Comamonas aquatica (DSM 9155, ATCC 11330, CCUG 17395)

Name: Comamonas aquatica (DSM 9155, ATCC 11330, CCUG 17395)
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BacDive ID 2928

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 9155 ATCC 11330 CCUG 17395 LMG 2370 CIP 107986 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 225991 2708318

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG Literature strains CIP

History DSMZ <- ATCC <- A. J. Kluyver CIP <- 2003, CCUG <- 1984, K. Kersters, LMG, Gent, Belgium <- 1981, ATCC <- A.J. Kluyver

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Comamonas aquatica DSM 9155 is an aerobe, Gram-negative, motile bacterium that was isolated from Environment, Freshwater.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped aerobe 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 2019

LMG 2370,ATCC 11330,CCUG 15845,CCUG 17395,DSM 9155,IFO 14918,CIP 107986,NBRC 14918

@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 aquatica

Full scientific name Comamonas aquatica (Hylemon et al. 1973) Wauters et al. 2003

Synonyms (1)

Aquaspirillum aquaticum

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Comamonas aquatica** (6)	Type strain
138445	C. aquatica CIP 54.99
141365	C. aquatica CCUG 1192, LMG 5937
141528	C. aquatica CCUG 2632, LMG 6162
141917	C. aquatica CCUG 8404, LMG 6163
142877	C. aquatica CCUG 15504, LMG 6112
142973	C. aquatica CCUG 15988 B, LMG 8917

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility	Flagellum arrangement
23079	negative	rod-shaped		lophotrichous
116430	negative	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony size	Incubation period	Medium used
23079	1.0-1.5 mm	1 day	blood agar

Pigmentation

@ref	Production	Name
116430		Pyocyanin

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
23079	blood agar
23079	tryptic soy agar and broth
36671	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
3491	NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water
116430	CIP Medium 328	Medium recipe at CIP
116430	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
3491	positive	growth	30
23079	positive	growth	30.0
23079	positive	growth	35.0
23079	positive	growth	40.0
23079	negative	growth	42.0
23079	negative	growth	44.0
36671	positive	growth	30
116430	positive	growth	5-41

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
23079	aerobe
116430	obligate aerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
116430	NaCl	positive	growth	0-2 %
116430	NaCl		growth	4 %
116430	NaCl		growth	6 %
116430	NaCl		growth	8 %
116430	NaCl		growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
23079	16193 ChEBI	3-hydroxybenzoate	-	growth
23079	37054 ChEBI	3-hydroxybutyrate	+	growth
23079	17879 ChEBI	4-hydroxybenzoate	+/-	growth
23079	30089 ChEBI	acetate	+	growth
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
23079	28938 ChEBI	ammonium	+	nitrogen source
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
23079	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	carbon source
116430	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
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
23079	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	+/-	growth
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
23079	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
116430	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
23079	30742 ChEBI	ethylene glycol	-	builds acid from
23079	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
23079	17240 ChEBI	itaconate	+	growth
23079	16977 ChEBI	L-alanine	-	growth
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
23079		L-proline-4-nitroanilide	+	growth
23079	24996 ChEBI	lactate	+	growth
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
23079	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
116430	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
116430	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API 20NE
23079	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
116430	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
23079	17272 ChEBI	propionate	+	growth
23079	9300 ChEBI	suberic acid	+	growth
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
23079	18186 ChEBI	tyrosine	-	hydrolysis
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
23079	31011 ChEBI	valerate	+	growth

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Group ID	Metabolite
116430			0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)
23079	37943	0	colistin
23079	50453	0	desferrioxamine

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
23079	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide
23079	35581 ChEBI	indole
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	from API 20NE
116430	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test	Citrate test
23079	16947 ChEBI	citrate		+
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	-		from API 20NE

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2	from API zym
116430	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
23079	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
116430	amylase	+
23079	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
116430	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68369	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
116430	caseinase	+	3.4.21.50
23079	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
116430	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
23079	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
68369	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1	from API 20NE
116430	DNase	+
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
116430	gelatinase	+/-
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
116430	lecithinase	+
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
116430	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
23079	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
116430	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
23079	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
116430	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
116430	oxidase	+
116430	protease	+
23079	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3
23079	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
116430	tryptophan deaminase	-
116430	tween esterase	+
23079	urease	-	3.5.1.5
116430	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

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
116430	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
3491	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+

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
116430	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

116430

Sample typeEnvironment, Freshwater

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AJ430344 (>99% sequence identity) for Comamonas aquatica from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	2457
Soil Samples	542
Animal Samples	4843
Plant Samples	190
Total Samples	8032

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
3491	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
116430	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Comamonas aquatica strain CIP 107986 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	EU024140	1316	225991
20218	Comamonas aquatica gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 14918	AB680704	1454	225991
23079	Comamonas aquatica partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain LMG 2370T	AJ430344	1345	225991

GC content

23079

GC-content (mol%)64.0

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Evaluation of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry in comparison to 16S rRNA gene sequencing for species identification of nonfermenting bacteria.	Mellmann A, Cloud J, Maier T, Keckevoet U, Ramminger I, Iwen P, Dunn J, Hall G, Wilson D, Lasala P, Kostrzewa M, Harmsen D.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.00157-08	2008
Enzymology	Intra-abdominal infections due to Comamonas kerstersii.	Almuzara MN, Cittadini R, Vera Ocampo C, Bakai R, Traglia G, Ramirez MS, del Castillo M, Vay CA.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.00659-13	2013
Phylogeny	Comamonas halotolerans sp. nov., isolated from the faecal sample of a zoo animal, Naemorhedus caudatus.	Park Y, Kim B, Min J, Park W.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006665	2025
Phylogeny	Bacterial Community Analysis on the Skin of Odorrana grahami and Proposal of Comamonas aquatica subsp. aquatica subsp. nov. and Comamonas aquatica subsp. rana subsp. nov.	Zhao X, Du Z, Chen J, Wang R, Zhou Y, Lai R	Curr Microbiol	10.1007/s00284-019-01648-1	2019
Phylogeny	Comamonas phosphati sp. nov., isolated from a phosphate mine.	Xie F, Ma H, Quan S, Liu D, Chen G	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.000742	2015
Phylogeny	Comamonas jiangduensis sp. nov., a biosurfactant-producing bacterium isolated from agricultural soil.	Sun LN, Zhang J, Chen Q, He J, Li QF, Li SP	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.045716-0	2012
Phylogeny	Comamonas zonglianii sp. nov., isolated from phenol-contaminated soil.	Yu XY, Li YF, Zheng JW, Li Y, Li L, He J, Li SP	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.019612-0	2010

References

#3491	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 9155
#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 )
#23079	Georges Wauters,Thierry De Baere,Anne Willems,Enevold Falsen,Mario Vaneechoutte: Description of Comamonas aquatica comb. nov. and Comamonas kerstersii sp. nov. for two subgroups of Comamonas terrigena and emended description of Comamonas terrigena. IJSEM 53: 859 - 862 2003 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.02450-0 , PubMed 12807213 )
#36671	; Curators of the CIP;
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#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 .
#116430	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 107986
#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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Comamonas aquatica (DSM 9155, ATCC 11330, CCUG 17395)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API 20NE

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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