Enterobacter cloacae (CCUG 70661, NCTC 13406)

Name: Enterobacter cloacae (CCUG 70661, NCTC 13406)
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BacDive ID 157222

Type strain

Culture col. no. CCUG 70661 NCTC 13406

NCBI tax ID(s) 550

Special Collections CCUG

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Enterobacter cloacae CCUG 70661 is an aerobe bacterium that was isolated from Human.

aerobe genome sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 411436

NCTC 13406,CCUG 70661

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:38:01

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Enterobacterales

Family Enterobacteriaceae

Genus Enterobacter

Species Enterobacter cloacae

Full scientific name Enterobacter cloacae (Jordan 1890) Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (3)

"Cloaca cloacae"
"Bacillus cloacae"
"Bacterium cloacae"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Enterobacter cloacae** (57)	Type strain
4360	E. cloacae A2-4, DSM 3264, IFO 12935, NBRC 12935, CIP ...
4361	E. cloacae D 12, D12, DSM 6234, CCM 7931, CIP 104674
4363	E. cloacae A-8, DSM 26481, ATCC 23355, CCUG 33777, CECT ...
100194	E. cloacae STI08309(IMET), INA 188, IMET 8309
23915	E. cloacae WS 20940, DSM 30062
134563	E. cloacae B0025752, CIP 106422
134732	E. cloacae CIP 57.9
135801	E. cloacae P99, CIP 79.28, NCIMB 12091
136232	E. cloacae AmMS 204, CIP 103624, ATCC 49141
136527	E. cloacae 20/78, CIP 106471
136754	E. cloacae RIVM WR3, CIP 110806, NCTC 13168, WDCM 00200
136949	E. cloacae EN-117, CIP 108488
137003	E. cloacae CIP 60.22
138654	E. cloacae 1413B, CIP 105132
141188	E. cloacae CCUG 56
141652	E. cloacae CCUG 4426
144505	E. cloacae CCUG 25404
144506	E. cloacae CCUG 25407
144514	E. cloacae CCUG 25437
144515	E. cloacae CCUG 25442
144518	E. cloacae CCUG 25456
144520	E. cloacae CCUG 25464
144521	E. cloacae CCUG 25467
144863	E. cloacae CCUG 26899
145768	E. cloacae CCUG 29540, ATCC 29941
146596	E. cloacae CCUG 31552
146754	E. cloacae CCUG 32069
146836	E. cloacae CCUG 32203 B
146902	E. cloacae CCUG 32405
147301	E. cloacae CCUG 33336
147305	E. cloacae CCUG 33342
147579	E. cloacae CCUG 33830
147673	E. cloacae CCUG 33986, NCTC 11936
148432	E. cloacae CCUG 35438
148634	E. cloacae CCUG 35748
149083	E. cloacae CCUG 36835
149658	E. cloacae CCUG 38136
150146	E. cloacae CCUG 39095
150353	E. cloacae CCUG 39712
151275	E. cloacae CCUG 43598
151276	E. cloacae CCUG 43599
154273	E. cloacae CCUG 52947
155892	E. cloacae CCUG 59573
155911	E. cloacae CCUG 59627
157221	E. cloacae CCUG 70660, NCTC 13405
157345	E. cloacae IMI 347357
157346	E. cloacae IMI 347358
157347	E. cloacae IMI 347359
157348	E. cloacae IMI 378896
157682	E. cloacae NRZ36863, DSM 106614
157683	E. cloacae ZW9, DSM 109592
157684	E. cloacae ZW32, DSM 109593
162811	E. cloacae JCM 20208, IAM 1562
162813	E. cloacae JCM 20225, IAM 1615
162814	E. cloacae JCM 20227, IAM 1624
172312	E. cloacae CIMB 04-7032, CRBIP17.69
172313	E. cloacae BM4439, CIP 111219

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125438	negative	99.5
125439	negative	98.9

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
63749	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
63749	aerobe
125439	aerobe	90.3

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		94.2

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68374	29016 ChEBI	arginine	+	hydrolysis	from API ID32E
68374	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	builds acid from	from API ID32E
68374	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API ID32E
68374	18024 ChEBI	D-galacturonic acid	+	builds acid from	from API ID32E
68374	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API ID32E
68374	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	builds acid from	from API ID32E
68374	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	builds acid from	from API ID32E
68374	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API ID32E
68374	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	+	builds acid from	from API ID32E
68374	25094 ChEBI	lysine	-	degradation	from API ID32E
68374	15792 ChEBI	malonate	+	assimilation	from API ID32E
68374	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API ID32E
68374	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API ID32E
68374	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	+	degradation	from API ID32E
68374	18394 ChEBI	palatinose	+	builds acid from	from API ID32E
68374		Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API ID32E
68374	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API ID32E
68374	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	+	builds acid from	from API ID32E
68374	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API ID32E
68374	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from	from API ID32E
68374	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API ID32E
68374	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API ID32E

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68374	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API ID32E

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68374	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API ID32E

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68374	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22	from API ID32E
68374	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API ID32E
68374	alpha-maltosidase	-		from API ID32E
68374	arginine dihydrolase	+	3.5.3.6	from API ID32E
68374	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API ID32E
68374	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API ID32E
68374	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API ID32E
68374	L-aspartate arylamidase	-	3.4.11.21	from API ID32E
68374	lipase	-		from API ID32E
68374	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18	from API ID32E
68374	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API ID32E
68374	ornithine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.17	from API ID32E
68374	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API ID32E

API ID32E

@ref	ODC	ADH (Arg)	LDC (Lys)	URE	LARL	GAT	5KG	LipaseLIP	Phenol red (Acidification)RP	beta GLU	MAN	MAL	ADO	PLE	beta GUR	MNT	IND	N-Acetyl-beta-Glucosaminidasebeta NAG	beta GAL	GLU	SAC	LARA	DARL	alpha GLU	alpha GAL	TRE	RHA	INO	CEL	SOR	alpha-MaltosidasealphaMAL	L-aspartic acid arylamidaseAspA
63749	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2
#Host	#Human

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
63749	Human	PHLS	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	39130_A01 assembly for Enterobacter hormaechei NCTC13406	contig	GCA_900447645	550.1675	158836	51.12

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Enterobacter hormaechei NCTC13406
NCBI: GCA_900447645

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	94.20	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	67.40	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	98.90	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	aerobe	90.30	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Enterobacter cloacae strain NCTC13406
PATRIC: 550.1675

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	99.50	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	93.12	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	88.30	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	56.71	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	100.00	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	75.79	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Laser-assisted microbial culturomics.	Qu T, Koch L, Mukherjee R, Tu Y, Seidel AL, Puttmann LD, Winkel A, Yang I, Grischke J, Liu D, Wolkers WF, Kittler S, Chichkov B, Stiesch M, Szafranski SP.	Nat Commun	10.1038/s41467-025-66804-7	2025
	Phage-antibiotic synergy to combat multidrug resistant strains of Gram-negative ESKAPE pathogens.	Morris TC, Reyneke B, Khan S, Khan W.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-025-01489-y	2025
	Conventional Antimicrobial and Medicinal Plants from a Traditional Medicine Market in South Africa: An Interactive Antimicrobial and Toxicity Study.	Booth Z, Essack S, van Vuuren S.	Antibiotics (Basel)	10.3390/antibiotics14050512	2025
	In-Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Curcumin-Loaded Nanofibers Based on Hyaluronic Acid against Multidrug-Resistant ESKAPE Pathogens.	Snetkov P, Rogacheva E, Kremleva A, Morozkina S, Uspenskaya M, Kraeva L.	Pharmaceutics	10.3390/pharmaceutics14061186	2022
Pathogenicity	Association of Novel Nonsynonymous Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in ampD with Cephalosporin Resistance and Phylogenetic Variations in ampC, ampR, ompF, and ompC in Enterobacter cloacae Isolates That Are Highly Resistant to Carbapenems.	Babouee Flury B, Ellington MJ, Hopkins KL, Turton JF, Doumith M, Loy R, Staves P, Hinic V, Frei R, Woodford N.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.02835-15	2016
	Multidrug-Resistant ESBL-Producing E. coli in Clinical Samples from the UK.	Ibrahim DR, Dodd CER, Stekel DJ, Meshioye RT, Diggle M, Lister M, Hobman JL.	Antibiotics (Basel)	10.3390/antibiotics12010169	2023
Pathogenicity	Beyond Piperacillin-Tazobactam: Cefepime and AAI101 as a Potent beta-Lactam-beta-Lactamase Inhibitor Combination.	Papp-Wallace KM, Bethel CR, Caillon J, Barnes MD, Potel G, Bajaksouzian S, Rutter JD, Reghal A, Shapiro S, Taracila MA, Jacobs MR, Bonomo RA, Jacqueline C.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.00105-19	2019
Pathogenicity	Novel Bacterial Topoisomerase Inhibitors with Potent Broad-Spectrum Activity against Drug-Resistant Bacteria.	Charrier C, Salisbury AM, Savage VJ, Duffy T, Moyo E, Chaffer-Malam N, Ooi N, Newman R, Cheung J, Metzger R, McGarry D, Pichowicz M, Sigerson R, Cooper IR, Nelson G, Butler HS, Craighead M, Ratcliffe AJ, Best SA, Stokes NR.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.02100-16	2017

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 )
#63749	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 70661
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#68374	Automatically annotated from API ID32E .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#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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Enterobacter cloacae (CCUG 70661, NCTC 13406)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API ID32E

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900447645

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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