Corynebacterium xerosis (CCUG 56051, CCM 2824, NCTC 11861)

Name: Corynebacterium xerosis (CCUG 56051, CCM 2824, NCTC 11861)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 3131

Type strain

Culture col. no. CCUG 56051 CCM 2824 NCTC 11861 CIP 100653 IFO 15287 13 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1223513 1725

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM KCTC CIP Wink compendium

History DSMZ <- ATCC <- J.G. Fitzgerald JCM <-- ATCC 373 <-- J. G. Fitzgerald. CIP <- 1984, ATCC <- J.G. Fitzgerald

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Corynebacterium xerosis CCUG 56051 is an aerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from ear discharge of child.

Gram-positive rod-shaped aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 13152

LMG 19544,ATCC 373,CCUG 27544,CIP 100653,NCTC 11861,JCM 1971,CCRC 14413,IFO 15287,CCM 2824,CECT 4160,KCTC 3435,IFO 16721,NBRC 15287,NBRC 16721,BCRC 14413,CNCTC 5697,CGMCC 1.1919,DSM 20743,CCUG 56051

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:25:38

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Corynebacteriaceae

Genus Corynebacterium

Species Corynebacterium xerosis

Full scientific name Corynebacterium xerosis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Lehmann and Neumann 1899 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

"Bacillus xerosis"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Corynebacterium xerosis** (18)	Type strain
3129	C. xerosis DSM 7176, ATCC 809
3130	C. xerosis DSM 20170, ATCC 7711, CCUG 45245, IAM 12431, ...
3132	C. xerosis WS 1869 AH1-1, DSM 43607
3133	C. xerosis K.132, DSM 44363, CCUG 39723
128378	C. xerosis STI10636, NCTC 7238
141239	C. xerosis CCUG 364
146535	C. xerosis CCUG 31385
147477	C. xerosis CCUG 33662
151985	C. xerosis CCUG 45431
154400	C. xerosis CCUG 53405
154401	C. xerosis CCUG 53406
154984	C. xerosis CCUG 55954
155281	C. xerosis CCUG 57194
155282	C. xerosis CCUG 57195
155283	C. xerosis CCUG 57196
155284	C. xerosis CCUG 57197
158921	C. xerosis BL-383-APC-2I, DSM 107249
161332	C. xerosis JCM 1325, CCM 1729, CECT 538, IAM 12583, ...

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility	Confidence
123976	positive	rod-shaped
125439	positive			94.913

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Incubation period	Medium used	Hemolysis ability
18458	Beige (1001)	10-14 days	ISP 2
18458	Light ivory (1015)	10-14 days	ISP 4
18458	Colorless	10-14 days	ISP 5
18458	Colorless	10-14 days	ISP 6
18458	Salmon orange (2012)	10-14 days	ISP 7
123976				0

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Forms multicellular complex	Medium name
18458		ISP 2
18458		ISP 4
18458		ISP 5
18458		ISP 6
18458		ISP 7

