Cutibacterium acnes subsp. elongatum (JCM 18909)

Name: Cutibacterium acnes subsp. elongatum (JCM 18909)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 162335

Type strain

Culture col. no. JCM 18909

NCBI tax ID(s) 1734926

Special Collections JCM

Links

Cutibacterium acnes subsp. elongatum JCM 18909 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from Face skin of normal human.

mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 393493

JCM 18909

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:08:57

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Propionibacteriales

Family Propionibacteriaceae

Genus Cutibacterium

Species Cutibacterium acnes subsp. elongatum

Full scientific name Cutibacterium acnes subsp. elongatum (Dekio et al. 2015) Dekio et al. 2019

Synonyms (2)

Propionibacterium acnes subsp. elongatum
Propionibacterium acnes subsp. elongatum

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Cutibacterium acnes subsp. elongatum** (2)	Type strain
162345	C. acnes subsp. elongatum JCM 18919, NCTC 13655 (type strain)
162351	C. acnes subsp. elongatum JCM 18925

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Motility	Confidence
125438		95
125438		90.155

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
67770	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		97.1

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

67770

Sample typeFace skin of normal human

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB628068 (>99% sequence identity) for Cutibacterium acnes from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	7473
Soil Samples	3573
Animal Samples	47966
Plant Samples	1257
Total Samples	60269

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID
67770	ASM52138v1 assembly for Cutibacterium acnes JCM 18909	contig	GCA_000521385	1302241.3	2576861376	1302241

Genome browser: GCA_000521385

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
67770	Cutibacterium acnes gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: K57, Type III	AB628068	1193		1734926

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Cutibacterium acnes JCM 18909
NCBI: GCA_000521385

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	97.10	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	69.20	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	85.50	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	68.10	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Propionibacterium acnes JCM 18909
PATRIC: 1302241.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	90.16	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	65.79	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	82.47	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	70.80	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	91.46	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	95.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Classification of Cutibacterium acnes at phylotype level by MALDI-MS proteotyping.	Teramoto K, Okubo T, Yamada Y, Sekiya S, Iwamoto S, Tanaka K.	Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci	10.2183/pjab.95.042	2019

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 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#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 )

Rate our new design

Content

About us

Cutibacterium acnes subsp. elongatum (JCM 18909)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000521385

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

BacDive

Help

Social Media