Comamonas odontotermitis (DSM 22023, BCRC 17576, LMG 23579)

Name: Comamonas odontotermitis (DSM 22023, BCRC 17576, LMG 23579)
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BacDive ID 2936

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 22023 BCRC 17576 LMG 23579 Dant 3-8

NCBI tax ID(s) 379895

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Comamonas odontotermitis DSM 22023 is an aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-negative prokaryote that forms circular colonies and was isolated from gut of the termite Odontotermes formosanus .

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped colony-forming aerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 290800

LMG 23579,BCRC 17576,CCRC 17576,DSM 22023

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:47:25

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Betaproteobacteria

Order Burkholderiales

Family Comamonadaceae

Genus Comamonas

Species Comamonas odontotermitis

Full scientific name Comamonas odontotermitis Chou et al. 2007

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Motility
23081	negative	2.0-2.5 µm	0.5-1.0 µm	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony size	Colony color	Colony shape	Incubation period	Medium used
23081	1.5-3.0 mm	semi-transparent	circular	2 days	nutrient agar

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
16039	TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Distilled water
23081	Nutrient agar (NA)

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
16039	positive	growth	28	mesophilic
23081	positive	growth	15.0-37.0
23081	positive	optimum	28.0-35.0	mesophilic

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH
23081	positive	optimum	7.0
23081	positive	growth	6.0-9.0