Multimedia

@ref:	9052
multimedia content:	DSM_20743.jpg
multimedia.multimedia content:	https://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/photos/DSM_20743.jpg
caption:	Medium 535a 37°C
intellectual property rights:	© Leibniz-Institut DSMZ
manual_annotation:	1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
18458	ISP 2		Name: ISP 2 / Yeast Malt Agar (5265); 5265 Composition Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Preparation: Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.0 Usage: Maintenance and Taxonomy Organisms: All Actinomycetes
18458	ISP 4		Name: ISP 4; DSM 547 Solution I: Difco soluble starch, 10.0 g. Make a paste of the starch with a small amount of cold distilled water and bring to a volume of 500 ml. Solution II: CaCO3 2.0 g K2HPO4 (anhydrous) 1.0 g MgSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g NaCl 1.0 g (NH4)2SO4 2.0 g Distilled water 500.0 ml Trace salt solution (see below) 1.0 ml The pH should be between 7.0 and 7.4. Do not adjust if it is within this range. Mix solutions I and II together. Add 20.0 g agar. Liquify agar by steaming at 100°C for 10 to 20 min. Trace element solution: FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.1 g ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g Distilled water 100.0 ml
18458	ISP 5		Name: ISP 5 (5323) Composition L-Asparagine 1.0 g/l Glycerol 10.0 g/l K2HPO4 1.0 g/l Salt solution (see preparation) 1.0 ml/l Agar 20.0 g/l Preparation: Salt solution 1.0 g FeSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g MnCl2 x 4 H2O 1.0 g ZNSO4 x 7 H2O in 100 ml water Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.2 Usage: Maintenance and taxonomy Organisms: All Actinomycetes
18458	ISP 6		Name: ISP 6 (5318) Composition Peptone 15.0 g/l Proteose peptose 5.0 g/l Ferric ammonium citrate 0.5 g/l Sodium glycerophosphate 1.0 g/l Sodium thiosulfate 0.08 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: Usage: Production of melanoid pigments Organisms: All Actinomycetes
18458	ISP 7		Name: ISP 7 (5322) Composition Glycerol 15.0 g/l L-Tyrosine 0.5 g/l L-Asparagine 1.0 g/l K2HPO4 0.5 g/l NaCl 0.5 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.01 g/l Trace element solution 5343 1.0 ml/l Agar 20.0 Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.3 Usage: Production of melanoid pigments Organisms: All Actinomycetes
9052	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
40238	MEDIUM 29- Brain heart agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Brain heart infusion agar (52.000 g)
123976	CIP Medium 29	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
9052	positive	growth	37
18458	positive	optimum	37
40238	positive	growth	30
60846	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37
123976	positive	growth	15-41
123976	negative	growth	10
123976	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
60846	aerobe
123976	facultative anaerobe
125439	facultative anaerobe	90.946

Compound production

9052

CompoundL aspartyl-L-phenylalanine esters

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
18458	NaCl	positive	maximum	10 %
123976	NaCl	positive	growth	0-4 %
123976	NaCl		growth	6 %
123976	NaCl		growth	8 %
123976	NaCl		growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
18458	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	+
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68368	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
18458	62968 ChEBI	cellulose	+/-
123976	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
68368	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	assimilation	from API 20E
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
123976	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
18458	28757 ChEBI	fructose	-
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68368	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
18458	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
123976	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	25094 ChEBI	lysine	-	degradation	from API 20E
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
18458	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	-
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
18458	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	+
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API Coryne
123976	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
123976	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API 20NE
123976	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68368	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	-	degradation	from API 20E
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
18458	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+/-
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
18458	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	+
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
18458	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68368	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20E
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68368	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
18458	18222 ChEBI	xylose	-

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	from API 20E
68368	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide	from API 20E
123976	35581 ChEBI	indole
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	from API 20NE
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole	from API 20E

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Indole test
123976	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+		from API 20E
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		-	from API 20NE
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole		-	from API 20E

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
123976	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
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
68379	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
123976	amylase	+
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68368	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20E
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
123976	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68379	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68368	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API 20E
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
123976	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
123976	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
123976	DNase	-
123976	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
123976	gelatinase	-
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
68368	gelatinase	+		from API 20E
123976	lecithinase	-
123976	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
123976	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68368	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18	from API 20E
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
123976	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
68368	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	from API 20E
123976	oxidase	-
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
68368	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API 20E
123976	tween esterase	-
123976	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68379	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE
68368	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API 20E
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

API 20E

@ref	ONPG	ADH (Arg)	LDC (Lys)	ODC	CIT	H2S productionH2S	URE	TDA (Trp)	IND	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	GEL	GLU	MAN	INO	Sor	RHA	SAC	MEL	AMY	ARA	OX	Nitrite productionNO2	Reduction to N2N2	MotilityMOB	Growth on MacConkey mediumMAC	OF-O	OF-F
18458	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.

API coryne

@ref	Reduction of nitrateNIT	PYZ	PYRA	PAL	beta GUR	beta GAL	alpha GLU	beta NAG	ESC	URE	GEL	Control fermentationControl	GLU	RIB	XYL	MAN	MAL	LAC	SAC	GLYG	CAT
18458	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	not determinedn.d.	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	not determinedn.d.
9052	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	not determinedn.d.

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
18458	not determinedn.d.	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-
9052	-	-	+/-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-
123976	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-
9052	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

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
9052	+	-	-	-	-	+/-	+/-	-	+/-	-	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	-	-	-	+/-	+/-	+/-	not determinedn.d.

