Schaalia turicensis (DSM 9168, ATCC 51857, CCUG 32401)

Name: Schaalia turicensis (DSM 9168, ATCC 51857, CCUG 32401)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 169

Type strain

Strain Designation APL10

Culture col. no. DSM 9168 ATCC 51857 CCUG 32401 CIP 105357 APL10

NCBI tax ID(s) 131111

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG CIP

History DSMZ <- J. Wüst, APL10 CIP <- 1997, DSM <- J. Würst: strain APL10

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Schaalia turicensis APL10 is a facultative anaerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from perianal abscess.

Gram-positive rod-shaped facultative anaerobe 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 8162

LMG 15961,ATCC 51857,CCUG 32401,CCUG 34269,DSM 9168,NCTC 14284,CIP 105357,CCM 4742

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:24:58

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Actinomycetales

Family Actinomycetaceae

Genus Schaalia

Species Schaalia turicensis

Full scientific name Schaalia turicensis (Wüst et al. 1995) Nouioui et al. 2018

Synonyms (1)

Actinomyces turicensis

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Schaalia turicensis** (60)	Type strain
23520	S. turicensis V2901, DSM 26658
135524	S. turicensis APL2, CIP 105580, CCUG 32395, LMG 15954
135832	S. turicensis CIP 100322
137621	S. turicensis CIP 101620
137784	S. turicensis CIP 101816
137796	S. turicensis CIP 102073
138637	S. turicensis CIP 101711
138644	S. turicensis CIP 101968
143146	S. turicensis CCUG 17439
143208	S. turicensis CCUG 17756 A
143332	S. turicensis CCUG 18440
144197	S. turicensis CCUG 23484
144568	S. turicensis CCUG 25712, NCTC 10604
144706	S. turicensis CCUG 26348
144944	S. turicensis CCUG 27229
145336	S. turicensis CCUG 28213
145558	S. turicensis CCUG 28828, LMG 14730
146453	S. turicensis CCUG 31183 B
146892	S. turicensis CCUG 32388, LMG 14329, ITG 75
146893	S. turicensis CCUG 32389, LMG 14330, ITG 131
146894	S. turicensis CCUG 32390, LMG 14331, ITG 137
146895	S. turicensis CCUG 32391, LMG 14332, ITG 296
146897	S. turicensis CCUG 32397
146898	S. turicensis CCUG 32398
146899	S. turicensis CCUG 32399
146900	S. turicensis CCUG 32400
147059	S. turicensis CCUG 32765 A
147197	S. turicensis CCUG 33037, ITG 900, LMG 14733
147198	S. turicensis CCUG 33038, ITG 886, LMG 14734
147199	S. turicensis CCUG 33039, ITG 147, LMG 14735
147200	S. turicensis CCUG 33040, ITG 143, LMG 14736
147201	S. turicensis CCUG 33041, ITG 284, LMG 14737
147202	S. turicensis CCUG 33042, ITG 806, LMG 14738
148015	S. turicensis CCUG 34683
148016	S. turicensis CCUG 34684
148763	S. turicensis CCUG 35913
150221	S. turicensis CCUG 39311
150444	S. turicensis CCUG 39946
150479	S. turicensis CCUG 41406
150738	S. turicensis CCUG 42131
151254	S. turicensis CCUG 43546
151315	S. turicensis CCUG 43731
151551	S. turicensis CCUG 44288
151638	S. turicensis CCUG 44501
151675	S. turicensis CCUG 44599 B
151716	S. turicensis CCUG 44702
152216	S. turicensis CCUG 46125 B
152225	S. turicensis CCUG 46166
152969	S. turicensis CCUG 48155
153467	S. turicensis CCUG 49695
153567	S. turicensis CCUG 50197
153790	S. turicensis CCUG 50981
154205	S. turicensis CCUG 52731
154680	S. turicensis CCUG 54825
154817	S. turicensis CCUG 55335
155051	S. turicensis CCUG 56285 B
155839	S. turicensis CCUG 59459
155935	S. turicensis CCUG 59677
156071	S. turicensis CCUG 60270
156643	S. turicensis CCUG 63811 B

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
123696	positive	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

123696

Hemolysis ability0

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
3501	COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693) Composition: Defibrinated sheep blood 50.0 g/l Columbia agar base
39274	MEDIUM 6 - Columbia agar with 10 % horse blood		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Columbia agar (39.000 g);Horseblood (100.000 ml)
123696	CIP Medium 6	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
3501	positive	growth	37
39274	positive	growth	37
123696	positive	growth	30-41
123696	negative	growth	10
123696	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

