Aerococcus christensenii (DSM 15819, CCM 4911, CCUG 28831)

Name: Aerococcus christensenii (DSM 15819, CCM 4911, CCUG 28831)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 226

Type strain

Strain Designation UW06, UW 06

Culture col. no. DSM 15819 CCM 4911 CCUG 28831 CIP 106115 JCM 18985 4 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 525247 87541

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP Literature strains

History <- E. Falsen, CCUG <- L. K. Rabe CIP 106115 <-- CCUG 28831 <-- L. K. Rabe and S. L. Hillier UW 06. CIP <- 1999, CCUG <- 1991, L.K. Rabe & S.L. Hillier, Seattle, USA: strain UW 06

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Aerococcus christensenii UW06 is a microaerophile, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote that was isolated from human vagina.

Gram-positive coccus-shaped microaerophile mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 13113

LMG 19525,CCUG 28831,CIP 106115,CCM 4911,DSM 15819,ATCC 48849,JCM 18985

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:17:49

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Lactobacillales

Family Aerococcaceae

Genus Aerococcus

Species Aerococcus christensenii

Full scientific name Aerococcus christensenii Collins et al. 1999

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Aerococcus christensenii** (3)	Type strain
145556	A. christensenii CCUG 28826
151450	A. christensenii CCUG 44095 A
151548	A. christensenii CCUG 44281

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
22979	positive	coccus-shaped
118258	positive	coccus-shaped
125439	positive		98.5
125438			93.979

Colony morphology

@ref	Type of hemolysis	Hemolysis ability	Medium used
22979	alpha	1	blood agar
118258

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
6123	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
6123	PYG MEDIUM (MODIFIED) (DSMZ Medium 104)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: PYG MEDIUM (modified) (DSMZ Medium 104) Composition: Yeast extract 10.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Trypticase peptone 5.0 g/l Beef extract 5.0 g/l Glucose 5.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.5 g/l NaHCO3 0.4 g/l NaCl 0.08 g/l K2HPO4 0.04 g/l KH2PO4 0.04 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.02 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.01 g/l Hemin 0.005 g/l Ethanol 0.0038 g/l Resazurin 0.001 g/l Tween 80 Vitamin K1 NaOH Distilled water
36412	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)
118258	CIP Medium 6	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
6123	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
36412	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
49410	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
118258	positive	growth	30-37	mesophilic
118258	negative	growth	10
118258	negative	growth	25
118258	negative	growth	41
118258	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
6123	microaerophile
22979	facultative anaerobe
49410	anaerobe
49410	microaerophile
118258	facultative anaerobe
125439	anaerobe	99.3

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
22979
125439		93.5

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
22979	NaCl	positive	growth	6.5 %

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
6123	A11	A1alpha L-Lys-direct

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68381	40585 ChEBI	alpha-cyclodextrin	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68375	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68381	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68375	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API ID32STA
68375	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
22979	23456 ChEBI	cyclodextrin	-	builds acid from
22979	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from
68381	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68375	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68381	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68375	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68381	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68375	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68381	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68375	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API ID32STA
118258	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
22979	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from
68381	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
22979	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
68381	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
22979	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from
68381	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
22979	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from
68381	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68375	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
22979	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from
68381	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68375	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
22979	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	-	builds acid from
22979	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from
22979	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from
68381	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
22979	320055 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from
68381	320055 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68375	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API ID32STA
118258	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
118258	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68375	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	-	degradation	from API ID32STA
22979	27941 ChEBI	pullulan	-	builds acid from
68381	27941 ChEBI	pullulan	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
22979	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from
68381	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68375	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
22979	33942 ChEBI	ribose	-	builds acid from
22979	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from
68381	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
22979	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from
68375	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68381	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
22979	33954 ChEBI	tagatose	-	builds acid from
22979	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from
68381	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68375	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68375	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	fermentation	from API ID32STA
68381	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68375	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API ID32STA

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Sensitivity conc.
68375	28368	novobiocin		1.8 µg	from API ID32STA

