Name: Escherichia coli O55:K59(B5):H
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 4516

Type strain:

Species: Escherichia coli

Strain Designation: O55:K59(B5):H

Culture col. no.: DSM 4779, ATCC 12014, NCTC 9701, CCUG 32986, DSM 5921, CDC 5624-50

Strain history: <- ATCC <- CDC, 5624-50

NCBI tax ID(s): 562 (species)

SI-ID 35469

ATCC 12014, NCTC 9701, CCUG 32986, DSM 5921, DSM 4779, BCRC 15521, CCRC 15521

Other strains from Escherichia coli

Section

Escherichia coli O55:K59:H is an aerobe, mesophilic, motile human pathogen of the family Enterobacteriaceae.

motile
aerobe
human pathogen
mesophilic
Bacteria
genome sequence

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Pseudomonadota*
	Class	*Gammaproteobacteria*
	Order	*Enterobacterales*
	Family	*Enterobacteriaceae*
	Genus	*Escherichia*
	Species	**Escherichia coli**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Escherichia coli (Migula 1895) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonym

"Bacillus coli"

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #69480]	Gram stain	negative Confidence in %99.98

[Ref.: #69480]	Motility	yes Confidence in %97.093

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

[Ref.: #1820]

Culture medium

NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)

[Ref.: #1820]

Culture medium growth

[Ref.: #1820]

Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

[Ref.: #1820]

Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #1820]			growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #51302]			growth	37 °C

[Ref.: #1820]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #51302]	Temperature range	mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #51302]

Oxygen tolerance

aerobe

[Ref.: #69481]	Ability of spore formation	no Confidence in %100
[Ref.: #69480]	Ability of spore formation	no Confidence in %99.744

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #68368]	amygdalin ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	arginine ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	citrate ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	D-glucose ChEBI	+	fermentation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	D-mannitol ChEBI	+	fermentation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	gelatin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	L-arabinose ChEBI	+	fermentation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	L-rhamnose ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	lysine ChEBI	+	degradation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	melibiose ChEBI	+	fermentation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	myo-inositol ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	ornithine ChEBI	-	degradation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	sorbitol ChEBI	+	fermentation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	sucrose ChEBI	+	fermentation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	tryptophan ChEBI	+	energy source	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	urea ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20E
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	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #68368]	acetoin ChEBI	no	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	hydrogen sulfide ChEBI	no	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	indole ChEBI	yes	* from API 20E

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Voges-Proskauer-test	Indole test
[Ref.: #68368]		acetoin ChEBI	-		* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]		indole ChEBI		+	* from API 20E

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68368]	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	gelatinase	-		* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	lysine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.18	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	urease	-	3.5.1.5	* from API 20E

API® 20E:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	beta-GalactosidaseONPG	Arginine dihydrolaseADH (Arg)	Lysine decarboxylaseLDC (Lys)	Ornithine decarboxylaseODC	Citrate utilizationCIT	H2S productionH2S	Urease/urea hydrolysisURE	Tryptophan deaminaseTDA (Trp)	Indole productionIND	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	Gelatinase/gelatin hydrolysisGEL	Fermentation/oxidation of D-glucoseGLU	Fermentation/oxidation of D-mannitolMAN	Fermentation/oxidation of inositolINO	Fermentation/oxidation of sorbitolSor	Fermentation/oxidation of L-rhamnoseRHA	Fermentation/oxidation of sucroseSAC	Fermentation/oxidation of melibioseMEL	Fermentation/oxidation of amygdalinAMY	Fermentation/oxidation of L-arabinoseARA	Cytochrome oxidaseOX	Nitrite productionNO2	Reduction to N2N2	MotilityMOB	Growth on MacConkey mediumMAC	Oxidative catabolisation of D-glucoseOF-O	Fermentation of D-glucoseOF-F
[Ref.: #1820]	17145	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.
[Ref.: #1820]	17144	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

[Ref.: #1820]	Pathogenicity (human)	yes
[Ref.: #1820]	Pathogenicity (animal)	yes
[Ref.: #1820]	Biosafety level	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Escherichia coli NCTC9701	GCA_900449515	contig	GenBank	562 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Escherichia coli strain FDAARGOS_946	562.68638	complete	PATRIC	562 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Escherichia coli strain NCTC9701	562.34261	wgs	PATRIC	562 tax ID	*

Data predicted using genome information as a basis Genome-based predictions

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 based on: Escherichia coli strain FDAARGOS_946 strain Not applicable PATRIC: 562.68638
[Ref.: #69481]	spore-forming	no	100	no

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from Diaspora project based on: Escherichia coli strain FDAARGOS_946 strain Not applicable PATRIC: 562.68638
[Ref.: #69480]	gram-positive	no	98.029	no
[Ref.: #69480]	anaerobic	no	94.275	no
[Ref.: #69480]	halophile	no	90.598	no
[Ref.: #69480]	spore-forming	no	93.93	no
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-util	yes	94.254	no
[Ref.: #69480]	flagellated	no	58.544	no
[Ref.: #69480]	thermophile	no	99.162	no
[Ref.: #69480]	motile	yes	89.397	no
[Ref.: #69480]	aerobic	yes	83.587	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-ferment	yes	93.41	no

Availability in culture collections External links

[Ref.: #1820]

Culture collection no.

DSM 4779, ATCC 12014, NCTC 9701, CCUG 32986, DSM 5921, CDC 5624-50

[Ref.: #74008]

SI-ID 35469

References

#1820

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 4779

#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 )

#51302 Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 32986

#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) .

#68368

Automatically annotated from API 20E .

#69480

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Predictions based on genome sequence made in the Diaspora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#69481

Xiao-Yin To, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Alice C. McHardy, Philipp C. Münch: Predictions based on the model GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 . ( DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2527258/v1 )

#74008

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID35469.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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