Corynebacterium genitalium (CCUG 28784, ATCC 33034)

Name: Corynebacterium genitalium (CCUG 28784, ATCC 33034)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 145535

Type strain

Culture col. no. CCUG 28784 ATCC 33034

NCBI tax ID(s) 38288

Special Collections CCUG

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Corynebacterium genitalium CCUG 28784 is a microaerophile, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from Human urinary tract.

microaerophile mesophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 40291

ATCC 33034,CCUG 28784,CECT 762

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:04:52

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Corynebacteriaceae

Genus Corynebacterium

Species Corynebacterium genitalium

Full scientific name Corynebacterium genitalium (ex Furness and Evangelista 1976) Jaén-Luchoro et al. 2023

Synonyms (1)

"Corynebacterium genitalium"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Corynebacterium genitalium** (10)	Type strain
150099	C. genitalium Furness 392-1, CCUG 38989 B, ATCC 33030, ... (type strain)
134587	C. genitalium 418H, CIP 106715, CECT 760, CCUG 28786, ATCC ...
144187	C. genitalium CCUG 23389
151984	C. genitalium CCUG 45430
155823	C. genitalium CCUG 59401, DSM 113345
156819	C. genitalium CCUG 65575
174697	C. genitalium DSM 113348, CCUG 65737
174698	C. genitalium DSM 113351, CCUG 71335
174699	C. genitalium DSM 113349, CCUG 69979
174700	C. genitalium DSM 113350, CCUG 70398

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
49376	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

49376

Oxygen tolerancemicroaerophile

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68379	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
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

49376

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C18:1 ω9c	32.3	17.769
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	24.1	17.724
C16:0	19	16
C18:0	16.8	18
C17:0	7.9	17

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
49376	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2
#Host	#Human
#Host Body-Site	#Urogenital tract
#Infection	#Patient

Isolation

49376

Sample typeHuman urinary tract

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
124043	Corynebacterium genitalium 16S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence.	U87821	1442		38288

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Genomic diversity among Corynebacterium jeikeium strains and comparison with biochemical characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibilities.	Riegel P, de Briel D, Prevost G, Jehl F, Monteil H.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.32.8.1860-1865.1994	1994
Phylogeny	Clinical microbiology of coryneform bacteria.	Funke G, von Graevenitz A, Clarridge JE, Bernard KA.	Clin Microbiol Rev	10.1128/cmr.10.1.125	1997

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 )
#49376	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 28784
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#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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Corynebacterium genitalium (CCUG 28784, ATCC 33034)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology