Flavobacterium foetidum (KACC 19302, JCM 32085, CJ42)

Name: Flavobacterium foetidum (KACC 19302, JCM 32085, CJ42)
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BacDive ID 158613

Type strain

Strain Designation CJ42

Culture col. no. KACC 19302 JCM 32085 CJ42

NCBI tax ID(s) 2026681

Special Collections JCM Literature strains

History JCM <-- C.-J. Cha; Chung-Ang Univ., South Korea; CJ42.

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Flavobacterium foetidum CJ42 is an aerobe, Gram-negative, motile bacterium that forms circular colonies and was isolated from ginseng soil.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped colony-forming aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 132809

JCM 32085

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:44:00

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacteroidota

Class Flavobacteriia

Order Flavobacteriales

Family Flavobacteriaceae

Genus Flavobacterium

Species Flavobacterium foetidum

Full scientific name Flavobacterium foetidum Bu and Cha 2018

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Confidence
65335	negative	1.6-1.7 µm	0.6-0.75 µm	rod-shaped
125438					90
125438	negative				97.682
125439	negative				99.513

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Colony shape	Medium used
65335	yellow	circular	tryptic soy agar

Pigmentation

@ref	Production	Name
65335		flexirubin type pigments

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth
65335	tryptic soy agar

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
65335	positive	growth	15-37
65335	positive	optimum	30
67770	positive	growth	30

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
65335	positive	optimum	7
65335	positive	growth	6-9	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
65335	aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	96.879

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.715

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
65335	NaCl	positive	growth	0-1 %
65335	NaCl	positive	optimum	0 %

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-6

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
65335	40585 ChEBI	alpha-cyclodextrin	+	carbon source
65335	17925 ChEBI	alpha-D-glucose	+	carbon source
65335	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	+	builds acid from
65335	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from
65335		casein	+	hydrolysis
65335	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	builds acid from
65335	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	carbon source
65335	62968 ChEBI	cellulose	+	hydrolysis
65335	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from
65335	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from
65335	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from
65335	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	carbon source
65335	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from
65335	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	builds acid from
65335	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	carbon source
65335	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from
65335	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from
65335	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	assimilation
65335	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from
65335	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	assimilation
65335	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from
65335	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	carbon source
65335	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from
65335	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from
65335	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from
65335	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	builds acid from
65335	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation
65335	23652 ChEBI	dextrin	+	carbon source
65335	16991 ChEBI	dna	+	assimilation
65335	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from
65335		esculin ferric citrate	+	builds acid from
65335	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from
65335	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	+	builds acid from
65335	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	+	carbon source
65335	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	assimilation
65335	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from
65335	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	+	builds acid from
65335	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	+	carbon source
65335	73784 ChEBI	glycyl-l-glutamate	+	carbon source
65335	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from
65335	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	assimilation
65335	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	builds acid from
65335	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	carbon source
65335	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from
65335	17196 ChEBI	L-asparagine	+	carbon source
65335	29991 ChEBI	L-aspartate	+	carbon source
65335	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	+	builds acid from
65335	29985 ChEBI	L-glutamate	+	carbon source
65335	17203 ChEBI	L-proline	+	carbon source
65335	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from
65335	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from
65335	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from
65335	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	builds acid from
65335	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	assimilation
65335	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from
65335	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	carbon source
65335	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from
65335	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from
65335	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from
65335	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from
65335	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	assimilation
65335	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	builds acid from
65335	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	carbon source
65335	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
65335	18401 ChEBI	phenylacetate	-	assimilation
65335		potassium 2-dehydro-D-gluconate	-	builds acid from
65335		potassium 5-dehydro-D-gluconate	-	builds acid from
65335	32032 ChEBI	potassium gluconate	-	builds acid from
65335	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from
65335	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from
65335	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from
65335	53258 ChEBI	sodium citrate	-	assimilation
65335	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	hydrolysis
65335	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	builds acid from
65335	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from
65335	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from
65335	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from
65335	53426 ChEBI	tween 80	-	hydrolysis
65335	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
65335	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
65335	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1
65335	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1
65335	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20
65335	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24
65335	beta-D-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.38
65335	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
65335	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21
65335	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31
65335	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
65335	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3
65335	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
65335	esterase (C 4)	+
65335	esterase Lipase (C 8)	+
65335	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1
65335	lipase (C 14)	-
65335	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52
65335	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
65335	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4
65335	valine arylamidase	+

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

65335

Fatty acid	Percentage
C15:0 iso 3OH	43652
C15:0 iso	22.3
C16:1ω7c and/or C16:1ω6c	18.7
C17:0 iso 3OH	8.3
C16:0	7.6
C16:0 3OH	6.3
C15:1 iso G	4.2
C15:1ω6c	2.9
C17:1ω6c	2.7
C17:1 iso ω9c	2.4
C15:0 anteiso	2.1
C15:0 3OH	2.1
C17:1ω8c	1.4
C14:0	1.3
C14:0 3OH and/or C16:1 iso I	1.1
C16:0 iso 3OH	1
C16:1ω5c	1
C16:0 iso	0.8
C17:0 3OH	0.7
C18:1ω9c	0.5
C17:0 iso	0.5
C14:0 iso	0.5
C13:0	0.5

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Plants	#Herbaceous plants (Grass,Crops)
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Latitude	Longitude	Enrichment culture	Isolation procedure
65335	ginseng soil	2012-12	Anseong	Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia	37.0651	127.484 37.0651/127.484	R2A	serial dilution
67770	Ginseng soil in Anseong			Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM463424v1 assembly for Flavobacterium foetidum JCM 32085	contig	GCA_004634245	2026681.3	2882034188	2026681	73.56

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Database
65335	Flavobacterium foetidum strain CJ42 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KY056226

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
65335	30.7	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM463424v1 assembly for Flavobacterium foetidum JCM 32085
NCBI: GCA_004634245

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	96.88	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	99.51	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	74.01	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.72	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Flavobacterium foetidum strain JCM 32085
PATRIC: 2026681.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	97.68	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	98.99	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	84.60	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	98.44	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	88.11	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	90.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Flavobacterium foetidum sp. nov., isolated from ginseng soil.	Bu JH, Cha CJ	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002553	2018

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 )
#65335	Ji-Hye Bu, Chang-Jun Cha: Flavobacterium foetidum sp. nov., isolated from ginseng soil. IJSEM 68: 616 - 622 2018 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.002553 , PubMed 29303696 )
#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) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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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Flavobacterium foetidum (KACC 19302, JCM 32085, CJ42)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Enzymes

Fatty acid profile

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_004634245

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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