Corynebacterium diphtheriae (DSM 44603, ATCC 9675, AMS 53-A-8)

Name: Corynebacterium diphtheriae (DSM 44603, ATCC 9675, AMS 53-A-8)
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BacDive ID 3154

Type strain

Strain Designation AMS 53-A-8

Culture col. no. DSM 44603 ATCC 9675 AMS 53-A-8

NCBI tax ID(s) 1717

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- R. Hammann, Becton Dickinson, Heidelberg <- ATCC <- C. C. Campbell; AMS 53-A-8

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae AMS 53-A-8 is a bacterium of the family Corynebacteriaceae.

genome sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 35094

ATCC 9675,DSM 44603

@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 diphtheriae

Full scientific name Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Kruse 1886) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

"Bacillus diphtheriae"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Corynebacterium diphtheriae** (165)	Type strain
3151	C. diphtheriae 48255, CCUG 33629, DSM 43988, ATCC 11913, ...
3152	C. diphtheriae 5159, DSM 43989, ATCC 13812
134501	C. diphtheriae C7, CIP 78.5
134507	C. diphtheriae CIP 107521
134508	C. diphtheriae CIP 107522
134509	C. diphtheriae CIP 107523
134510	C. diphtheriae CIP 107524
134511	C. diphtheriae CIP 107544
134512	C. diphtheriae CIP 107557
134513	C. diphtheriae CIP 107560
134514	C. diphtheriae CIP 107561
134515	C. diphtheriae CIP 107567
134516	C. diphtheriae CIP 107568
134517	C. diphtheriae CIP 107569
134518	C. diphtheriae CIP 107570
134654	C. diphtheriae CIP 107504
134655	C. diphtheriae CIP 107505
134656	C. diphtheriae CIP 107527
134657	C. diphtheriae CIP 107530
134659	C. diphtheriae CIP 107563
134660	C. diphtheriae CIP 107564
134661	C. diphtheriae CIP 107566
134662	C. diphtheriae CIP 107578
134663	C. diphtheriae CIP 107579
134863	C. diphtheriae C7hm723, CIP 78.4
135035	C. diphtheriae CIP 107508
135037	C. diphtheriae CIP 107507
135039	C. diphtheriae CIP 107509
135040	C. diphtheriae CIP 107510
135041	C. diphtheriae CIP 107512
135042	C. diphtheriae CIP 107513
135043	C. diphtheriae CIP 107516
135044	C. diphtheriae CIP 107518
135045	C. diphtheriae CIP 107519
135046	C. diphtheriae CIP 107520
135047	C. diphtheriae CIP 107525
135048	C. diphtheriae CIP 107526
135049	C. diphtheriae CIP 107528
135050	C. diphtheriae CIP 107531
135051	C. diphtheriae CIP 107532
135052	C. diphtheriae CIP 107535
135053	C. diphtheriae CIP 107536
135054	C. diphtheriae CIP 107537
135055	C. diphtheriae CIP 107539
135056	C. diphtheriae CIP 107540
135057	C. diphtheriae CIP 107541
135058	C. diphtheriae CIP 107542
135059	C. diphtheriae CIP 107543
135060	C. diphtheriae CIP 107545
135061	C. diphtheriae CIP 107547
135062	C. diphtheriae CIP 107548
135063	C. diphtheriae CIP 107549
135064	C. diphtheriae CIP 107550
135065	C. diphtheriae CIP 107552
135066	C. diphtheriae CIP 107554
135067	C. diphtheriae CIP 107555
135068	C. diphtheriae CIP 107556
135069	C. diphtheriae CIP 107558
135070	C. diphtheriae CIP 107559
135071	C. diphtheriae CIP 107571
135072	C. diphtheriae CIP 107572
135073	C. diphtheriae CIP 107573
135074	C. diphtheriae CIP 107574
135075	C. diphtheriae CIP 107576
135076	C. diphtheriae CIP 107580
135103	C. diphtheriae CIP A97
135249	C. diphtheriae CIP 107515
135250	C. diphtheriae CIP 107533
135355	C. diphtheriae Aubert, CIP 103987
135509	C. diphtheriae 522.83, CIP 100294
135579	C. diphtheriae CIP A98, CCUG 25793
135582	C. diphtheriae Rhône, CIP A99
135706	C. diphtheriae C7 (B45), CIP 78.6
135732	C. diphtheriae CIP 107551
135733	C. diphtheriae CIP 107562
135765	C. diphtheriae Monta, CIP A100
135820	C. diphtheriae LANA, 470-78, CIP 80.56
135956	C. diphtheriae 619-81, CIP 100161
136043	C. diphtheriae D13, CIP 52.110
136044	C. diphtheriae D18, CIP 52.112
136048	C. diphtheriae D30, CIP 52.113
136050	C. diphtheriae Madrid, CIP 52.114
136255	C. diphtheriae Khan, CIP 103986
136667	C. diphtheriae CIP 107502
136673	C. diphtheriae CIP 107575
137093	C. diphtheriae 130-85, CIP 101434
137138	C. diphtheriae CIP A102
137153	C. diphtheriae 37, CIP 80.5
137360	C. diphtheriae 478.83, CIP 100275
137540	C. diphtheriae 523-77, CIP 78.2
137549	C. diphtheriae CIP 107565
137557	C. diphtheriae CIP 107506
137558	C. diphtheriae CIP 107514
137559	C. diphtheriae CIP 107529
137560	C. diphtheriae CIP 107534
137561	C. diphtheriae CIP 107546
137563	C. diphtheriae CIP 107577
137636	C. diphtheriae 133.87, CIP 102872
137726	C. diphtheriae AY 1682, 181-81, CIP 100176
137764	C. diphtheriae 991.83, CIP 100629
137779	C. diphtheriae 623.85, CIP 101802
137845	C. diphtheriae 936.84, CIP 101280
137847	C. diphtheriae 958.84, CIP 101317
138030	C. diphtheriae 552.86, CIP 102550
138484	C. diphtheriae 884.84, CIP 101249
138497	C. diphtheriae 4284, CIP 60.82
138518	C. diphtheriae CIP 107503
138519	C. diphtheriae CIP 107538
138520	C. diphtheriae CIP 107581
138521	C. diphtheriae CIP 107582
138584	C. diphtheriae 226-75, CIP 100163
138633	C. diphtheriae 316.85, CIP 101568
138634	C. diphtheriae 413.85, CIP 101630
138694	C. diphtheriae D16, CIP 52.111
138829	C. diphtheriae Boutounat, CIP A101
138920	C. diphtheriae CIP 66.3
139145	C. diphtheriae 1032.84, CIP 101352
139157	C. diphtheriae 240.85, CIP 101510
139160	C. diphtheriae 688.85, CIP 101841
139412	C. diphtheriae CIP 107517
141285	C. diphtheriae CCUG 633, NCTC 4305, NCTC 380B formerly
141532	C. diphtheriae CCUG 2706 A, NCTC 3987
141736	C. diphtheriae CCUG 5863, ATCC 19409, NCTC 3984
141737	C. diphtheriae CCUG 5864, NCTC 10648
141738	C. diphtheriae CCUG 5865, NCTC 10356
142964	C. diphtheriae CCUG 15935
143057	C. diphtheriae CCUG 16574
143077	C. diphtheriae CCUG 17024 A
143078	C. diphtheriae CCUG 17052
143079	C. diphtheriae CCUG 17074 A
143083	C. diphtheriae CCUG 17093 A
143085	C. diphtheriae CCUG 17133
143088	C. diphtheriae CCUG 17141
143092	C. diphtheriae CCUG 17156
143108	C. diphtheriae CCUG 17233
143116	C. diphtheriae CCUG 17244
143120	C. diphtheriae CCUG 17269
143121	C. diphtheriae CCUG 17274
143140	C. diphtheriae CCUG 17398
143302	C. diphtheriae CCUG 18321
143342	C. diphtheriae CCUG 18645
143402	C. diphtheriae CCUG 18912
143474	C. diphtheriae CCUG 19475
143585	C. diphtheriae CCUG 20322
143599	C. diphtheriae CCUG 20548
144296	C. diphtheriae CCUG 24210
147297	C. diphtheriae CCUG 33322
147956	C. diphtheriae CCUG 34577
149302	C. diphtheriae CCUG 37451
150122	C. diphtheriae CCUG 39038
150613	C. diphtheriae CCUG 41757
150790	C. diphtheriae CCUG 42338
151651	C. diphtheriae CCUG 44534
152235	C. diphtheriae CCUG 46180
152582	C. diphtheriae CCUG 47126
153015	C. diphtheriae CCUG 48308
153020	C. diphtheriae CCUG 48332
153023	C. diphtheriae CCUG 48337
153160	C. diphtheriae CCUG 48604
154885	C. diphtheriae CCUG 55537
156373	C. diphtheriae CCUG 61339
156683	C. diphtheriae CCUG 64120
156859	C. diphtheriae CCUG 66147
163615	C. diphtheriae JCM 2881
172665	C. diphtheriae PW8, CIP 69.28

