Kurthia zopfii (CCUG 220, ATCC 10538, NCTC 404)

Name: Kurthia zopfii (CCUG 220, ATCC 10538, NCTC 404)
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BacDive ID 141215

Type strain

Culture col. no. CCUG 220 ATCC 10538 NCTC 404

NCBI tax ID(s) 1650

Special Collections CCUG

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Kurthia zopfii CCUG 220 is a bacterium of the family Caryophanaceae.

genome sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 8775

LMG 17172,ATCC 10538,DSM 20026,IFO 12084,IMET 10339,NCIMB 11155,NCTC 404,CCUG 220,NCIB 11155,VKM B-1567,IMET 10638,NBRC 12084

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:33:51

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Caryophanaceae

Genus Kurthia

Species Kurthia zopfii

Full scientific name Kurthia zopfii (Kurth 1883) Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

"Bacterium zopfii"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Kurthia zopfii** (6)	Type strain
11954	K. zopfii F 64/100, EF 64/100, DSM 20580, ATCC 33403, ... (type strain)
11953	K. zopfii DSM 20487, ATCC 6900, NCTC 405
136946	K. zopfii CIP 55.79, NCIMB 8603
138961	K. zopfii CIP 76.21
165342	K. zopfii JCM 6102
165343	K. zopfii JCM 6103

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate aerobe	94.3

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API Coryne
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68379	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
68379	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
68379	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68379	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
68379	catalase	+	1.11.1.6	from API Coryne
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
68379	pyrazinamidase	+	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
68379	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

44142

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C15:0 ISO	34.6	14.621
C15:0 ANTEISO	29.8	14.711
C14:0 ISO	10.2	13.618
C16:0	5.4	16
C16:1 ω11c	3.2	15.757
C16:0 iso	3.2	15.626
C14:0	3.1	14
C18:1 ω9c	2.7	17.769
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	1.6	17.724
C16:1 ω7c alcohol	1.5	15.386
C18:0	1.2	18
C17:0 anteiso	1.1	16.722
C17:0 iso	0.8	16.629
C13:0 iso	0.8	12.612
C17:1 ISO I/C16:0 DMA	0.3	16.481
C13:0 ANTEISO	0.3	12.701
C15:0	0.2	15

API coryne

@ref	Reduction of nitrateNIT	PYZ	PYRA	PAL	beta GUR	beta GAL	alpha GLU	beta NAG	ESC	URE	GEL	Control fermentationControl	GLU	RIB	XYL	MAN	MAL	LAC	SAC	GLYG	CAT
44142	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	53146_H01 assembly for Kurthia zopfii NCTC404	complete	GCA_900637935	1650.8	1650	88.11

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Kurthia zopfii NCTC404
NCBI: GCA_900637935

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	50.70	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	54.70	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	variable	69.00	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	94.30	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Kurthia zopfii NCTC404
NCBI: GCA_900637935.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	75.72	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	92.60	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	75.80	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	58.72	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	87.94	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	72.51	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	AOAC-OMA/MicroVal Harmonized Validation of Peel PlateTM EB (Enterobacteriaceae Bacteria), First Action 2018.05.	Salter RS, Durbin GW, Martinez D, Bird P, Bastin B, Crowley E.	J AOAC Int	10.1093/jaoacint/qsaa067	2020
Phylogeny	Cellular fatty acid composition as an adjunct to the identification of asporogenous, aerobic gram-positive rods.	Bernard KA, Bellefeuille M, Ewan EP.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.29.1.83-89.1991	1991
Phylogeny	[Morphologic and physiologic-biochemical characteristics of Kurthia zopfii].	Belikova VL, Cherevach NV, Baryshnikova LM, Kalakutskii LV	Mikrobiologiia		1980

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 )
#44142	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 220
#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) .
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#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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Kurthia zopfii (CCUG 220, ATCC 10538, NCTC 404)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Metabolite utilization

Enzymes

Fatty acid profile

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Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900637935

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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