Corynebacterium imitans (LMG 19048, DSM 44264, CCUG 36877)

Name: Corynebacterium imitans (LMG 19048, DSM 44264, CCUG 36877)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 3162

Type strain

Culture col. no. LMG 19048 DSM 44264 CCUG 36877 IFO 16163 NBRC 100416 7 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 156978

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP Wink compendium

History <- G. Funke, University Zürich, isolate DMMZ 2023 <- A. Efstratiou <- D. Kuklinska CCUG 36877 <-- G. Funke DMMZ 2023 <-- A. Efstratiou. CIP <- 1997, G. Funke, Zürich Univ., Switzerland: strain DMMZ 2023 <- A. Efstratiou

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Corynebacterium imitans LMG 19048 is an aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote that was isolated from human throat.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 11587

LMG 19048,CCUG 36877,DSM 44264,NCTC 13015,ATCC 700354,CIP 105130,IFO 16163,CCM 4676,JCM 10386,NBRC 16163,NBRC 100416

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:47:29

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Corynebacteriaceae

Genus Corynebacterium

Species Corynebacterium imitans

Full scientific name Corynebacterium imitans Funke et al. 1997

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Corynebacterium imitans** (4)	Type strain
138058	C. imitans CIP 102626
144547	C. imitans CCUG 25620
150758	C. imitans CCUG 42205
155821	C. imitans CCUG 59394 A

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
120054	positive	rod-shaped
125438			93.5
125439	positive		91.9

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Incubation period	Medium used
19642	Ivory	10-14 days	ISP 2
19642	Ivory	10-14 days	ISP 3
19642	Beige	10-14 days	ISP 4
19642	Beige	10-14 days	ISP 5
19642	Beige	10-14 days	ISP 6
19642	Beige	10-14 days	ISP 7
120054

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Forms multicellular complex	Medium name
19642		ISP 2
19642		ISP 3
19642		ISP 4
19642		ISP 5
19642		ISP 6
19642		ISP 7

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
11636	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
19642	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
19642	ISP 3		Name: ISP 3; 5315 Composition Dog oat flakes 20.0 g/l Trace element solution (5314) 2.5 ml/l Agar 18.0 g/l Preparation: Oat flakes are cooked for 20 minutes, trace element solution and agar are added (in the case of non rolled oat flakes the suspension has to bee filtrated). Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.8 Usage: Maintenance and taxonomy (e.g. SEM As liquid medium for metabolite production) Organisms: All Actinomycetes Trace element solution 5314 Name: Trace element solution 5314; 5314 Composition CaCl2 x H2O 3.0 g/l Fe-III-citrate 1.0 g/l MnSO4 0.2 g/l ZnCl2 0.1 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 0.025 g/l Sodium tetra borate 0.2 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.004 g/l Sodium molybdate 0.01 g/l Preparation: Use double destillated water. Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: Usage: Trace element solution for different media Organisms:
19642	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
19642	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
19642	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
19642	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
41517	MEDIUM 6 - Columbia agar with 10 % horse blood		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Columbia agar (39.000 g);Horseblood (100.000 ml)
120054	CIP Medium 6	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
11636	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
19642	positive	optimum	37	mesophilic
41517	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
53465	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
120054	positive	growth	25-45
120054	negative	growth	10
120054	negative	growth	15

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
53465	aerobe
120054	facultative anaerobe
125439	microaerophile	94.4

