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Rothia amarae (CCUG 55552)

Name: Rothia amarae (CCUG 55552)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 154890

Type strain

Culture col. no. CCUG 55552

NCBI tax ID(s) 169480

Special Collections CCUG

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Rothia amarae CCUG 55552 is a microaerophile, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from Hygiene sample,industry.

microaerophile mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 410870

CCUG 55552

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:37:30

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Micrococcales

Family Micrococcaceae

Genus Rothia

Species Rothia amarae

Full scientific name Rothia amarae Fan et al. 2002

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Rothia amarae** (6)	Type strain
7782	R. amarae J18, DSM 15839, AS 4.1721, CCUG 47294, JCM ... (type strain)
131097	R. amarae SP2-3, DSM 100609
152154	R. amarae CCUG 45923
152966	R. amarae CCUG 48145
155223	R. amarae CCUG 56976 A
156665	R. amarae CCUG 63989

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
60642	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

60642

Oxygen tolerancemicroaerophile

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

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
60642	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	+

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
60642	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2
#Engineered	#Industrial

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
60642	Hygiene sample,industry	2007-12-01	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 )
#60642	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 55552
#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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