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
123976	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
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Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Infection	#Patient	-
#Host Body-Site	#Organ	#Ear
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	-
#Host	#Human	#Child

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Sampling date	Isolation date
9052	ear discharge of child	Homo sapiens
60846	Human ear discharge,child	Homo sapiens	1924
67770	Ear discharge of a child	Homo sapiens
123976	Human, Child, ear discharge	Homo sapiens		1924

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence X84446 (>99% sequence identity) for Corynebacterium xerosis from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	698
Soil Samples	495
Animal Samples	5206
Plant Samples	121
Total Samples	6520

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
18458		2	German classification According to TRBA 466
9052	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
123976		2	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	Corynebacterium xerosis DSM 20743 Genome Sequencing	complete			2617270853	1725	99.8
67770	ASM155241v1 assembly for Corynebacterium xerosis NBRC 16721 = ATCC 373	contig	GCA_001552415	1223513.5	2690315859	1223513	76.18
66792	50256_C01 assembly for Clostridium paraputrificum NCTC11861	contig	GCA_900461265	29363.59	2811995212	29363	50.26
67770	ASM98823v1 assembly for Corynebacterium xerosis ATCC 373	contig	GCA_000988235	1725.5	2648501103	1725	8.84

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Corynebacterium xerosis small subunit ribosomal RNA sequence	M59058	1462	1725
20218	Corynebacterium xerosis ATCC 373 16S rRNA gene, partial sequence	U02895	313	1725
20218	C.xerosis 16S rRNA gene (ATCC 373T)	X81914	1317	1725
20218	Corynebacterium xerosis partial 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 20743	X84446	1488	1725
124043	Corynebacterium xerosis strain ATCC 373 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MW111201	606	1725
124043	Corynebacterium xerosis strain ATCC 373 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	OR240351	415	1725

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
9052	67.3
67770	71	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
67770	68	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
67770	67.3	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
67770	69.7	genome sequence analysis

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM155241v1 assembly for Corynebacterium xerosis NBRC 16721 = ATCC 373
BV-BRC: 1223513.5

