Name: Comamonas testosteroni DSM 38
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 2912

Type strain:

Species: Comamonas testosteroni

Culture col. no.: DSM 38, ATCC 17454, NCIB 8893, JCM 6223, IAM 14426, NCIMB 8893

Strain history: J. Tamaoka KS 0103 <-- NCIB 8893 <-- S. Dagley.

NCBI tax ID(s): 285 (species)

SI-ID 47043

DSM 38, ATCC 17454, NCIB 8893, JCM 6223, IAM 14426, NCIMB 8893, LMD 86.52, NCCB 86052

Special Collections

DSMZ
JCM

Other strains from Comamonas testosteroni

Section

Comamonas testosteroni DSM 38 is a human pathogen of the family Comamonadaceae.

human pathogen
16S sequence
Bacteria

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Pseudomonadota*
	Class	*Betaproteobacteria*
	Order	*Burkholderiales*
	Family	*Comamonadaceae*
	Genus	*Comamonas*
	Species	**Comamonas testosteroni**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Comamonas testosteroni (Marcus and Talalay 1956) Tamaoka et al. 1987

Synonym

Pseudomonas testosteroni

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

[Ref.: #2037]

Culture medium

REACTIVATION WITH LIQUID MEDIUM 1 (DSMZ Medium 1a)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #2037]			growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #67770]			growth	30 °C

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #2037]	Name of produced compound	alpha hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
[Ref.: #2037]	Name of produced compound	ß hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
[Ref.: #2037]	Name of produced compound	protocatechuate 4,5-oxygenase

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Observation

quinones: Q-8

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #68369]	adipate ChEBI	+	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	arginine ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	D-glucose ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	D-glucose ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	D-mannitol ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	D-mannose ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	decanoate ChEBI	+	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	esculin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	gelatin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	gluconate ChEBI	+	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	L-arabinose ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	malate ChEBI	+	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	maltose ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	N-acetylglucosamine ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	tryptophan ChEBI	-	energy source	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	urea ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20NE
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	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #68369]		indole ChEBI	no	* from API 20NE

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Indole test
[Ref.: #68369]		indole ChEBI	-	* from API 20NE

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68369]	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	gelatinase	-		* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	urease	-	3.5.1.5	* from API 20NE

API® 20NE:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	Reduction of nitratesNO3	Indole productionTRP	Fermentation of D-glucoseGLU_ Ferm	Arginine dihydrolaseADH (Arg)	Urease/urea hydrolysisURE	Esculin hydrolysis/beta-GlucosidaseESC	Gelatinase/gelatin hydrolysisGEL	beta-GalactosidasePNPG	Assimilation of D-glucoseGLU_ Assim	Assimilation of L-arabinoseARA	Assimilation of D-mannoseMNE	Assimilation of D-mannitolMAN	Assimilation of N-acetyl-glucosamineNAG	Assimilation of maltoseMAL	Assimilation of gluconateGNT	Assimilation of capric acidCAP	Assimilation adipic acidADI	Assimilation of malic acidMLT	Assimilation of citric acidCIT	Assimilation of phenyl-acetic acidPAC	Cytochrome oxidaseOX
[Ref.: #2037]	23159	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	+

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #69479]

Global distribution of 16S sequence LC379085 (>99% sequence identity) for Comamonas from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	17183
Soil Samples	5571
Animal Samples	18603
Plant Samples	3851
Total Samples	45208

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

[Ref.: #2037]	Pathogenicity (human)	yes, in single cases
[Ref.: #2037]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #67770]	Comamonas testosteroni gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 6223	LC379085	1455	GenBank ENA	285 tax ID

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GC-content

61.7 mol%

high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Availability in culture collections External links

[Ref.: #2037]

Culture collection no.

DSM 38, ATCC 17454, NCIB 8893, JCM 6223, IAM 14426, NCIMB 8893

[Ref.: #72435]

SI-ID 47043

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Impact of membrane fatty acid composition on the uncoupling sensitivity of the energy conservation of Comamonas testosteroni ATCC 17454.	Loffhagen N, Hartig C, Harms H	Appl Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s00253-005-0104-9	2005	*
Enzymology	Energization of Comamonas testosteroni ATCC 17454 for indicating toxic effects of chlorophenoxy herbicides.	Loffhagen N, Hartig C, Babel W	Arch Environ Contam Toxicol	10.1007/s00244-003-2142-6	2003	*
Enzymology	Characterization of a 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/carbonyl reductase from the gram-negative bacterium Comamonas testosteroni.	Oppermann UC, Maser E	Eur J Biochem	10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00744.x	1996	*

References

#2037

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 38

#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 )

#67770 Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;

#68369

Automatically annotated from API 20NE .

#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 .

#72435

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID47043.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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