Comamonas testosteroni (DSM 30032, ATCC 25094, N)

Name: Comamonas testosteroni (DSM 30032, ATCC 25094, N)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 2920

Type strain

Strain Designation N

Culture col. no. DSM 30032 ATCC 25094 N

NCBI tax ID(s) 285

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- ATCC <- A. Meister, strain N deposited as Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. faecalis

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Comamonas testosteroni N is a bacterium of the family Comamonadaceae.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 38348

ATCC 25094,DSM 30032,BCRC 11585,CCRC 11585

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:25:35

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Betaproteobacteria

Order Burkholderiales

Family Comamonadaceae

Genus Comamonas

Species Comamonas testosteroni

Full scientific name Comamonas testosteroni (Marcus and Talalay 1956) Tamaoka et al. 1987

Synonyms (1)

Pseudomonas testosteroni

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Comamonas testosteroni** (37)	Type strain
2923	C. testosteroni DSM 50244, ATCC 11996, ICPB 2741-78, NCIB ... (type strain)
2910	C. testosteroni R-10-Z, DSM 1455, IAM 1152, JCM 20077, ATCC ...
2911	C. testosteroni 11, DSM 1622
2912	C. testosteroni DSM 38, ATCC 17454, NCIB 8893, JCM 6223, ...
2913	C. testosteroni T-2, DSM 6577
2914	C. testosteroni 31A, DSM 6781
2915	C. testosteroni RW31, DSM 7300
2916	C. testosteroni PSB-4, DSM 11414
2917	C. testosteroni wtT-2, DSM 12678
2918	C. testosteroni KF1, DSM 14576
2919	C. testosteroni SPB-2, DSM 14802
2921	C. testosteroni 31, DSM 50241, ATCC 15666, ICPB 2738-16, ...
2922	C. testosteroni DSM 50242, ATCC 17407, ICPB 2739-25
23869	C. testosteroni DSM 50429, ATCC 14836, ICPB 2882, NRRL B-963
137962	C. testosteroni 292-86, CIP 102318
138173	C. testosteroni FD-30, CIP 105116, CCUG 14480, ATCC 17510, ...
141203	C. testosteroni CCUG 178 A
141361	C. testosteroni CCUG 1188
142853	C. testosteroni CCUG 15339, ATCC 17409, LMG 1788, JCM 6222, ...
152763	C. testosteroni CCUG 47564
155708	C. testosteroni CCUG 59100
160885	C. testosteroni JCM 10170
161299	C. testosteroni JCM 13048, ATCC 15667, CCUG 14479, IAM 12408, ...
162570	C. testosteroni JCM 19603, NBRC 109938
162958	C. testosteroni JCM 20558, ATCC 15667, CCUG 14479, IAM 12408, ...
165359	C. testosteroni JCM 6204, BCRC 10956, IAM 1048, IFO 12047, ...
165360	C. testosteroni JCM 6205, IAM 1123
165361	C. testosteroni JCM 6206, IAM 1176, IAM 14425
165363	C. testosteroni JCM 6209, IAM 14424
165364	C. testosteroni JCM 6210
165372	C. testosteroni JCM 6225, IAM 14427
165373	C. testosteroni JCM 6226, IAM 14428
165374	C. testosteroni JCM 6227, IAM 14429
165375	C. testosteroni JCM 6228, IAM 14430
165376	C. testosteroni JCM 6229, IAM 14431
165377	C. testosteroni JCM 6231
165379	C. testosteroni JCM 6233

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
9094	R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casamino acids 0.5 g/l Starch 0.5 g/l Glucose 0.5 g/l Proteose peptone 0.5 g/l Yeast extract 0.5 g/l K2HPO4 0.3 g/l Na-pyruvate 0.3 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.05 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
9094	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Compound production

9094

Compoundaspartate decarboxylase

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	+	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
68369	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API 20NE
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API 20NE

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API 20NE

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68369	arginine dihydrolase	+	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68369	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
68369	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1	from API 20NE
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
68369	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE

API 20NE

@ref	Reduction of nitratesNO3	TRP	GLU_ Ferm	ADH (Arg)	URE	ESC	GEL	PNPG	GLU_ Assim	ARA	MNE	MAN	NAG	MAL	GNT	CAP	ADI	MLT	CIT	PAC	OX
9094	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
9094	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#9094	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 30032
#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 )
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#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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