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	90.95	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	94.91	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	86.06	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	85.61	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Use of quantitative 16S ribosomal DNA detection for diagnosis of central vascular catheter-associated bacterial infection.	Warwick S, Wilks M, Hennessy E, Powell-Tuck J, Small M, Sharp J, Millar MR.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.42.4.1402-1408.2004	2004
	Identification and Characterization of Corynaridin, a Novel Linaridin from Corynebacterium lactis.	Pashou E, Reich SJ, Reiter A, Weixler D, Eikmanns BJ, Oldiges M, Riedel CU, Goldbeck O.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.01756-22	2023
Phylogeny	Comparison of Actinobacteria communities from human-impacted and pristine karst caves.	Buresova-Faitova A, Kopecky J, Sagova-Mareckova M, Alonso L, Vautrin F, Moenne-Loccoz Y, Rodriguez-Nava V.	Microbiologyopen	10.1002/mbo3.1276	2022
	A persistent and diverse airway microbiota present during chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations.	Huang YJ, Kim E, Cox MJ, Brodie EL, Brown R, Wiener-Kronish JP, Lynch SV.	OMICS	10.1089/omi.2009.0100	2010
	[Impact of preservatives in topicals on the cutaneous microbiota].	Richter K, Wohlrab J.	Dermatologie (Heidelb)	10.1007/s00105-023-05112-x	2023
	Innovative Alkanediol-Based Eutectic Solvents for Extracting/Pre-Formulating Dermatologically Valuable Free Fatty Acids from Spirulina and Porphyridium Cakes.	Wils L, Yagmur M, Bellin N, Phelippe M, Chevalley A, Bodet C, Boudesocque-Delaye L.	Mar Drugs	10.3390/md22060281	2024
	Phylogenomic Reappraisal of Fatty Acid Biosynthesis, Mycolic Acid Biosynthesis and Clinical Relevance Among Members of the Genus Corynebacterium.	Dover LG, Thompson AR, Sutcliffe IC, Sangal V.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2021.802532	2021
	Essential Oils of Aromatic Plant Species from the Atlantic Rainforest Exhibit Extensive Chemical Diversity and Antimicrobial Activity.	Perigo CV, Haber LL, Facanali R, Vieira MAR, Torres RB, Bernacci LC, Guimaraes EF, Baitello JB, Sobral MEG, Quecini V, Marques MOM.	Antibiotics (Basel)	10.3390/antibiotics11121844	2022
	Targeted and high-throughput gene knockdown in diverse bacteria using synthetic sRNAs.	Cho JS, Yang D, Prabowo CPS, Ghiffary MR, Han T, Choi KR, Moon CW, Zhou H, Ryu JY, Kim HU, Lee SY.	Nat Commun	10.1038/s41467-023-38119-y	2023
Metabolism	An inhibitory compound produced by a soil isolate of Rhodococcus has strong activity against the veterinary pathogen R. equi.	Ward AL, Reddyvari P, Borisova R, Shilabin AG, Lampson BC.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0209275	2018
	Direct Growth of Bacteria in Headspace Vials Allows for Screening of Volatiles by Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry.	Timm CM, Lloyd EP, Egan A, Mariner R, Karig D.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2018.00491	2018
Phylogeny	Evidence of multiple taxa within commercially available reference strains of Corynebacterium xerosis.	Coyle MB, Leonard RB, Nowowiejski DJ, Malekniazi A, Finn DJ.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.31.7.1788-1793.1993	1993
Pathogenicity	Molecular Assay for Detection of Genetic Markers Associated with Decreased Susceptibility to Cephalosporins in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.	Peterson SW, Martin I, Demczuk W, Bharat A, Hoang L, Wylie J, Allen V, Lefebvre B, Tyrrell G, Horsman G, Haldane D, Garceau R, Wong T, Mulvey MR.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.00493-15	2015
Metabolism	Role of contact lens wear, bacterial flora, and mannose-induced pathogenic protease in the pathogenesis of amoebic keratitis.	Alizadeh H, Neelam S, Hurt M, Niederkorn JY.	Infect Immun	10.1128/iai.73.2.1061-1068.2005	2005
Phylogeny	Rapid-cycle PCR and fluorimetry for detection of mycobacteria.	Lachnik J, Ackermann B, Bohrssen A, Maass S, Diephaus C, Puncken A, Stermann M, Bange FC.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.40.9.3364-3373.2002	2002
	Phylogenetic analysis of the coryneform bacteria by 5S rRNA sequences.	Park YH, Hori H, Suzuki K, Osawa S, Komagata K.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.169.5.1801-1806.1987	1987
Phylogeny	Application of SmartGene IDNS software to partial 16S rRNA gene sequences for a diverse group of bacteria in a clinical laboratory.	Simmon KE, Croft AC, Petti CA.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.01364-06	2006
Phylogeny	Serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae based on capsular genes polymorphisms.	Raymond F, Boucher N, Allary R, Robitaille L, Lefebvre B, Tremblay C, Corbeil J, Gervaix A.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0076197	2013
Phylogeny	High-performance liquid chromatography of corynomycolic acids as a tool in identification of Corynebacterium species and related organisms.	De Briel D, Couderc F, Riegel P, Jehl F, Minck R.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.30.6.1407-1417.1992	1992