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Confidence	Gram stain
125438	92.5
125438	92.098	positive
125439	98.509
125439	96.076	positive

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
11918	COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693) Composition: Defibrinated sheep blood 50.0 g/l Columbia agar base

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
11918	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	facultative anaerobe	94.077

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		98.273

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
11918	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	Corynebacterium diphtheriae strain FDAARGOS_1592	complete		1717.767	1717	97.93
124043	ASM2073638v1 assembly for Corynebacterium diphtheriae FDAARGOS_1592	chromosome	GCA_020736385	1717.763	1717	86.12

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Corynebacterium diphtheriae strain FDAARGOS_1592
BV-BRC: 1717.767

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	94.08	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	96.08	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	98.51	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	98.27	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Corynebacterium diphtheriae strain FDAARGOS_1592 strain Not applicable
PATRIC: 1717.767

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	92.10	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	90.77	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	81.67	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	58.69	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	93.00	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	92.50	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Laboratory review of reference strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae indicates mistyped intermedius strains.	Coyle MB, Nowowiejski DJ, Russell JQ, Groman NB.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.31.11.3060-3062.1993	1993

References

#11918	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 44603
#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 )
#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) .
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#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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Corynebacterium diphtheriae (DSM 44603, ATCC 9675, AMS 53-A-8)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_020736385

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

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