Corynebacterium ureicelerivorans (DSM 45051, CCUG 53377, CIP 109611)

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Multicellular morphology

Multimedia

• @ref:	12300
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  caption:	Medium 693 37°C
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  manual_annotation:	1

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
12300	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
12300	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
20160	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
20160	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
23204	Columbia blood

Culture temp

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
23204	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	builds acid from
23204	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
23204	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
23204	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	builds acid from
23204	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from
23204	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from
23204	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
23204	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from
23204	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from
23204	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from
23204	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from
23204	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	-	builds acid from
23204	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
23204	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from
23204	33942 ChEBI	ribose	+	builds acid from
23204	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from
23204	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
23204	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from
23204	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
23204	15688 ChEBI	acetoin

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
23204	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
23204	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
23204	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
23204	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51
68382	alpha-fucosidase	+	3.2.1.51	from API zym
23204	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
23204	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
23204	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
23204	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6
23204	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68379	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
23204	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
23204	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
23204	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
23204	chymotrypsin	-	3.4.4.5
23204	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3
68382	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	from API zym
23204	cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1
23204	esterase (C 4)	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
23204	esterase lipase (C 8)	+
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
23204	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1
23204	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
23204	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
23204	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
23204	pyrazinamidase	+	3.5.1.B15
68379	pyrazinamidase	-	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
23204	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	+	3.4.19.3
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
23204	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68379	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne
23204	valine arylamidase	-
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions	external links
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	acetate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	ethanol fermentation	100	2 of 2
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	acetoin degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	valine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
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	vitamin K metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	threonine metabolism	80	8 of 10
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	77.27	17 of 22
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	flavin biosynthesis	73.33	11 of 15
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	72.73	8 of 11
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	72.73	8 of 11
66794	NAD metabolism	72.22	13 of 18
66794	propanol degradation	71.43	5 of 7
66794	photosynthesis	71.43	10 of 14
66794	citric acid cycle	71.43	10 of 14
66794	glutathione metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	glycolysis	70.59	12 of 17
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	69.23	18 of 26
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	alanine metabolism	68.97	20 of 29
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	66.67	4 of 6
66794	serine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	66.67	6 of 9
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	64.29	9 of 14
66794	gluconeogenesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	62.5	5 of 8
66794	purine metabolism	61.7	58 of 94
66794	urea cycle	61.54	8 of 13
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	60.71	17 of 28
66794	starch degradation	60	6 of 10
66794	glycogen metabolism	60	3 of 5
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	57.78	26 of 45
66794	methionine metabolism	57.69	15 of 26
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	57.14	52 of 91
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	56.25	9 of 16
66794	d-mannose degradation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	leucine metabolism	53.85	7 of 13
66794	tryptophan metabolism	52.63	20 of 38
66794	non-pathway related	52.63	20 of 38
66794	lipid metabolism	51.61	16 of 31
66794	propionate fermentation	50	5 of 10
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	cysteine metabolism	50	9 of 18
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	50	4 of 8
66794	butanoate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	arginine metabolism	45.83	11 of 24
66794	proline metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	lysine metabolism	45.24	19 of 42
66794	histidine metabolism	44.83	13 of 29
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	44.44	4 of 9
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	42.86	3 of 7
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	42.86	3 of 7
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	glycine metabolism	40	4 of 10
66794	sulfate reduction	38.46	5 of 13
66794	tyrosine metabolism	35.71	5 of 14
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	33.33	4 of 12
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	octane oxidation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	nitrate assimilation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	27.78	5 of 18
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	polyamine pathway	26.09	6 of 23
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	degradation of pentoses	25	7 of 28
66794	degradation of hexoses	22.22	4 of 18
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	20.59	7 of 34

API coryne

API zym

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AM397636 (>99% sequence identity) for Corynebacterium from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	36
Soil Samples	13
Animal Samples	1752
Plant Samples	5
Total Samples	1806

Risk assessment

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM74731v1 assembly for Corynebacterium ureicelerivorans IMMIB RIV-2301	complete	GCA_000747315	401472.3	2597490209	401472	98.02

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
12300	Corynebacterium ureicelerivorans partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain IMMIB RIV-2301T	AM397636	1481		401472

