Legionella santicrucis (DSM 23075, ATCC 35301, CCUG 29673)

Name: Legionella santicrucis (DSM 23075, ATCC 35301, CCUG 29673)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 6754

Type strain

Strain Designation SC-63-C7

Culture col. no. DSM 23075 ATCC 35301 CCUG 29673 CIP 103849 JCM 7557 2 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 45074

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP

History DSMZ <- CCUG <- NCTC <- ATCC <- G. W. Gorman

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Legionella santicrucis SC-63-C7 is a microaerophile bacterium that was isolated from tap water.

microaerophile genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 105416

ATCC 35301,NCTC 11989,CCUG 29673,CIP 103849,JCM 7557,NCTC 35301,DSM 19325,DSM 23075

@ref 20215

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

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Legionellales

Family Legionellaceae

Genus Legionella

Species Legionella santicrucis

Full scientific name Legionella santicrucis Brenner et al. 1985

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125438	negative	98.985
125439	negative	99.147

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
16692	BCYE-AGAR (DSMZ Medium 585)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BCYE AGAR (DSMZ Medium 585) Composition: OXOID Legionella CYE-Agar base

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
16692	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
16692	microaerophile
125439	obligate aerobe	97.828

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.948

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68377	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
68377	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	-	degradation	from API NH
68377	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
68377	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API NH
68377	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API NH

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68377	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API NH

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68377	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API NH

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68377	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API NH
68377	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API NH
16692	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
16692	cytochrome-c oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
68377	lipase	-		from API NH
68377	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	from API NH
68377	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API NH
68377	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API NH

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

49709

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C16:1 ω7c	32.7	15.819
C16:0 iso	23	15.626
C14:0 ISO	10.9	13.618
C15:0 ANTEISO	10.4	14.711
C16:0	6.9	16
C17:0 CYCLO	5.3	16.888
C15:1 ω6c	4.4	14.856
C17:0 anteiso	1.9	16.722
C15:0	1.7	15
C14:0	0.9	14
C14:1 ω5c	0.8	13.899
C17:0	0.7	17
Unidentified	0.5	13.442

API NH

@ref	PEN	GLU	FRU	MAL	SAC	ODC	URE	LIP	PAL	beta GAL	ProA	GGT	IND
16692	+/-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-
16692	-	+/-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Freshwater
#Engineered	#Built environment	#Water reservoir (Aquarium/pool)
#Engineered	#Built environment	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
16692	tap water	St. Croix	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	VIR	Middle and South America
49709	Tap water

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence HF558374 (>99% sequence identity) for Legionella from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	1090
Soil Samples	142
Animal Samples	151
Plant Samples	31
Total Samples	1414

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
16692	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM146813v1 assembly for Legionella santicrucis SC-63-C7	scaffold	GCA_001468135	45074.5	2663763173	45074	42.19
66792	Leg_santicrucis_SC-63-C7.v1 assembly for Legionella santicrucis SC-63-C7	scaffold	GCA_900639975	45074.6	8114447010	45074	41.43

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Legionella santicrucis partial 16S rRNA gene, strain SC-63-C7	HF558374	1499	45074
20218	Legionella santicrucis strain MDC1615 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	JF720401	524	45074
16692	L.santicrucis gene for ribosomal RNA, small subunit	Z49735	1414	45074

GC content

16692

GC-content (mol%)38.0

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM146813v1 assembly for Legionella santicrucis SC-63-C7
NCBI: GCA_001468135

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	97.83	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	99.15	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	46.77	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.95	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Legionella santicrucis SC-63-C7
NCBI: GCA_001468135.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.99	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	96.96	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	66.94	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	89.74	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	95.67	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	55.42	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Isolation of Legionella oakridgensis from two patients with pleural effusion living in the same geographical area.	Lo Presti F, Riffard S, Jarraud S, Le Gallou F, Richet H, Vandenesch F, Etienne J.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.38.8.3128-3130.2000	2000

References

#16692	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 23075
#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 )
#49709	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 29673
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#68377	Automatically annotated from API NH .
#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 .
#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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Legionella santicrucis (DSM 23075, ATCC 35301, CCUG 29673)

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

Fatty acid profile

API NH

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_001468135

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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