Arcobacter cibarius (DSM 17680, CCUG 48482, LMG 21996)

Name: Arcobacter cibarius (DSM 17680, CCUG 48482, LMG 21996)
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BacDive ID 2096

Type strain

Strain Designation KH-2

Culture col. no. DSM 17680 CCUG 48482 LMG 21996 CIP 108697 CECT 7203 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1442598 255507

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Arcobacter cibarius KH-2 is a microaerophile, mesophilic, Gram-negative prokaryote that was isolated from skin of broiler carcass.

Gram-negative rod-shaped microaerophile mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 127541

LMG 21996,CCUG 48482,CIP 108697,DSM 17680,CECT 7203

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:47:15

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Epsilonproteobacteria

Order Campylobacterales

Family Arcobacteraceae

Genus Arcobacter

Species Arcobacter cibarius

Full scientific name Arcobacter cibarius Houf et al. 2005

Synonyms (2)

Aliarcobacter cibarius
"Aliarcobacter cibarius"

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Confidence
23169	negative	1.5 µm	0.5 µm	rod-shaped
125438	negative				94.81
125439	negative				90.4

Colony morphology

@ref	Type of hemolysis	Colony size	Colony color	Incubation period	Medium used
23169	gamma	2 mm	whitish	3 days	blood agar

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
7122	COLUMBIA BLOOD AGAR (DSMZ Medium 429)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD AGAR (DSMZ Medium 429) Composition: Horse blood 40.0 g/l Columbia agar base
23169	blood agar

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
7122	positive	growth	28-37	mesophilic
23169	positive	growth	18-22	psychrophilic
23169	negative	growth	42
58184	positive	growth	28-37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
7122	microaerophile
58184	microaerophile
125439	obligate aerobe	95.2

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
23169
125438		94.061
125439		93.1

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68373	30089 ChEBI	acetate	-	assimilation	from API CAM
68373	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	assimilation	from API CAM
68373	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	assimilation	from API CAM
68373	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis	from API CAM
68373	25115 ChEBI	malate	-	assimilation	from API CAM
23169	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
68373	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API CAM
68373	17272 ChEBI	propionate	+	assimilation	from API CAM
23169	18212 ChEBI	selenite	-	reduction
68373	30031 ChEBI	succinate	-	assimilation	from API CAM
23169	78019 ChEBI	triphenyltetrazolium chloride	-	reduction
68373	78019 ChEBI	triphenyltetrazolium chloride	-	reduction	from API CAM
68373	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API CAM

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Metabolite	Sensitivity conc.
68373	474053	cefazolin	224 µg	from API CAM
68373	48923	erythromycin	14 µg	from API CAM
68373	100147	nalidixic acid	84 µg	from API CAM

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68373	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide		from API CAM

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
23169	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1
68373	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API CAM
23169	catalase	+/-	1.11.1.6
68373	catalase	+	1.11.1.6	from API CAM
23169	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
23169	DNase	-
68373	esterase	-		from API CAM
68373	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2	from API CAM
23169	hippurate hydrolase	-	3.5.1.32
68373	L-arginine arylamidase	-		from API CAM
68373	L-aspartate arylamidase	-	3.4.11.21	from API CAM
68373	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API CAM
23169	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68373	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API CAM

API CAM

@ref	URE	Reduction of nitrateNIT	EsteraseEST	HIP	GGT	TTC	PYRA	L-arginine arylamidaseArgA	L-aspartic acid arylamidaseAspA	PAL	H2S productionH2S	GLU	SUT	NAL	CFZ	ACE	PROP	MLT	CIT	Erythromycin resistance (+) sensitivity (-)ERO	CAT
7122	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Birds	#Chicken
#Host	#Other	#Decomposing animal
#Host Body-Site	#Organ	#Skin, Nail, Hair

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
7122	skin of broiler carcass		Flanders	Belgium	BEL	Europe
23169		2002
58184	Broiler skin	2002	Gent	Belgium	BEL	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
7122	1	Risk group (German 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	ASM1337226v1 assembly for Aliarcobacter cibarius LMG 21996	complete	GCA_013372265	255507.13	8068110843	255507	97.24
66792	Arcobacter_cibarius_LMG21996 assembly for Aliarcobacter cibarius LMG 21996	contig	GCA_000522465	1442598.4	2576861106	1442598	69.46
66792	ASM581887v1 assembly for Aliarcobacter cibarius DSM 17680	contig	GCA_005818875	255507.9	8118120243	255507	62.54

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
7122	Arcobacter cibarius 16S rRNA gene, type strain LMG 21996T	AJ607391	1460		255507

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
23169	26.8-27.3	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Arcobacter cibarius strain LMG 21996
PATRIC: 255507.13

