Name: Brevibacterium epidermidis DSM 20659
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 1837

Type strain:

Species: Brevibacterium epidermidis

Culture col. no.: DSM 20659, NCDO 2285, JCM 2592, ATCC 49089, CCM 4099, IFO 15229, KCTC 3089, NBRC 15229, NCIMB 702285, NCTC 11084, VKM Ac-2109

Strain history: NCDO 2285 <-- D. G. Pitcher D731.

NCBI tax ID(s): 1698 (species)

SI-ID 42283

ATCC 49089, NCDO 2285, NCTC 11084, DSM 20659, JCM 2592, CCM 4099, IFO 15229, KCTC 3089, NCIMB 702285, VKM Ac-2109, NBRC 15229, BCRC 17073, CCRC 17073

Other strains from Brevibacterium epidermidis

B. epidermidis C705, DSM 20660, ATCC 35514, NCDO ... (type strain)
B. epidermidis 615, DSM 9586
B. epidermidis CCUG 32343

Section

Brevibacterium epidermidis DSM 20659 is a mesophilic human pathogen that was isolated from human skin.

human pathogen
mesophilic
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	*Actinomycetota*
	Class	*Actinomycetes*
	Order	*Micrococcales*
	Family	*Brevibacteriaceae*
	Genus	*Brevibacterium*
	Species	**Brevibacterium epidermidis**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Brevibacterium epidermidis Collins et al. 1983

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

CORYNEBACTERIUM AGAR (DSMZ Medium 53)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #8879]			growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #67770]			growth	30 °C

[Ref.: #8879]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #67770]	Temperature range	mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #8879]	Murein short key	A31
[Ref.: #8879]	Murein types	A1gamma m-Dpm-direct

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Observation

quinones: MK-8(H₂)

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

[Ref.: #8879]	Sample type/isolated from	human skin

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Human skin
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Isolation sources categories

#Host	#Human	-
#Host Body-Site	#Organ	#Skin, Nail, Hair

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Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

[Ref.: #8879]	Pathogenicity (human)	yes, in single cases
[Ref.: #8879]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

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GC-content

63.3 mol%

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 20659, NCDO 2285, JCM 2592, ATCC 49089, CCM 4099, IFO 15229, KCTC 3089, NBRC 15229, NCIMB 702285, NCTC 11084, VKM Ac-2109

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SI-ID 42283

References

#8879

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 20659

#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;

#71482

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID42283.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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