Streptococcus oralis subsp. tigurinus (DSM 24864, CCOS 600, CCUG 66514)

Name: Streptococcus oralis subsp. tigurinus (DSM 24864, CCOS 600, CCUG 66514)
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BacDive ID 14849

Type strain

Strain Designation AZ_3a

Culture col. no. DSM 24864 CCOS 600 CCUG 66514 NBRC 113012 AZ_3a

NCBI tax ID(s) 1077464

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Streptococcus oralis subsp. tigurinus AZ_3a is a microaerophile, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote that was isolated from blood culture of endocarditis patient.

Gram-positive coccus-shaped microaerophile mesophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 406640

NCTC 13783,NBRC 113012,DSM 24864,CCUG 66514T

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:50:27

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Lactobacillales

Family Streptococcaceae

Genus Streptococcus

Species Streptococcus oralis subsp. tigurinus

Full scientific name Streptococcus oralis subsp. tigurinus (Zbinden et al. 2012) Jensen et al. 2016

Synonyms (1)

Streptococcus tigurinus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Streptococcus oralis subsp. tigurinus** (3)	Type strain
155423	S. oralis subsp. tigurinus CCUG 57697
155729	S. oralis subsp. tigurinus CCUG 59155
156733	S. oralis subsp. tigurinus CCUG 64631

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell width	Cell shape	Motility
30537	positive	0.75 µm	coccus-shaped

Colony morphology

@ref	Type of hemolysis	Hemolysis ability	Incubation period
17790	alpha	1	1-2 days

Pigmentation

30537

Productionyes

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
17790	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
17790	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

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
17790	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
30537	positive	growth	25-42
63342	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
17790	microaerophile
30537	facultative anaerobe
63342	microaerophile

Spore formation

30537

Spore formationno

Observation

30537

Observationaggregates in chains

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
30537	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+	carbon source
30537	28260 ChEBI	galactose	+	carbon source
30537	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	carbon source
68381	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
30537	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	carbon source
68381	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
30537	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	carbon source
68381	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
30537	37684 ChEBI	mannose	+	carbon source
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
30537	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	carbon source
68381	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
30537	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	carbon source
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	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
17790	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
17790	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
17790	-	-	-	-	+/-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-
17790	-	-	+	-	+/-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Infection	#Inflammation	-
#Infection	#Patient	#Blood culture
#Host Body-Site	#Organ	#Heart

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
17790	blood culture of endocarditis patient	Zurich	Switzerland	CHE	Europe
25015	human blood
63342	Blood culture of endocarditis patient	Zürich	Switzerland	CHE	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence JN004270 (>99% sequence identity) for Streptococcus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	3
Soil Samples
Animal Samples	10
Plant Samples
Total Samples	13

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
17790	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
17790	Streptococcus tigurinus strain AZ_3a 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	JN004270	1476		1282664
124043	Streptococcus tigurinus AZ_3a 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, partial sequence.	KC184399	194		1282664

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
17790	40.0	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
30537	40

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Enzymology	Clinical Significance and Characterization of Streptococcus tigurinus Isolates in an Adult Population.	Bourassa L, Clarridge JE.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.01551-15	2015
Phylogeny	Streptococcus tigurinus is frequent among gtfR-negative Streptococcus oralis isolates and in the human oral cavity, but highly virulent strains are uncommon.	Conrads G, Barth S, Mockel M, Lenz L, van der Linden M, Henne K.	J Oral Microbiol	10.1080/20002297.2017.1307079	2017
Genetics	Characterization of Streptococcus tigurinus small-colony variants causing prosthetic joint infection by comparative whole-genome analyses.	Zbinden A, Quiblier C, Hernandez D, Herzog K, Bodler P, Senn MM, Gizard Y, Schrenzel J, Francois P.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.02801-13	2014
Phylogeny	Isolation of Streptococcus tigurinus - a novel member of Streptococcus mitis group from a case of periodontitis.	Dhotre SV, Mehetre GT, Dharne MS, Suryawanshi NM, Nagoba BS	FEMS Microbiol Lett	10.1111/1574-6968.12519	2014
Genetics	Whole-Genome Sequences of Streptococcus tigurinus Type Strain AZ_3a and S. tigurinus 1366, a Strain Causing Prosthetic Joint Infection.	Gizard Y, Zbinden A, Schrenzel J, Francois P	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomeA.00210-12	2013
Phylogeny	Streptococcus tigurinus, a novel member of the Streptococcus mitis group, causes invasive infections.	Zbinden A, Mueller NJ, Tarr PE, Eich G, Schulthess B, Bahlmann AS, Keller PM, Bloemberg GV	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/JCM.00849-12	2012
Metabolism	Comparative Genomics Analysis of Streptococcus tigurinus Strains Identifies Genetic Elements Specifically and Uniquely Present in Highly Virulent Strains.	Diene SM, Francois P, Zbinden A, Entenza JM, Resch G	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0160554	2016
	Streptococcus tigurinus is highly virulent in a rat model of experimental endocarditis.	Veloso TR, Zbinden A, Andreoni F, Giddey M, Vouillamoz J, Moreillon P, Zinkernagel AS, Entenza JM	Int J Med Microbiol	10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.06.006	2013
Phylogeny	Streptococcus oricebi sp. nov., isolated from the oral cavity of tufted capuchin.	Saito M, Shinozaki-Kuwahara N, Hirasawa M, Takada K	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.000834	2015
Phylogeny	Streptococcus tigurinus sp. nov., isolated from blood of patients with endocarditis, meningitis and spondylodiscitis.	Zbinden A, Mueller NJ, Tarr PE, Sproer C, Keller PM, Bloemberg GV	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.038299-0	2012

References

#17790	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 24864
#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 )
#25015	A. S. Jensen, C. F.,Kilian, M.: Re-evaluation of the taxonomy of the Mitis group of the genus Streptococcus based on whole genome phylogenetic analyses, and proposed reclassification of Streptococcus dentisani as Streptococcus oralis subsp. dentisani comb. nov., Streptococcus tigurinus as Streptococcus oralis subsp. tigurinus comb. nov., and Streptococcus oligofermentans as a later synonym of Streptococcus cristatus. IJSEM 66: 4803 - 4820 2016 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.001433 , PubMed 27534397 )
#30537	Barberan A, Caceres Velazquez H, Jones S, Fierer N.: Hiding in Plain Sight: Mining Bacterial Species Records for Phenotypic Trait Information. mSphere 2: 2017 ( DOI 10.1128/mSphere.00237-17 , PubMed 28776041 ) - originally annotated from #26868 (see below)
#63342	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 66514
#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 .
#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 oralis subsp. tigurinus (DSM 24864, CCOS 600, CCUG 66514)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Observation

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

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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