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Hafnia alvei (DSM 15533, 5-5)

Name: Hafnia alvei (DSM 15533, 5-5)
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BacDive ID 4934

Type strain

Strain Designation 5-5

Culture col. no. DSM 15533 5-5

NCBI tax ID(s) 569

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- H. G. Schlegel; 5-5 <- H. S. Lee

Hafnia alvei 5-5 is a human pathogen that was isolated from soil under the nickel-accumulating tree Sebertia acuminata.

human pathogen Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

DSM 15533 5-5

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:18:50

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Enterobacterales

Family Hafniaceae

Genus Hafnia

Species Hafnia alvei

Full scientific name Hafnia alvei Møller 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Hafnia alvei** (48)	Type strain
4938	H. alvei Type 32011, DSM 30163, ATCC 13337, CIP 57.31, ... (type strain)
130955	H. alvei 1004, DSM 24119
4935	H. alvei type 32011, DSM 30097, ATCC 11604
4936	H. alvei WS 10209, DSM 30098
4937	H. alvei 21183, DSM 30101
23928	H. alvei WS 20745, DSM 30099
131728	H. alvei FB1, DSM 102038
134802	H. alvei mutant 11, CIP 66.52
134803	H. alvei mutant 2, CIP 66.41
135651	H. alvei mutant 14, CIP 66.48
135652	H. alvei mutant 15, CIP 66.49
135774	H. alvei CIP 66.53
135815	H. alvei CIP A250
137092	H. alvei mutant 7, CIP 66.44
137118	H. alvei mutant 17, CIP 66.50
137119	H. alvei CIP 66.51
137727	H. alvei 1, CIP 106815
138463	H. alvei CIP 66.40
138919	H. alvei mutant 4, CIP 66.42
138921	H. alvei mutant 6, CIP 66.43
138922	H. alvei mutant 8, CIP 66.45
138923	H. alvei mutant 9, CIP 66.46
138924	H. alvei mutant 12, CIP 66.47
139255	H. alvei 5632-72, CIP 104949, ATCC 29926
141268	H. alvei CCUG 497
141755	H. alvei CCUG 6330, NCTC 8106
145307	H. alvei CCUG 28135
145757	H. alvei CCUG 29511
145758	H. alvei CCUG 29513
145769	H. alvei CCUG 29545
146069	H. alvei CCUG 30329
146238	H. alvei CCUG 30687
146257	H. alvei CCUG 30716
146483	H. alvei CCUG 31269
146560	H. alvei CCUG 31437
147162	H. alvei CCUG 32973
148768	H. alvei CCUG 35918
149558	H. alvei CCUG 37955
150541	H. alvei CCUG 41540
150573	H. alvei CCUG 41637
150811	H. alvei CCUG 42414
152052	H. alvei CCUG 45642
152201	H. alvei CCUG 46053
155828	H. alvei CCUG 59411
155960	H. alvei CCUG 59789
163286	H. alvei JCM 24184, ATCC 9760, NCTC 6578
171064	H. alvei CIMB 05-1105, CRBIP17.81
174475	H. alvei 115327, DSM 115327

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
5982	R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casamino acids 0.5 g/l Starch 0.5 g/l Glucose 0.5 g/l Proteose peptone 0.5 g/l Yeast extract 0.5 g/l K2HPO4 0.3 g/l Na-pyruvate 0.3 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.05 g/l Distilled water
5982	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
5982	NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
5982	positive	growth	30
5982	positive	growth	28
5982	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil
#Host	#Plants	#Tree

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
5982	soil under the nickel-accumulating tree Sebertia acuminata	Sebertia acuminata	New Caledonia	NCL	Australia and Oceania

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
5982			2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#5982	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 15533
#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 )

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