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

23081

Oxygen toleranceaerobe

Spore formation

23081

Spore formationno

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Tested relation	Concentration
23081	NaCl	optimum	0.0-1.0 %
23081	NaCl	growth	0.0-2.0 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
23081	17521 ChEBI	(-)-quinic acid	-	oxidation
23081	62064 ChEBI	2,3-butanediol	-	oxidation
23081	64552 ChEBI	2-hydroxybutyrate	+	oxidation
23081	16763 ChEBI	2-oxobutanoate	+	oxidation
23081	30916 ChEBI	2-oxoglutarate	+	oxidation
23081	28644 ChEBI	2-oxopentanoate	+	oxidation
23081	37054 ChEBI	3-hydroxybutyrate	+	oxidation
23081	18240 ChEBI	4-hydroxy-L-proline	+	oxidation
23081	16724 ChEBI	4-hydroxybutyrate	+	oxidation
23081	18101 ChEBI	4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid	-	oxidation
23081	30089 ChEBI	acetate	+	oxidation
23081	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	growth
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
23081	40585 ChEBI	alpha-cyclodextrin	-	oxidation
23081	17925 ChEBI	alpha-D-glucose	-	oxidation
23081	36219 ChEBI	alpha-lactose	-	oxidation
23081	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from
23081	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	-	builds acid from
23081	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	-	growth
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
23081	73706 ChEBI	bromosuccinate	+	oxidation
23081	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	oxidation
23081	16383 ChEBI	cis-aconitate	-	oxidation
23081	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	growth
23081	15570 ChEBI	D-alanine	+	oxidation
23081	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	oxidation
23081	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	oxidation
23081	15895 ChEBI	D-galactonic acid lactone	-	oxidation
23081	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	-	oxidation
23081	18024 ChEBI	D-galacturonic acid	-	oxidation
23081	30612 ChEBI	D-glucarate	-	oxidation
23081	17784 ChEBI	D-glucosaminic acid	-	oxidation
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
23081	14314 ChEBI	D-glucose 6-phosphate	-	oxidation
68369	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
23081	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	oxidation
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
23081	27605 ChEBI	D-psicose	-	oxidation
23081	16523 ChEBI	D-serine	-	oxidation
23081	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	oxidation
23081	16551 ChEBI	D-trehalose	-	oxidation
23081	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	growth
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
23081	23652 ChEBI	dextrin	-	oxidation
23081	17126 ChEBI	DL-carnitine	-	oxidation
23081	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	oxidation
23081	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
23081	16000 ChEBI	ethanolamine	-	oxidation
23081	15740 ChEBI	formate	+	oxidation
23081	16865 ChEBI	gamma-aminobutyric acid	-	oxidation
23081	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
23081	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	oxidation
23081	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	growth
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
23081	17234 ChEBI	glucose	-	builds acid from
23081	17234 ChEBI	glucose	-	fermentation
23081	17234 ChEBI	glucose	-	growth
23081	29042 ChEBI	glucose 1-phosphate	-	oxidation
23081	32323 ChEBI	glucuronamide	-	oxidation
23081	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	oxidation
23081	14336 ChEBI	glycerol 1-phosphate	-	oxidation
23081	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	+	oxidation
23081	73804 ChEBI	glycyl L-aspartic acid	+	oxidation
23081	73784 ChEBI	glycyl-l-glutamate	+	oxidation
23081	17596 ChEBI	inosine	-	oxidation
23081	17240 ChEBI	itaconate	-	oxidation
23081	21217 ChEBI	L-alaninamide	-	oxidation
23081	16977 ChEBI	L-alanine	+	oxidation
23081	73786 ChEBI	L-alanylglycine	+	oxidation
23081	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	oxidation
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
23081	17196 ChEBI	L-asparagine	+	oxidation
23081	29991 ChEBI	L-aspartate	+	oxidation
23081	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	oxidation
23081	15971 ChEBI	L-histidine	-	oxidation
23081	15603 ChEBI	L-leucine	+	oxidation
23081	15729 ChEBI	L-ornithine	+	oxidation
23081	17295 ChEBI	L-phenylalanine	+	oxidation
23081		L-proline-4-nitroanilide	+	oxidation
23081	18183 ChEBI	L-pyroglutamic acid	+	oxidation
23081	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	oxidation
23081	17115 ChEBI	L-serine	-	oxidation
23081	16857 ChEBI	L-threonine	+	oxidation
23081	24996 ChEBI	lactate	+	oxidation
23081	6359 ChEBI	lactulose	-	oxidation
23081	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	growth
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
23081	15792 ChEBI	malonate	-	oxidation
23081	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	growth
23081	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	oxidation
68369	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
23081	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	-	builds acid from
23081	37684 ChEBI	mannose	-	growth
23081	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from
23081	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	oxidation
23081	320055 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	-	oxidation
23081	51850 ChEBI	methyl pyruvate	+	oxidation
23081	75146 ChEBI	monomethyl succinate	+	oxidation
23081	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from
23081	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	oxidation
23081	28037 ChEBI	N-acetylgalactosamine	-	oxidation
23081	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	growth
23081	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	oxidation
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
23081	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API 20NE
23081		O-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactopyranosid	-	hydrolysis
23081	18401 ChEBI	phenylacetate	+	growth
23081	50048 ChEBI	phenylethylamine	-	oxidation
23081	17272 ChEBI	propionate	+	oxidation
23081	17148 ChEBI	putrescine	-	oxidation
23081	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	oxidation
23081	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	-	builds acid from
23081	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	oxidation
23081	41865 ChEBI	sebacic acid	+	oxidation
23081	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from
23081	143136 ChEBI	succinamate	+	oxidation
23081	30031 ChEBI	succinate	+	oxidation
23081	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from
23081	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	oxidation
23081	17748 ChEBI	thymidine	-	oxidation
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
23081	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	oxidation
23081	53423 ChEBI	tween 40	+	oxidation
23081	53426 ChEBI	tween 80	+	oxidation
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
23081	16704 ChEBI	uridine	-	oxidation
23081	27248 ChEBI	urocanic acid	-	oxidation
23081	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	oxidation

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Metabolite
23081	28971	ampicillin
23081	17698	chloramphenicol
23081	17833	gentamicin
23081	6104	kanamycin
23081	100147	nalidixic acid
23081	28368	novobiocin
23081	18208	penicillin g
23081	28077	rifampicin
23081	17076	streptomycin
23081	27902	tetracycline

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
23081	15688 ChEBI	acetoin
23081	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide
23081	35581 ChEBI	indole
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	from API 20NE

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
23081	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
23081	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
23081	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1
23081	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1
23081	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51
23081	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22
23081	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20
23081	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24
23081	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
23081	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
23081	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21
68369	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
23081	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31
23081	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
23081	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3
23081	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
68369	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1	from API 20NE
23081	esterase (C 4)	+
23081	esterase lipase (C 8)	+
23081	gelatinase	-
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
23081	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1
23081	lipase (C 14)	-
23081	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
23081	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52
23081	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
23081	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
23081	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4
23081	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1
23081	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE
23081	valine arylamidase	+

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
16039	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host Body-Site	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Stomach
#Host	#Plants	#Decomposing plant
#Host	#Arthropoda	#Insecta
#Host	#Plants	#Herbaceous plants (Grass,Crops)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
16039	gut of the termite Odontotermes formosanus (Shiraki)	Odontotermes formosanus	southern Taiwan, Pingtung County	Taiwan, Province of China	TWN	Asia
23081	the gut of termites collected from a decayed bamboo tree located

