Enterococcus hirae (DSM 27815, Eh61)

Name: Enterococcus hirae (DSM 27815, Eh61)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 24003

Type strain

Strain Designation Eh61

Culture col. no. DSM 27815 Eh61

NCBI tax ID(s) 1354

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- V. Savini, Microbiology P.O. Pescara, Italy; Eh61

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Enterococcus hirae Eh61 is a microaerophile human pathogen that was isolated from human umbilican cord blood.

microaerophile human pathogen genome sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 406311

DSM 27815

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:30:32

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Lactobacillales

Family Enterococcaceae

Genus Enterococcus

Species Enterococcus hirae

Full scientific name Enterococcus hirae Farrow and Collins 1985

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Enterococcus hirae** (24)	Type strain
5316	E. hirae DSM 20160, ATCC 8043, CCM 2423, CCUG 18659, ... (type strain)
5315	E. hirae M 19, CCUG 32258, NCIMB 8192, CCM 4533, DSM ...
130947	E. hirae SB, DSM 28619
135287	E. hirae AmMS 206, CIP 103564, ATCC 49135
143533	E. hirae CCUG 19908 B
145498	E. hirae CCUG 28689
145499	E. hirae CCUG 28690
147232	E. hirae CCUG 33114
149096	E. hirae CCUG 36850
149488	E. hirae CCUG 37829
150911	E. hirae CCUG 42698
152368	E. hirae CCUG 46536
152713	E. hirae CCUG 47453
153938	E. hirae CCUG 51711
154368	E. hirae CCUG 53265
154549	E. hirae CCUG 54371
155618	E. hirae CCUG 58425
158938	E. hirae WCA-386-APC-3D, DSM 100949
160038	E. hirae Cla-CZ-137, DSM 109134
165943	E. hirae JCM 8717
165944	E. hirae JCM 8718
165945	E. hirae JCM 8719
165946	E. hirae JCM 8720
174436	E. hirae 114598, DSM 114598

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125438	positive	91.44

Colony morphology

@ref	Type of hemolysis	Hemolysis ability	Incubation period
20957	gamma	0	1-2 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
20957	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
20957	TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Yeast extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
20957	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
20957	microaerophile
125439	obligate aerobe	93.384

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68381	40585 ChEBI	alpha-cyclodextrin	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	29016 ChEBI	arginine	+	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68381	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68381	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	320055 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	27941 ChEBI	pullulan	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68381	15688 ChEBI	acetoin		from API rID32STR

Metabolite tests

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

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68381	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API rID32STR
68381	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22	from API rID32STR
68381	arginine dihydrolase	+	3.5.3.6	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32STR
20957	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
20957	cytochrome-c oxidase	-	1.9.3.1
68381	glycyl tryptophan arylamidase	+		from API rID32STR
68381	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API rID32STR
68381	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	+	3.4.19.3	from API rID32STR
68381	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32STR

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
20957	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+/-	-
20957	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	+/-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Human	-
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	#Blood

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
20957	human umbilican cord blood	Homo sapiens	Pescara	Italy	ITA	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
20957			2	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM1672712v1 assembly for Enterococcus hirae FDAARGOS_1124	complete	GCA_016727125	1354.360	1354	97.62

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM1672712v1 assembly for Enterococcus hirae FDAARGOS_1124
NCBI: GCA_016727125

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	93.38	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	56.74	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	variable	55.63	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	57.53	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Enterococcus hirae strain FDAARGOS_1124 strain Not applicable
PATRIC: 1354.360

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	91.44	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	87.23	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	80.74	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	95.40	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	97.00	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	89.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Enterococcus hirae: a zoonotic microorganism in human umbilical cord blood.	Savini V, Bonfini T, Marrollo R, Argentieri AV, Riccioni S, Astolfi D, Fazii P, D'Antonio D, Gherardi G	World J Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s11274-013-1537-4	2013

References

#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 )
#20957	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 27815
#68381	Automatically annotated from API rID32STR .
#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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Enterococcus hirae (DSM 27815, Eh61)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API rID32STR

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_016727125

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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