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Leifsonia aquatica (CCUG 31729)

Name: Leifsonia aquatica (CCUG 31729)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 146652

Type strain

Culture col. no. CCUG 31729

NCBI tax ID(s) 144185

Special Collections CCUG

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Leifsonia aquatica CCUG 31729 is a bacterium that was isolated from Human blood.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 53048

CCUG 31729

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:41:13

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Micrococcales

Family Microbacteriaceae

Genus Leifsonia

Species Leifsonia aquatica

Full scientific name Leifsonia aquatica (ex Leifson 1962) Evtushenko et al. 2000

Synonyms (2)

"Leifsonia aquatica"
"Corynebacterium aquaticum"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Leifsonia aquatica** (30)	Type strain
7339	L. aquatica 150, DSM 20146, ATCC 14665, NCIB 9460, CCUG ... (type strain)
137980	L. aquatica 46.87, CIP 102793
143992	L. aquatica CCUG 22294, ATCC 51722
145394	L. aquatica CCUG 28357
145396	L. aquatica CCUG 28359
145397	L. aquatica CCUG 28360
145398	L. aquatica CCUG 28361
145408	L. aquatica CCUG 28381
145827	L. aquatica CCUG 29729, ATCC 51721
146058	L. aquatica CCUG 30288
146168	L. aquatica CCUG 30492
146482	L. aquatica CCUG 31268, ATCC 51723
146531	L. aquatica CCUG 31381
146887	L. aquatica CCUG 32370
147006	L. aquatica CCUG 32634
147048	L. aquatica CCUG 32739
147135	L. aquatica CCUG 32923
147138	L. aquatica CCUG 32928
147139	L. aquatica CCUG 32929
147243	L. aquatica CCUG 33173
147572	L. aquatica CCUG 33823
147616	L. aquatica CCUG 33903
147756	L. aquatica CCUG 34181
147808	L. aquatica CCUG 34265
147809	L. aquatica CCUG 34266
148446	L. aquatica CCUG 35456 A
149443	L. aquatica CCUG 37759
150257	L. aquatica CCUG 39403
150423	L. aquatica CCUG 39879
150425	L. aquatica CCUG 39881

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Physiology and metabolism

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68379	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API Coryne
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API 20NE
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API 20NE

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
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68379	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68379	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68369	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
68379	catalase	+	1.11.1.6	from API Coryne
68369	cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1	from API 20NE
68379	gelatinase	+		from API Coryne
68369	gelatinase	+		from API 20NE
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
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE
68379	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

50700

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C15:0 ANTEISO	45.9	14.711
C17:0 anteiso	22.5	16.722
C16:0 iso	17.8	15.626
C15:0 ISO	9.4	14.621
C17:0 iso	2.6	16.629
C16:0	1.2	16
C14:0 ISO	0.7	13.618

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
50700	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	+

API 20NE

@ref	Reduction of nitratesNO3	TRP	GLU_ Ferm	ADH (Arg)	URE	ESC	GEL	PNPG	GLU_ Assim	ARA	MNE	MAN	NAG	MAL	GNT	CAP	ADI	MLT	CIT	PAC	OX
50700	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Human	-
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	#Blood

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
50700	Human blood	Homo sapiens	1993-07-30	Göteborg	Sweden	SWE	Europe

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

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 )
#50700	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 31729
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#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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