Genetics	Schrödinger's microbes: Tools for distinguishing the living from the dead in microbial ecosystems.	Emerson JB, Adams RI, Roman CMB, Brooks B, Coil DA, Dahlhausen K, Ganz HH, Hartmann EM, Hsu T, Justice NB, Paulino-Lima IG, Luongo JC, Lymperopoulou DS, Gomez-Silvan C, Rothschild-Mancinelli B, Balk M, Huttenhower C, Nocker A, Vaishampayan P, Rothschild LJ.	Microbiome	10.1186/s40168-017-0285-3	2017
Phylogeny	Evaluation of API Coryne system for identifying coryneform bacteria.	Soto A, Zapardiel J, Soriano F.	J Clin Pathol	10.1136/jcp.47.8.756	1994
Enzymology	Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by PCR amplification with pan-Mycobacterium primers and hybridization to an M. tuberculosis-specific probe.	Tevere VJ, Hewitt PL, Dare A, Hocknell P, Keen A, Spadoro JP, Young KK.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.34.4.918-923.1996	1996
	Multiplex strand displacement amplification (SDA) and detection of DNA sequences from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other mycobacteria.	Walker GT, Nadeau JG, Spears PA, Schram JL, Nycz CM, Shank DD.	Nucleic Acids Res	10.1093/nar/22.13.2670	1994
Metabolism	Inhibition of vaginal lactobacilli by a bacteriocin-like inhibitor produced by Enterococcus faecium 62-6: potential significance for bacterial vaginosis.	Kelly MC, Mequio MJ, Pybus V.	Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol	10.1080/10647440300025513	2003
Enzymology	Rapid plate method for screening hyaluronidase and chondroitin sulfatase-producing microorganisms.	Smith RF, Willett NP.	Appl Microbiol	10.1128/am.16.9.1434-1436.1968	1968
	The gene encoding a new mitogenic factor in a Streptococcus pyogenes strain is distributed only in group A streptococci.	Yutsudo T, Okumura K, Iwasaki M, Hara A, Kamitani S, Minamide W, Igarashi H, Hinuma Y.	Infect Immun	10.1128/iai.62.9.4000-4004.1994	1994
Phylogeny	Clinical microbiology of coryneform bacteria.	Funke G, von Graevenitz A, Clarridge JE, Bernard KA.	Clin Microbiol Rev	10.1128/cmr.10.1.125	1997
Phylogeny	Characteristics of CDC group 1 and group 1-like coryneform bacteria isolated from clinical specimens.	Funke G, Lucchini GM, Pfyffer GE, Marchiani M, von Graevenitz A.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.31.11.2907-2912.1993	1993
Phylogeny	Cellular fatty acid composition as an adjunct to the identification of asporogenous, aerobic gram-positive rods.	Bernard KA, Bellefeuille M, Ewan EP.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.29.1.83-89.1991	1991
Enzymology	Group-specific small-subunit rRNA hybridization probes to characterize filamentous foaming in activated sludge systems.	de los Reyes FL, Ritter W, Raskin L.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.63.3.1107-1117.1997	1997
Enzymology	Isolation and characterization of corynebacteria from burned children.	Smith RF, Blasi D, Dayton SL.	Appl Microbiol	10.1128/am.26.4.554-559.1973	1973
	Compilation of 5S rRNA and 5S rRNA gene sequences.	Specht T, Wolters J, Erdmann VA.	Nucleic Acids Res	10.1093/nar/18.suppl.2215	1990
Metabolism	Nitrogen requirements and uricolytic activity of cutaneous bacteria.	Smith RF.	Appl Microbiol	10.1128/am.19.4.643-648.1970	1970
Phylogeny	Phylogenetic analysis of the bacterial communities in marine sediments.	Gray JP, Herwig RP.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.62.11.4049-4059.1996	1996
Phylogeny	Coryneform bacteria in infectious diseases: clinical and laboratory aspects.	Coyle MB, Lipsky BA.	Clin Microbiol Rev	10.1128/cmr.3.3.227	1990
	Effects of Carbohydrates on Rosmarinic Acid Production and In Vitro Antimicrobial Activities in Hairy Root Cultures of Agastache rugosa.	Yeo HJ, Kwon MJ, Han SY, Jeong JC, Kim CY, Park SU, Park CH.	Plants (Basel)	10.3390/plants12040797	2023
	Composition of Asarum heterotropoides var. mandshuricum radix oil from different extraction methods and activities against human body odor-producing bacteria.	Haque ASMT, Moon JN, Saravana PS, Tilahun A, Chun BS.	J Food Drug Anal	10.1016/j.jfda.2016.04.006	2016
Phylogeny	Most Corynebacterium xerosis strains identified in the routine clinical laboratory correspond to Corynebacterium amycolatum.	Funke G, Lawson PA, Bernard KA, Collins MD	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.34.5.1124-1128.1996	1996
Phylogeny	Corynebacterium freneyi sp. nov., alpha-glucosidase-positive strains related to Corynebacterium xerosis.	Renaud FN, Aubel D, Riegel P, Meugnier H, Bollet C	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-51-5-1723	2001

References

#9052	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 20743
#18458	Wink, J.: Compendium of Actinobacteria. HZI-Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig .
#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 )
#40238	; Curators of the CIP;
#60846	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 56051
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68368	Automatically annotated from API 20E .
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#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 .
#123976	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 100653
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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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