Corynebacterium minutissimum (CCUG 36888)

Name: Corynebacterium minutissimum (CCUG 36888)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 149120

Type strain

Culture col. no. CCUG 36888

NCBI tax ID(s) 38301

Special Collections CCUG

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Corynebacterium minutissimum CCUG 36888 is an aerobe bacterium that was isolated from Human pericardial fluid.

aerobe Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 53217

CCUG 36888

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:41:51

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Corynebacteriaceae

Genus Corynebacterium

Species Corynebacterium minutissimum

Full scientific name Corynebacterium minutissimum (ex Sarkany et al. 1962) Collins and Jones 1983

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Corynebacterium minutissimum** (52)	Type strain
3105	C. minutissimum Barton, DSM 20651, ATCC 23348, NCTC 10288, ... (type strain)
3103	C. minutissimum DSM 7174, ATCC 23347, NCTC 10285
3104	C. minutissimum DSM 7175, ATCC 23349, NCTC 10289
137185	C. minutissimum CIP 100162
137782	C. minutissimum 672.85, CIP 101812
137813	C. minutissimum 154.84, CIP 100715
137849	C. minutissimum 379-85, CIP 101617
137881	C. minutissimum 208-86, CIP 102106
137948	C. minutissimum 238-86, CIP 102270
137964	C. minutissimum 305-86, CIP 102326
139171	C. minutissimum CIP 100701
139213	C. minutissimum 582.85, CIP 101767
143999	C. minutissimum CCUG 22315
144000	C. minutissimum CCUG 22316
144003	C. minutissimum CCUG 22319
144004	C. minutissimum CCUG 22320
144005	C. minutissimum CCUG 22321
144006	C. minutissimum CCUG 22322
144362	C. minutissimum CCUG 24744
144500	C. minutissimum CCUG 25354
144546	C. minutissimum CCUG 25619
144578	C. minutissimum CCUG 25799
144580	C. minutissimum CCUG 25803
144581	C. minutissimum CCUG 25807
144582	C. minutissimum CCUG 25810
144686	C. minutissimum CCUG 26211
144733	C. minutissimum CCUG 26406
144865	C. minutissimum CCUG 26909
144881	C. minutissimum CCUG 26964
145264	C. minutissimum CCUG 28016
145379	C. minutissimum CCUG 28325
145600	C. minutissimum CCUG 28956
146031	C. minutissimum CCUG 30193
146066	C. minutissimum CCUG 30319
146340	C. minutissimum CCUG 30967
146552	C. minutissimum CCUG 31419
146669	C. minutissimum CCUG 31757
146809	C. minutissimum CCUG 32157
147335	C. minutissimum CCUG 33388
147564	C. minutissimum CCUG 33808
148172	C. minutissimum CCUG 34968
148611	C. minutissimum CCUG 35714
149146	C. minutissimum CCUG 36939
149489	C. minutissimum CCUG 37830
150088	C. minutissimum CCUG 38971
150278	C. minutissimum CCUG 39473
150376	C. minutissimum CCUG 39762
150975	C. minutissimum CCUG 42922
151448	C. minutissimum CCUG 44093
153040	C. minutissimum CCUG 48368
153887	C. minutissimum CCUG 51535
155703	C. minutissimum CCUG 59056

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
53471	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

53471

Oxygen toleranceaerobe

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68379	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API Coryne
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68379	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68379	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68379	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68379	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
68379	catalase	+	1.11.1.6	from API Coryne
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
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
68382	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
68379	pyrazinamidase	+	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	+	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68379	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

53471

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C17:1 ω8c	43.3	16.792
C18:1 ω9c	28	17.769
C16:0	18.9	16
C17:0	4.6	17
C16:1 ω9c	2.9	15.774
C18:0	2.3	18

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
53471	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+

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
53471	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Human	-
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	-
#Host Body-Site	#Organ	#Heart
#Infection	#Patient	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
53471	Human pericardial fluid	Homo sapiens	1996-11-05	Skövde	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 )
#53471	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 36888
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#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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