Brucella haematophila (DSM 22355, CCUG 38531, CIP 109452)

Name: Brucella haematophila (DSM 22355, CCUG 38531, CIP 109452)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 1893

Type strain

Strain Designation Falu B 57617/97

Culture col. no. DSM 22355 CCUG 38531 CIP 109452 Falu B 57617/97

NCBI tax ID(s) 419474

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG CIP Literature strains

History DSMZ <- CIP <- CCUG CIP <- 2007, CCUG CIP <- 2007, CCUG <- 1997 O.Nyberg, Falun, Sweden: strain Falu B 57617/97

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Brucella haematophila Falu B 57617/97 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that forms circular colonies and was isolated from blood of a 79-year-old man.

Gram-negative rod-shaped colony-forming obligate aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 56007

CCUG 38531,CIP 109452,DSM 22355

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:25:22

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Hyphomicrobiales

Family Bartonellaceae

Genus Brucella

Species Brucella haematophila

Full scientific name Brucella haematophila (Kämpfer et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020

Synonyms (1)

Ochrobactrum haematophilum

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Brucella haematophila** (2)	Type strain
158131	B. haematophila LMH00001, UHS000020, P6BS-III, DSM 106071
159541	B. haematophila SSR, DSM 109610

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell shape	Confidence
23341	negative	2 µm	rod-shaped
119762	negative		rod-shaped
125438	negative			98
125439	negative			97.797

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony size	Colony color	Colony shape	Incubation period
23341	2 mm	beige, translucent	circular	1 day

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
16179	CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CASO AGAR (Merck 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 15.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 5.0 g/l Distilled water
23341	MacConkey
23341	Nutrient agar (NA)
23341	PYE agar
23341	Reasoner's 2A agar (R2A)
23341	Trypticase Soy Agar (TSA)
37561	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
119762	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
16179	positive	growth	30
23341	positive	growth	25-30
23341	negative	growth	4
23341	negative	growth	42
37561	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
119762	obligate aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	96.729

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
23341
125439		99.64

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
23341	NaCl	positive	growth	5 %
23341	NaCl		growth	7 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
23341	37054 ChEBI	3-hydroxybutyrate	+	assimilation
23341	17879 ChEBI	4-hydroxybenzoate	+	assimilation
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
23341	16958 ChEBI	beta-alanine	+	assimilation
23341	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	assimilation
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23341	16383 ChEBI	cis-aconitate	+	assimilation
23341	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	assimilation
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23341	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	assimilation
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
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
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23341	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	+	assimilation
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23341	16865 ChEBI	gamma-aminobutyric acid	+	assimilation
23341		gamma-L-glutamate-4-nitroanilide	-	hydrolysis
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
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
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23341	29991 ChEBI	L-aspartate	+	assimilation
23341	15971 ChEBI	L-histidine	+	assimilation
23341	15603 ChEBI	L-leucine	+	assimilation
23341		L-proline-4-nitroanilide	+	hydrolysis
23341	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	+	assimilation
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
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
23341	68428 ChEBI	maltitol	+	assimilation
23341	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	assimilation
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
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
23341	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	+	assimilation
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23341	28037 ChEBI	N-acetylgalactosamine	-	assimilation
23341	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	assimilation
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
119762	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API 20NE
119762	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
23341	91050 ChEBI	p-nitrophenyl phenyl phosphonate	-	hydrolysis
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
23341	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	+	assimilation
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
23341	9300 ChEBI	suberic acid	+	assimilation
23341	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	assimilation
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23341	15708 ChEBI	trans-aconitate	-	assimilation
23341	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	assimilation
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
119762	35581 ChEBI	indole
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API 20NE

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
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
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68369	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
119762	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
23341	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
68369	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1	from API 20NE
16179	cytochrome-c oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	-		from API zym
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
119762	oxidase	+
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
119762	urease	+	3.5.1.5
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE
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
119762	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API 20NE

@ref	Reduction of nitratesNO3	TRP	GLU_ Ferm	ADH (Arg)	URE	ESC	GEL	PNPG	GLU_ Assim	ARA	MNE	MAN	NAG	MAL	GNT	CAP	ADI	MLT	CIT	PAC	OX
16179	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+/-	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	+

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
119762	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	+/-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Infection	#Patient	-
#Host	#Human	#Male
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	#Blood

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
16179	blood of a 79-year-old man	Homo sapiens		Falun	Sweden	SWE	Europe
54314	Human blood,79-yr-old man	Homo sapiens	1997-09-20	Falun	Sweden	SWE	Europe
119762	Human, Blood	Homo sapiens		Falun	Sweden	SWE	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AM422370 (>99% sequence identity) for Ochrobactrum from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	912
Soil Samples	1466
Animal Samples	3231
Plant Samples	1143
Total Samples	6752

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
16179	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
119762		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	ASM593810v1 assembly for Brucella haematophila CCUG 38531	contig	GCA_005938105	419474.10	8067477889	419474	57.4
124043	ASM4193006v1 assembly for Brucella haematophila CIP 109452	scaffold	GCA_041930065			419474	29.17
66792	O.haematophilum_CIP_109452.fasta assembly for Brucella haematophila CIP 109452	contig	GCA_012103105	419474.11		419474	9.24

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Ochrobactrum anthropi partial 16S rRNA gene, strain CCUG 38531	AM114405	1388		529
16179	Ochrobactrum haematophilum partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain CCUG 38531T	AM422370	1388		419474

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM593810v1 assembly for Brucella haematophila CCUG 38531
NCBI: GCA_005938105

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	96.73	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	97.80	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	61.29	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.64	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Ochrobactrum haematophilum strain CCUG 38531
PATRIC: 419474.10

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.00	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	95.70	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	89.90	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	86.14	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	99.50	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	63.54	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria.	Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468	2020
Phylogeny	Ochrobactrum teleogrylli sp. nov., a pesticide-degrading bacterium isolated from the insect Teleogryllus occipitalis living in deserted cropland.	Hu M, Li X, Li Z, Liu B, Yang Z, Tian Y	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.003964	2020
Phylogeny	Ochrobactrum haematophilum sp. nov. and Ochrobactrum pseudogrignonense sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens.	Kampfer P, Scholz HC, Huber B, Falsen E, Busse HJ	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.65066-0	2007

References

#16179	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 22355
#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 )
#23341	Peter Kämpfer, Holger C. Scholz, Birgit Huber, Enevold Falsen, Hans-Jürgen Busse: Ochrobactrum haematophilum sp. nov. and Ochrobactrum pseudogrignonense sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. IJSEM 57: 2513 - 2518 2007 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.65066-0 , PubMed 17978211 )
#37561	; Curators of the CIP;
#54314	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 38531
#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) .
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#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 .
#119762	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 109452
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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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Brucella haematophila (DSM 22355, CCUG 38531, CIP 109452)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API 20NE

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_005938105

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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