Corynebacterium thomssenii (DSM 44276, CCUG 38516, JCM 12109)

Name: Corynebacterium thomssenii (DSM 44276, CCUG 38516, JCM 12109)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 3164

Type strain

Strain Designation 96-649, Tho 218/95

Culture col. no. DSM 44276 CCUG 38516 JCM 12109 96-649 Tho 218/95 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 62629

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP Wink compendium Literature strains

History DSMZ <- O. Zimmermann, Univ. Göttingen, Tho 218/95 <- E. Fuchs, Hospital Nordhausen JCM <-- CCUG 38516 <-- G. Funke DMMZ 3081. CIP <- 1998, O. Zimmermann, Göttingen Univ., Göttingen, Germany <- E. Fuchs

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Corynebacterium thomssenii 96-649 is an aerobe, Gram-positive bacterium that was isolated from pleural effusion.

Gram-positive aerobe 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 13116

LMG 19074,CCUG 38516,DSM 44276,CIP 105597,JCM 12109

@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 thomssenii

Full scientific name Corynebacterium thomssenii Zimmermann et al. 1998

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Corynebacterium thomssenii** (1)	Type strain
156954	C. thomssenii CCUG 67327 B

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
23174	positive
123532	positive	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony size	Colony color	Colony shape	Incubation period	Medium used	Hemolysis ability
20038		Colorless		10-14 days	ISP 2
20038		Colorless		10-14 days	ISP 3
20038		Colorless		10-14 days	ISP 4
20038		Colorless		10-14 days	ISP 5
20038		Colorless		10-14 days	ISP 6
20038		Colorless		10-14 days	ISP 7
23174	<0.5 mm	whitish	circular	1 day	Columbia agar with 5% sheep blood
54304				2-3 days
123532						0

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Forms multicellular complex	Medium name
20038		ISP 2
20038		ISP 3
20038		ISP 4
20038		ISP 5
20038		ISP 6
20038		ISP 7

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
11642	TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR+BLOOD (DSMZ Medium 535a)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR+BLOOD (DSMZ Medium 535a) Composition: None 50.0 g/l Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Distilled water
11642	BHI MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 215)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BHI MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 215) Composition: Brain heart infusion 37.0 g/l Distilled water
20038	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
20038	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:
20038	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
20038	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
20038	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
20038	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
23174	Columbia agar with 5% sheep blood
40206	MEDIUM 45 - for Columbia agar with sheep blood		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Columbia agar (39.000 g);Sheepblood (100.000 ml)
123532	CIP Medium 45	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
11642	positive	growth	37
20038	positive	optimum	37
23174	positive	growth	37
40206	positive	growth	37
54304	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37
123532	negative	growth	41
123532	negative	growth	25
123532	negative	growth	15
123532	negative	growth	10
123532	positive	growth	30-37
123532	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
23174	aerobe
54304	microaerophile
123532	facultative anaerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation
20038
23174

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
123532	NaCl	positive	growth	0-8 %
123532	NaCl		growth	10 %

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-8(H₂), MK-9(H₂), MK-10(H₂)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
23174	16808 ChEBI	2-dehydro-D-gluconate	-	builds acid from
23174	17426 ChEBI	5-dehydro-D-gluconate	+	builds acid from
23174	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	-	builds acid from
23174	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from
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
23174	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from
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
23174	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from
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
23174	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
123532	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
23174	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	builds acid from
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	14336 ChEBI	glycerol 1-phosphate	-	builds acid from
23174	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
123532	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
23174	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from
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
23174	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from
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
23174	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	-	builds acid from
23174	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API Coryne
123532	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
123532	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
123532	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
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
23174	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	-	builds acid from
23174	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from
23174	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
23174	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	18186 ChEBI	tyrosine	-	hydrolysis
23174	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
23174	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23174	18222 ChEBI	xylose	-	builds acid from

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
123532	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
123532	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
123532	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
123532	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
23174	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
123532	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
23174	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1
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
23174	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
23174	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
23174	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68379	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
23174	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
123532	amylase	+
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
123532	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68379	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
23174	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68379	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
23174	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
123532	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
23174	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
123532	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
23174	chymotrypsin	-	3.4.4.5
23174	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3
123532	DNase	+
23174	esterase	+
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
23174	esterase lipase (C 8)	+
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
123532	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
123532	gelatinase	-
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
123532	lecithinase	-
23174	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
123532	lipase	-
23174	lipase (C 14)	-
123532	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
23174	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52
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
123532	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
123532	oxidase	-
123532	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
123532	protease	-
23174	pyrazinamidase	+	3.5.1.B15
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
123532	tryptophan deaminase	-
123532	tween esterase	-
123532	urease	+	3.5.1.5
68379	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne
23174	valine arylamidase	-

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
20038	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	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
20038	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
123532	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
123532	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	#Medical environment	#Clinic
#Infection	#Patient	#Specimen
#Host	#Human	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
11642	pleural effusion			Nordhausen	Germany	DEU	Europe
23174	human clinical specimens with as-yet-unknown pathogenicity	Homo sapiens	1995	Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology at the Südharz-Krankenhaus of Nordhausen
54304	Human pleural fluids,56-yr-old man,renal failure	Homo sapiens	1995	Nordhausen	Germany	DEU	Europe
67770	Pleural fluid of a 56-year-old man	Homo sapiens		Nordhausen	Germany	DEU	Europe
123532	Human, Pleural fluid	Homo sapiens		Nordhausen	Germany	DEU	Europe	1995

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
11642	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
20038	2	German classification According to TRBA 466
123532	2	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Corynebacterium thomssenii 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY438064	418		62629
23174	Corynebacterium thomssenii 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF010474	1472		62629

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
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
Phylogeny	Corynebacterium thomssenii sp. nov., a Corynebacterium with N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase activity from human clinical specimens.	Zimmermann O, Sproer C, Kroppenstedt RM, Fuchs E, Kochel HG, Funke G	Int J Syst Bacteriol	10.1099/00207713-48-2-489	1998

References

#11642	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 44276
#20038	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 )
#23174	Ortrud Zimmermann, Cathrin Spröer, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Erika Fuchs, Heinrich G. Köchel, Guido Funke: Corynebacterium thomssenii sp. nov., a Corynebacterium with N/acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase activity from human clinical specimens. IJSEM 48: 489 - 494 1998 ( DOI 10.1099/00207713-48-2-489 , PubMed 9731289 )
#40206	; Curators of the CIP;
#54304	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 38516
#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 .
#123532	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 105597
#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 thomssenii (DSM 44276, CCUG 38516, JCM 12109)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Multicellular morphology

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Culture medium

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Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API coryne

API zym

API 50CHac

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

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