Serratia marcescens (DSM 12486, Sma, W1659)

Name: Serratia marcescens (DSM 12486, Sma, W1659)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 5144

Type strain

Strain Designation Sma, W1659

Culture col. no. DSM 12486 Sma W1659

NCBI tax ID(s) 615

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- U. Winkler, Univ. Bochum, Germany <- R. Eichenlaub, Univ. Bielefeld

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Serratia marcescens Sma is a mesophilic human pathogen of the family Yersiniaceae.

mesophilic human pathogen

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 49300

DSM 12486

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:18:53

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Enterobacterales

Family Yersiniaceae

Genus Serratia

Species Serratia marcescens

Full scientific name Serratia marcescens Bizio 1823 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

Serratia marcescens subsp. sakuensis

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Serratia marcescens** (101)	Type strain
5165	S. marcescens BS 303, 504, DSM 30121, ATCC 13880, CCM 303, ... (type strain)
5136	S. marcescens DSM 1608
5137	S. marcescens DSM 1636, ATCC 14756, CCUG 46356, CIP 103716, ...
5138	S. marcescens 62-1, DSM 48, CCM 846
5139	S. marcescens HY, W225, DSM 12481
5140	S. marcescens W319, DSM 12482
5141	S. marcescens CN, W246, DSM 12483
5142	S. marcescens EQ, W247, DSM 12484
5143	S. marcescens W1128, DSM 12485
5145	S. marcescens SM-6-F'lac+, W838, SM-6-F'lac⁺, ...
5146	S. marcescens HY, DSM 14187
5147	S. marcescens WS 10207, DSM 30122
5148	S. marcescens 37, DSM 30124
5149	S. marcescens 296, 5751, DSM 30126
100067	S. marcescens STI08016(IMET), IMET 8016
23961	S. marcescens LH165, DSM 28921
23968	S. marcescens DSM 46342, ATCC 27117, IMET 11379
23969	S. marcescens DSM 50904, ATCC 15365, ICPB 2031
131011	S. marcescens Mm3, DSM 26061
131927	S. marcescens PH1a, DSM 103302
134390	S. marcescens CIP 107243, CDC 4444-60
134902	S. marcescens 710-86, CIP 102728
135226	S. marcescens CIP 107235, CDC 862-57
135649	S. marcescens Kol, CIP A170
135654	S. marcescens Boquet, CIP A174
135728	S. marcescens CIP 107237, CDC 1604-55
136275	S. marcescens S6, CIP 104117
136413	S. marcescens S008/93, CIP 105471
136528	S. marcescens 296, CIP 106472
136640	S. marcescens P12, CIP 107253
137060	S. marcescens CIP 53.90, ATCC 274, ATCC 8412, ATCC 10759, ...
137178	S. marcescens JF246, CIP 105661, NCTC 50151
137261	S. marcescens 116-175, CIP 104221, ATCC 8100, CCUG 33063
137509	S. marcescens Censters, CIP 67.55
138185	S. marcescens S1254, CIP 105188
138472	S. marcescens Micoulaud, CIP 53.106
138926	S. marcescens Vosges, CIP A173
138927	S. marcescens Tobri, CIP A176
138928	S. marcescens crachats, CIP A177
139081	S. marcescens CIP 53.86, ATCC 990
139127	S. marcescens HY, CIP 53.100, ATCC 8195
139473	S. marcescens 8K, CIP 103959, ATCC 14041, NRRL B-1481
139678	S. marcescens CIP 58.14
141172	S. marcescens CCUG 6
141182	S. marcescens CCUG 32
141208	S. marcescens CCUG 190
141279	S. marcescens CCUG 561
141954	S. marcescens CCUG 8722
142671	S. marcescens CCUG 13685
143400	S. marcescens CCUG 18909
143467	S. marcescens CCUG 19424
143852	S. marcescens CCUG 21562
143968	S. marcescens CCUG 22139
144516	S. marcescens CCUG 25444
145513	S. marcescens CCUG 28717
145951	S. marcescens CCUG 29947
146200	S. marcescens CCUG 30579
147247	S. marcescens CCUG 33189
147675	S. marcescens CCUG 33988, NCTC 11935
152028	S. marcescens CCUG 45588
152032	S. marcescens CCUG 45613
152033	S. marcescens CCUG 45614
152039	S. marcescens CCUG 45620
152043	S. marcescens CCUG 45627
155137	S. marcescens CCUG 56562 A
155143	S. marcescens CCUG 56579
155149	S. marcescens CCUG 56606
155206	S. marcescens CCUG 56909
155228	S. marcescens CCUG 57001
155520	S. marcescens CCUG 57966
155645	S. marcescens CCUG 58589
155672	S. marcescens CCUG 58875
155681	S. marcescens CCUG 58980
156010	S. marcescens CCUG 60036
156119	S. marcescens CCUG 60453
156368	S. marcescens CCUG 61322
156437	S. marcescens CCUG 61728
156580	S. marcescens CCUG 63016
156591	S. marcescens CCUG 63177 B
156593	S. marcescens CCUG 63227
156821	S. marcescens CCUG 65681
156822	S. marcescens CCUG 65682
156888	S. marcescens CCUG 66351
161565	S. marcescens JCM 15057
161999	S. marcescens JCM 17283
162691	S. marcescens JCM 20012, IAM 1022
162715	S. marcescens JCM 20052, IAM 1104
162716	S. marcescens JCM 20053, ATCC 21639, IAM 1105
162726	S. marcescens JCM 20070, IAM 1136
162734	S. marcescens JCM 20081, ATCC 14225, IAM 1161
162735	S. marcescens JCM 20082, IAM 1162
162744	S. marcescens JCM 20091, IAM 1184
162754	S. marcescens JCM 20104, IAM 1205
162764	S. marcescens JCM 20115, ATCC 14226, IAM 1223
162771	S. marcescens JCM 20124, IAM 1240, IFO 3052, NBRC 3052
162922	S. marcescens JCM 20434, ATCC 17991, IAM 12143, NRRL B-486
162950	S. marcescens JCM 20508, ATCC 6911, IAM 12352, NCTC 2165
162951	S. marcescens JCM 20513, IAM 12359
165808	S. marcescens JCM 8536, ATCC 14223
173163	S. marcescens U11, CRBIP19.328
174641	S. marcescens LVF3, DSM 112280

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
4740	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
4740	positive	growth	30	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

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	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
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
4740	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	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
4740			2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#4740	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 12486
#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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