Corynebacterium riegelii (LMG 19055, DSM 44326, CCUG 38180)

Name: Corynebacterium riegelii (LMG 19055, DSM 44326, CCUG 38180)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 3175

Type strain

Strain Designation 697-97

Culture col. no. LMG 19055 DSM 44326 CCUG 38180 CIP 105310 DMMZ 2415 4 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 156976

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP Wink compendium

History DSMZ <- G. Funke, Universität Zürich, Switzerland; DMMZ 2415 CIP <- 1997, G. Funke, Inst. Med. Mikrobiol., Zürich, Switzerland: strain DMMZ 2415 JCM <-- CCUG 38180 <-- G. Funke DMMZ 2415. CIP <- 1997, G. Funke, Inst. Med. Mikrobiol., Zürich, Switzerland: strain DMMZ 2415

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Corynebacterium riegelii 697-97 is a microaerophile, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from urine of 43 year-old female.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 12976

LMG 19055,CCUG 38180,CIP 105310,DSM 44326,ATCC 700782,CCM 4679,JCM 10389

@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 riegelii

Full scientific name Corynebacterium riegelii Funke et al. 1998

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Corynebacterium riegelii** (8)	Type strain
136120	C. riegelii 655.86, CIP 102658
138196	C. riegelii CIP 105311, CCUG 38181, DMMZ 2582
144847	C. riegelii CCUG 26779
148022	C. riegelii CCUG 34691
149682	C. riegelii CCUG 38182
149702	C. riegelii CCUG 38242
150938	C. riegelii CCUG 42792
173545	C. riegelii CIMB 04-7007, CRBIP17.60

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
122236	positive	rod-shaped
125439			93.604
125438			95.5

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Incubation period	Medium used	Hemolysis ability
19649	Lemon yellow	10-14 days	ISP 2
19649	Lemon yellow	10-14 days	ISP 3
19649	Lemon yellow	10-14 days	ISP 4
19649	Lemon yellow	10-14 days	ISP 5
19649	Lemon yellow	10-14 days	ISP 6
19649	Lemon yellow	10-14 days	ISP 7
122236				0

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Forms multicellular complex	Medium name
19649		ISP 2
19649		ISP 3
19649		ISP 4
19649		ISP 5
19649		ISP 6
19649		ISP 7

Multimedia

@ref:	11672
multimedia content:	DSM_44326.jpg
multimedia.multimedia content:	https://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/photos/DSM_44326.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
19649	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
19649	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:
19649	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
19649	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
19649	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
19649	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
40301	MEDIUM 4 - Columbia agar with 20 % sterile defibrinated horse serum		Horse serum (200.000 ml);Columbia agar (39.000 g);Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml)
122236	CIP Medium 4	Medium recipe at CIP
11672	TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Yeast extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water
11672	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)
11672	positive	growth	37
19649	positive	optimum	37
40301	positive	growth	37
54117	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37
122236	positive	growth	25-41
122236	negative	growth	10
122236	negative	growth	15
122236	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
54117	microaerophile
54117	obligate aerobe
122236	obligate aerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		97.619

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
122236	NaCl	positive	growth	0-10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
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
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
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
122236	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	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
122236	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
122236	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
122236	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
122236	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
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
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	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
122236	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
122236	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
122236	17234 ChEBI	glucose		+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
122236	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
68379	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
122236	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
122236	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68379	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
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
122236	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
122236	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68379	catalase	+	1.11.1.6	from API Coryne
122236	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
122236	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
122236	gelatinase	-
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
122236	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
122236	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
122236	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
122236	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
122236	oxidase	+
122236	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
122236	protease	-
68379	pyrazinamidase	-	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
122236	tryptophan deaminase	-
122236	tween esterase	-
122236	urease	+	3.5.1.5
68379	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	acetoin degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	starch degradation	90	9 of 10
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	86.67	13 of 15
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	86.36	19 of 22
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	85.71	6 of 7
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	83.33	5 of 6
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	81.82	9 of 11
66794	flavin biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	threonine metabolism	80	8 of 10
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	photosynthesis	78.57	11 of 14
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	valine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	biotin biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	gluconeogenesis	75	6 of 8
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	75	6 of 8
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	75	21 of 28
66794	NAD metabolism	72.22	13 of 18
66794	citric acid cycle	71.43	10 of 14
66794	glycolysis	70.59	12 of 17
66794	purine metabolism	69.15	65 of 94
66794	alanine metabolism	68.97	20 of 29
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	68.89	31 of 45
66794	serine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	66.67	4 of 6
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	66.67	6 of 9
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	histidine metabolism	65.52	19 of 29
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	64.29	9 of 14
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	63.64	7 of 11
66794	isoleucine metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	61.54	16 of 26
66794	lipid metabolism	61.29	19 of 31
66794	propionate fermentation	60	6 of 10
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	60	3 of 5
66794	lysine metabolism	57.14	24 of 42
66794	propanol degradation	57.14	4 of 7
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	56.04	51 of 91
66794	d-mannose degradation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	cysteine metabolism	55.56	10 of 18
66794	proline metabolism	54.55	6 of 11
66794	methionine metabolism	53.85	14 of 26
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	53.85	7 of 13
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	tryptophan metabolism	50	19 of 38
66794	adipate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	50	1 of 2
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	50	4 of 8
66794	arginine metabolism	50	12 of 24
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	non-pathway related	47.37	18 of 38
66794	leucine metabolism	46.15	6 of 13
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	nitrate assimilation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	44.44	4 of 9
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	42.86	3 of 7
66794	glutathione metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	41.67	5 of 12
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	40	2 of 5
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	glycine metabolism	40	4 of 10
66794	urea cycle	38.46	5 of 13
66794	tyrosine metabolism	35.71	5 of 14
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	octane oxidation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	sulfate reduction	30.77	4 of 13
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	30	3 of 10
66794	phenol degradation	30	6 of 20
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	28.57	2 of 7
66794	degradation of hexoses	27.78	5 of 18
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	27.27	6 of 22
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	25	4 of 16
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	25	4 of 16
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	degradation of pentoses	21.43	6 of 28
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
19649	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.
54117	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+
11672	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+

