Streptococcus criceti (CCUG 27300, CCM 6069, DSM 20562)

Name: Streptococcus criceti (CCUG 27300, CCM 6069, DSM 20562)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 14723

Type strain

Strain Designation HS6, HS-6

Culture col. no. CCUG 27300 CCM 6069 DSM 20562 ATCC 19642 HS6 12 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1333

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM KCTC CIP

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Streptococcus criceti HS6 is a microaerophile, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote that was isolated from caries lesion in hamster.

Gram-positive coccus-shaped microaerophile mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 217217

LMG 14508,ATCC 19642,CCM 6069,CCUG 27300,DSM 20562,NCFB 2720,CIP 102510,NCDO 2720,NCIMB 702720,CECT 4037,KCTC 3640,NCTC 12277,HAMBI 1517,CNCTC 6720

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:50:25

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Lactobacillales

Family Streptococcaceae

Genus Streptococcus

Species Streptococcus criceti

Full scientific name Streptococcus criceti corrig. Coykendall 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

Streptococcus cricetus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Streptococcus criceti** (3)	Type strain
145282	S. criceti CCUG 28071
152357	S. criceti CCUG 46518
152358	S. criceti CCUG 46519, CCM 7553

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
118784	positive	coccus-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
8912	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
38099	MEDIUM 29- Brain heart agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Brain heart infusion agar (52.000 g)
118784	CIP Medium 29	Medium recipe at CIP
118784	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
8912	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
38099	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
8912	microaerophile
118784	facultative anaerobe
125439	microaerophile

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		98.6

Compound production

8912

Compounddextrans

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
8912	A11.25	A3alpha L-Lys-L-Thr-L-Ala

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68381	40585 ChEBI	alpha-cyclodextrin	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	320055 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
118784	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
118784	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		Potassium 5-ketogluconate	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	27941 ChEBI	pullulan	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68381	15688 ChEBI	acetoin		from API rID32STR
118784	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
68381	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+	from API rID32STR

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68381	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidase	+		from API rID32STR
68381	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API rID32STR
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
68381	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22	from API rID32STR
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
68381	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API rID32STR
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68381	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API rID32STR
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68381	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32STR
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68381	beta-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.25	from API rID32STR
118784	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
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
68381	glycyl tryptophan arylamidase	-		from API rID32STR
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68381	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API rID32STR
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
118784	oxidase	-
68381	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API rID32STR
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68381	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32STR
118784	urease	-	3.5.1.5
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
118784	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
118784	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+/-	+/-	-	-	+	+/-	+/-	+	+/-	+/-	+/-	-	-	+	+/-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+

API rID32STR

@ref	ADH (Arg)	beta GLU	beta GAR	beta GUR	alpha GAL	PAL	RIB	MAN	SOR	LAC	TRE	RAF	SAC	LARA	DARL	Acid from alpha-cyclodextrinCDEX	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidaseAPPA	beta GAL	Pyrrolidonyl arylamidasePyrA	N-Acetyl-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	Glycyl-tryptophan arylamidaseGTA	HIP	GLYG	PUL	MAL	MEL	MLZ	Acidification of methyl beta-D-glucopyranosideMbeta DG	TAG	beta MAN	URE
8912	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Mammals	#Rodentia (Other)
#Host Body-Site	#Oral cavity and airways	#Tooth
#Host Body-Site	#Other	#Wound

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
8912	caries lesion in hamster
48707	Hamster caries lesion
67770	Decayed hamster tooth
118784	Animal, Hamster, caries lesion

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AJ420198 (>99% sequence identity) for Streptococcus criceti from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	223
Soil Samples	153
Animal Samples	24981
Plant Samples	96
Total Samples	25453

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
8912	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
118784	2	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	44087_A02 assembly for Streptococcus criceti NCTC12277	contig	GCA_900459215	1333.3	8034668796	1333	75.69

Genome browser: GCA_900459215

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Streptococcus criceti partial 16S rRNA gene, strain ATCC19642	AJ420198	1444	1333
20218	Streptococcus criceti strain ATCC 19642 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; 16S-23S ribosomal RNA internal transcribed spacer, complete sequence; and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	JN181381	850	1333
20218	S.cricetus 16S rRNA	X58305	1334	1333
124043	Streptococcus criceti strain DSM 20562 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MK330520	1289	1333
124043	Streptococcus criceti strain DSM 20562 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, complete sequence and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MK330562	4649	1333

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)
8912	42.7
67770	42-44
67770	42.7

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Streptococcus criceti NCTC12277
NCBI: GCA_900459215

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	98.60	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	75.50	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	84.90	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	microaerophile	94.00	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Streptococcus criceti strain NCTC12277
PATRIC: 1333.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	87.17	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	85.75	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	86.02	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	93.62	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	97.00	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	88.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Enzymology	Comparison of culture media and chairside assays for enumerating mutans streptococci.	Hildebrandt GH, Bretz WA.	J Appl Microbiol	10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.02877.x	2006
Phylogeny	Streptococcus oriloxodontae sp. nov., isolated from the oral cavities of elephants.	Shinozaki-Kuwahara N, Saito M, Hirasawa M, Takada K	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.064048-0	2014

References

#8912	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 20562
#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 )
#38099	; Curators of the CIP;
#48707	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 27300
#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) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68381	Automatically annotated from API rID32STR .
#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 .
#118784	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 102510
#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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Streptococcus criceti (CCUG 27300, CCM 6069, DSM 20562)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Compound production

Murein

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API 50CHac

API rID32STR

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900459215

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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