Campylobacter curvus (CCUG 13146, NCTC 11649, LMG 7609)

Name: Campylobacter curvus (CCUG 13146, NCTC 11649, LMG 7609)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 2128

Type strain

Culture col. no. CCUG 13146 NCTC 11649 LMG 7609 DSM 6644 ATCC 35224 3 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1121268 200

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG CIP

History <- ATCC <- A. Tanner, VPI 9584 ("Wolinella curva") <- R.M. Smibert <- D.W. Lambe CIP <- 1994, CCUG <- A.C.R. Tanner, VPI: strain 9584, Wolinella curva <- R.M. Smibert <- D.W. Lambe

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Campylobacter curvus CCUG 13146 is an anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-negative prokaryote that was isolated from human jaw abscess.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 1446

LMG 7609,ATCC 35224,CCUG 13146,NCTC 11649,DSM 7255,CIP 103747,DSM 6644

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:18:14

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Epsilonproteobacteria

Order Campylobacterales

Family Campylobacteraceae

Genus Campylobacter

Species Campylobacter curvus

Full scientific name Campylobacter curvus (Tanner et al. 1984) Vandamme et al. 1991

Synonyms (1)

Wolinella curva

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Campylobacter curvus** (5)	Type strain
142321	C. curvus CCUG 11644
146048	C. curvus CCUG 30255
146179	C. curvus CCUG 30521, LMG 12273, LMG 11763
150857	C. curvus CCUG 42571
152743	C. curvus CCUG 47528

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
118824	negative	rod-shaped
125438	negative		95.288
125439	negative		97.9

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
2649	BTU MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 413)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BTU MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 413) Composition: Ground beef 500.0 g/l Casitone 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l K2HPO4 5.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l Na-formiate 1.8 g/l Na-fumarate 1.8 g/l L-Cysteine HCl 0.5 g/l Ethanol 0.19 g/l Vitamin K3 0.05 g/l Hemin 0.005 g/l Resazurin 0.001 g/l Vitamin K1 NaOH Distilled water
2649	CAMPYLOBACTER RECTUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 338)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CAMPYLOBACTER RECTUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 338) Composition: Yeast extract 11.0 g/l Trypticase 9.0 g/l Na-fumarate 3.0 g/l Beef extract 3.0 g/l NaCl 2.0 g/l Na-formate 2.0 g/l Na2HPO4 0.4 g/l Na2CO3 0.25 g/l Haemin 0.005 g/l Resazurin 0.001 g/l Distilled water
40775	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)
2649	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
118824	CIP Medium 6	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
2649	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
40775	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
45899	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
118824	positive	growth	37-41
118824	negative	growth	5
118824	negative	growth	25

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
2649	anaerobe
45899	anaerobe
45899	microaerophile
118824	microaerophile
125439	anaerobe	97.6

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125438		91.534
125439		99.5

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
118824	NaCl		growth	3.5 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68373	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	assimilation	from API CAM
68373	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	assimilation	from API CAM
118824	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
68373	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API CAM
118824	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
118824	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	+	reduction
68373	17272 ChEBI	propionate	-	assimilation	from API CAM
68373	30031 ChEBI	succinate	+	assimilation	from API CAM
68373	78019 ChEBI	triphenyltetrazolium chloride	-	reduction	from API CAM
68373	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API CAM

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Sensitivity conc.
68373	474053	cefazolin		224 µg	from API CAM
68373	48923	erythromycin		14 µg	from API CAM

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68373	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide		from API CAM
118824	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68373	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API CAM
2649	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
118824	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
2649	cytochrome-c oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
68373	esterase	+		from API CAM
68373	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2	from API CAM
68373	L-aspartate arylamidase	+	3.4.11.21	from API CAM
118824	oxidase	+
118824	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68373	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API CAM

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

45899

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C14:0	21.3	14
C16:0	18.7	16
C16:1 ω7c	16.2	15.819
C18:1 ω7c /12t/9t	15.9	17.824
C12:0	13.4	12
C14:0 3OH/C16:1 ISO I	6.5	15.485
Unidentified	2.1	17.534
C17:1 ISO I/C16:0 DMA	1.7	16.481
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	1.2	17.724
C13:0 ISO 2OH	1.1	13.814
Unidentified	0.9	14.954
C16:1 ω5c	0.5	15.908
C10:0	0.5	10

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
2649	-	-	+	-	-	-	+/-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+/-	-	+/-	-	-	+
2649	-	-	+	+/-	-	-	-	+/-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Human	-
#Host Body-Site	#Other	#Abscess
#Infection	#Patient	-
#Host Body-Site	#Other	#Head

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
2649	human jaw abscess
45899	Human alveolar (or jaw) abscess
118824	Human, Jaw abscess	Atlanta, Georgia	United States of America	USA	North America	1984

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
2649	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
118824	2	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	Campylobacter curvus strain FDAARGOS_1547	complete		200.23		200	98.2
66792	ASM1337212v1 assembly for Campylobacter curvus ATCC 35224	complete	GCA_013372125	200.17	8113784233	200	98.17
124043	ASM2073622v1 assembly for Campylobacter curvus FDAARGOS_1547	complete	GCA_020736225	200.22		200	97.22
66792	ASM37632v1 assembly for Campylobacter curvus DSM 6644	contig	GCA_000376325	1121268.3	2517572248	1121268	76.32
66792	ASM1297887v1 assembly for Campylobacter curvus ATCC 35224	contig	GCA_012978875	200.7		200	72.56