123696

Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Tested relation	Concentration
123696	NaCl	growth	0 %
123696	NaCl	growth	2 %
123696	NaCl	growth	4 %
123696	NaCl	growth	6 %
123696	NaCl	growth	8 %
123696	NaCl	growth	10 %

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
3501	A21.11	A5ß L-Orn-L-Lys-D-Glu

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68380	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68380	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	fermentation	from API rID32A
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
123696	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
123696	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68380	29985 ChEBI	L-glutamate	-	degradation	from API rID32A
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
123696	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
123696	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
68380	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API rID32A
123696	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 5-ketogluconate	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68380	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	fermentation	from API rID32A
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68380	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API rID32A
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68380	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API rID32A
123696	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
123696	15688 ChEBI	acetoin		-
123696	17234 ChEBI	glucose			-
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole	-			from API rID32A

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
123696	alcohol dehydrogenase	+	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68380	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-arabinosidase	-	3.2.1.55	from API rID32A
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	+	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68380	alpha-fucosidase	+	3.2.1.51	from API rID32A
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68380	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API rID32A
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68380	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API rID32A
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
123696	amylase	-
68380	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API rID32A
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
123696	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68380	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API rID32A
68380	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphate	-		from API rID32A
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68380	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API rID32A
68380	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32A
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
123696	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
123696	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
123696	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
123696	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
123696	gelatinase	-
68380	glutamate decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.15	from API rID32A
68380	glutamyl-glutamate arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
123696	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
123696	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
123696	lysine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68380	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API rID32A
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
123696	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
123696	oxidase	-
123696	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
68380	phenylalanine arylamidase	+		from API rID32A
68380	proline-arylamidase	+	3.4.11.5	from API rID32A
68380	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API rID32A
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
123696	tryptophan deaminase	-
68380	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API rID32A
123696	tween esterase	-
68380	tyrosine arylamidase	+		from API rID32A
123696	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68380	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32A
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

65613

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C18:1 ω9c	28	17.769
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	26.4	17.724
C16:0	25.3	16
C18:0	12.6	18
C16:1 ω7c	3.3	15.819
C14:0	2.2	14
Unidentified	2.1	18.218

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
123696	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
123696	not determinedn.d.	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+

API rID32A

@ref	URE	ADH (Arg)	alpha GAL	beta GAL	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphatebeta GP	alpha GLU	beta GLU	alpha ARA	beta GUR	beta-N-Acetyl-beta-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	MNE	RAF	GDC	alpha FUC	Reduction of nitrateNIT	IND	PAL	L-arginine arylamidaseArgA	ProA	LGA	Phenylalanine arylamidasePheA	Leucine arylamidaseLeuA	PyrA	Tyrosine arylamidaseTyrA	Alanine arylamidaseAlaA	Glycin arylamidaseGlyA	Histidine arylamidaseHisA	Glutamyl-glutamate arylamidaseGGA	Serine arylamidaseSerA
3501	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+/-	+	+/-	+	+/-	-	+	+/-	+/-	+/-	-	+/-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host Body-Site	#Gastrointestinal tract	-
#Host Body-Site	#Other	#Abscess

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
3501	perianal abscess	Zürich	Switzerland	CHE	Europe
123696	Perianal abscess

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence X78720 (>99% sequence identity) for Schaalia turicensis subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	315
Soil Samples	209
Animal Samples	20182
Plant Samples	53
Total Samples	20759

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
3501	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
123696	2	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
3501	Actinomyces turicensis 16S rRNA gene, strain APL10	X78720	1453		131111

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
3501	58	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria.	Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007	2018
Phylogeny	Assignment of Actinomyces pyogenes-like (CDC coryneform group E) bacteria to the genus Actinomyces as Actinomyces radingae sp. nov. and Actinomyces turicensis sp. nov.	Wust J, Stubbs S, Weiss N, Funke G, Collins MD	Lett Appl Microbiol	10.1111/j.1472-765x.1995.tb01290.x	1995

References

#3501	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 9168
#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 )
#39274	; Curators of the CIP;
#65613	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 32401
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68380	Automatically annotated from API rID32A .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#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 .
#123696	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 105357
#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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Schaalia turicensis (DSM 9168, ATCC 51857, CCUG 32401)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Murein

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

Fatty acid profile

API zym

API 50CHac

API rID32A

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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