Cutibacterium acnes subsp. defendens (JCM 18920)

Name: Cutibacterium acnes subsp. defendens (JCM 18920)
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BacDive ID 162346

Type strain

Culture col. no. JCM 18920

NCBI tax ID(s) 1905725

Special Collections JCM

History JCM <-- I. Dekio K127.

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Cutibacterium acnes subsp. defendens JCM 18920 is a bacterium that was isolated from Eczematous skin of atopic dermatitis patient.

genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 132481

JCM 18920

@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. defendens

Full scientific name Cutibacterium acnes subsp. defendens (McDowell et al. 2016) Nouioui et al. 2018

Synonyms (1)

Propionibacterium acnes subsp. defendens

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Cutibacterium acnes subsp. defendens** (8)	Type strain
133242	C. acnes subsp. defendens ATCC 11828, JCM 6473, CCUG 6369, BCRC 16146, ... (type strain)
162337	C. acnes subsp. defendens JCM 18911
162339	C. acnes subsp. defendens JCM 18913
162340	C. acnes subsp. defendens JCM 18914
162341	C. acnes subsp. defendens JCM 18915
162347	C. acnes subsp. defendens JCM 18921
162352	C. acnes subsp. defendens JCM 18926
164460	C. acnes subsp. defendens JCM 33136

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Motility	Confidence
125438		94.5

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		98.995

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species
67770	Eczematous skin of atopic dermatitis patient	Homo sapiens

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB628071 (>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	ASM52144v1 assembly for Cutibacterium acnes JCM 18920	contig	GCA_000521445	1302244.3	2576861751	1302244	9.51

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
67770	Cutibacterium acnes gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: K127, Type II	AB628071	1200		1747

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM52144v1 assembly for Cutibacterium acnes JCM 18920
BV-BRC: 1302244.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	66.18	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	76.16	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	73.12	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.00	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Propionibacterium acnes JCM 18920
PATRIC: 1302244.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	89.10	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	67.09	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	79.58	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	70.86	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	91.81	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

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. defendens (JCM 18920)

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_000521445

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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