Fusobacterium nucleatum (DSM 19508, ATCC 51190, CCUG 32880)

Name: Fusobacterium nucleatum (DSM 19508, ATCC 51190, CCUG 32880)
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BacDive ID 5763

Type strain

Strain Designation SOR, OR

Culture col. no. DSM 19508 ATCC 51190 CCUG 32880 CIP 104878 JCM 11024 3 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1196653 851

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP

History DSMZ <- JCM <- CIP <- NCTC <- F. N. Guillermet; SOR <- H. Beerens JCM <-- CIP 104878 <-- NCTC 11326 <-- F. N. Guillrermet strain OR <-- H. Beerens. CIP <- 1996, NCTC <- F.N. Guillermet: strain OR <- H. Beerens

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Fusobacterium nucleatum SOR is an anaerobe, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from sinusitis in upper jaw.

rod-shaped anaerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 46141

ATCC 51190,NCTC 11326,CCUG 32880,CIP 104878,JCM 11024,KCTC 5106,DSM 8252,DSM 19508

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:26:14

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Fusobacteriota

Class Fusobacteriia

Order Fusobacteriales

Family Fusobacteriaceae

Genus Fusobacterium

Species Fusobacterium nucleatum

Full scientific name Fusobacterium nucleatum Knorr 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (6)

Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. fusiforme
"Fusobacterium fusiforme"
Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. vincentii
Fusobacterium vincentii
Fusobacterium animalis
Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. animalis

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Fusobacterium nucleatum** (9)	Type strain
142753	F. nucleatum CCUG 14448
142924	F. nucleatum CCUG 15725
142925	F. nucleatum CCUG 15758
151510	F. nucleatum CCUG 44169
152134	F. nucleatum CCUG 45873
154184	F. nucleatum CCUG 52678
154363	F. nucleatum CCUG 53249
155322	F. nucleatum CCUG 57321
156450	F. nucleatum CCUG 61856

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Cell shape	Gram stain
68367	rod-shaped		from API 20A
68367		negative	from API 20A

Colony morphology

51233

Incubation period2 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
8138	CHOPPED MEAT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 78)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CHOPPED MEAT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 78) Composition: Ground beef 500.0 g/l Casitone 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Ethanol 9.5 g/l (optional) K2HPO4 5.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl 0.5 g/l Haemin 0.005 g/l (optional) Resazurin 0.001 g/l Vitamin K3 0.0005 g/l (optional) Vitamin K1 (optional) NaOH (optional) Distilled water
8138	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
41355	MEDIUM 20 - for Anaerobic bacteria		Agar (15.000 g);Glucose (5.000 g);Yeast extract (20.000 g);Tryptone (30.000 g);Cysteine hydrochloride (0.500 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml);Hemin solution -M00149 (25.000 ml)
121368	CIP Medium 20	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
8138	positive	growth	37
41355	positive	growth	37
51233	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
8138	anaerobe
51233	anaerobe
125438	anaerobe	90.732
125439	facultative anaerobe	93.802

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation
68367		from API 20A

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68380	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A
68367	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68380	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	fermentation	from API rID32A
68367	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20A
68367	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20A
68367	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68380	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API rID32A
68380	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	fermentation	from API rID32A
68367	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68380	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	+	energy source	from API rID32A
68367	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	+	energy source	from API 20A
68380	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A
68367	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20A

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API rID32A
68367	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20A

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole	+	from API rID32A
68367	35581 ChEBI	indole	+	from API 20A

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68380	alanine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.2	from API rID32A
68380	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-arabinosidase	-	3.2.1.55	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API rID32A
68380	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API rID32A
68380	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API rID32A
68380	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphate	-		from API rID32A
68380	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API rID32A
68367	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API 20A
68380	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32A
68367	catalase	-	1.11.1.6	from API 20A
68367	gelatinase	-		from API 20A
68380	glutamyl-glutamate arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	glycin arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	L-arginine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API rID32A
68380	leucyl glycin arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API rID32A
68380	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API rID32A
68380	phenylalanine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	proline-arylamidase	-	3.4.11.5	from API rID32A
68380	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API rID32A
68380	serine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	tryptophan deaminase	+	4.1.99.1	from API rID32A
68380	tyrosine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32A
68367	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20A

