Staphylococcus equorum subsp. linens (CCUG 49024, DSM 15097, CIP 107656)

Name: Staphylococcus equorum subsp. linens (CCUG 49024, DSM 15097, CIP 107656)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 14651

Type strain

Strain Designation ID 01-1208, RP29

Culture col. no. CCUG 49024 DSM 15097 CIP 107656 ID 01-1208 RP29 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 201829

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG CIP

History DSMZ <- R. Place, ETH; RP29 <- R. Place CIP <- 2002, R. Place, Zürich, Switzerland: strain RP29 CIP <- 2002, R. Place, Zürich, Switzerland: strain RP29

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Staphylococcus equorum subsp. linens ID 01-1208 is an aerobe, Gram-positive, coccus-shaped bacterium that was isolated from rind of surface ripened cheese.

Gram-positive coccus-shaped aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 113579

DSM 15097,CIP 107656,CCUG 49024,CCM 7278

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:28:20

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Staphylococcaceae

Genus Staphylococcus

Species Staphylococcus equorum subsp. linens

Full scientific name Staphylococcus equorum subsp. linens Place et al. 2003

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
119125	positive	coccus-shaped

Colony morphology

119125

Hemolysis ability0

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
5709	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
5709	TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Yeast extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water
36414	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
119125	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
5709	positive	growth	30
36414	positive	growth	30
58446	positive	growth	30
119125	positive	growth	22-37
119125	negative	growth	10
119125	negative	growth	41
119125	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
58446	aerobe
119125	obligate aerobe
125439	facultative anaerobe	92.855

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68375	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API ID32STA
68375	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API ID32STA
119125	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
68375	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API ID32STA
119125	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
119125	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68375	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	-	degradation	from API ID32STA
68375	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API ID32STA

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Group ID	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Sensitivity conc.
68375	28368	0	novobiocin		1.8 µg	from API ID32STA

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
119125	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
119125	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
119125	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
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
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
119125	amylase	-
68375	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API ID32STA
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
119125	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68375	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API ID32STA
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68375	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API ID32STA
68382	beta-glucuronidase	+	3.2.1.31	from API zym
119125	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
119125	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
119125	coagulase	-
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
119125	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
119125	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
119125	gelatinase	-
68375	L-arginine arylamidase	-		from API ID32STA
119125	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API zym
119125	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
119125	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
119125	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
68375	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	from API ID32STA
119125	oxidase	-
119125	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
119125	protease	-
68375	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API ID32STA
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
119125	tween esterase	-
119125	urease	+	3.5.1.5
68375	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API ID32STA
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

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
119125	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-

API ID32STA

@ref	URE	ADH (Arg)	ODC	ESC	GLU	FRU	MNE	MAL	LAC	TRE	MAN	RAF	RIB	CEL	Reduction of nitrateNIT	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	beta GAL	L-arginine arylamidaseArgA	PAL	Pyrrolidonyl arylamidasePyrA	NOVO	SAC	NAG	TUR	ARA	beta GUR
5709	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5709	+	-	-	-	+/-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+/-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
119125	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Food production	#Dairy product

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
5709	rind of surface ripened cheese		Switzerland	CHE	Europe
58446	Rind of surface ripened cheese	2001	Switzerland	CHE	Europe
119125	Food, Rind of surface ripened cheese		Switzerland	CHE	Europe	2001

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AF527483 (>99% sequence identity) for Staphylococcus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	209
Soil Samples	295
Animal Samples	4104
Plant Samples	151
Total Samples	4759

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
5709	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
119125	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM1672526v1 assembly for Staphylococcus equorum FDAARGOS_1150	complete	GCA_016725265	246432.120		246432	96.31
66792	ASM290195v1 assembly for Staphylococcus equorum subsp. linens DSM 15097	scaffold	GCA_002901955	201829.6	8109105515	201829	56.2

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Staphylococcus equorum subsp. linens strain DSM 15097 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY688056	464		201829
5709	Staphylococcus equorum subsp. linens 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF527483	1535		201829

GC content

5709

GC-content (mol%)35.1

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM1672526v1 assembly for Staphylococcus equorum FDAARGOS_1150
NCBI: GCA_016725265

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	92.86	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	58.31	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	42.95	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	35.89	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Staphylococcus equorum strain FDAARGOS_1150 strain Not applicable
PATRIC: 246432.120

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	79.81	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	98.46	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	72.84	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	74.53	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	95.42	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	78.86	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Genomic Characterization of Marine Staphylococcus shinii Strain SC-M1C: Potential Genetic Adaptations and Ecological Role	El Samak M, Lotfy H, Sedeek A, Mohamed Y, Solyman S.	Microorganisms		2025
	Iron-based microbial interactions: the role of iron metabolism in the cheese ecosystem.	Mekuli R, Shoukat M, Dugat-Bony E, Bonnarme P, Landaud S, Swennen D, Herve V.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.00539-24	2025
	Draft Genome Sequences of 64 Type Strains of 50 Species and 25 Subspecies of the Genus Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884.	Cole K, Foster D, Russell JE, Golubchik T, Llewelyn M, Wilson DJ, Crook D, Paul J, Modernising Medical Microbiology Consortium.	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/mra.00062-19	2019
Phylogeny	A proposal to unify two subspecies of Staphylococcus equorum: Staphylococcus equorum subsp. equorum and Staphylococcus equorum subsp. linens.	Jeong DW, Kim HR, Han S, Jeon CO, Lee JH	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-013-0025-z	2013
Phylogeny	Staphylococcus equorum subsp. linens, subsp. nov., a starter culture component for surface ripened semi-hard cheeses.	Place RB, Hiestand D, Gallmann HR, Teuber M	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1078/072320203322337281	2003

References

#5709	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 15097
#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 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#36414	; Curators of the CIP;
#58446	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 49024
#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) .
#68375	Automatically annotated from API ID32STA .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#119125	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 107656
#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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Staphylococcus equorum subsp. linens (CCUG 49024, DSM 15097, CIP 107656)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API ID32STA

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_016725265

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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