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
16039	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM4274896v1 assembly for Comamonas odontotermitis Dant 3-8	scaffold	GCA_042748965	379895	34.66

Genome browser: GCA_042748965

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
16039	Comamonas odontotermitis strain Dant 3-8 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	DQ453128	1453		379895

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)
16039	61.6
23081	61.6

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Soil-dwelling Naegleria enhances plant performance by stimulating beneficial bacterial functions in the rhizosphere.	Yue Y, Xu Z, Wang Y, Liu C, Sun S, Ren X, Lv Q, Liu J, Dini-Andreote F, Xiong W, Shen Q.	Nat Commun	10.1038/s41467-025-64139-x	2025
Design and experimental validation of an optimized microalgae-bacteria consortium for the bioremediation of glyphosate in continuous photobioreactors.	Borella L, Novello G, Gasparotto M, Renella G, Roverso M, Bogialli S, Filippini F, Sforza E.	J Hazard Mater	10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129921	2023
Metabolic interactions affect the biomass of synthetic bacterial biofilm communities.	Sun X, Xie J, Zheng D, Xia R, Wang W, Xun W, Huang Q, Zhang R, Kovacs AT, Xu Z, Shen Q.	mSystems	10.1128/msystems.01045-23	2023
Species-specific Microorganisms in Acid-tolerant Chironomus Larvae Reared in a Neutral pH Range under Laboratory Conditions: Single Dataset Analysis.	Fujii S, Kawai K, Sambongi Y, Wakai S.	Microbes Environ	10.1264/jsme2.me23029	2023
Health effects of herbicides and its current removal strategies.	Mohd Ghazi R, Nik Yusoff NR, Abdul Halim NS, Wahab IRA, Ab Latif N, Hasmoni SH, Ahmad Zaini MA, Zakaria ZA.	Bioengineered	10.1080/21655979.2023.2259526	2023
Genomic Analysis of Carbapenem-Resistant Comamonas in Water Matrices: Implications for Public Health and Wastewater Treatments.	Hem S, Wyrsch ER, Drigo B, Baker DJ, Charles IG, Donner E, Jarocki VM, Djordjevic SP.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.00646-22	2022
Macroporous Silicone Chips for Decoding Microbial Dark Matter in Environmental Microbiomes.	Zoheir AE, Meisch L, Martin MV, Bickmann C, Kiselev A, Lenk F, Kaster AK, Rabe KS, Niemeyer CM.	ACS Appl Mater Interfaces	10.1021/acsami.2c15470	2022
Comamonas trifloxystrobinivorans sp. nov., encoding a novel esterase responsible for the degradation of trifloxystrobin.	Zhu Q, Wei K, Pan K, Li Q, Zhu W, Zhang M, Hong Q.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006796	2025
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
Description of Comamonas serinivorans sp. nov., isolated from wheat straw compost.	Zhu D, Xie C, Huang Y, Sun J, Zhang W	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.066688-0	2014
Comamonas guangdongensis sp. nov., isolated from subterranean forest sediment, and emended description of the genus Comamonas.	Zhang J, Wang Y, Zhou S, Wu C, He J, Li F	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.040188-0	2012
Comamonas granuli sp. nov., isolated from granules used in a wastewater treatment plant.	Kim KH, Ten LN, Liu QM, Im WT, Lee ST	J Microbiol	10.1007/s12275-008-0019-0	2008
Comamonas composti sp. nov., isolated from food waste compost.	Young CC, Chou JH, Arun AB, Yen WS, Sheu SY, Shen FT, Lai WA, Rekha PD, Chen WM	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.65277-0	2008
Comamonas odontotermitis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the termite Odontotermes formosanus.	Chou JH, Sheu SY, Lin KY, Chen WM, Arun AB, Young CC	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.64551-0	2007

References

#16039	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 22023
#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 )
#23081	Jui-Hsing Chou,Shih-Yi Sheu,Kuan-Yin Lin,Wen-Ming Chen,A. B. Arun,Chiu-Chung Young: Comamonas odontotermitis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the termite Odontotermes formosanus. IJSEM 57: 887 - 891 2007 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.64551-0 , PubMed 17392226 )
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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 odontotermitis (DSM 22023, BCRC 17576, LMG 23579)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API 20NE

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_042748965

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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