Gemella cuniculi (DSM 15828, CCUG 42726, CIP 106481)

Name: Gemella cuniculi (DSM 15828, CCUG 42726, CIP 106481)
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BacDive ID 18122

Type strain

Strain Designation M60449/99/1

Culture col. no. DSM 15828 CCUG 42726 CIP 106481 ATCC BAA-287 M60449/99/1

NCBI tax ID(s) 1121914 150240

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG CIP

History <- CCUG <- M. D. Collins <- L. Hoxles <- G. Foster CIP <- 2000, CCUG <- M.D. Collins, IFR, Reading, UK: strain M60449/99/1 <- L. Hoyles, Reading, UK <- G. Foster, Inverness, UK

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Gemella cuniculi M60449/99/1 is a microaerophile, mesophilic, Gram-positive animal pathogen that was isolated from rabbit, sub-mandibular abscess.

Gram-positive coccus-shaped microaerophile mesophilic animal pathogen genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 44344

ATCC BAA-287,CCUG 42726,CIP 106481,DSM 15828

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:51:16

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Gemellaceae

Genus Gemella

Species Gemella cuniculi

Full scientific name Gemella cuniculi Hoyles et al. 2000

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility	Confidence
125438	positive			91.064
118816	positive	coccus-shaped

Colony morphology

118816

Hemolysis ability1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
6040	MRS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 11)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: MRS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 11) Composition: Glucose 20.0 g/l Casein peptone 10.0 g/l Meat extract 10.0 g/l Na-acetate 5.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l (NH4)3 citrate 2.0 g/l K2HPO4 2.0 g/l Tween 80 1.0 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.2 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.05 g/l Distilled water
6040	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
38629	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)
118816	CIP Medium 6	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
6040	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
38629	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
55532	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
118816	positive	growth	10-41
118816	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
6040	microaerophile
55532	anaerobe
55532	microaerophile
118816	facultative anaerobe
125439	anaerobe	99.2

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
118816	NaCl		growth	6.5 %

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
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
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
118816	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
118816	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
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
118816	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
118816	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		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	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
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
118816	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
118816	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
118816	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
118816	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
118816	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
118816	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
118816	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
118816	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
118816	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
118816	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Mammals	#Leporidae (Rabbit/Hare)
#Host Body-Site	#Oral cavity and airways	-
#Host Body-Site	#Other	#Abscess

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
6040	rabbit, sub-mandibular abscess
55532	Rabbit sub-mandibular abscess	1999	Inverness	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe
118816	Animal, Rabbit, sub-mandibular abscess

Taxonmaps

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Global distribution of 16S sequence AJ251987 (>99% sequence identity) for Gemella cuniculi subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	121
Soil Samples	63
Animal Samples	10393
Plant Samples	22
Total Samples	10599

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
6040		2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
118816		1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM42566v1 assembly for Gemella cuniculi DSM 15828	scaffold	GCA_000425665	1121914.4	2523533578	1121914	71.68
66792	Gemella cuniculi DSM 15828	contig		1121914.3		1121914	48.6

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Gemella cuniculi strain CCUG 42726 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, complete sequence	JQ012767	199		150240
6040	Gemella sp. M60449/99/1 T partial 16S rRNA gene	AJ251987	1451		1121914

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Gemella cuniculi DSM 15828
NCBI: GCA_000425665

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	61.70	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	55.80	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	73.00	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	99.20	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Gemella cuniculi DSM 15828 DSM 15828
NCBI: GCA_000425665.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	91.06	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	86.16	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	89.25	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	79.50	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	94.51	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	87.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	In vitro and in vivo production and split-intein mediated ligation (SIML) of circular bacteriocins.	Pena N, Bland MJ, Sevillano E, Munoz-Atienza E, Lafuente I, Bakkoury ME, Cintas LM, Hernandez PE, Gabant P, Borrero J.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2022.1052686	2022
Phylogeny	Gemella parahaemolysans sp. nov. and Gemella taiwanensis sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens.	Hung WC, Chen HJ, Tsai JC, Tseng SP, Lee TF, Hsueh PR, Shieh WY, Teng LJ	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.052795-0	2014
Phylogeny	Characterization of a Gemella-like organism isolated from an abscess of a rabbit: description of Gemella cunicula sp. nov.	Hoyles L, Foster G, Falsen E, Collins MD	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-50-6-2037	2000

References

#6040	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 15828
#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 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#38629	; Curators of the CIP;
#55532	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 42726
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#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 .
#118816	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 106481
#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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Gemella cuniculi (DSM 15828, CCUG 42726, CIP 106481)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000425665

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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