Proteus mirabilis (DSM 50903, ATCC 15363, ICPB 2575)

Name: Proteus mirabilis (DSM 50903, ATCC 15363, ICPB 2575)
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BacDive ID 5064

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 50903 ATCC 15363 ICPB 2575

NCBI tax ID(s) 584

Special Collections DSMZ

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Proteus mirabilis DSM 50903 is a mesophilic human pathogen of the family Morganellaceae.

mesophilic human pathogen

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 36352

ATCC 15363,DSM 50903,NRRL B-3403

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:47:58

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Enterobacterales

Family Morganellaceae

Genus Proteus

Species Proteus mirabilis

Full scientific name Proteus mirabilis Hauser 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Proteus mirabilis** (49)	Type strain
5058	P. mirabilis PR 14, DSM 4479, ATCC 29906, CIP 103181, ... (type strain)
5057	P. mirabilis DSM 788, ATCC 14153, IMET 11232, CCUG 32232, ...
5059	P. mirabilis LRA 080173, LRA 008 01 73, DSM 6674, ATCC ...
5060	P. mirabilis D1, DSM 18254, ATCC 12453, CCUG 34293
5061	P. mirabilis D 799, DSM 30115, ATCC 9240
5062	P. mirabilis WS 10039, DSM 30116
5063	P. mirabilis BL 47, DSM 46227, IMET 10762, SG 654
130994	P. mirabilis CD1-T1542, DSM 28629
131878	P. mirabilis PGVI, DSM 102257
131879	P. mirabilis PG 400, DSM 102258
134505	P. mirabilis CF 09, CIP 105872
134641	P. mirabilis 89-Hb, CIP 107283
135785	P. mirabilis O, CIP A233
135941	P. mirabilis B-0087, CIP 107052
136530	P. mirabilis PM1, CIP 106474
138072	P. mirabilis CIP 104588, Ip R1
138172	P. mirabilis CF 1709, CIP 105104
138505	P. mirabilis SS, CIP 75.15
139060	P. mirabilis CIP A235
139103	P. mirabilis AP 3, CIP 103800
139220	P. mirabilis 74.87, CIP 102817
139221	P. mirabilis 73.87, CIP 102818
141192	P. mirabilis CCUG 138
141666	P. mirabilis CCUG 4637
141668	P. mirabilis CCUG 4640, CCUG 18993
141669	P. mirabilis CCUG 4641
141670	P. mirabilis CCUG 4642, CCUG 18994
141672	P. mirabilis CCUG 4644, CCUG 18996
141673	P. mirabilis CCUG 4645
141674	P. mirabilis CCUG 4646, CCUG 18999
141676	P. mirabilis CCUG 4648
141677	P. mirabilis CCUG 4649, CCUG 19005
143412	P. mirabilis CCUG 19004
143413	P. mirabilis CCUG 19011
143414	P. mirabilis CCUG 19016
144509	P. mirabilis CCUG 25418
145699	P. mirabilis CCUG 29299
147545	P. mirabilis CCUG 33773, ATCC 29245
147577	P. mirabilis CCUG 33828
147821	P. mirabilis CCUG 34294, NCDC 2059-70, ATCC 25933
149015	P. mirabilis CCUG 36728
149086	P. mirabilis CCUG 36839
150125	P. mirabilis CCUG 39049
150288	P. mirabilis CCUG 39506, ATCC 7002
151282	P. mirabilis CCUG 43605
153329	P. mirabilis CCUG 49244
156661	P. mirabilis CCUG 63961
173180	P. mirabilis CIMB 05-1153, CRBIP17.135
174547	P. mirabilis 115002, DSM 115002

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
12731	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
12731	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)	Range
12731	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Compound production

@ref	Compound
12731	superoxide dismutase
12731	glutamine synthetase

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68368	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68368	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68368	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	assimilation	from API 20E
68368	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	fermentation	from API 20E
68368	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68368	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68368	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68368	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68368	25094 ChEBI	lysine	-	degradation	from API 20E
68368	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68368	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68368	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	+	degradation	from API 20E
68368	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68368	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20E
68368	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API 20E

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	from API 20E
68368	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide	from API 20E
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole	from API 20E

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Indole test
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-		from API 20E
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole		-	from API 20E

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68368	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20E
68368	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API 20E
68368	cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1	from API 20E
68368	gelatinase	-		from API 20E
68368	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18	from API 20E
68368	ornithine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.17	from API 20E
68368	tryptophan deaminase	+	4.1.99.1	from API 20E
68368	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API 20E

API 20E

@ref	ONPG	ADH (Arg)	LDC (Lys)	ODC	CIT	H2S productionH2S	URE	TDA (Trp)	IND	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	GEL	GLU	MAN	INO	Sor	RHA	SAC	MEL	AMY	ARA	OX	Nitrite productionNO2	Reduction to N2N2	MotilityMOB	Growth on MacConkey mediumMAC	OF-O	OF-F
12731	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
12731			2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Response of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to Bdellovibrio species.	Drutz DJ.	Infect Immun	10.1128/iai.13.1.247-251.1976	1976
	Structural properties and features of parasitic Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus.	Abram D, Davis BK.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.104.2.948-965.1970	1970
Enzymology	Isolation and characterization of host-independent Bdellovibrios.	Seidler RJ, Starr MP.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.100.2.769-785.1969	1969

References

#12731	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 50903
#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 )
#68368	Automatically annotated from API 20E .
#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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Proteus mirabilis (DSM 50903, ATCC 15363, ICPB 2575)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Compound production

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API 20E

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

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References

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