Corynebacterium tuscaniense (JCM 15294, DSM 45101, ATCC BAA-1141)

Name: Corynebacterium tuscaniense (JCM 15294, DSM 45101, ATCC BAA-1141)
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BacDive ID 3225

Type strain

Strain Designation ISS-5309

Culture col. no. JCM 15294 DSM 45101 ATCC BAA-1141 CCUG 51321 CIP 109389 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 302449

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP

History <- CCUG <- R. Creti, R. Mattei, C. von Hunolstein CCUG 51321 <-- R. Creti et al. ISS-5309. CIP <- 2006, CCUG <- 2005, R. Creti, R. Mattei, C. von Hunolstein, Rome, Italy: strain ISS-5309

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Corynebacterium tuscaniense ISS-5309 is an aerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from human blood of a 85 year old woman.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 297168

ATCC BAA-1141,CCUG 51321,CIP 109389,DSM 45101,JCM 15294

@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 tuscaniense

Full scientific name Corynebacterium tuscaniense corrig. Riegel et al. 2006

Synonyms (1)

Corynebacterium tuscaniae

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility	Confidence
123699	positive	rod-shaped
125438				95.5

Multimedia

@ref:	12343
multimedia content:	DSM_45101.jpg
multimedia.multimedia content:	https://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/photos/DSM_45101.jpg
caption:	Medium 693 37°C
intellectual property rights:	© Leibniz-Institut DSMZ
manual_annotation:	1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
12343	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
12343	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
37539	MEDIUM 6 - Columbia agar with 10 % horse blood		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Columbia agar (39.000 g);Horseblood (100.000 ml)
123699	CIP Medium 6	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
12343	positive	growth	37
37539	positive	growth	37
59146	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
59146	aerobe
123699	obligate aerobe

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	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
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
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
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
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
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
123699	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
123699	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		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
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
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
123699	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
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
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
123699	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		from API zym
123699	oxidase	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
123699	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

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
123699	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

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
123699	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Human	#Female
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	#Blood

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
12343	human blood of a 85 year old woman			Italy	ITA	Europe
59146	Human blood,85-yr-old woman,endocarditis	2003-06-01	Lucca	Italy	ITA	Europe
67770	Blood culture from a patient with infective endocarditis
123699	Human, Blood			Italy	ITA	Europe	2003

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AY677186 (>99% sequence identity) for Corynebacterium tuscaniense from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	40
Soil Samples	4
Animal Samples	1908
Plant Samples	4
Total Samples	1956

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
12343	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
123699		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	ASM4264956v1 assembly for Corynebacterium tuscaniense CCUG 51321	scaffold	GCA_042649565			302449	65.26
67770	ASM869306v1 assembly for Corynebacterium tuscaniense CCUG 51321T	contig	GCA_008693065	302449.11	8111490710	302449	32.34

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Corynebacterium tuscaniense strain ISS-5309 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY677186	1502		302449

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Corynebacterium tuscaniense CCUG 51321T
NCBI: GCA_008693065.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	86.15	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	93.77	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	58.06	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	78.37	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	93.58	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
Genetics	Expanding the Bacterial Diversity of the Female Urinary Microbiome: Description of Eight New Corynebacterium Species.	Cappelli EA, Ksiezarek M, Wolf J, Neumann-Schaal M, Ribeiro TG, Peixe L.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms11020388	2023
	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
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

References

#12343	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 45101
#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 )
#37539	; Curators of the CIP;
#59146	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 51321
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#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 .
#123699	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 109389
#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 )
#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 tuscaniense (JCM 15294, DSM 45101, ATCC BAA-1141)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Multimedia

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Enzymes

API zym

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_042649565

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

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