Name: Empedobacter falsenii Dodin 4
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 172800

Type strain:

Species: Empedobacter falsenii

Strain Designation: Dodin 4

Culture col. no.: CIP 109995

Strain history: CIP <- 2002, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain R731, "Flavobacterium sp." <- M. Piechaud, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain Dodin 4

Other strains from Empedobacter falsenii

E. falsenii 58537, CIP 79.30, NCTC 11310
E. falsenii 163H, R610, CIP 109983

Section

Empedobacter falsenii Dodin 4 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the family Weeksellaceae.

Gram-negative
rod-shaped
obligate aerobe
Bacteria

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Bacteroidota*
	Class	*Flavobacteriia*
	Order	*Flavobacteriales*
	Family	*Weeksellaceae*
	Genus	*Empedobacter*
	Species	**Empedobacter falsenii**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Empedobacter falsenii (Kämpfer et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2014

Synonym

Wautersiella falsenii

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #119278]	Gram stain	negative

[Ref.: #119278]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #119278]	Motility	no

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 72

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 566

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

obligate aerobe

	Metabolite utilization	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #119278]		nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #119278]		nitrite ChEBI	-	reduction

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #119278]		indole ChEBI	no

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68382]	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API zym
[Ref.: #119278]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #68382]	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase (C 4)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	lipase (C 14)	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #119278]	oxidase	+
[Ref.: #68382]	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	* from API zym
[Ref.: #119278]	urease	-	3.5.1.5
[Ref.: #68382]	valine arylamidase	+		* from API zym
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API® zym:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	Control	2-naphthyl phosphateAlkaline phosphatase	2-naphthyl butyrateEsterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	2-naphthyl myristateLipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-2-naphthylamideTrypsin	N-glutaryl-phenylalanine-2-naphthylamidealpha- Chymotrypsin	2-naphthyl phosphateAcid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-galactpyranosidealpha- Galactosidase	2-naphthyl-betaD-galactpyranosidebeta- Galactosidase	Naphthol-AS-BI-betaD-glucuronidebeta- Glucuronidase	2-naphthyl-alphaD-glucopyranosidealpha- Glucosidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-betaD-glucopyranosidebeta- Glucosidase	1-naphthyl-N-acetyl-betaD-glucosaminideN-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-mannopyranosidealpha- Mannosidase	2-naphthyl-alphaL-fucopyranosidealpha- Fucosidase
[Ref.: #119278]	12279	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #119278]	Isolation date	1972
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Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (French classification)

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

CIP 109995

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 )

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Automatically annotated from API zym .

#119278 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 109995
* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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