Corynebacterium ulcerans (CCUG 16556)

Name: Corynebacterium ulcerans (CCUG 16556)
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BacDive ID 143050

Type strain

Culture col. no. CCUG 16556

NCBI tax ID(s) 65058

Special Collections CCUG

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Corynebacterium ulcerans CCUG 16556 is a prokaryote that was isolated from Human throat,17-yr-old woman.

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 24051

CCUG 16556

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:04:16

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Corynebacteriaceae

Genus Corynebacterium

Species Corynebacterium ulcerans

Full scientific name Corynebacterium ulcerans (ex Gilbert and Stewart 1927) Riegel et al. 1995

Synonyms (1)

Corynebacterium ramonii

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Corynebacterium ulcerans** (32)	Type strain
3147	C. ulcerans 20184, ATCC 51799, LMG 19058, DSM 46325, ... (type strain)
134527	C. ulcerans 1520/50, CIP 54.62
134529	C. ulcerans 973/52, CIP 54.63
134532	C. ulcerans 1417/51, CIP 54.66
134534	C. ulcerans 1329/50, CIP 54.67
135128	C. ulcerans 1054/52, CIP 54.68
135483	C. ulcerans 603/50, CIP 54.69
136466	C. ulcerans 1254/50, CIP 54.61
136471	C. ulcerans 1661/50, CIP 54.70
136476	C. ulcerans 1771/50, CIP 54.71
137702	C. ulcerans 1613/51, CIP 54.60
137745	C. ulcerans 301-80, CIP 100177
138011	C. ulcerans 471-86, CIP 102462
138255	C. ulcerans 1634/50, CIP 54.53
138262	C. ulcerans 2292/50, CIP 54.55
138276	C. ulcerans 2404/50, CIP 54.59
138289	C. ulcerans 2295/50, CIP 54.64
138295	C. ulcerans 976/51, CIP 54.65
143343	C. ulcerans CCUG 18646
143344	C. ulcerans CCUG 18647
144010	C. ulcerans CCUG 22327
144011	C. ulcerans CCUG 22328
144012	C. ulcerans CCUG 22329
144013	C. ulcerans CCUG 22330
145521	C. ulcerans CCUG 28740
145661	C. ulcerans CCUG 29170
149388	C. ulcerans CCUG 37628
153461	C. ulcerans CCUG 49671
154941	C. ulcerans CCUG 55793
155246	C. ulcerans CCUG 57059
155701	C. ulcerans CCUG 59050
156966	C. ulcerans CCUG 67700

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Physiology and metabolism

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
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68379	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
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
68379	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68379	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68379	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
68379	catalase	+	1.11.1.6	from API Coryne
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
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
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
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
68379	pyrazinamidase	+	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68379	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

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
46506	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	not determinedn.d.	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	+

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
46506	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Human	#Female
#Host Body-Site	#Oral cavity and airways	#Throat
#Infection	#Patient	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
46506	Human throat,17-yr-old woman	1984-10-04	Göteborg	Sweden	SWE	Europe

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Enzymology	Identification of nonlipophilic corynebacteria isolated from dairy cows with mastitis.	Hommez J, Devriese LA, Vaneechoutte M, Riegel P, Butaye P, Haesebrouck F.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.37.4.954-957.1999	1999
Phylogeny	Evaluation of API Coryne system for identifying coryneform bacteria.	Soto A, Zapardiel J, Soriano F.	J Clin Pathol	10.1136/jcp.47.8.756	1994

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 )
#46506	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 16556
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#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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Corynebacterium ulcerans (CCUG 16556)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Physiology and metabolism

Metabolite utilization

Enzymes

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Isolation, sampling and environmental information

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Isolation

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