Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. polymorphum (CCUG 37995)

Name: Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. polymorphum (CCUG 37995)
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BacDive ID 149574

Type strain

Culture col. no. CCUG 37995

NCBI tax ID(s) 851

Special Collections CCUG

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Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. polymorphum CCUG 37995 is an anaerobe, mesophilic prokaryote of the family Fusobacteriaceae.

anaerobe mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 54061

CCUG 37995,BCRC 17680,CCRC 17680

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:05:53

Domain Fusobacteriati

Phylum Fusobacteriota

Class Fusobacteriia

Order Fusobacteriales

Family Fusobacteriaceae

Genus Fusobacterium

Species Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. polymorphum

Full scientific name Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. polymorphum (ex Knorr 1922) Dzink et al. 1990

Synonyms (2)

Fusobacterium polymorphum
"Fusobacterium polymorphum"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. polymorphum** (5)	Type strain
5761	F. nucleatum subsp. polymorphum 555A, DSM 20482, ATCC 10953, NCTC 10562, ... (type strain)
153965	F. nucleatum subsp. polymorphum CCUG 51781
153981	F. nucleatum subsp. polymorphum CCUG 51834
155419	F. nucleatum subsp. polymorphum CCUG 57685
156263	F. nucleatum subsp. polymorphum CCUG 60920

Morphology

Colony morphology

54006

Incubation period2 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
54006	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

54006

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68380	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A
68380	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	fermentation	from API rID32A
68380	29985 ChEBI	L-glutamate	-	degradation	from API rID32A
68380	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API rID32A
68380	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	fermentation	from API rID32A
68380	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	+	energy source	from API rID32A
68380	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API rID32A

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole	+	from API rID32A

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68380	alanine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.2	from API rID32A
68380	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-arabinosidase	-	3.2.1.55	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API rID32A
68380	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API rID32A
68380	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API rID32A
68380	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphate	-		from API rID32A
68380	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API rID32A
68380	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32A
68380	glutamate decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.15	from API rID32A
68380	glutamyl-glutamate arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	glycin arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	histidine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	L-arginine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API rID32A
68380	leucyl glycin arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API rID32A
68380	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API rID32A
68380	phenylalanine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	proline-arylamidase	-	3.4.11.5	from API rID32A
68380	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API rID32A
68380	serine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	tryptophan deaminase	+	4.1.99.1	from API rID32A
68380	tyrosine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32A

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

54006

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C16:0	34.3	16
C16:1 ω7c	14.7	15.819
C18:1 ω7c /12t/9t	13.3	17.824
C14:0	12.7	14
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	4.4	17.724
C16:0 3OH	4.4	17.52
C14:0 3OH/C16:1 ISO I	3.1	15.485
C17:1 ω5c ISO	3.1	16.461
C18:1 ω9c	2.2	17.769
C18:0	1.1	18
C16:1 ω11c	0.9	15.757
Unidentified	0.7	14.947
C16:1 ω5c	0.7	15.908
unknown 14.503	0.5	14.503
C12:0	0.5	12
C10:0	0.4	10
Unidentified	0.4	16.283
Unidentified	0.3	13.933
C13:0 3OH/C15:1 i I/H	0.3	14.469
C13:0 ISO 2OH	0.3	13.814
C15:0	0.2	15
Unidentified	0.2	18.28
Unidentified	0.2	15.169
C13:1 at 12-13	0.2	12.931
Unidentified	0.2	14.735
Unidentified	0.2	13.735
C15:0 ISO	0.2	14.621
C17:0 iso	0.1	16.629
Unidentified	0.1	17.164

API rID32A

@ref	URE	ADH (Arg)	alpha GAL	beta GAL	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphatebeta GP	alpha GLU	beta GLU	alpha ARA	beta GUR	beta-N-Acetyl-beta-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	MNE	RAF	GDC	alpha FUC	Reduction of nitrateNIT	IND	PAL	L-arginine arylamidaseArgA	ProA	LGA	Phenylalanine arylamidasePheA	Leucine arylamidaseLeuA	PyrA	Tyrosine arylamidaseTyrA	Alanine arylamidaseAlaA	Glycin arylamidaseGlyA	Histidine arylamidaseHisA	Glutamyl-glutamate arylamidaseGGA	Serine arylamidaseSerA
54006	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Identification of clinically important anaerobic bacteria by an oligonucleotide array.	Lin YT, Vaneechoutte M, Huang AH, Teng LJ, Chen HM, Su SL, Chang TC.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.01620-09	2010

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 )
#54006	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 37995
#68380	Automatically annotated from API rID32A .
#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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Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. polymorphum (CCUG 37995)

Name and taxonomic classification