Arcobacter thereius (DSM 23385, CCUG 56902, LMG 24486)

Name: Arcobacter thereius (DSM 23385, CCUG 56902, LMG 24486)
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BacDive ID 2099

Type strain

Strain Designation strain 16389

Culture col. no. DSM 23385 CCUG 56902 LMG 24486 strain 16389

NCBI tax ID(s) 1032240 544718

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Arcobacter thereius strain 16389 is a microaerophile, mesophilic, Gram-negative prokaryote that was isolated from kidney and liver of an aborted pig foetus.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 302813

LMG 24486,CCUG 56902,DSM 23385

@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 thereius

Full scientific name Arcobacter thereius Houf et al. 2009

Synonyms (2)

"Aliarcobacter thereius"
Aliarcobacter thereius

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape
29118	negative	2.5 µm	0.5 µm	rod-shaped
125439	negative
125438	negative

Colony morphology

@ref	Type of hemolysis	Hemolysis ability
16820	alpha/beta	1
61124

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
16820	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

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
16820	positive	growth	28	mesophilic
29118	positive	growth	18-22	psychrophilic
61124	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
61124	negative	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
16820	microaerophile
29118	aerobe
61124	microaerophile
125439	obligate aerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation
29118
125438

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
29118	NaCl	positive	growth	<4 %
29118	NaCl	positive	optimum	2 %

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
68377	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
68373	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	assimilation	from API CAM
68377	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
68373	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis	from API CAM
68373	25115 ChEBI	malate	-	assimilation	from API CAM
68377	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
29118	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
68373	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API CAM
68377	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	-	degradation	from API NH
68373	17272 ChEBI	propionate	-	assimilation	from API CAM
68373	30031 ChEBI	succinate	-	assimilation	from API CAM
68377	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
68373	78019 ChEBI	triphenyltetrazolium chloride	+	reduction	from API CAM
68377	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API NH
68373	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API CAM
68377	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API NH

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
68377	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API NH

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68377	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API NH

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68377	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API NH
68373	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API CAM
68377	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API NH
68377	beta-lactamase	-	3.5.2.6	from API NH
16820	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
29118	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68373	catalase	+	1.11.1.6	from API CAM
29118	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
16820	cytochrome-c oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
68373	esterase	+		from API CAM
68373	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2	from API CAM
68373	L-arginine arylamidase	-		from API CAM
68373	L-aspartate arylamidase	-	3.4.11.21	from API CAM
68377	lipase	-		from API NH
68377	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	from API NH
68373	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API CAM
68377	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API NH
68377	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API NH
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
16820	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+

API NH

@ref	PEN	GLU	FRU	MAL	SAC	ODC	URE	LIP	PAL	beta GAL	ProA	GGT	IND
16820	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-
16820	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Mammals	#Suidae (Pig,Swine)
#Host Body-Site	#Urogenital tract	#Kidney
#Host Body-Site	#Organ	#Liver
#Host Body Product	#Urogenital tract	#Abort

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
16820	kidney and liver of an aborted pig foetus	Denmark	DNK	Europe
61124	Porcine foetus,spontaneous porcine abortion	Denmark	DNK	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AY314753 (>99% sequence identity) for Aliarcobacter from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	1069
Soil Samples	61
Animal Samples	168
Plant Samples	31
Total Samples	1329

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
16820	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM421481v1 assembly for Aliarcobacter thereius LMG 24486	complete	GCA_004214815	1032240.8	1032240	97.97
66792	ASM2458402v1 assembly for Aliarcobacter thereius LMG 24486	contig	GCA_024584025	1032240.9	1032240	77.13
66792	ASM169539v1 assembly for Aliarcobacter thereius LMG 24486	scaffold	GCA_001695395	1032240.3	1032240	75.95
66792	ASM581898v1 assembly for Aliarcobacter thereius DSM 23385	contig	GCA_005818985	544718.59	544718	74.37

Genome browser: GCA_004214815

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
16820	Arcobacter thereius strain 16389 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY314753	1410		1032240

GC content

16820

GC-content (mol%)28.5

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Arcobacter thereius LMG 24486
PATRIC: 1032240.8

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	94.40	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	99.30	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	52.90	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	89.30	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Aliarcobacter thereius LMG 24486 LMG 24486
NCBI: GCA_004214815.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	97.29	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	66.41	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	75.27	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	93.89	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	88.06	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	75.83	no

Literature

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
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
In Vitro Activity of Water Extracts of Olive Oil against Planktonic Cells and Biofilm Formation of Arcobacter-like Species.	Svarcova K, Hofmeisterova L, Svecova B, Silha D.	Molecules	10.3390/molecules27144509	2022
Isolation and Characterization of Strain Exiguobacterium sp. KRL4, a Producer of Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from a Tibetan Glacier.	Tedesco P, Palma Esposito F, Masino A, Vitale GA, Tortorella E, Poli A, Nicolaus B, van Zyl LJ, Trindade M, de Pascale D.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms9050890	2021
Characterization of a New Mixture of Mono-Rhamnolipids Produced by Pseudomonas gessardii Isolated from Edmonson Point (Antarctica).	Buonocore C, Tedesco P, Vitale GA, Esposito FP, Giugliano R, Monti MC, D'Auria MV, de Pascale D.	Mar Drugs	10.3390/md18050269	2020
Genome sequencing and multifaceted taxonomic analysis of novel strains of violacein-producing bacteria and non-violacein-producing close relatives.	De Leon ME, Wilson HS, Jospin G, Eisen JA.	Microb Genom	10.1099/mgen.0.000971	2023
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
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation of phytoplankton-associated Arenibacter spp. and description of Arenibacter algicola sp. nov., an aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium.	Gutierrez T, Rhodes G, Mishamandani S, Berry D, Whitman WB, Nichols PD, Semple KT, Aitken MD.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.03104-13	2014
'Arcobacter porcinus' sp. nov., a novel Arcobacter species uncovered by Arcobacter thereius.	Figueras MJ, Perez-Cataluna A, Salas-Masso N, Levican A, Collado L	New Microbes New Infect	10.1016/j.nmni.2016.11.014	2016
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

References

#16820	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 23385
#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 )
#29118	Barberan A, Caceres Velazquez H, Jones S, Fierer N.: Hiding in Plain Sight: Mining Bacterial Species Records for Phenotypic Trait Information. mSphere 2: 2017 ( DOI 10.1128/mSphere.00237-17 , PubMed 28776041 ) - originally annotated from #25544 (see below)
#61124	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 56902
#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 .
#68377	Automatically annotated from API NH .
#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 .
#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 thereius (DSM 23385, CCUG 56902, LMG 24486)

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

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API CAM

API NH

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_004214815

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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