Corynebacterium efficiens (DSM 44549, JCM 11189, FERM 9246)

Name: Corynebacterium efficiens (DSM 44549, JCM 11189, FERM 9246)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 3195

Type strain

Strain Designation AJ-12310, YS-314

Culture col. no. DSM 44549 JCM 11189 FERM 9246 AJ-12310 YS-314 6 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 196164 152794

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP Wink compendium Literature strains

History DSMZ <- R. Fudou, Central Res. Lab., Japan; YS-314 JCM <-- R. Fudou YS-314. CIP <- 2002, JCM <- 2001, R. Fudou: strain YS-314

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Corynebacterium efficiens AJ-12310 is an aerobe, chemoorganotroph, Gram-positive bacterium that was isolated from soil.

Gram-positive rod-shaped aerobe chemoorganotroph genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 94057

DSM 44549,JCM 11189,CCUG 47130,CIP 107632,CCUG 48037,CCM 7123,NBRC 100395

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:25:39

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Corynebacteriaceae

Genus Corynebacterium

Species Corynebacterium efficiens

Full scientific name Corynebacterium efficiens Fudou et al. 2002

Synonyms (1)

"Corynebacterium thermoaminogenes"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Corynebacterium efficiens** (2)	Type strain
3193	C. efficiens AJ-12308, YS-52, DSM 44547, CCM 7708, JCM ...
3194	C. efficiens AJ-12309, YS-155, DSM 44548, CCM 7709, JCM ...

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Confidence
23185	positive	1.0-4.5 µm	0.8-1.1 µm	rod-shaped
118997	positive			rod-shaped
125438					91
125438	positive				91.117

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony size	Colony color	Colony shape	Incubation period	Medium used	Hemolysis ability
20072		Colorless		10-14 days	ISP 2
20072		Colorless		10-14 days	ISP 3
20072		Beige (1001)		10-14 days	ISP 4
20072		Beige (1001)		10-14 days	ISP 5
20072		Beige (1001)		10-14 days	ISP 6
20072		Beige (1001)		10-14 days	ISP 7
23185	2-3 mm	yellow	circular	2 days	nutrient agar
118997						0

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Forms multicellular complex	Medium name
20072		ISP 2
20072		ISP 3
20072		ISP 4
20072		ISP 5
20072		ISP 6
20072		ISP 7

Multimedia

@ref:	11854
multimedia content:	DSM_44549.jpg
multimedia.multimedia content:	https://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/photos/DSM_44549.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
11854	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
11854	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
11854	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
20072	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
20072	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:
20072	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
20072	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
20072	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
20072	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
23185	Nutrient agar (NA)
33151	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
118997	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
11854	positive	growth	37
20072	positive	optimum	37
23185	negative	growth	47
23185	positive	maximum	45
23185	positive	minimum	15
23185	positive	optimum	30-40
33151	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37
118997	positive	growth	25-41
118997	negative	growth	10
118997	negative	growth	15
118997	negative	growth	45

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
23185		growth	<6
23185	positive	growth	7-10	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
23185	aerobe
23185	facultative anaerobe
118997	facultative anaerobe
125439	facultative anaerobe	90.239

Nutrition type

23185

Typechemoorganotroph

Spore formation

23185

Spore formationno

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
23185	NaCl	positive	growth	10 %
118997	NaCl	positive	growth	2-4 %
118997	NaCl		growth	0 %
118997	NaCl		growth	6 %
118997	NaCl		growth	8 %
118997	NaCl		growth	10 %

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-9(H₂)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
23185	30916 ChEBI	2-oxoglutarate	-	assimilation
23185	30089 ChEBI	acetate	+	assimilation
23185	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	assimilation
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
20072	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	-
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23185	15956 ChEBI	biotin	+	required for growth
23185	17968 ChEBI	butyrate	-	assimilation
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
20072	62968 ChEBI	cellulose	+
23185	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	assimilation
118997	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
23185		D-lactate	-	assimilation
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
23185	23652 ChEBI	dextrin	+	builds acid from
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23185	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+/-	hydrolysis
118997	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23185	15740 ChEBI	formate	-	assimilation
20072	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+
23185	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+	builds acid from
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23185	28260 ChEBI	galactose	-	builds acid from
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
20072	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+
23185	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	builds acid from
23185	17859 ChEBI	glutaric acid	-	assimilation
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23185	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
23185	29805 ChEBI	glycolate	-	assimilation
23185	36655 ChEBI	glyoxylate	-	assimilation
118997	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
23185		L-lactate	+	assimilation
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
23185	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23185	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
20072	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+
23185	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	-	builds acid from
23185	37684 ChEBI	mannose	+	builds acid from
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
20072	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23185	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API Coryne
118997	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
118997	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
23185	30623 ChEBI	oxalate	-	assimilation
23185	17774 ChEBI	pimelate	-	assimilation
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
23185	17272 ChEBI	propionate	-	assimilation
118997	45285 ChEBI	pyrazinamide	+	hydrolysis
23185	15361 ChEBI	pyruvate	+	assimilation
20072	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
20072	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	-
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23185	33942 ChEBI	ribose	+	builds acid from
23185	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23185	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
23185	30031 ChEBI	succinate	-	assimilation
20072	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-
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
23185	16199 ChEBI	urea	+/-	hydrolysis
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
20072	18222 ChEBI	xylose	-
23185	18222 ChEBI	xylose	-	builds acid from

