Alcaligenes faecalis (DSM 13644, IMI 358536)

Name: Alcaligenes faecalis (DSM 13644, IMI 358536)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 336

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 13644 IMI 358536

NCBI tax ID(s) 511

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- T. Wunder, Thor GmbH <- IMI

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Alcaligenes faecalis DSM 13644 is a bacterium that was isolated from polyurethane.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 49502

DSM 13644,IMI 358536

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:25:00

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Betaproteobacteria

Order Burkholderiales

Family Alcaligenaceae

Genus Alcaligenes

Species Alcaligenes faecalis

Full scientific name Alcaligenes faecalis Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Alcaligenes faecalis** (52)	Type strain
326	A. faecalis MT1, DSM 16964
328	A. faecalis CCUG 710, LMG 1230, DSM 30033, ATCC 15554, ...
136750	A. faecalis CIP 64.15, NBIMCC 156, JCM 20667, IAM 12590, ...
136759	A. faecalis 439, CIP 62.32, ATCC 19018, NBIMCC 154, NCTC ...
136760	A. faecalis Lister, CCUG 535, LMG 3340, LMG 7046, CIP ...
136761	A. faecalis Krier 2, CIP 67.23, JCM 20664, IAM 12587, ...
136762	A. faecalis N28, CIP 71.10, CCEB 569
136763	A. faecalis N46, CIP 71.9, CCEB 568
136764	A. faecalis 44-86, 3242, CIP 102140
136805	A. faecalis Ch.mt.2, CIP 71.7, CCEB 015
141201	A. faecalis CCUG 171 A
141238	A. faecalis CCUG 362
141240	A. faecalis CCUG 365
141243	A. faecalis CCUG 368
141281	A. faecalis CCUG 575 B
141282	A. faecalis CCUG 585
141383	A. faecalis CCUG 1325
141425	A. faecalis CCUG 1712
141464	A. faecalis CCUG 2071
141466	A. faecalis CCUG 2074
141490	A. faecalis CCUG 2350, ATCC 19209, NCTC 10388, JCM 20525, ...
141512	A. faecalis CCUG 2493
141515	A. faecalis CCUG 2515, NRRL B-170
141698	A. faecalis CCUG 4978, CCM 267
142157	A. faecalis CCUG 11246
142401	A. faecalis CCUG 12360
142499	A. faecalis CCUG 12699
143557	A. faecalis CCUG 20077
144618	A. faecalis CCUG 25969
146205	A. faecalis CCUG 30599
148153	A. faecalis CCUG 34908
149989	A. faecalis CCUG 38807
151250	A. faecalis CCUG 43542
151946	A. faecalis CCUG 45299
152215	A. faecalis CCUG 46123
153566	A. faecalis CCUG 50196
154446	A. faecalis CCUG 53652
157300	A. faecalis IMI 347326
157301	A. faecalis IMI 347327
157302	A. faecalis IMI 349009
162800	A. faecalis JCM 20175, IAM 1473
162981	A. faecalis JCM 20666, IAM 12589
174956	A. faecalis Dres_AlcFaec_07, DSM 107044
174957	A. faecalis Dres_AlcFaec_08, DSM 107045
174958	A. faecalis Dres_AlcFaec_02, DSM 107046
174959	A. faecalis DSM 108051
174960	A. faecalis Dres_AlcFaec_11, DSM 108181
174961	A. faecalis Dres_AlcFaec_12, DSM 108182
174962	A. faecalis DSM 108185
174963	A. faecalis Dres_AlcFaec_14, DSM 110696
174964	A. faecalis Dres_AlcFaec_15, DSM 117146
177899	A. faecalis 840, SF002785

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
4938	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
63847	Nutrient Agar (NA)

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
4938	positive	growth	30
63847	positive	growth	25

Physiology and metabolism

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
68369	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API 20NE
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API 20NE

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68369	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
68369	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1	from API 20NE
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE

API 20NE

@ref	Reduction of nitratesNO3	TRP	GLU_ Ferm	ADH (Arg)	URE	ESC	GEL	PNPG	GLU_ Assim	ARA	MNE	MAN	NAG	MAL	GNT	CAP	ADI	MLT	CIT	PAC	OX
4938	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Industrial	#Engineered product

Isolation

63847

Sample typepolyurethane

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
4938	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#4938	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 13644
#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 )
#63847	CABI Genetic Resource Collection ; CABI; IMI 358536
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#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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