urease	-	3.5.1.5

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil
#Engineered	#Agriculture	#Field

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Latitude	Longitude	Isolation date
43384	field soil	Saitama-ken	Japan	JPN	Asia	35	139 35/139	1948
6153	Field soil	Saitama-ken	Japan	JPN	Asia

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
6153	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
124043	Pseudomonas cellulosa 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	AF452103	1509		155077

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
43405	53.3	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	The physiological functions of the Cbp2D and Cbp2E proteins are important for insoluble cellulose-dependent growth in Cellvibrio japonicus.	Kakacek BE, Liang J, Dickerson KA, Gardner JG.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.00818-25	2025
	Complete Genome Sequences of Cellvibrio japonicus Strains with Improved Growth When Using alpha-Diglucosides.	Garcia CA, Narrett JA, Gardner JG.	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/mra.01077-19	2019
Genetics	Genome dynamics and evolution in yeasts: A long-term yeast-bacteria competition experiment.	Zhou N, Katz M, Knecht W, Compagno C, Piskur J.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0194911	2018
Metabolism	The modular architecture of Cellvibrio japonicus mannanases in glycoside hydrolase families 5 and 26 points to differences in their role in mannan degradation.	Hogg D, Pell G, Dupree P, Goubet F, Martin-Orue SM, Armand S, Gilbert HJ.	Biochem J	10.1042/bj20021860	2003
Phylogeny	Reclassification of 'Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa' NCIMB 10462 (Ueda et al. 1952) as Cellvibrio japonicus sp. nov. and revival of Cellvibrio vulgaris sp. nov., nom. rev. and Cellvibrio fulvus sp. nov., nom. rev.	Humphry DR, Black GW, Cummings SP	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.02271-0	2003

References

#6153	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 16015
#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 )
#43384	Robert T. DeBoy, Emmanuel F. Mongodin, Derrick E. Fouts, Louise E. Tailford, Hoda Khouri, Joanne B. Emerson, Yasmin Mohamoud, Kisha Watkins, Bernard Henrissat, Harry J. Gilbert, Karen E. Nelson: Insights into Plant Cell Wall Degradation from the Genome Sequence of the Soil Bacterium Cellvibrio japonicus. J. Bacteriol. 190: 5455 - 5463 2008 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.02271-0 , PubMed 12710603 )
#43405	David R. Humphry, Gary W. Black, Stephen P. Cummings: Reclassification of Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa' NCIMB 10462 (Ueda et al. 1952) as Cellvibrio japonicus sp. nov. and revival of Cellvibrio vulgaris sp. nov., nom. rev. and Cellvibrio fulvus sp. nov., nom. rev.. IJSEM 53: 393 - 400 2003 ( DOI 10.1128/JB.01701-07 , PubMed 18556790 )
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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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Cellvibrio japonicus (NCDO 2697, NCIMB 10462, DSM 16015)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Nutrition type

Spore formation

Halophily

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Enzymes

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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