GC content

Predictions

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
Genetics	Prediction of Metabolic Profile and Virulence Factors of Facultative-Anaerobic Bacteria from Tuberculous Necrosis Foci Based on Whole-Genome Sequencing Data.	Kondratov IG, Ogarkov OB, Sinkov VV, Suzdalnitsky AE, Koshcheyev ME, Orlova EA, Belkova NL, Zhdanova SN, Rychkova LV, Kolesnikova LI.	Bull Exp Biol Med	10.1007/s10517-025-06508-6	2025
	Comparison of the Diagnostic Performance of Culture, Histopathology, and mNGS for Periprosthetic Joint Infection Using Periprosthetic Tissue Samples: A Prospective Clinical Study.	Wei L, Yu Y, Wang S, Dong G, Niu Y.	Infect Drug Resist	10.2147/idr.s544455	2025
	Skin microbiome differences in pancreatic adenocarcinoma, other cancers, and healthy controls: a pilot study.	Davis T, Decker KT, Hosseini D, Jameson G, Borazanci E.	Front Oncol	10.3389/fonc.2025.1495500	2025
Pathogenicity	Co-occurrence network analysis reveals the alterations of the skin microbiome and metabolome in adults with mild to moderate atopic dermatitis.	P Gomes PW, Mannochio-Russo H, Mao J, Zhao HN, Ancira J, Tipton CD, Dorrestein PC, Li M.	mSystems	10.1128/msystems.01119-23	2024
	Locked in Structure: Sestrin and GATOR-A Billion-Year Marriage.	Haidurov A, Budanov AV.	Cells	10.3390/cells13181587	2024
Genetics	Retrospective Review of Clinical Utility of Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing Testing of Cerebrospinal Fluid from a U.S. Tertiary Care Medical Center.	Rodino KG, Toledano M, Norgan AP, Pritt BS, Binnicker MJ, Yao JD, Aksamit AJ, Patel R.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.01729-20	2020
Phylogeny	Isolation of Corynebacterium ureicelerivorans from normally sterile sites in humans.	Fernandez-Natal MI, Saez-Nieto JA, Valdezate S, Rodriguez-Pollan RH, Lapena S, Cachon F, Soriano F.	Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis	10.1007/s10096-008-0677-1	2009
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
Phylogeny	Mussel Mass Mortality and the Microbiome: Evidence for Shifts in the Bacterial Microbiome of a Declining Freshwater Bivalve.	Richard JC, Campbell LJ, Leis EM, Agbalog RE, Dunn CD, Waller DL, Knowles S, Putnam JG, Goldberg TL.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms9091976	2021
Enzymology	Corynebacterium Species Rarely Cause Orthopedic Infections.	Kalt F, Schulthess B, Sidler F, Herren S, Fucentese SF, Zingg PO, Berli M, Zinkernagel AS, Zbinden R, Achermann Y.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.01200-18	2018
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
Genetics	Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria.	Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007	2018
	'Corynebacterium fournierii,' a new bacterial species isolated from the vaginal sample of a patient with bacterial vaginosis.	Diop K, Bretelle F, Raoult D, Fenollar F.	New Microbes New Infect	10.1016/j.nmni.2017.03.005	2017
Phylogeny	Biodiversity of Bacteria Associated with Eight Pleurotus ostreatus (Fr.) P. Kumm. Strains from Poland, Japan and the USA.	Adamski M, Pietr SJ.	Pol J Microbiol	10.21307/pjm-2019-009	2019
	Phylogenomic Reappraisal of Fatty Acid Biosynthesis, Mycolic Acid Biosynthesis and Clinical Relevance Among Members of the Genus Corynebacterium.	Dover LG, Thompson AR, Sutcliffe IC, Sangal V.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2021.802532	2021
Genetics	Complete Genome Sequence of Corynebacterium ureicelerivorans DSM 45051, a Lipophilic and Urea-Splitting Isolate from the Blood Culture of a Septicemia Patient.	Tippelt A, Albersmeier A, Brinkrolf K, Ruckert C, Fernandez-Natal I, Soriano F, Tauch A	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomeA.01211-14	2014
Genetics	Complete genome and description of Corynebacterium incognita sp. nov.: a new bacterium within the Corynebacterium genus.	Boxberger M, Antezack A, Magnien S, Cassir N, La Scola B.	New Microbes New Infect	10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100893	2021
Genetics	Draft genome and description of Corynebacterium haemomassiliense strain Marseille-Q3615T sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from a 59-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease symptoms.	Boxberger M, Antezack A, Magnien S, Cassir N, La Scola B.	New Microbes New Infect	10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100801	2020
Phylogeny	Corynebacterium pilbarense sp. nov., a non-lipophilic corynebacterium isolated from a human ankle aspirate.	Aravena-Roman M, Sproer C, Straubler B, Inglis T, Yassin AF.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.015966-0	2010
Phylogeny	Corynebacterium ureicelerivorans sp. nov., a lipophilic bacterium isolated from blood culture.	Yassin AF	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.64832-0	2007