Cutibacterium acnes subsp. acnes (JCM 18918)

Name: Cutibacterium acnes subsp. acnes (JCM 18918)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 162344

Type strain

Culture col. no. JCM 18918

NCBI tax ID(s) 1734925

Special Collections JCM

History JCM <-- I. Dekio K115.

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Cutibacterium acnes subsp. acnes JCM 18918 is a bacterium that was isolated from Face skin of normal human.

genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 133566

JCM 18918

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:44:54

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 (1)

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
162342	C. acnes subsp. acnes JCM 18916
162343	C. acnes subsp. acnes JCM 18917
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
125438		94

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

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

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.394

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species
67770	Face skin of normal human	Homo sapiens

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB628070 (>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	Score
67770	ASM52142v1 assembly for Cutibacterium acnes JCM 18918	contig	GCA_000521425	1302243.3	2576861741	1302243	0

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
67770	Cutibacterium acnes gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: K115, Type IB	AB628070	1196		1747

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM52142v1 assembly for Cutibacterium acnes JCM 18918
BV-BRC: 1302243.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	77.59	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	67.79	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	71.68	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.39	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Propionibacterium acnes JCM 18918
PATRIC: 1302243.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	88.69	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	62.96	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	80.00	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	69.51	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.92	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	94.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	What Do We See in Spectra?: Assignment of High-Intensity Peaks of Cutibacterium and Staphylococcus Spectra of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry by Interspecies Comparative Proteogenomics.	Dekio I, Sugiura Y, Hamada-Tsutsumi S, Murakami Y, Tamura H, Suematsu M.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms9061243	2021
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 )

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Cutibacterium acnes subsp. acnes (JCM 18918)

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_000521425

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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