API 20A

@ref	IND	URE	GLU	MAN	LAC	SAC	MAL	SAL	XYL	ARA	GEL	ESC	GLY	CEL	MNE	MLZ	RAF	SOR	RHA	TRE	CAT	Spores presentSPOR	GramGRAM	Morphology coccus="+" rod="-"COCC
8138	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API rID32A

@ref	URE	ADH (Arg)	alpha GAL	beta GAL	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphatebeta GP	alpha GLU	beta GLU	alpha ARA	beta GUR	beta-N-Acetyl-beta-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	MNE	RAF	GDC	alpha FUC	Reduction of nitrateNIT	IND	PAL	L-arginine arylamidaseArgA	ProA	LGA	Phenylalanine arylamidasePheA	Leucine arylamidaseLeuA	PyrA	Tyrosine arylamidaseTyrA	Alanine arylamidaseAlaA	Glycin arylamidaseGlyA	Histidine arylamidaseHisA	Glutamyl-glutamate arylamidaseGGA	Serine arylamidaseSerA
51233	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-
8138	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Infection	#Disease	-
#Host Body-Site	#Oral cavity and airways	#Mouth

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Sampling date
8138	sinusitis in upper jaw
51233	Human upper jaw,sinusitis	Homo sapiens	1976
67770	Human oral cavity	Homo sapiens
121368	Sinusitis in upper jaw

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AM849219 (>99% sequence identity) for Fusobacterium from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	3
Soil Samples	4
Animal Samples	1032
Plant Samples	2
Total Samples	1041

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
8138	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
121368	1	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	50569_D01 assembly for Fusobacterium vincentii NCTC11326	contig	GCA_900450795	155615.7	2856191474	155615	77.68
67770	ASM27997v1 assembly for Fusobacterium vincentii ATCC 51190	contig	GCA_000279975	1196653.3	2519899747	1196653	37.55

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. vincentii gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 11024	AB540989	1480	1196653
20218	Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. fusiforme 16S rRNA gene, type strain DSM 19508	AM849219	1495	1196653
20218	Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. fusiforme strain ATCC 51190 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	FJ196708	838	1196653
20218	Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. fusiforme strain ATCC 51190 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	GQ301041	1441	1196653
20218	Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. fusiforme strain ATCC 51190 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	HM347073	1400	1196653
20218	Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. fusiforme small subunit ribosomal RNA	X55403	1331	1196653
124043	Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. fusiforme strain ATCC 51190 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence internal transcribed spacer 1, complete sequence and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	AF342831	731	155615

GC content

8138

GC-content (mol%)26

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: 50569_D01 assembly for Fusobacterium vincentii NCTC11326
NCBI: GCA_900450795

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	93.80	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	45.08	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	58.48	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	70.67	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. fusiforme ATCC 51190
PATRIC: 1196653.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	88.41	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	90.73	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	87.87	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	99.10	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	95.34	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	86.38	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Development of strain-specific PCR primers for the identification of Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. fusiforme ATCC 51190(T) and subsp. vincentii ATCC 49256(T).	Shin HS, Kim MJ, Kim HS, Park SN, Kim DK, Baek DH, Kim C, Kook JK.	Anaerobe	10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.04.003	2010
Phylogeny	The rise and evolving role of Fusobacterium nucleatum subspecies.	Wolf M, Steinberg T, Scholz KJ, Kruse A, Rezasoltani S, Conrads G, Al-Ahmad A, Cieplik F.	Curr Res Microb Sci	10.1016/j.crmicr.2025.100414	2025

References

#8138	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 19508
#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 )
#41355	; Curators of the CIP;
#51233	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 32880
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68367	Automatically annotated from API 20A .
#68380	Automatically annotated from API rID32A .
#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 .
#121368	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104878
#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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Fusobacterium nucleatum (DSM 19508, ATCC 51190, CCUG 32880)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API 20A

API rID32A

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900450795

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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