Fusobacterium mortiferum (DSM 19809, ATCC 25557, CCUG 14475)

Name: Fusobacterium mortiferum (DSM 19809, ATCC 25557, CCUG 14475)
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BacDive ID 5770

Type strain

Strain Designation 350A

Culture col. no. DSM 19809 ATCC 25557 CCUG 14475 350A VPI 4123A

NCBI tax ID(s) 850

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG

History <- CCUG; CCUG 14475 <- ATCC; ATCC 25557 <- W. E. C. Moore; VPI 4123A <- A. Prevot; 350A

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Fusobacterium mortiferum 350A is an anaerobe bacterium that was isolated from human maxillary abscess.

anaerobe 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 38596

ATCC 25557,CCUG 14475,DSM 19809

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:19:02

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Fusobacteriota

Class Fusobacteriia

Order Fusobacteriales

Family Fusobacteriaceae

Genus Fusobacterium

Species Fusobacterium mortiferum

Full scientific name Fusobacterium mortiferum (Harris 1901) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (3)

"Bacillus mortiferus"
Clostridium rectum
"Hiblerillus rectus"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Fusobacterium mortiferum** (2)	Type strain
2654	F. mortiferum DSM 1295, ATCC 25751, NCIB 10651, VPI 2488, ...
159509	F. mortiferum FSA-380-WT-2B, DSM 108838

Morphology

Colony morphology

46109

Incubation period2 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
8328	PYG MEDIUM (MODIFIED) (DSMZ Medium 104)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: PYG MEDIUM (modified) (DSMZ Medium 104) Composition: Yeast extract 10.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Trypticase peptone 5.0 g/l Beef extract 5.0 g/l Glucose 5.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.5 g/l NaHCO3 0.4 g/l NaCl 0.08 g/l K2HPO4 0.04 g/l KH2PO4 0.04 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.02 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.01 g/l Hemin 0.005 g/l Ethanol 0.0038 g/l Resazurin 0.001 g/l Tween 80 Vitamin K1 NaOH Distilled water
8328	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

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
8328	positive	growth	37
46109	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
8328	anaerobe
46109	anaerobe

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68380	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A
68380	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	fermentation	from API rID32A
68380	29985 ChEBI	L-glutamate	-	degradation	from API rID32A
68380	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API rID32A
68380	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API rID32A
68380	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A

Metabolite production

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

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API rID32A

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
68380	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32A
68380	glutamate decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.15	from API rID32A
68380	glutamyl-glutamate arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	glycin arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	histidine 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

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
8328	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+/-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-
8328	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Human	-
#Host Body-Site	#Oral cavity and airways	-
#Host Body-Site	#Other	#Abscess

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
8328	human maxillary abscess
46109	Human maxillary abscess

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence HG324078 (>99% sequence identity) for Fusobacterium mortiferum from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	2288
Soil Samples	447
Animal Samples	29675
Plant Samples	89
Total Samples	32499

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
8328	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Fusobacterium mortiferum 16S rRNA gene, strain ATCC 25557	AJ867032	1495	850
20218	Fusobacterium mortiferum partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain DSM 19809T	HG324078	1482	850
20218	Fusobacterium mortiferum rRNA small subunit	X55414	1333	850
124043	Fusobacterium mortiferum partial 16S rRNA gene, strain CCUG 14475	LT574675	1367	850
124043	Fusobacterium mortiferum strain ATCC 25557 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence internal transcribed spacer 1, complete sequence and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	AF342849	781	850