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
19649	not determinedn.d.	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-
54117	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
122236	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

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
122236	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
122236	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Infection	#Patient	-
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	#Urine
#Host	#Human	#Female

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
11672	urine of 43 year-old female	Homo sapiens	Zürich	Switzerland	CHE	Europe
54117	Human urinary tract infection,43-year old female	Homo sapiens	Zürich	Switzerland	CHE	Europe
67770	Female with urinary tract infection			Switzerland	CHE	Europe
122236	Human, Urine	Homo sapiens		Switzerland	CHE	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence Y14651 (>99% sequence identity) for Corynebacterium riegelii subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	16
Soil Samples	4
Animal Samples	608
Plant Samples	1
Total Samples	629

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
11672	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
19649	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
122236	2	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM1672850v1 assembly for Corynebacterium riegelii FDAARGOS_1114	complete	GCA_016728505	156976.15	156976	98.72
124043	ASM3952473v1 assembly for Corynebacterium riegelii JCM 10389	scaffold	GCA_039524735		156976	70.67

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Corynebacterium riegelii 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY438062	418		156976
20218	Corynebacterium riegelii 16S rRNA gene, partial	Y14651	1383		156976

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM1672850v1 assembly for Corynebacterium riegelii FDAARGOS_1114
NCBI: GCA_016728505

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	86.84	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	85.94	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	93.60	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	97.62	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Corynebacterium riegelii strain FDAARGOS_1114 strain Not applicable
PATRIC: 156976.15