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		94.7

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
120054	NaCl	positive	growth	0-10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
120054	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
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
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
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
120054	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	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
120054	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
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
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
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
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
120054	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
120054	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
120054	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
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
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
120054	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
120054	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
120054	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
120054	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68379	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
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
120054	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
120054	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68379	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68379	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
120054	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
120054	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
120054	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
120054	gamma-glutamyltransferase	+	2.3.2.2
120054	gelatinase	-
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
120054	lecithinase	-
120054	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
120054	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
120054	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
120054	oxidase	-
120054	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
68379	pyrazinamidase	-	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
120054	tryptophan deaminase	-
120054	tween esterase	-
120054	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68379	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	acetate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	acetoin degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	starch degradation	90	9 of 10
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	86.36	19 of 22
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	83.33	5 of 6
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	81.82	9 of 11
66794	threonine metabolism	80	8 of 10
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	vitamin K metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	flavin biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	valine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	glycolysis	76.47	13 of 17
66794	gluconeogenesis	75	6 of 8
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	biotin biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	75	6 of 8
66794	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	proline metabolism	72.73	8 of 11
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	72.73	8 of 11
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	71.43	5 of 7
66794	propanol degradation	71.43	5 of 7
66794	citric acid cycle	71.43	10 of 14
66794	propionate fermentation	70	7 of 10
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	70	7 of 10
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	67.86	19 of 28
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	66.67	4 of 6
66794	NAD metabolism	66.67	12 of 18
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	alanine metabolism	65.52	19 of 29
66794	histidine metabolism	65.52	19 of 29
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	65.38	17 of 26
66794	purine metabolism	63.83	60 of 94
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	59.34	54 of 91
66794	lipid metabolism	58.06	18 of 31
66794	methionine metabolism	57.69	15 of 26
66794	glutathione metabolism	57.14	8 of 14
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	57.14	8 of 14
66794	d-mannose degradation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	cysteine metabolism	55.56	10 of 18
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	55.56	25 of 45
66794	phenol degradation	55	11 of 20
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	53.33	8 of 15
66794	tryptophan metabolism	52.63	20 of 38
66794	adipate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	50	11 of 22
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	toluene degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	lysine metabolism	50	21 of 42
66794	non-pathway related	50	19 of 38
66794	leucine metabolism	46.15	6 of 13
66794	arginine metabolism	45.83	11 of 24
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	nitrate assimilation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	42.86	3 of 7
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	42.86	3 of 7
66794	tyrosine metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	41.67	5 of 12
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	gallate degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	sulfate reduction	38.46	5 of 13
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	37.5	6 of 16
66794	degradation of pentoses	35.71	10 of 28
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	methane metabolism	33.33	1 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	degradation of sugar acids	32	8 of 25
66794	urea cycle	30.77	4 of 13
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	30	3 of 10
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	degradation of hexoses	27.78	5 of 18
66794	d-xylose degradation	27.27	3 of 11
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	ascorbate metabolism	27.27	6 of 22
66794	cholesterol biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	25	4 of 16
66794	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	22.22	4 of 18
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	20.59	7 of 34

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
19642	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	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
19642	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
120054	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
120054	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
120054	not determinedn.d.	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Human	-
#Host Body-Site	#Oral cavity and airways	#Throat

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
11636	human throat	Poland	POL	Europe
53465	Human nasopharynx,5-month-old boy
67770	Human throat	Poland	POL	Europe
120054	Human, Nasopharynx	Poland	POL	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence Y09044 (>99% sequence identity) for Corynebacterium imitans from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	498
Soil Samples	292
Animal Samples	7138
Plant Samples	80
Total Samples	8008

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
11636	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
19642	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
120054	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	52295_D01 assembly for Corynebacterium imitans NCTC13015	complete	GCA_900187215	156978.6	2773857867	156978	99.44
66792	ASM73945v1 assembly for Corynebacterium imitans DSM 44264	complete	GCA_000739455	156978.3	2597490159	156978	99.44

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Corynebacterium imitans 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY438058	418		156978
20218	Corynebacterium imitans 16S rRNA gene, strain 2023	Y09044	1472		156978

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	64.3	genome sequence analysis
67770	62	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Corynebacterium imitans DSM 44264
NCBI: GCA_000739455