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Effect of Geography and Captivity on Scat Bacterial Communities in the Imperiled Channel Island Fox.	Adams NE, Becker MA, Edmands S.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2021.748323	2021
Metabolism	An uncharacterized FMAG_01619 protein from Fusobacterium mortiferum ATCC 9817 demonstrates that some bacterial macrodomains can also act as poly-ADP-ribosylhydrolases.	Garcia-Saura AG, Zapata-Perez R, Hidalgo JF, Cabanes J, Gil-Ortiz F, Sanchez-Ferrer A.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-019-39691-4	2019
Phylogeny	Web-based phylogenetic assignment tool for analysis of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism profiles of microbial communities.	Kent AD, Smith DJ, Benson BJ, Triplett EW.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.69.11.6768-6776.2003	2003
Metabolism	Metabolism of sugars by genetically diverse species of oral Leptotrichia.	Thompson J, Pikis A.	Mol Oral Microbiol	10.1111/j.2041-1014.2011.00627.x	2012
Enzymology	6-phospho-alpha-D-glucosidase from Fusobacterium mortiferum: cloning, expression, and assignment to family 4 of the glycosylhydrolases.	Bouma CL, Reizer J, Reizer A, Robrish SA, Thompson J.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.179.13.4129-4137.1997	1997
Enzymology	Phospho-beta-glucosidase from Fusobacterium mortiferum: purification, cloning, and inactivation by 6-phosphoglucono-delta-lactone.	Thompson J, Robrish SA, Bouma CL, Freedberg DI, Folk JE.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.179.5.1636-1645.1997	1997
Pathogenicity	In Vitro Antibacterial Properties of Cefiderocol, a Novel Siderophore Cephalosporin, against Gram-Negative Bacteria.	Ito A, Sato T, Ota M, Takemura M, Nishikawa T, Toba S, Kohira N, Miyagawa S, Ishibashi N, Matsumoto S, Nakamura R, Tsuji M, Yamano Y.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.01454-17	2018
Metabolism	Identification and characterization of a novel adhesin unique to oral fusobacteria.	Han YW, Ikegami A, Rajanna C, Kawsar HI, Zhou Y, Li M, Sojar HT, Genco RJ, Kuramitsu HK, Deng CX.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.187.15.5330-5340.2005	2005
Enzymology	Abilities of the mCP Agar method and CRENAME alpha toxin-specific real-time PCR assay to detect Clostridium perfringens spores in drinking water.	Maheux AF, Berube E, Boudreau DK, Villeger R, Cantin P, Boissinot M, Bissonnette L, Bergeron MG.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02791-13	2013
	Comparison of four commercial brucella agar media for growth of anaerobic organisms.	Mangels JI, Douglas BP.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.27.10.2268-2271.1989	1989
Phylogeny	Quantification of different Eubacterium spp. in human fecal samples with species-specific 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes.	Schwiertz A, Le Blay G, Blaut M.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.66.1.375-382.2000	2000
	Intergeneric coaggregation of oral Treponema spp. with Fusobacterium spp. and intrageneric coaggregation among Fusobacterium spp.	Kolenbrander PE, Parrish KD, Andersen RN, Greenberg EP.	Infect Immun	10.1128/iai.63.12.4584-4588.1995	1995
	Evaluation of the AnaeroPack system for growth of clinically significant anaerobes.	Delaney ML, Onderdonk AB.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.35.3.558-562.1997	1997
Cultivation	Comparison of media in the Anaerobe-Tek and Presumpto plate systems and evaluation of the Anaerobe-Tek system for identification of commonly encountered anaerobes.	Lombard GL, Whaley DN, Dowell VR.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.16.6.1066-1072.1982	1982
Enzymology	Evaluation of the ATB 32 A system for identification of anaerobic bacteria isolated from clinical specimens.	Looney WJ, Gallusser AJ, Modde HK.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.28.7.1519-1524.1990	1990
Metabolism	Quantification of the flavonoid-degrading bacterium Eubacterium ramulus in human fecal samples with a species-specific oligonucleotide hybridization probe.	Simmering R, Kleessen B, Blaut M.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.65.8.3705-3709.1999	1999
Enzymology	High levels of Gardnerella vaginalis detected with an oligonucleotide probe combined with elevated pH as a diagnostic indicator of bacterial vaginosis.	Sheiness D, Dix K, Watanabe S, Hillier SL.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.30.3.642-648.1992	1992
Phylogeny	Micromethod system for identification of anaerobic bacteria.	Starr SE, Thompson FS, Dowell VR, Balows A.	Appl Microbiol	10.1128/am.25.5.713-717.1973	1973
	Compilation of small ribosomal subunit RNA structures.	Neefs JM, Van de Peer Y, De Rijk P, Chapelle S, De Wachter R.	Nucleic Acids Res	10.1093/nar/21.13.3025	1993
	Taxonomy, biology, and periodontal aspects of Fusobacterium nucleatum.	Bolstad AI, Jensen HB, Bakken V.	Clin Microbiol Rev	10.1128/cmr.9.1.55	1996
Phylogeny	Clinical Fusobacterium mortiferum Isolates Cluster with Undifferentiated Clostridium rectum Species Based on 16S rRNA Gene Phylogenetic Analysis.	Lee Y, Eun CS, Han DS	Ann Clin Lab Sci	46/3/279	2016
Pathogenicity	Helicobacter pylori adheres selectively to Fusobacterium spp.	Andersen RN, Ganeshkumar N, Kolenbrander PE	Oral Microbiol Immunol	10.1111/j.1399-302x.1998.tb00751.x	1998
Enzymology	Purification from Fusobacterium mortiferum ATCC 25557 of a 6-phosphoryl-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl:6-phosphoglucohydrolase that hydrolyzes maltose 6-phosphate and related phospho-alpha-D-glucosides.	Thompson J, Gentry-Weeks CR, Nguyen NY, Folk JE, Robrish SA	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.177.9.2505-2512.1995	1995
Metabolism	Phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent maltose:phosphotransferase activity in Fusobacterium mortiferum ATCC 25557: specificity, inducibility, and product analysis.	Robrish SA, Fales HM, Gentry-Weeks C, Thompson J	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.176.11.3250-3256.1994	1994
Metabolism	Sucrose fermentation by Fusobacterium mortiferum ATCC 25557: transport, catabolism, and products.	Thompson J, Nguyen NY, Robrish SA	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.174.10.3227-3235.1992	1992
Metabolism	Sugar metabolism by fusobacteria: regulation of transport, phosphorylation, and polymer formation by Fusobacterium mortiferum ATCC 25557.	Robrish SA, Oliver C, Thompson J	Infect Immun	10.1128/iai.59.12.4547-4554.1991	1991
Pathogenicity	Effects of periodontopathic bacteria on IL-1 and IL-1 inhibitor production by human polymorphonuclear neutrophils.	Yamazaki K, Polak B, Bird PS, Gemmell E, Hara K, Seymour GJ	Oral Microbiol Immunol	10.1111/j.1399-302x.1989.tb00251.x	1989

References

#8328	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 19809
#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 )
#46109	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 14475
#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 .
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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 mortiferum (DSM 19809, ATCC 25557, CCUG 14475)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API rID32A

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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