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Weissella confusa (CRBIP24.132)

Name: Weissella confusa (CRBIP24.132)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 172653

Type strain

Culture col. no. CRBIP24.132

NCBI tax ID(s) 1583

History CIP <- 2008, F. Gasser, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France: strain 1586, Lactobacillus sp.

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Weissella confusa CRBIP24.132 is a facultative anaerobe, Gram-positive, oval-shaped bacterium that forms round colonies.

Gram-positive oval-shaped colony-forming facultative anaerobe Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 412698

CRBIP24.132

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:47:22

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Lactobacillales

Family Lactobacillaceae

Genus Weissella

Species Weissella confusa

Full scientific name Weissella confusa (Holzapfel and Kandler 1969) Collins et al. 1994

Synonyms (2)

"Lactobacillus coprophilus subsp. confusus"
Lactobacillus confusus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Weissella confusa** (20)	Type strain
6844	W. confusa 548-D, DSM 20196, ATCC 10881, NCDO 1586, ... (type strain)
6843	W. confusa DSM 20194, NCDO 1975, CIP 102979
138045	W. confusa 573-86, CIP 102578
138177	W. confusa R-915-5, CIP 105139, ATCC 14434, JCM 1562, ...
143159	W. confusa CCUG 17582
146270	W. confusa CCUG 30763
146336	W. confusa CCUG 30943
146342	W. confusa CCUG 30969
148893	W. confusa CCUG 36556, LMG 17670
149544	W. confusa CCUG 37938
150163	W. confusa CCUG 39150
150289	W. confusa CCUG 39518
150448	W. confusa CCUG 39957
150685	W. confusa CCUG 41966, LMG 18815
150718	W. confusa CCUG 42040
151003	W. confusa CCUG 43002
153809	W. confusa CCUG 51220
154588	W. confusa CCUG 54486
155557	W. confusa CCUG 58143
156396	W. confusa CCUG 61560

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape
118726	positive	oval-shaped

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Colony shape	Medium used
118726	white	round	De Man, Rogosa and Sharpe Agar
118726	translucent	round	Trypticase Soy Agar

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link
118726	De Man, Rogosa and Sharpe Agar
118726	Trypticase Soy Agar
118726	CIP Medium 40	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
118726	positive	growth	22-37
118726	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

118726

Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
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	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	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
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	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	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
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
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	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
118726	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
118726	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
118726	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
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	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
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
118726	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
118726	alcohol dehydrogenase	+	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
118726	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	-		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	-		from API zym
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
118726	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		from API zym
118726	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
118726	oxidase	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

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
118726	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-

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
118726	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	+/-	+/-	-	-	-	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
118726	1	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

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 )
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#118726	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CRBIP24.132
#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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