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	93.10	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	50.30	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	90.40	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	95.20	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Aliarcobacter cibarius LMG 21996
NCBI: GCA_013372265.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	94.81	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	67.16	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	74.61	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	94.06	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	87.46	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	66.75	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Genomic Analysis of Aliarcobacter cibarius and Aliarcobacter thereius, Two Rarely Detected Aliarcobacter Species.	Hanel I, Muller E, Santamarina BG, Tomaso H, Hotzel H, Busch A.	Front Cell Infect Microbiol	10.3389/fcimb.2021.532989	2021
Phylogeny	Development of a real-time fluorescence resonance energy transfer PCR to detect arcobacter species.	Abdelbaqi K, Buissonniere A, Prouzet-Mauleon V, Gresser J, Wesley I, Megraud F, Menard A.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.00256-07	2007
Enzymology	Detection of Campylobacter species and Arcobacter butzleri in stool samples by use of real-time multiplex PCR.	de Boer RF, Ott A, Guren P, van Zanten E, van Belkum A, Kooistra-Smid AM.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.01716-12	2013
	Molecular and Genetic Characterization of Arcobacter Species Isolated from Chicken Feces and Chicken Giblets from Grenada, West Indies.	Coughlin JP, Alhassan A, Chikweto A, Roopnarine R, Sharma B.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms13071495	2025
	Isolation of Arcobacter spp. and identification of isolates by multiplex PCR from various domestic poultry and wild avian species	Celik E, Otlu S.	Ann Microbiol		2020
	Comparison of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Three Real-Time PCR Assays for the Detection of Arcobacter butzleri in Human Stool Samples Targeting Different Genes in a Test Comparison without a Reference Standard.	Binder R, Hahn A, Eberhardt KA, Hagen RM, Rohde H, Loderstadt U, Feldt T, Sarfo FS, Di Cristanziano V, Kahlfuss S, Frickmann H, Zautner AE.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms11051313	2023
	Dynamic bacterial community changes in the autothermal thermophilic aerobic digestion process with cell lysis activities, shaking and temperature increase.	Cheng H, Asakura Y, Kanda K, Fukui R, Kawano Y, Okugawa Y, Tashiro Y, Sakai K.	J Biosci Bioeng	10.1016/j.jbiosc.2018.02.012	2018
	Arcobacteraceae: An Exploration of Antibiotic Resistance Featuring the Latest Research Updates.	Buzzanca D, Chiarini E, Alessandria V.	Antibiotics (Basel)	10.3390/antibiotics13070669	2024
Genetics	Arcobacteraceae comparative genome analysis demonstrates genome heterogeneity and reduction in species isolated from animals and associated with human illness.	Buzzanca D, Kerkhof PJ, Alessandria V, Rantsiou K, Houf K.	Heliyon	10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17652	2023
	Arcobacter species isolated from human stool samples, animal products, ready-to-eat salad mixes, and ambient water: prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility, and virulence gene profiles.	Niyayesh H, Rahimi E, Shakerian A, Khamesipour F.	BMC Infect Dis	10.1186/s12879-024-10256-9	2024
Phylogeny	Characterization of Arcobacter spp. Isolated from human diarrheal, non-diarrheal and food samples in Thailand.	Kietsiri P, Muangnapoh C, Lurchachaiwong W, Lertsethtakarn P, Bodhidatta L, Suthienkul O, Waters NC, Demons ST, Vesely BA.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0246598	2021
Pathogenicity	Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Arcobacter species in cow milk, water buffalo milk and fresh village cheese.	Yesilmen S, Vural A, Erkan ME, Yildirim IH.	Int J Food Microbiol	10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.07.006	2014
	Draft genome sequences of three arcobacter strains of pig and dairy cattle manure origin.	Adam Z, Whiteduck-Leveillee K, Cloutier M, Tambong JT, Chen W, Lewis CT, Levesque CA, Topp E, Lapen DR, Talbot G, Khan IU.	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomea.00377-14	2014
Enzymology	Specific PCR detection of Arcobacter butzleri, Arcobacter cryaerophilus, Arcobacter skirrowii, and Arcobacter cibarius in chicken meat.	Pentimalli D, Pegels N, Garcia T, Martin R, Gonzalez I.	J Food Prot	10.4315/0362-028x-72.7.1491	2009
Pathogenicity	Nucleotide sequence of the gyrA gene of Arcobacter species and characterization of human ciprofloxacin-resistant clinical isolates.	Abdelbaqi K, Menard A, Prouzet-Mauleon V, Bringaud F, Lehours P, Megraud F.	FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol	10.1111/j.1574-695x.2006.00208.x	2007
