Streptococcus constellatus subsp. pharyngis (DSM 17475, MM9889a, NCTC 13122)

Name: Streptococcus constellatus subsp. pharyngis (DSM 17475, MM9889a, NCTC 13122)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 14826

Type strain

Strain Designation MM9889a

Culture col. no. DSM 17475 MM9889a NCTC 13122 CCUG 46377

NCBI tax ID(s) 1035184 184250

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG

History <- NCTC <- R.A.Whiley, L.M.C.Hall, MM9889a

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Streptococcus constellatus subsp. pharyngis MM9889a is a microaerophile bacterium that was isolated from human throat, subject with pharyngitis.

microaerophile genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 13146

LMG 19538,NCTC 13122,CCUG 46377,DSM 17475

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:21:31

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Lactobacillales

Family Streptococcaceae

Genus Streptococcus

Species Streptococcus constellatus subsp. pharyngis

Full scientific name Streptococcus constellatus subsp. pharyngis Whiley et al. 1999

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Streptococcus constellatus subsp. pharyngis** (3)	Type strain
146722	S. constellatus subsp. pharyngis CCUG 32020
153211	S. constellatus subsp. pharyngis CCUG 48768
153816	S. constellatus subsp. pharyngis CCUG 51262

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Motility	Confidence	Gram stain
125438		93
125438		91.622	positive

Colony morphology

@ref	Type of hemolysis	Hemolysis ability
7010	beta	1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
7010	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
7010	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

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
7010	positive	growth	37
57176	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
7010	microaerophile
57176	microaerophile

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
68381	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68381	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	320055 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	27941 ChEBI	pullulan	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR

Metabolite production

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

Metabolite tests

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

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68381	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidase	+		from API rID32STR
68381	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API rID32STR
68381	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API rID32STR
68381	arginine dihydrolase	+	3.5.3.6	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.25	from API rID32STR
7010	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
7010	cytochrome-c oxidase	-	1.9.3.1
68381	glycyl tryptophan arylamidase	-		from API rID32STR
68381	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API rID32STR
68381	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API rID32STR
68381	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32STR

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
7010	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Infection	#Disease	-
#Host	#Human	-
#Host Body-Site	#Oral cavity and airways	#Throat

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
7010	human throat, subject with pharyngitis	London, St Bartholomew's	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe
57176	Human throat,pharyngitis	London	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AY309095 (>99% sequence identity) for Streptococcus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	764
Soil Samples	275
Animal Samples	34119
Plant Samples	242
Total Samples	35400

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
7010	2	Risk group (German 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	ASM1688988v1 assembly for Streptococcus constellatus FDAARGOS_1208	complete	GCA_016889885	76860.29		76860	99.3
66792	ASM47413v1 assembly for Streptococcus constellatus subsp. pharyngis SK1060 = CCUG 46377	contig	GCA_000474135	1035184.5	2602041609	1035184	63.98
66792	ASM22329v1 assembly for Streptococcus constellatus subsp. pharyngis SK1060 = CCUG 46377	contig	GCA_000223295	1035184.3	2512047071	1035184	27.76

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
7010	Streptococcus constellatus subsp. pharyngis 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY309095	1470		184250
124043	Streptococcus constellatus subsp. pharyngis strain CCUG 46377 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, partial sequence.	DQ204524	319		184250

GC content

7010

GC-content (mol%)35

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Streptococcus constellatus subsp. pharyngis SK1060 = CCUG 46377
NCBI: GCA_000474135

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	65.30	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	73.40	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	73.40	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	82.80	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Streptococcus constellatus strain FDAARGOS_1208 strain Not applicable
PATRIC: 76860.29

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	91.62	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	91.06	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	97.87	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	83.63	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.94	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	93.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Use of phylogenetic and phenotypic analyses to identify nonhemolytic streptococci isolated from bacteremic patients.	Hoshino T, Fujiwara T, Kilian M.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.43.12.6073-6085.2005	2005
Phylogeny	A study of small-colony, beta-haemolytic, Lancefield group C streptococci within the anginosus group: description of Streptococcus constellatus subsp. pharyngis subsp. nov., associated with the human throat and pharyngitis.	Whiley RA, Hall LM, Hardie JM, Beighton D	Int J Syst Bacteriol	10.1099/00207713-49-4-1443	1999

References

#7010	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 17475
#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 )
#57176	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 46377
#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) .
#68381	Automatically annotated from API rID32STR .
#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 .
#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 constellatus subsp. pharyngis (DSM 17475, MM9889a, NCTC 13122)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API rID32STR

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_016889885

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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