Corynebacterium felinum (DSM 44508, CCUG 39943, CIP 106740)

Name: Corynebacterium felinum (DSM 44508, CCUG 39943, CIP 106740)
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BacDive ID 3192

Type strain

Strain Designation M714/95/5, M714-95-5, 980915

Culture col. no. DSM 44508 CCUG 39943 CIP 106740 ATCC BAA-468 JCM 12103 4 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 131318

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History <- M. D. Collins, CCUG CCUG 39943 <-- M. D. Collins <-- G. Foster M714/95/5. CIP <- 2000, CCUG <- MD Collins, IFR, Reading, UK: strain 980915 <- G. Foster, Inverness, UK: strain M714-95-5

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Corynebacterium felinum M714/95/5 is a facultative anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote that was isolated from dead Scottisch wild cat .

Gram-positive facultative anaerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 50664

DSM 44508,CCUG 39943,CIP 106740,ATCC BAA-468,JCM 12103,VTT E-072718

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:18:27

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Corynebacteriaceae

Genus Corynebacterium

Species Corynebacterium felinum

Full scientific name Corynebacterium felinum Collins et al. 2001

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
23371	positive
119297	positive	rod-shaped
125439	positive		100
125439			99.4

Colony morphology

@ref	Type of hemolysis	Medium used
23371	gamma	Columbia blood agar base supplemented with 5% defibrinated sheep blood
119297

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
11832	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
11832	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
23371	Columbia blood agar base supplemented with 5% defibrinated sheep blood
39692	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
119297	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
11832	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
19663	positive	optimum	37	mesophilic
23371	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
39692	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
55002	positive	growth	30-37	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
119297	positive	growth	15-41
119297	negative	growth	10
119297	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
23371	facultative anaerobe
55002	aerobe
119297	obligate aerobe
125439	facultative anaerobe	99.4

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
23371
125439		92.6

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
119297	NaCl	positive	growth	0-10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
119297	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
68379	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
23371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
23371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
119297	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
23371	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
23371	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	builds acid from
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
119297	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
23371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
23371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
23371	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	-	builds acid from
23371	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from
23371	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API Coryne
119297	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
119297	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
119297	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
23371	33942 ChEBI	ribose	+	builds acid from
23371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
23371	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
119297	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
119297	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
119297	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
119297	17234 ChEBI	glucose		+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
23371	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2
119297	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
23371	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
23371	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
23371	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
23371	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20
68379	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
23371	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
119297	amylase	-
23371	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
119297	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68379	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
23371	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
23371	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
119297	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
23371	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
119297	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
23371	chymotrypsin	-	3.4.4.5
119297	DNase	-
23371	esterase (C 4)	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
23371	esterase lipase (C 8)	-
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
119297	gamma-glutamyltransferase	+	2.3.2.2
119297	gelatinase	-
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
119297	lecithinase	-
23371	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
119297	lipase	-
23371	lipase (C 14)	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
119297	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
119297	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
119297	oxidase	-
119297	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
23371	phosphoamidase	-	3.9.1.1
23371	pyrazinamidase	+	3.5.1.B15
68379	pyrazinamidase	-	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
23371	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	+	3.4.19.3
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	+	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
23371	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
119297	tryptophan deaminase	-
119297	tween esterase	+
119297	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68379	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne
23371	valine arylamidase	-
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

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
19663	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	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
19663	not determinedn.d.	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
119297	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

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
119297	not determinedn.d.	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Infection	#Disease	-
#Host	#Other	#Decomposing animal
#Host	#Mammals	#Felidae (Cat)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Host species
11832	dead Scottisch wild cat (Felis sylvestris)						Felis sylvestris
23371	a Scottish wild cat that had died from feline influenza
55002	Scottish wild cat,Felis sylvestris	1995	Inverness	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe
67770	Dead Scottish wild cat (Felis sylvestris)						Felis sylvestris
119297	Scottish wild cat, Fellis silvestris		Inverness	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
19663		2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
11832	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
119297		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
124043	ASM3040875v1 assembly for Corynebacterium felinum DSM 44508	complete	GCA_030408755	131318.4	8049414799	131318	98.49
124043	ASM3145831v1 assembly for Corynebacterium felinum DSM 44508	contig	GCA_031458315	131318.5	2923453845	131318	78.48
66792	ASM2938318v1 assembly for Corynebacterium felinum CCUG 39943	scaffold	GCA_029383185	131318.3	8118157351	131318	59.7
124043	ASM3952722v1 assembly for Corynebacterium felinum JCM 12103	scaffold	GCA_039527225			131318	52.62

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
11832	Corynebacterium felinum partial 16S rRNA gene, strain CCUG 39943	AJ401282	1415		131318

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Corynebacterium felinum CCUG 39943
NCBI: GCA_029383185

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	92.60	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.40	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	100.00	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	99.40	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Corynebacterium atrinae sp. nov., isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of a pen shell, Atrina pectinata.	Kim PS, Shin NR, Hyun DW, Kim JY, Whon TW, Oh SJ, Bae JW	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.067587-0	2014
Phylogeny	Corynebacterium testudinoris sp. nov., from a tortoise, and Corynebacterium felinum sp. nov., from a Scottish wild cat.	Collins MD, Hoyles L, Hutson RA, Foster G, Falsen E	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-51-4-1349	2001

References

#11832	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 44508
#19663	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 )
#23371	M D Collins, L Hoyles, R A Hutson, G Foster, E Falsen: Corynebacterium testudinoris sp. nov., from a tortoise, and Corynebacterium felinum sp. nov., from a Scottish wild cat.. IJSEM 51: 1349 - 1352 2001 ( DOI 10.1099/00207713-51-4-1349 , PubMed 11491332 )
#39692	; Curators of the CIP;
#55002	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 39943
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#119297	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 106740
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Corynebacterium felinum (DSM 44508, CCUG 39943, CIP 106740)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

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API zym

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_030408755

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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