Tetragenococcus solitarius (CCUG 29293, LMG 12890, CIP 103330)

Name: Tetragenococcus solitarius (CCUG 29293, LMG 12890, CIP 103330)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 5256

Type strain

Strain Designation 885/78, 885-78

Culture col. no. CCUG 29293 LMG 12890 CIP 103330 JCM 8736 DSM 5634 10 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1223494 71453

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM KCTC CIP

History <- NCTC <- J.A.E. Farrow <- R.R. Facklam, 885/78 ATCC 49428 <-- NCTC 12193 <-- J. A. E. Farrow 885/78 <-- R. R. Facklam. CIP <- 1989, NCTC <- 1988, J.A.E. Farrow, AFRC, Reading, UK <- R.R. Facklam, CDC: strain 885-78

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Tetragenococcus solitarius 885/78 is an anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote that was isolated from ear exudate.

Gram-positive coccus-shaped anaerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 10345

LMG 12890,ATCC 49428,CIP 103330,DSM 5634,NCTC 12193,JCM 8736,CCUG 29293,NCIMB 12902,CCM 4217,KCTC 3553,NBRC 100494,KCTC 3923

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:18:55

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Lactobacillales

Family Enterococcaceae

Genus Tetragenococcus

Species Tetragenococcus solitarius

Full scientific name Tetragenococcus solitarius (Collins et al. 1989) Ennahar and Cai 2005

Synonyms (1)

Enterococcus solitarius

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
122673	positive	coccus-shaped

Colony morphology

122673

Hemolysis ability1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
2140	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
40633	MEDIUM 29- Brain heart agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Brain heart infusion agar (52.000 g)
122673	CIP Medium 29	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
2140	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
40633	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
122673	positive	growth	10-45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
2140	anaerobe
2140	microaerophile
122673	facultative anaerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	99.3

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
122673	NaCl	positive	growth	6.5 %

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
2140	A11.31	A4alpha L-Lys-D-Asp

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
122673	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
122673	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
122673	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
122673	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
122673	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2	from API zym
122673	alcohol dehydrogenase	+	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
122673	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
122673	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
122673	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
122673	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		from API zym
122673	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
122673	oxidase	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
122673	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
122673	not determinedn.d.	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+/-	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	+/-	-	+	-	+/-

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
122673	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host Body-Site	#Organ	#Ear
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
2140	ear exudate
67770	Ear exudate
122673	Human, Ear exudate

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence Y18338 (>99% sequence identity) for Tetragenococcus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	102
Soil Samples	179
Animal Samples	266
Plant Samples	40
Total Samples	587

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
2140	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
122673		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
67770	ASM154419v1 assembly for Tetragenococcus solitarius NBRC 100494	contig	GCA_001544195	1223494.3	2731957563	1223494	50.42
124043	ASM3953568v1 assembly for Tetragenococcus solitarius JCM 8736	contig	GCA_039535685			71453	42.69

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Enterococcus solitarius 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF061010	1340	71453
20218	E.solitarius 16S rRNA gene, partial (strain CCUG 29293)	Y12915	367	71453
20218	Enterococcus solitarius 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 5634	AJ301840	1653	71453
20218	Tetragenococcus solitarius gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 100494	AB681192	1448	71453
20218	Enterococcus solitarius 16S rRNA gene	Y18338	1411	71453
67770	Tetragenococcus solitarius gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 8736	LC097073	1412	71453

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
2140	40.0	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
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: Tetragenococcus solitarius NBRC 100494
NCBI: GCA_001544195

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	99.30	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	variable	74.10	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	72.90	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	82.30	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Tetragenococcus solitarius NBRC 100494
PATRIC: 1223494.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	84.14	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	87.86	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	81.07	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	93.17	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.00	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	87.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Sequencing the gene encoding manganese-dependent superoxide dismutase for rapid species identification of enterococci.	Poyart C, Quesnes G, Trieu-Cuot P.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.38.1.415-418.2000	2000
	A Complementary Isothermal Amplification Method to the U.S. EPA Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Approach for the Detection of Enterococci in Environmental Waters.	Kolm C, Martzy R, Brunner K, Mach RL, Krska R, Heinze G, Sommer R, Reischer GH, Farnleitner AH.	Environ Sci Technol	10.1021/acs.est.7b01074	2017
Phylogeny	Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Pediococcus strains isolated from human clinical sources.	Barros RR, Carvalho MG, Peralta JM, Facklam RR, Teixeira LM.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.39.4.1241-1246.2001	2001
Enzymology	Rapid concentration and molecular enrichment approach for sensitive detection of Escherichia coli and Shigella species in potable water samples.	Maheux AF, Bissonnette L, Boissinot M, Bernier JL, Huppe V, Picard FJ, Berube E, Bergeron MG.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02337-10	2011
	Evidence for horizontal gene transfer in evolution of elongation factor Tu in enterococci.	Ke D, Boissinot M, Huletsky A, Picard FJ, Frenette J, Ouellette M, Roy PH, Bergeron MG.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.182.24.6913-6920.2000	2000
Phylogeny	Biochemical and genetic evidence for the transfer of Enterococcus solitarius Collins et al. 1989 to the genus Tetragenococcus as Tetragenococcus solitarius comb. nov.	Ennahar S, Cai Y	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.63205-0	2005
Phylogeny	Identification of enterococci from broiler products and a broiler processing plant and description of Enterococcus viikkiensis sp. nov.	Rahkila R, Johansson P, Sade E, Bjorkroth J.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02412-10	2011

References

#2140	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 5634
#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 )
#40633	; Curators of the CIP;
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#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 .
#122673	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103330
#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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Tetragenococcus solitarius (CCUG 29293, LMG 12890, CIP 103330)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Murein

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API 50CHac

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_001544195

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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