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Campylobacter curvus strain ATCC 35224 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	JX912507	1434	200
20218	Campylobacter curvus, complete 16S ribosomal RNA	L04313	1413	200
2649	Campylobacter curvus strain ATCC 35224 16S ribosomal RNA (rrs) gene, partial sequence	DQ174165	1479	200
124043	Campylobacter curvus gene for 16S rRNA, including IVS, partial sequence, strain: LMG7609.	AB501346	292	200

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Campylobacter curvus strain ATCC 35224
PATRIC: 200.17

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	97.60	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	97.90	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	74.50	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.50	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Campylobacter curvus ATCC 35224
NCBI: GCA_013372125.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	95.29	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	63.32	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	91.37	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	91.53	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	88.44	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	65.75	no

Literature

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Enzymology	Detection of Campylobacter spp. in chicken fecal samples by real-time PCR.	Lund M, Nordentoft S, Pedersen K, Madsen M.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.42.11.5125-5132.2004	2004
Enzymology	Reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction amplification of rRNA for detection of Helicobacter species.	Engstrand L, Nguyen AM, Graham DY, el-Zaatari FA.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.30.9.2295-2301.1992	1992
Phylogeny	Empyema associated with Campylobacter curvus infection.	Horio Y, Shiraishi Y, Watanabe N, Inoue S, Imanishi T, Asano K.	Respirol Case Rep	10.1002/rcr2.234	2017
Genetics	Identification and specificity validation of unique and antimicrobial resistance genes to trace suspected pathogenic AMR bacteria and to monitor the development of AMR in non-AMR strains in the environment and clinical settings.	Rekadwad BN, Pramod N, Rao MPN, Hashem A, Avila-Quezada GD, Abd Allah EF.	Saudi J Biol Sci	10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103869	2023
	Shotgun metagenomics of fecal samples from children in Peru reveals frequent complex co-infections with multiple Campylobacter species.	Parker CT, Schiaffino F, Huynh S, Paredes Olortegui M, Penataro Yori P, Garcia Bardales PF, Pinedo Vasquez T, Curico Huansi GE, Manzanares Villanueva K, Shapiama Lopez WV, Cooper KK, Kosek MN.	PLoS Negl Trop Dis	10.1371/journal.pntd.0010815	2022
Phylogeny	Description of Campylobacter curvus and C. curvus-like strains associated with sporadic episodes of bloody gastroenteritis and Brainerd's diarrhea.	Abbott SL, Waddington M, Lindquist D, Ware J, Cheung W, Ely J, Janda JM.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.43.2.585-588.2005	2005
	Interactions between periodontal bacteria and human oral epithelial cells: Fusobacterium nucleatum adheres to and invades epithelial cells.	Han YW, Shi W, Huang GT, Kinder Haake S, Park NH, Kuramitsu H, Genco RJ.	Infect Immun	10.1128/iai.68.6.3140-3146.2000	2000
Phylogeny	Rapid identification of Campylobacter, Arcobacter, and Helicobacter isolates by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the 16S rRNA gene.	Marshall SM, Melito PL, Woodward DL, Johnson WM, Rodgers FG, Mulvey MR.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.37.12.4158-4160.1999	1999
	Design and evaluation of useful bacterium-specific PCR primers that amplify genes coding for bacterial 16S rRNA.	Marchesi JR, Sato T, Weightman AJ, Martin TA, Fry JC, Hiom SJ, Dymock D, Wade WG.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.64.2.795-799.1998	1998
	Molecular cloning and site-specific mutagenesis of a gene involved in arylsulfatase production in Campylobacter jejuni.	Yao R, Guerry P.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.178.11.3335-3338.1996	1996
Enzymology	Direct polymerase chain reaction detection of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in raw milk and dairy products.	Wegmuller B, Luthy J, Candrian U.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.59.7.2161-2165.1993	1993
Enzymology	Purification and characterization of Campylobacter rectus surface layer proteins.	Nitta H, Holt SC, Ebersole JL.	Infect Immun	10.1128/iai.65.2.478-483.1997	1997
Phylogeny	Differentiation of Campylobacter coli, Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter lari, and Campylobacter upsaliensis by a multiplex PCR developed from the nucleotide sequence of the lipid A gene lpxA.	Klena JD, Parker CT, Knibb K, Ibbitt JC, Devane PM, Horn ST, Miller WG, Konkel ME.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.42.12.5549-5557.2004	2004
Phylogeny	Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of Helicobacter cinaedi and Helicobacter fennelliae strains isolated from humans and animals.	Kiehlbauch JA, Brenner DJ, Cameron DN, Steigerwalt AG, Makowski JM, Baker CN, Patton CM, Wachsmuth IK.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.33.11.2940-2947.1995	1995
Enzymology	Analysis of cell surface antigens of Campylobacter rectus.	Kaneko T	Bull Tokyo Dent Coll		1992
Phylogeny	Campylobacter anatolicus sp. nov., a novel member of the genus Campylobacter isolated from feces of Anatolian Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus xanthoprymnus) in Turkey.	Aydin F, Abay S, Kayman T, Karakaya E, Mustak HK, Mustak IB, Bilgen N, Goncuoglu M, Duzler A, Guran O, Sahin O, Saticioglu IB	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1016/j.syapm.2021.126265	2021

References

#2649	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 6644
#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 )
#40775	; Curators of the CIP;
#45899	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 13146
#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 .
#118824	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103747
#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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Campylobacter curvus (CCUG 13146, NCTC 11649, LMG 7609)

Name and taxonomic classification