Enzymology	Detection of Arcobacter spp. in piggery effluent and effluent-irrigated soils in southeast Queensland.	Chinivasagam HN, Corney BG, Wright LL, Diallo IS, Blackall PJ.	J Appl Microbiol	10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03275.x	2007
Biotechnology	Arcobacter, what is known and unknown about a potential foodborne zoonotic agent!	Ho HT, Lipman LJ, Gaastra W.	Vet Microbiol	10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.03.004	2006
	High prevalence of arcobacter carriage in older subjects with type 2 diabetes.	Fera MT, Russo GT, Di Benedetto A, La Camera E, Orlando A, Giandalia A, Ruffa VF, Lanza G, Lentini V, Perdichizzi G, Cucinotta D.	J Biomed Biotechnol	10.1155/2010/489784	2010
Biotechnology	Comparison of conventional PCR, multiplex PCR, and loop-mediated isothermal amplification assays for rapid detection of Arcobacter species.	Wang X, Seo DJ, Lee MH, Choi C.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.02883-13	2014
Phylogeny	Performance of five molecular methods for monitoring Arcobacter spp.	Levican A, Figueras MJ.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/1471-2180-13-220	2013
	Occurrence of putative virulence genes in arcobacter species isolated from humans and animals.	Douidah L, de Zutter L, Bare J, De Vos P, Vandamme P, Vandenberg O, Van den Abeele AM, Houf K.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.05872-11	2012
	First multi-locus sequence typing scheme for Arcobacter spp.	Miller WG, Wesley IV, On SL, Houf K, Megraud F, Wang G, Yee E, Srijan A, Mason CJ.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/1471-2180-9-196	2009
	Review on plant antimicrobials: a mechanistic viewpoint.	Khameneh B, Iranshahy M, Soheili V, Fazly Bazzaz BS.	Antimicrob Resist Infect Control	10.1186/s13756-019-0559-6	2019
Genetics	Characterization of the emerging zoonotic pathogen Arcobacter thereius by whole genome sequencing and comparative genomics.	Rovetto F, Carlier A, Van den Abeele AM, Illeghems K, Van Nieuwerburgh F, Cocolin L, Houf K.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0180493	2017
Enzymology	Detection and genotyping of Arcobacter and Campylobacter isolates from retail chicken samples by use of DNA oligonucleotide arrays.	Quinones B, Parker CT, Janda JM, Miller WG, Mandrell RE.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02984-06	2007
	Characterization of cytolethal distending toxin of campylobacter species isolated from captive macaque monkeys.	Dassanayake RP, Zhou Y, Hinkley S, Stryker CJ, Plauche G, Borda JT, Sestak K, Duhamel GE.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.43.2.641-649.2005	2005
Enzymology	Direct quantification of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter lanienae in feces of cattle by real-time quantitative PCR.	Inglis GD, Kalischuk LD.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.70.4.2296-2306.2004	2004
Genetics	Draft Genome Sequence of Arcobacter cibarius Strain LMG21996T, Isolated from Broiler Carcasses.	Adam Z, Whiteduck-Leveillee K, Cloutier M, Chen W, Lewis CT, Levesque CA, Topp E, Lapen DR, Tambong JT, Talbot G, Khan IU	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomeA.00034-14	2014
Phylogeny	Identification, characterization and description of Arcobacter faecis sp. nov., isolated from a human waste septic tank.	Whiteduck-Leveillee K, Whiteduck-Leveillee J, Cloutier M, Tambong JT, Xu R, Topp E, Arts MT, Chao J, Adam Z, Levesque CA, Lapen DR, Villemur R, Khan IU.	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1016/j.syapm.2015.12.002	2016
Enzymology	Arcobacter thereius sp. nov., isolated from pigs and ducks.	Houf K, On SL, Coenye T, Debruyne L, De Smet S, Vandamme P.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.006650-0	2009
Phylogeny	Arcobacter cibarius sp. nov., isolated from broiler carcasses.	Houf K, On SLW, Coenye T, Mast J, Van Hoof J, Vandamme P	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.63103-0	2005

References

#7122	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 17680
#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 )
#23169	Kurt Houf, Stephen L. W. On, Tom Coenye, Jan Mast, Jan Van Hoof, Peter Vandamme: Arcobacter cibarius sp. nov., isolated from broiler carcasses. IJSEM 55: 713 - 717 2005 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.63103-0 , PubMed 15774649 )
#58184	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 48482
#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) .
#68373	Automatically annotated from API CAM .
#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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Arcobacter cibarius (DSM 17680, CCUG 48482, LMG 21996)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Enzymes

API CAM

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_013372265

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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