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	94.70	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	83.10	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	91.90	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	microaerophile	94.40	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Corynebacterium imitans NCTC13015
NCBI: GCA_900187215.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	89.00	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	95.24	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	57.30	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	77.69	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	93.63	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	93.50	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	First Complete Genome Sequence of Corynebacterium riegelii.	Greninger AL, Streithorst J, Chiu CY, Miller S.	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomea.00084-17	2017
Phylogeny	Corynebacterium godavarianum Jani et al. 2018 and Corynebacterium hadale Wei et al. 2018 are both later heterotypic synonyms of Corynebacterium gottingense Atasayar et al. 2017, proposal of an emended description of Corynebacterium gottingense Atasayar et al. 2017.	Bernard KA, Pacheco AL, Burdz T, Wiebe D, Bernier AM.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.004153	2020
	The Interaction between Canine Semen Bacteria and Semen Quality Parameters.	Sorkyte S, Siugzdiniene R, Virgailis M, Vaiciuliene G, Wysokinska A, Wojcik E, Matusevicius P, Rekesiute A, Sutkeviciene N.	Animals (Basel)	10.3390/ani14152151	2024
	Use of Cefiderocol in Management of Resistant Gram-Negative Infections in Patients Admitted to a Burn Center.	Lane LC, Walker JK, Hill DM.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms13020330	2025
	Next-Generation Sequencing in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients with Suspected Bloodstream Infections: A Retrospective Cohort Study.	Leitl CJ, Stoll SE, Wetsch WA, Kammerer T, Mathes A, Bottiger BW, Seifert H, Dusse F.	J Clin Med	10.3390/jcm12041466	2023
	[Corynebacterium imitans isolated from blood culture in a patient with suspected bacteremia - the first isolation from human clinical material in the Czech Republic].	JeZek P, Zavadilova J, Kolinska R, Svec P, Guttwirth J, Petras P.	Klin Mikrobiol Infekc Lek		2014
	Universal, untargeted detection of bacteria in tissues using metabolomics workflows.	Chen W, Qiu M, Paizs P, Sadowski M, Ramonaite T, Zborovsky L, Mejias-Luque R, Janssen KP, Kinross J, Goldin RD, Rebec M, Liebeke M, Takats Z, McKenzie JS, Strittmatter N.	Nat Commun	10.1038/s41467-024-55457-7	2025
	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
Phylogeny	Role of Williamsia and Segniliparus in human infections with the approach taxonomy, cultivation, and identification methods.	Fatahi-Bafghi M.	Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob	10.1186/s12941-021-00416-z	2021
Enzymology	Species identification of corynebacteria by cellular fatty acid analysis.	Van den Velde S, Lagrou K, Desmet K, Wauters G, Verhaegen J.	Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis	10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.08.019	2006
	Coryneform bacteria in human semen: inter-assay variability in species composition detection and biofilm production ability.	Turk S, Mazzoli S, Stsepetova J, Kuznetsova J, Mandar R.	Microb Ecol Health Dis	10.3402/mehd.v25.22701	2014
Phylogeny	Identification of rare pathogenic bacteria in a clinical microbiology laboratory: impact of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry.	Seng P, Abat C, Rolain JM, Colson P, Lagier JC, Gouriet F, Fournier PE, Drancourt M, La Scola B, Raoult D.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.00492-13	2013
	Immunochromatographic strip test for rapid detection of diphtheria toxin: description and multicenter evaluation in areas of low and high prevalence of diphtheria.	Engler KH, Efstratiou A, Norn D, Kozlov RS, Selga I, Glushkevich TG, Tam M, Melnikov VG, Mazurova IK, Kim VE, Tseneva GY, Titov LP, George RC.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.40.1.80-83.2002	2002
Enzymology	Evaluation of the Bruker MALDI Biotyper for identification of Gram-positive rods: development of a diagnostic algorithm for the clinical laboratory.	Schulthess B, Bloemberg GV, Zbinden R, Bottger EC, Hombach M.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.02399-13	2014
Genetics	Protein domain architectures provide a fast, efficient and scalable alternative to sequence-based methods for comparative functional genomics.	Koehorst JJ, Saccenti E, Schaap PJ, Martins Dos Santos VAP, Suarez-Diez M.	F1000Res	10.12688/f1000research.9416.3	2016
Phylogeny	Prevalence of corynebacterial 16S rRNA sequences in patients with bacterial and "nonbacterial" prostatitis.	Tanner MA, Shoskes D, Shahed A, Pace NR.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.37.6.1863-1870.1999	1999
Genetics	Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria.	Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007	2018
Genetics	Complete Genome Sequence of Corynebacterium imitans DSM 44264, Isolated from a Five-Month-Old Boy with Suspected Pharyngeal Diphtheria.	Mollmann S, Albersmeier A, Ruckert C, Tauch A	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomeA.01210-14	2014
Phylogeny	Corynebacterium hadale sp. nov. isolated from hadopelagic water of the New Britain Trench.	Wei Y, Fang J, Xu Y, Zhao W, Cao J.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002695	2018
Phylogeny	Isolation of Corynebacterium tuscaniae sp. nov. from blood cultures of a patient with endocarditis.	Riegel P, Creti R, Mattei R, Nieri A, von Hunolstein C.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.44.2.307-312.2006	2006
Phylogeny	Corynebacterium godavarianum sp. nov., isolated from the Godavari river, India.	Jani K, Khare K, Senik S, Karodi P, Vemuluri VR, Bandal J, Shouche Y, Rale V, Sharma A	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002491	2017
Phylogeny	Corynebacterium gottingense sp. nov., isolated from a clinical patient.	Atasayar E, Zimmermann O, Sproer C, Schumann P, Gross U	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002322	2017
Phylogeny	Corynebacterium imitans sp. nov. isolated from patients with suspected diphtheria.	Funke G, Efstratiou A, Kuklinska D, Hutson RA, De Zoysa A, Engler KH, Collins MD	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.35.8.1978-1983.1997	1997

References

#11636	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 44264
#19642	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 )
#41517	; Curators of the CIP;
#53465	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 36877
#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) .
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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 .
#120054	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 105130
#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 imitans (LMG 19048, DSM 44264, CCUG 36877)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

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Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

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Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

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API coryne

API zym

API 50CHac

API biotype100

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Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900187215

16S sequences

GC content

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Predictions

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