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
118997	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
67770	29987 ChEBI	glutamate
118997	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
118997	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
118997	17234 ChEBI	glucose		+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2	from API zym
118997	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
23185	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1
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
23185	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
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
118997	amylase	-
23185	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
118997	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
118997	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
23185	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
118997	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
23185	cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1
118997	DNase	+
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
118997	gamma-glutamyltransferase	+	2.3.2.2
118997	gelatinase	-
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
118997	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
118997	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
118997	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
23185	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
118997	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
118997	oxidase	-
118997	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
23185	pyrazinamidase	+	3.5.1.B15
68379	pyrazinamidase	-	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
23185	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
118997	tryptophan deaminase	-
118997	tween esterase	-
23185	tyrosine arylamidase	-
118997	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	denitrification	100	2 of 2
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	lactate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	resorcinol degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	100	6 of 6
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	ceramide biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	100	5 of 5
66794	acetate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	starch degradation	90	9 of 10
66794	propionate fermentation	90	9 of 10
66794	valine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	isoleucine metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	86.67	13 of 15
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	86.36	19 of 22
66794	citric acid cycle	85.71	12 of 14
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	85.71	6 of 7
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	85.71	24 of 28
66794	propanol degradation	85.71	6 of 7
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	81.82	9 of 11
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	81.82	9 of 11
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	flavin biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	threonine metabolism	80	8 of 10
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	NAD metabolism	77.78	14 of 18
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
66794	leucine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	alanine metabolism	75.86	22 of 29
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	gluconeogenesis	75	6 of 8
66794	biotin biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	75	6 of 8
66794	proline metabolism	72.73	8 of 11
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	71.11	32 of 45
66794	glycolysis	70.59	12 of 17
66794	purine metabolism	69.15	65 of 94
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	68.13	62 of 91
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	65.38	17 of 26
66794	lipid metabolism	64.52	20 of 31
66794	glutathione metabolism	64.29	9 of 14
66794	d-xylose degradation	63.64	7 of 11
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
66794	urea cycle	61.54	8 of 13
66794	methionine metabolism	61.54	16 of 26
66794	tryptophan metabolism	60.53	23 of 38
66794	gallate degradation	60	3 of 5
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	60	3 of 5
66794	non-pathway related	57.89	22 of 38
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	56.25	9 of 16
66794	cysteine metabolism	55.56	10 of 18
66794	d-mannose degradation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	histidine metabolism	55.17	16 of 29
66794	lysine metabolism	54.76	23 of 42
66794	sulfate reduction	53.85	7 of 13
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	53.33	8 of 15
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	50	6 of 12
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	50	5 of 10
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	phenol degradation	50	10 of 20
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	arginine metabolism	50	12 of 24
66794	grixazone biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	vitamin E metabolism	50	2 of 4
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	47.06	16 of 34
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	44.44	4 of 9
66794	nitrate assimilation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	43.75	7 of 16
66794	tyrosine metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	40.91	9 of 22
66794	glycine metabolism	40	4 of 10
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	40	2 of 5
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	40	2 of 5
66794	degradation of hexoses	38.89	7 of 18
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	38.46	5 of 13
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	degradation of pentoses	32.14	9 of 28
66794	degradation of sugar acids	32	8 of 25
66794	ascorbate metabolism	31.82	7 of 22
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	cholesterol biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	methanogenesis from CO2	25	3 of 12
66794	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	23.53	4 of 17
66794	chlorophyll metabolism	22.22	4 of 18
66794	daunorubicin biosynthesis	22.22	2 of 9
66794	allantoin degradation	22.22	2 of 9
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	22.22	4 of 18

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
20072	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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
20072	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
118997	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
118997	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
118997	not determinedn.d.	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil
#Host	#Plants	-
#Host Body-Site	#Plant	#Fruit (Seed)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
11854	soil	Kanagawa	Japan	JPN	Asia
23185	soil and vegetables
67770	Soil	Kanagawa Pref.	Japan	JPN	Asia
118997	Environment, Soil	Kanagawa	Japan	JPN	Asia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB055963 (>99% sequence identity) for Corynebacterium efficiens subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	4404
Soil Samples	3756
Animal Samples	25149
Plant Samples	1483
Total Samples	34792

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
11854	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
118997	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	ASM1130v1 assembly for Corynebacterium efficiens YS-314	complete	GCA_000011305	196164.6	644736345	196164	98.45
67770	ASM16079v1 assembly for Corynebacterium efficiens YS-314	scaffold	GCA_000160795	196164.10	645951842	196164	51.47

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
11854	Corynebacterium efficiens gene for 16S rRNA, strain:YS-314	AB055963	1454		196164
124043	Corynebacterium efficiens 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	AY438054	418		152794