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	88.87	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	93.31	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	76.07	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	53.72	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	94.00	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	95.50	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Description of the genome sequence of Corynebacterium species (Marseille-Q4381).	Boxberger M, Rivoire S, Le Targa L, Cenizo V, La Scola B.	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/mra.00707-24	2025
	A Rare Case of Hyperammonemia Caused by Urinary Tract Infection Due to Corynebacterium riegelii.	Yada K.	Cureus	10.7759/cureus.54082	2024
	Comparing Prescribing Behaviors and Clinician Experiences Between Multiplex PCR/Pooled Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing and Standard Urine Culture in Complicated UTI Cases.	Haley E, Luke N, Korman H, Rao GS, Baunoch D, Chen X, Havrilla J, Mathur M.	J Clin Med	10.3390/jcm13237453	2024
	Emerging and Fastidious Uropathogens Were Detected by M-PCR with Similar Prevalence and Cell Density in Catheter and Midstream Voided Urine Indicating the Importance of These Microbes in Causing UTIs.	Wang D, Haley E, Luke N, Mathur M, Festa RA, Zhao X, Anderson LA, Allison JL, Stebbins KL, Diaz MJ, Baunoch D.	Infect Drug Resist	10.2147/idr.s429990	2023
	[Corynebacterium riegelii as an unusual species separated from female patient with tuberculosis.]	Kharseeva GG, Kudrya EV, Voronina NA, Dolya YA, But OM, Gasretova TD, Alutina EL.	Klin Lab Diagn	10.18821/0869-2084-2017-62-9-574-576	2017
	Treatment considerations for potential uropathogens detected by precision microbiological testing.	Hemenway AN, Christensen A, Schriever C.	Am J Health Syst Pharm	10.2146/ajhp180208	2018
Metabolism	[Hyperammonemic encephalopathy due to urinary tract infection by urea splitting bacteria. A pediatric case report].	Acosta P, Nogueira M, Gallagher R, Waquim C, Piroli I, Carmona R, Centeno M, Motto E.	Arch Argent Pediatr	10.5546/aap.2017.e454	2017
	First Complete Genome Sequence of Corynebacterium riegelii.	Greninger AL, Streithorst J, Chiu CY, Miller S.	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomea.00084-17	2017
	Pooled Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing for Polymicrobial UTI Performs Within CLSI Validation Standards.	Festa RA, Cockerill FR, Pesano RL, Haley E, Luke N, Mathur M, Chen X, Havrilla J, Percaccio M, Magallon J, Erickson S, Ghashghaie M, Rosas A, Baunoch D.	Antibiotics (Basel)	10.3390/antibiotics14020143	2025
	Vaginal microbiomes of breast cancer survivors treated with aromatase inhibitors with and without vulvovaginal symptoms.	Prasanchit P, Pongchaikul P, Lertsittichai P, Tantitham C, Manonai J.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-024-58118-3	2024
	Elevated UTI Biomarkers in Symptomatic Patients with Urine Microbial Densities of 10,000 CFU/mL Indicate a Lower Threshold for Diagnosing UTIs.	Parnell LKS, Luke N, Mathur M, Festa RA, Haley E, Wang J, Jiang Y, Anderson L, Baunoch D.	Diagnostics (Basel)	10.3390/diagnostics13162688	2023
	Urine biomarkers individually and as a consensus model show high sensitivity and specificity for detecting UTIs.	Akhlaghpour M, Haley E, Parnell L, Luke N, Mathur M, Festa RA, Percaccio M, Magallon J, Remedios-Chan M, Rosas A, Wang J, Jiang Y, Anderson L, Baunoch D.	BMC Infect Dis	10.1186/s12879-024-09044-2	2024
Enzymology	Urosepsis caused by Globicatella sanguinis and Corynebacterium riegelii in an adult: case report and literature review.	Matsunami M, Otsuka Y, Ohkusu K, Sogi M, Kitazono H, Hosokawa N.	J Infect Chemother	10.1007/s10156-011-0335-x	2012
Enzymology	A fatal case of urosepsis due to Corynebacterium riegelii.	Aygun G, Midilli K, Cilingir H, Yilmaz M, Kutukcu A, Eker E.	Braz J Microbiol	10.1590/s1517-83822013000200022	2013
	Concordance Between Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Susceptibility in Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infections.	Baunoch D, Luke N, Wang D, Vollstedt A, Zhao X, Ko DSC, Huang S, Cacdac P, Sirls LT.	Infect Drug Resist	10.2147/idr.s323095	2021
	Corynebacterium phoceense - a rare Corynebacterium species isolated from a urine sample.	Barberis CM, Traglia GM, Almuzara MN, Rocha DJPG, Santos CS, Aguiar ERGR, Pacheco LGC, Vay CA.	Access Microbiol	10.1099/acmi.0.000197	2021
Phylogeny	Composition of gut and oropharynx bacterial communities in Rattus norvegicus and Suncus murinus in China.	He WQ, Xiong YQ, Ge J, Chen YX, Chen XJ, Zhong XS, Ou ZJ, Gao YH, Cheng MJ, Mo Y, Wen YQ, Qiu M, Huo ST, Chen SW, Zheng XY, He H, Li YZ, You FF, Zhang MY, Chen Q.	BMC Vet Res	10.1186/s12917-020-02619-6	2020
	Total nephrectomy following Corynebacterium coyleae urinary tract infection.	Barberis CM, Montalvo E, Imas S, Traglia G, Almuzara MN, Rodriguez CH, Famiglietti A, Mazzocchi O, Vay C.	JMM Case Rep	10.1099/jmmcr.0.005149	2018
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
	A multicentre study investigating parameters which influence direct bacterial identification from urine.	Zboromyrska Y, Bosch J, Aramburu J, Cuadros J, Garcia-Riestra C, Guzman-Puche J, Liebana Martos C, Loza E, Munoz-Algarra M, Ruiz de Alegria C, Sanchez-Hellin V, Vila J.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0207822	2018
Enzymology	The Clinical Urine Culture: Enhanced Techniques Improve Detection of Clinically Relevant Microorganisms.	Price TK, Dune T, Hilt EE, Thomas-White KJ, Kliethermes S, Brincat C, Brubaker L, Wolfe AJ, Mueller ER, Schreckenberger PC.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.00044-16	2016
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
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 riegelii sp. nov., an unusual species isolated from female patients with urinary tract infections.	Funke G, Lawson PA, Collins MD	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/JCM.36.3.624-627.1998	1998

References

#11672	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 44326
#19649	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 )
#40301	; Curators of the CIP;
#54117	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 38180
#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 .
#122236	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 105310
#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 riegelii (LMG 19055, DSM 44326, CCUG 38180)

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