Actinomyces howellii (CCUG 32757, ATCC 43323, NCTC 11636)

Name: Actinomyces howellii (CCUG 32757, ATCC 43323, NCTC 11636)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 147057

Type strain

Culture col. no. CCUG 32757 ATCC 43323 NCTC 11636

NCBI tax ID(s) 52771

Special Collections CCUG

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Actinomyces howellii CCUG 32757 is an anaerobe, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from Cattle,dental plaque of dairy cattle.

anaerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 92970

ATCC 43323,NCTC 11636,CIP 103127,CCUG 32757

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:05:14

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Actinomycetales

Family Actinomycetaceae

Genus Actinomyces

Species Actinomyces howellii

Full scientific name Actinomyces howellii Dent and Williams 1984

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Actinomyces howellii** (1)	Type strain
148790	A. howellii CCUG 35943

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125439	positive	98.5
125438		93.375
125438	positive	91.767

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
51163	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
51163	anaerobe
51163	microaerophile
125439	anaerobe	94.5

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	teichoic acid biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	starch degradation	100	10 of 10
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	90	9 of 10
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	heme metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	glycolysis	82.35	14 of 17
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	81.82	9 of 11
66794	proline metabolism	81.82	9 of 11
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	threonine metabolism	80	8 of 10
66794	NAD metabolism	77.78	14 of 18
66794	valine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	d-mannose degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	77.27	17 of 22
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	75.56	34 of 45
66794	purine metabolism	75.53	71 of 94
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	75	6 of 8
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
66794	serine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	66.67	4 of 6
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	64.29	9 of 14
66794	d-xylose degradation	63.64	7 of 11
66794	non-pathway related	63.16	24 of 38
66794	gluconeogenesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	61.54	16 of 26
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	60.71	17 of 28
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	60	3 of 5
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	60	6 of 10
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	60	3 of 5
66794	methionine metabolism	57.69	15 of 26
66794	citric acid cycle	57.14	8 of 14
66794	propanol degradation	57.14	4 of 7
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	56.25	9 of 16
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	56.04	51 of 91
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	55.56	5 of 9
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	54.55	6 of 11
66794	arginine metabolism	54.17	13 of 24
66794	leucine metabolism	53.85	7 of 13
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	53.85	7 of 13
66794	alanine metabolism	51.72	15 of 29
66794	histidine metabolism	51.72	15 of 29
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	lysine metabolism	50	21 of 42
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	adipate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	cysteine metabolism	50	9 of 18
66794	glutathione metabolism	50	7 of 14
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	butanoate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	degradation of pentoses	46.43	13 of 28
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	lipid metabolism	45.16	14 of 31
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	44.44	4 of 9
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	42.86	3 of 7
66794	tryptophan metabolism	42.11	16 of 38
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	41.67	5 of 12
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
66794	degradation of hexoses	38.89	7 of 18
66794	urea cycle	38.46	5 of 13
66794	sulfate reduction	38.46	5 of 13
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	37.5	6 of 16
66794	tyrosine metabolism	35.71	5 of 14
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	nitrate assimilation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	flavin biosynthesis	33.33	5 of 15
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	sulfoquinovose degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	30.77	4 of 13
66794	propionate fermentation	30	3 of 10
66794	ascorbate metabolism	27.27	6 of 22
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	alginate biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	23.08	3 of 13
66794	allantoin degradation	22.22	2 of 9

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Mammals	#Bovinae (Cow, Cattle)
#Host Body-Site	#Oral cavity and airways	#Plaque

Isolation

51163

Sample typeCattle,dental plaque of dairy cattle

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	49699_G02 assembly for Actinomyces howellii NCTC11636	complete	GCA_900637165	52771.3	2867030179	52771	99.25

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
124043	A.howellii 16S rDNA	X80411	1415		52771

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Actinomyces howellii strain NCTC11636
PATRIC: 52771.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	64.00	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	84.30	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	98.50	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	94.50	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Actinomyces howellii NCTC11636
NCBI: GCA_900637165.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	91.77	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	79.57	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	82.78	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	79.42	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	90.20	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	93.38	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Enzymology	Isolation of gram-positive rods that resemble but are clearly distinct from Actinomyces pyogenes from mixed wound infections.	Wust J, Lucchini GM, Luthy-Hottenstein J, Brun F, Altwegg M.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.31.5.1127-1135.1993	1993

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 )
#51163	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 32757
#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) .
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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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Actinomyces howellii (CCUG 32757, ATCC 43323, NCTC 11636)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Pathway annotation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900637165

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

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