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
11854	58.8
67770	63	genome sequence analysis
67770	59	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM1130v1 assembly for Corynebacterium efficiens YS-314
BV-BRC: 196164.6

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	90.24	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	83.34	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	88.67	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	85.64	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Corynebacterium efficiens YS-314 YS-314
NCBI: GCA_000011305.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	91.12	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	94.80	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	76.89	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	76.47	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	94.10	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	91.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Identification and Characterization of Corynaridin, a Novel Linaridin from Corynebacterium lactis.	Pashou E, Reich SJ, Reiter A, Weixler D, Eikmanns BJ, Oldiges M, Riedel CU, Goldbeck O.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.01756-22	2023
	In Silico Prediction and Analysis of Unusual Lantibiotic Resistance Operons in the Genus Corynebacterium.	Goldbeck O, Weixler D, Eikmanns BJ, Riedel CU.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms9030646	2021
Enzymology	Crystallization and X-ray diffraction studies of a complete bacterial fatty-acid synthase type I.	Enderle M, McCarthy A, Paithankar KS, Grininger M.	Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun	10.1107/s2053230x15018336	2015
Metabolism	Activation of toll-like receptor 9 by DNA from different bacterial species.	Dalpke A, Frank J, Peter M, Heeg K.	Infect Immun	10.1128/iai.74.2.940-946.2006	2006
	Comparing the similarity of different groups of bacteria to the human proteome.	Trost B, Pajon R, Jayaprakash T, Kusalik A.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0034007	2012
Metabolism	Reconstitution experiments and gene deletions reveal the existence of two-component major cell wall channels in the genus Corynebacterium.	Barth E, Barcelo MA, Klackta C, Benz R.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.01142-09	2010
	Biotransformation of ferulic acid to protocatechuic acid by Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 21420 engineered to express vanillate O-demethylase.	Okai N, Masuda T, Takeshima Y, Tanaka K, Yoshida KI, Miyamoto M, Ogino C, Kondo A	AMB Express	10.1186/s13568-017-0427-9	2017
Genetics	Complete genome sequencing of newly isolated thermotolerant Corynebacterium glutamicum N24 provides a new insights into its thermotolerant phenotype.	Matsutani M, Nantapong N, Murata R, Paisrisan P, Hirakawa H, Kataoka N, Yakushi T, Matsushita K	J Biotechnol	10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.02.025	2017
Enzymology	Characterization and identification of distinct Mycobacterium massiliense extracellular proteins from those of Mycobacterium abscessus.	Shin AR, Sohn H, Won CJ, Lee B, Kim WS, Kang HB, Kim HJ, Cho SN, Shin SJ	J Microbiol	10.1007/s12275-010-0038-5	2010
Enzymology	Cloning, overexpression, purification, and characterization of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase from Corynebacterium efficiens YS-314.	Lozada-Ramirez JD, Martinez-Martinez I, Garcia-Carmona F, Sanchez-Ferrer A	Biotechnol Prog	10.1021/bp070205c	2007
Proteome	The cytosolic, cell surface and extracellular proteomes of the biotechnologically important soil bacterium Corynebacterium efficiens YS-314 in comparison to those of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032.	Hansmeier N, Chao TC, Puhler A, Tauch A, Kalinowski J	Proteomics	10.1002/pmic.200500144	2006
Genetics	The individual and common repertoire of DNA-binding transcriptional regulators of Corynebacterium glutamicum, Corynebacterium efficiens, Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium jeikeium deduced from the complete genome sequences.	Brune I, Brinkrolf K, Kalinowski J, Puhler A, Tauch A	BMC Genomics	10.1186/1471-2164-6-86	2005
Phylogeny	Corynebacterium defluvii sp. nov., isolated from Sewage.	Yu QL, Yan ZF, He X, Tian FH, Jia CW, Li CT	J Microbiol	10.1007/s12275-017-6592-3	2017
Phylogeny	Corynebacterium faecale sp. nov., isolated from the faeces of Assamese macaque.	Chen X, Li GD, Li QY, Hu CJ, Liu CB, Jiang Y, Jiang CL, Han L, Huang XS	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001076	2016
Phylogeny	Corynebacterium efficiens sp. nov., a glutamic-acid-producing species from soil and vegetables.	Fudou R, Jojima Y, Seto A, Yamada K, Kimura E, Nakamatsu T, Hiraishi A, Yamanaka S	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-52-4-1127	2002

References

#11854	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 44549
#20072	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 )
#23185	Ryosuke Fudou, Yasuko Jojima, Akira Seto, Kazuhiko Yamada, Eiichiro Kimura, Tsuyoshi Nakamatsu, Akira Hiraishi, Shigeru Yamanaka: Corynebacterium efficiens sp. nov., a glutamic-acid-producing species from soil and vegetables. IJSEM 52: 1127 - 1131 2002 ( DOI 10.1099/00207713-52-4-1127 , PubMed 12148616 )
#33151	; Curators of the CIP;
#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 .
#118997	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 107632
#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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Genome browser: GCA_000011305

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