Proteus penneri (DSM 4544, ATCC 33519, CCUG 15722)

Name: Proteus penneri (DSM 4544, ATCC 33519, CCUG 15722)
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BacDive ID 5065

Type strain

Strain Designation 1808-73

Culture col. no. DSM 4544 ATCC 33519 CCUG 15722 CECT 864 NCTC 12737 8 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 102862

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP

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Proteus penneri 1808-73 is a mesophilic, Gram-negative, rod-shaped prokaryote that was isolated from urine.

Gram-negative rod-shaped mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 10834

LMG 7877,ATCC 33519,CCUG 15722,CECT 864,DSM 4544,CIP 103030,JCM 3948,NCIMB 12597,CCRC 14123,NCIMB 12957,NCTC 12737,BCRC 14123

@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 penneri

Full scientific name Proteus penneri Hickman et al. 1983

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Proteus penneri** (15)	Type strain
136383	P. penneri 4732-68, CIP 105117, CCUG 21168, CUETM 84/88
136384	P. penneri 1655-67, CIP 105118, CCUG 21169, CUETM 84/87
143745	P. penneri CCUG 21170
143746	P. penneri CCUG 21171
144519	P. penneri CCUG 25463
144790	P. penneri CCUG 26555
147312	P. penneri CCUG 33352
149549	P. penneri CCUG 37944
156147	P. penneri CCUG 60543
174548	P. penneri Dres_ProtPenn_01, DSM 103568
174549	P. penneri Dres_ProtPenn_02, DSM 103569
174550	P. penneri Dres_ProtPenn_06, DSM 109404
174551	P. penneri Dres_ProtPenn_07, DSM 109405
174552	P. penneri Dres_ProtPenn_09, DSM 109407
174553	P. penneri Dres_ProtPenn_10, DSM 109408

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
121660	negative	rod-shaped
125438	negative		99.985
125439	negative		97.7

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
1725	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
34100	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
1725	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
1725	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
121660	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP
121660	CIP Medium 3	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
1725	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
34100	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate aerobe	96.9

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125438		90.231
125439		99.1

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	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	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	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	Production
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20E

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
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	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
1725	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	+	+	-	+	+/-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.
1725	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.
1725	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	#Urine

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
1725	urine
67770	Urine
121660	Human, Urine	Anchorage, Alaska	United States of America	USA	North America

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence DQ885258 (>99% sequence identity) for Proteus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	10
Soil Samples	4
Animal Samples	74
Plant Samples	1
Total Samples	89

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
1725	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
121660	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	ASM1602867v1 assembly for Proteus penneri FDAARGOS_874	complete	GCA_016028675	102862.20		102862	89
67770	ASM314453v1 assembly for Proteus penneri ATCC 33519	contig	GCA_003144535	102862.7	2858358578	102862	67.9
67770	28265_E01 assembly for Proteus penneri NCTC12737	contig	GCA_900455015	102862.13	8117433022	102862	67.55

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Proteus penneri strain ATCC 33519 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	FJ971869	797	102862
20218	Proteus penneri strain NCTC 12737 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	DQ885258	1383	102862
124043	Proteus penneri gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 105705.	AB682277	1468	102862
124043	Proteus penneri partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain DSM 4544T	LN809884	1445	102862
124043	Proteus penneri strain NCTC 12737 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	PP858833	706	102862

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	38	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Proteus penneri ATCC 33519
NCBI: GCA_003144535

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	96.90	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	97.70	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	62.30	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.10	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Proteus penneri strain FDAARGOS_874 strain Not applicable
PATRIC: 102862.20