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
22979	15688 ChEBI	acetoin
68381	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	from API rID32STR
68375	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	from API ID32STA
118258	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
68381	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-	from API rID32STR
68375	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-	from API ID32STA
118258	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68381	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidase	+		from API rID32STR
118258	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
22979	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68381	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API rID32STR
68375	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API ID32STA
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
22979	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68381	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API rID32STR
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
22979	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6
68381	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API rID32STR
68375	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API ID32STA
22979	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
118258	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68381	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API rID32STR
68375	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API ID32STA
22979	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68375	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API ID32STA
68381	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API rID32STR
22979	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68381	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32STR
68375	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API ID32STA
22979	beta-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.25
68381	beta-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.25	from API rID32STR
22979	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
118258	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
22979	cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1
68382	esterase (C 4)	-		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
118258	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
22979	glycyl tryptophan arylamidase	-
68381	glycyl tryptophan arylamidase	-		from API rID32STR
68375	L-arginine arylamidase	+		from API ID32STA
68382	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
118258	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
22979	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68381	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API rID32STR
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
118258	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
68375	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	from API ID32STA
118258	oxidase	-
22979	pyroglutamic acid arylamidase	-
68381	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API rID32STR
68375	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API ID32STA
22979	tripeptide aminopeptidase	-	3.4.11.4
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
22979	urease	-	3.5.1.5
118258	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68381	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32STR
68375	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API ID32STA
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	butanoate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	93.33	14 of 15
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	90.91	10 of 11
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	81.82	18 of 22
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	81.25	13 of 16
66794	starch degradation	80	8 of 10
66794	threonine metabolism	80	8 of 10
66794	photosynthesis	78.57	11 of 14
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	NAD metabolism	72.22	13 of 18
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	glycolysis	64.71	11 of 17
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	62.5	5 of 8
66794	glycogen metabolism	60	3 of 5
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
66794	serine metabolism	55.56	5 of 9
66794	purine metabolism	55.32	52 of 94
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	54.95	50 of 91
66794	proline metabolism	54.55	6 of 11
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	51.11	23 of 45
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	50	2 of 4
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	50	3 of 6
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	50	1 of 2
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	46.15	6 of 13
66794	non-pathway related	44.74	17 of 38
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	44.44	4 of 9
66794	d-mannose degradation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	citric acid cycle	42.86	6 of 14
66794	mevalonate metabolism	42.86	3 of 7
66794	methionine metabolism	42.31	11 of 26
66794	lipid metabolism	41.94	13 of 31
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	40	2 of 5
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	39.29	11 of 28
66794	alanine metabolism	37.93	11 of 29
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	37.5	3 of 8
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
66794	isoleucine metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	36.36	4 of 11
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	35.71	5 of 14
66794	degradation of pentoses	35.71	10 of 28
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	octane oxidation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	allantoin degradation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	cysteine metabolism	33.33	6 of 18
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	33.33	4 of 12
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	sulfate reduction	30.77	4 of 13
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	30.77	8 of 26
66794	glycine metabolism	30	3 of 10
66794	arginine metabolism	29.17	7 of 24
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	28.57	2 of 7
66794	propanol degradation	28.57	2 of 7
66794	degradation of hexoses	27.78	5 of 18
66794	histidine metabolism	27.59	8 of 29
66794	ascorbate metabolism	27.27	6 of 22
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	27.27	3 of 11
66794	flavin biosynthesis	26.67	4 of 15
66794	tryptophan metabolism	26.32	10 of 38
66794	lysine metabolism	26.19	11 of 42
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	gluconeogenesis	25	2 of 8
66794	vitamin E metabolism	25	1 of 4
66794	urea cycle	23.08	3 of 13
66794	leucine metabolism	23.08	3 of 13
66794	valine metabolism	22.22	2 of 9
66794	nitrate assimilation	22.22	2 of 9
66794	glutathione metabolism	21.43	3 of 14
66794	tyrosine metabolism	21.43	3 of 14

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
118258	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

API ID32STA

@ref	URE	ADH (Arg)	ODC	ESC	GLU	FRU	MNE	MAL	LAC	TRE	MAN	RAF	RIB	CEL	Reduction of nitrateNIT	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	beta GAL	L-arginine arylamidaseArgA	PAL	Pyrrolidonyl arylamidasePyrA	NOVO	SAC	NAG	TUR	ARA	beta GUR
49410	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API rID32STR

