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Rothia amarae (CCUG 63989)

Name: Rothia amarae (CCUG 63989)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 156665

Type strain

Culture col. no. CCUG 63989

NCBI tax ID(s) 169480

Special Collections CCUG

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Rothia amarae CCUG 63989 is an aerobe, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from Environment,industry.

aerobe mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 410454

CCUG 63989

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:37:54

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
154890	R. amarae CCUG 55552
155223	R. amarae CCUG 56976 A

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
63056	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

63056

Oxygen toleranceaerobe

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68375	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API ID32STA
68375	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API ID32STA
68375	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API ID32STA
68375	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	-	degradation	from API ID32STA
68375	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API ID32STA

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Sensitivity conc.
68375	28368	novobiocin		1.8 µg	from API ID32STA

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68375	15688 ChEBI	acetoin		from API ID32STA

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
68375	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+	from API ID32STA

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68375	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API ID32STA
68375	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API ID32STA
68375	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API ID32STA
68375	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API ID32STA
68375	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API ID32STA
68375	L-arginine arylamidase	-		from API ID32STA
68375	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	from API ID32STA
68375	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API ID32STA
68375	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API ID32STA

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

63056

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C15:0 ANTEISO	51.7	14.711
C17:0 anteiso	28.5	16.722
C16:0 iso	7.5	15.626
C15:0 ISO	6.1	14.621
C16:0	3.5	16
C17:0 iso	2.7	16.629

API ID32STA

@ref	URE	ADH (Arg)	ODC	ESC	GLU	FRU	MNE	MAL	LAC	TRE	MAN	RAF	RIB	CEL	Reduction of nitrateNIT	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	beta GAL	L-arginine arylamidaseArgA	PAL	Pyrrolidonyl arylamidasePyrA	NOVO	SAC	NAG	TUR	ARA	beta GUR
63056	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2
#Engineered	#Industrial

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
63056	Environment,industry	2013-03-01	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 )
#63056	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 63989
#68375	Automatically annotated from API ID32STA .
#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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Rothia amarae (CCUG 63989)

Name and taxonomic classification

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