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	99.99	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	89.79	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	90.23	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	78.77	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	98.70	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	71.68	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	The gene expression and bioinformatic analysis of choline trimethylamine-lyase (CutC) and its activating enzyme (CutD) for gut microbes and comparison with their TMA production levels.	Ramireddy L, Tsen HY, Chiang YC, Hung CY, Chen FC, Yen HT.	Curr Res Microb Sci	10.1016/j.crmicr.2021.100043	2021
Enzymology	Establishment and Application of a Dual TaqMan Real-Time PCR Method for Proteus Mirabilis and Proteus Vulgaris.	Yang R, Xu G, Wang X, Qing Z, Fu L.	Pol J Microbiol	10.33073/pjm-2020-032	2020
	Shotgun Proteomics Analysis, Functional Networks, and Peptide Biomarkers for Seafood-Originating Biogenic-Amine-Producing Bacteria.	Abril AG, Calo-Mata P, Bohme K, Villa TG, Barros-Velazquez J, Pazos M, Carrera M.	Int J Mol Sci	10.3390/ijms24097704	2023
	Mobile insertion cassette elements found in small non-transmissible plasmids in Proteeae may explain qnrD mobilization.	Guillard T, Grillon A, de Champs C, Cartier C, Madoux J, Bercot B, Lebreil AL, Lozniewski A, Riahi J, Vernet-Garnier V, Cambau E.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0087801	2014
	Description of a 2,683-base-pair plasmid containing qnrD in two Providencia rettgeri isolates.	Guillard T, Cambau E, Neuwirth C, Nenninger T, Mbadi A, Brasme L, Vernet-Garnier V, Bajolet O, de Champs C.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.00081-11	2012
	Proteus penneri and urinary calculi formation.	Krajden S, Fuksa M, Lizewski W, Barton L, Lee A.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.19.4.541-542.1984	1984
	Development of a Phage Cocktail to Control Proteus mirabilis Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections.	Melo LD, Veiga P, Cerca N, Kropinski AM, Almeida C, Azeredo J, Sillankorva S.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2016.01024	2016
Pathogenicity	Susceptibilities of 45 clinical isolates of Proteus penneri.	Fuksa M, Krajden S, Lee A.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.26.3.419	1984
Phylogeny	Molecular characterization of the genera Proteus, Morganella, and Providencia by ribotyping.	Pignato S, Giammanco GM, Grimont F, Grimont PA, Giammanco G.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.37.9.2840-2847.1999	1999
Cultivation	Modified MacConkey medium which allows simple and reliable identification of Providencia stuartii.	Thaller MC, Berlutti F, Pantanella F, Pompei R, Satta G.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.30.8.2054-2057.1992	1992
Enzymology	Phosphatase activity is a constant feature of all isolates of all major species of the family Enterobacteriaceae.	Satta G, Pompei R, Grazi G, Cornaglia G.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.26.12.2637-2641.1988	1988
Cultivation	A new selective medium for Bifidobacterium spp.	Nebra Y, Blanch AR.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.65.11.5173-5176.1999	1999
	Novel Phage-Derived Depolymerase with Activity against Proteus mirabilis Biofilms.	Rice CJ, Kelly SA, O'Brien SC, Melaugh EM, Ganacias JCB, Chai ZH, Gilmore BF, Skvortsov T.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms9102172	2021
Enzymology	Urease activity of Proteus penneri.	Mobley HL, Jones BD, Penner JL.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.25.12.2302-2305.1987	1987
Genetics	Structure and epitope specificity of the O-specific polysaccharide of Proteus penneri strain 12 (ATCC 33519) containing the amide of D-galacturonic acid with L-threonine.	Sidorczyk Z, Swierzko A, Knirel YA, Vinogradov EV, Chernyak AY, Kononov LO, Cedzynski M, Rozalski A, Kaca W, Shashkov AS, et al.	Eur J Biochem		1995
Phylogeny	Proteus columbae sp. nov., isolated from a pigeon in Ma'anshan, China.	Dai H, Wang Y, Fang Y, Xiao T, Huang Z, Kan B, Wang D	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002541	2018
Phylogeny	Identification of Proteus penneri sp. nov., formerly known as Proteus vulgaris indole negative or as Proteus vulgaris biogroup 1.	Hickman FW, Steigerwalt AG, Farmer JJ 3rd, Brenner DJ	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.15.6.1097-1102.1982	1982

References

#1725	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 4544
#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 )
#34100	; Curators of the CIP;
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68368	Automatically annotated from API 20E .
#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 .
#121660	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103030
#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 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#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 penneri (DSM 4544, ATCC 33519, CCUG 15722)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API 20E

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_016028675

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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