@ref	ADH (Arg)	beta GLU	beta GAR	beta GUR	alpha GAL	PAL	RIB	MAN	SOR	LAC	TRE	RAF	SAC	LARA	DARL	Acid from alpha-cyclodextrinCDEX	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidaseAPPA	beta GAL	Pyrrolidonyl arylamidasePyrA	N-Acetyl-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	Glycyl-tryptophan arylamidaseGTA	HIP	GLYG	PUL	MAL	MEL	MLZ	Acidification of methyl beta-D-glucopyranosideMbeta DG	TAG	beta MAN	URE
6123	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
118258	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host Body-Site	#Urogenital tract	#Vagina
#Host	#Human	#Female

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
6123	human vagina	Seattle	USA	USA	North America
49410	Human vagina	Seattle	USA	USA	North America
67770	Human vagina
118258	Human, Vagina	Seattle, Washington	United States of America	USA	North America	1991

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence LC589208 (>99% sequence identity) for Aerococcus christensenii subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	1099
Soil Samples	773
Animal Samples	30254
Plant Samples	163
Total Samples	32289

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
6123	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
118258		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	ASM154310v1 assembly for Aerococcus christensenii CCUG28831	complete	GCA_001543105	87541.3	2687453475	87541	88.56
67770	DSM15819v1.0 assembly for Aerococcus christensenii DSM 15819 = CCUG 28831	contig	GCA_001466745	525247.5	2728369595	525247	59.51

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Aerococcus christensenii strain CCUG 28831 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, partial sequence	JN977130	212	87541
6123	Aerococcus christensenii 16S ribosomal RNA	Y17005	1451	87541
67770	Aerococcus christensenii JCM 18985 gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	LC589208	1485	87541

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
6123	38.5
6123	39.8	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
67770	38.5	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Aerococcus christensenii CCUG28831
NCBI: GCA_001543105

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	93.50	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	89.30	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	98.50	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	99.30	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Aerococcus christensenii CCUG28831
NCBI: GCA_001543105.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	89.22	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	66.57	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	96.77	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	86.00	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	93.53	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	93.98	yes

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Genome sequence of Pyrococcus woesei DSM 3773^T-an anaerobic, hyperthermophilic archaeum from heated marine solfataras.	Drew S, St John E, Bartlett M.	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/mra.00528-25	2025
Enzymology	Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Glycoconjugates by Transgalactosylation with Recombinant Thermostable beta-Glycosidase from Pyrococcus.	Henze M, Merker D, Elling L.	Int J Mol Sci	10.3390/ijms17020210	2016
	The Evaluation of the Effects of Two Probiotic Strains on the Oral Ecosystem: A Randomized Clinical Trial.	Volgenant CMC, van der Waal SV, Brandt BW, Buijs MJ, van der Veen MH, Rosema NAM, Fiebich BL, Rose T, Schmitter T, Gajfulin M, Crielaard W, Zaura E.	Front Oral Health	10.3389/froh.2022.825017	2022
Phylogeny	PAV1, the first virus-like particle isolated from a hyperthermophilic euryarchaeote, "Pyrococcus abyssi".	Geslin C, Le Romancer M, Erauso G, Gaillard M, Perrot G, Prieur D.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.185.13.3888-3894.2003	2003
Genetics	Complete Genome Sequences of Aerococcus christensenii CCUG 28831T, Aerococcus sanguinicola CCUG 43001T, Aerococcus urinae CCUG 36881T, Aerococcus urinaeequi CCUG 28094T, Aerococcus urinaehominis CCUG 42038 BT, and Aerococcus viridans CCUG 4311T.	Carkaci D, Dargis R, Nielsen XC, Skovgaard O, Fuursted K, Christensen JJ	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomeA.00302-16	2016
Phylogeny	Aerococcus christensenii sp. nov., from the human vagina.	Collins MD, Jovita MR, Hutson RA, Ohlen M, Falsen E	Int J Syst Bacteriol	10.1099/00207713-49-3-1125	1999

References

#6123	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 15819
#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 )
#22979	Matthew D. Collins,Mar Rodriguez Jovita,Roger A. Hutson,Maria Ohlén,Enevold Falsen: Aerococcus christensenii sp. nov., from the human vagina. IJSEM 49: 1125 - 1128 1999 ( DOI 10.1099/00207713-49-3-1125 , PubMed 10425770 )
#36412	; Curators of the CIP;
#49410	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 28831
#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) .
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68375	Automatically annotated from API ID32STA .
#68381	Automatically annotated from API rID32STR .
#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 .
#118258	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 106115
#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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Aerococcus christensenii (DSM 15819, CCM 4911, CCUG 28831)

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