Cutibacterium acnes subsp. acnes (JCM 18916)

Name: Cutibacterium acnes subsp. acnes (JCM 18916)
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BacDive ID 162342

Type strain

Culture col. no. JCM 18916

NCBI tax ID(s) 1734925

Special Collections JCM

History I. Dekio K107.

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Cutibacterium acnes subsp. acnes JCM 18916 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from Face skin of normal human.

mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 132141

JCM 18916

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:39:22

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Propionibacteriales

Family Propionibacteriaceae

Genus Cutibacterium

Species Cutibacterium acnes subsp. acnes

Full scientific name Cutibacterium acnes subsp. acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Nouioui et al. 2018

Synonyms (2)

Propionibacterium acnes subsp. acnes
Propionibacterium acnes subsp. acnes

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Cutibacterium acnes subsp. acnes** (15)	Type strain
12636	C. acnes subsp. acnes LMG 16711, DSM 1897, ATCC 6919, CCUG 1794, ... (type strain)
162333	C. acnes subsp. acnes JCM 18907
162334	C. acnes subsp. acnes JCM 18908
162336	C. acnes subsp. acnes JCM 18910
162338	C. acnes subsp. acnes JCM 18912
162343	C. acnes subsp. acnes JCM 18917
162344	C. acnes subsp. acnes JCM 18918
162348	C. acnes subsp. acnes JCM 18922
162349	C. acnes subsp. acnes JCM 18923
162350	C. acnes subsp. acnes JCM 18924
162353	C. acnes subsp. acnes JCM 18927
164457	C. acnes subsp. acnes JCM 33133
164458	C. acnes subsp. acnes JCM 33134
164459	C. acnes subsp. acnes JCM 33135
165408	C. acnes subsp. acnes JCM 6495, ATCC 11827, KCTC 5012, VPI 4979

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Motility	Confidence	Gram stain
125438		94.5
125438		90.113	positive

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		98.1

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

67770

Sample typeFace skin of normal human

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB777860 (>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	ASM52140v1 assembly for Cutibacterium acnes JCM 18916	contig	GCA_000521405	1302242.3	2576861738	1302242

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
67770	Cutibacterium acnes gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: K107	AB777860	1200		1747

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Cutibacterium acnes JCM 18916
NCBI: GCA_000521405

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	98.10	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	62.80	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	82.40	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	76.70	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Propionibacterium acnes JCM 18916
PATRIC: 1302242.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	90.11	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	64.48	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	86.43	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	71.01	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	94.40	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	94.50	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
Phylogeny	Performance of 16S Metagenomic Profiling in Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded versus Fresh-Frozen Colorectal Cancer Tissues.	Borgognone A, Serna G, Noguera-Julian M, Alonso L, Parera M, Catala-Moll F, Sanchez L, Fasani R, Paredes R, Nuciforo P.	Cancers (Basel)	10.3390/cancers13215421	2021

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 )

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Cutibacterium acnes subsp. acnes (JCM 18916)

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_000521405

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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