Curtobacterium ammoniigenes (DSM 21577, JCM 14609, NBRC 101786)

Name: Curtobacterium ammoniigenes (DSM 21577, JCM 14609, NBRC 101786)
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BacDive ID 7324

Type strain

Strain Designation B55

Culture col. no. DSM 21577 JCM 14609 NBRC 101786 B55 VTCC D6-11 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1223517 395387

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Curtobacterium ammoniigenes B55 is an aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote that was isolated from Stem of Ludwigia adscendens inhabiting acidic swamps in actual acid sulfate soil areas.

Gram-positive rod-shaped aerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 309439

DSM 21577,JCM 14609,NBRC 101786,CIP 109639

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:48:33

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Micrococcales

Family Microbacteriaceae

Genus Curtobacterium

Species Curtobacterium ammoniigenes

Full scientific name Curtobacterium ammoniigenes Aizawa et al. 2007

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Curtobacterium ammoniigenes** (3)	Type strain
161503	C. ammoniigenes JCM 14610, NBRC 101790, VTCC D6-15
161504	C. ammoniigenes JCM 14611, NBRC 101788, VTCC D6-13
161505	C. ammoniigenes JCM 14612, NBRC 101789, VTCC D6-14

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape
31969	positive	rod-shaped
116341	positive	rod-shaped
125439	positive

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
15819	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
37654	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
116341	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
15819	positive	growth	28	mesophilic
31969	positive	growth	15-37
31969	positive	optimum	21	psychrophilic
37654	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	28	mesophilic

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH
31969	positive	optimum	4
31969	positive	growth	3.5-8.0

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
31969	aerobe
116341	obligate aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe

Spore formation

31969

Spore formationno

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-9

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
31969	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	+	carbon source
31969	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
31969	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	carbon source
31969	21217 ChEBI	L-alaninamide	+	carbon source
31969	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	+	carbon source
31969	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	carbon source
31969	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+	carbon source
31969	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	carbon source
116341	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
116341	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
31969	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	+	carbon source
31969	33942 ChEBI	ribose	+	carbon source
31969	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	+	carbon source

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
116341	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
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
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
116341	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
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		from API zym
116341	oxidase	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
116341	urease	-	3.5.1.5
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
116341	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Wetland (Swamp)
#Host	#Plants	#Herbaceous plants (Grass,Crops)
#Host Body-Site	#Plant	#Stem (Branch)
#Condition	#Acidic	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
15819	Stem of Ludwigia adscendens inhabiting acidic swamps in actual acid sulfate soil areas	Ludwigia adscendens	Vietnam	VNM	Asia
67770	Stem of Ludwigia adscendens inhabiting acidic swamps in actual acid sulfate soil areas	Ludwigia adscendens	Vietnam	VNM	Asia
116341	Plant, Ludwigia adscendens		Vietnam	VNM	Asia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB266597 (>99% sequence identity) for Curtobacterium ammoniigenes from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	308
Soil Samples	286
Animal Samples	329
Plant Samples	838
Total Samples	1761

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
15819	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
116341	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	ASM157104v1 assembly for Curtobacterium ammoniigenes NBRC 101786	contig	GCA_001571045	1223517.3	2690315830	1223517	69.29

Genome browser: GCA_001571045

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
15819	Curtobacterium ammoniigenes gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 101786	AB266597	1406		395387

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)
15819	68.8
67770	68.8

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Curtobacterium ammoniigenes NBRC 101786
NCBI: GCA_001571045

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	81.90	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	54.30	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	91.00	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	97.10	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Curtobacterium ammoniigenes NBRC 101786
PATRIC: 1223517.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	87.80	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	98.32	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	70.83	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	86.77	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	93.50	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	78.00	no

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Complete Genome Sequence of Curtobacterium sp. Strain SGAir0471, Isolated from Singapore Air Samples.	Hlaing PPT, Junqueira ACM, Uchida A, Purbojati RW, Wong A, Kushwaha KK, Putra A, Kee C, Gaultier NE, Premkrishnan BNV, Heinle CE, Lim SBY, Vettath VK, Drautz-Moses DI, Schuster SC.	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/mra.00960-19	2019
Curtobacterium spp. and Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens: Phylogeny, Genomics-Based Taxonomy, Pathogenicity, and Diagnostics.	Evseev P, Lukianova A, Tarakanov R, Tokmakova A, Shneider M, Ignatov A, Miroshnikov K.	Curr Issues Mol Biol	10.3390/cimb44020060	2022
SpoIVA is an essential morphogenetic protein for the formation of heat- and lysozyme-resistant spores in Clostridium sporogenes NBRC 14293.	Kuwana R, Dupuy B, Martin-Verstraete I, Takamatsu H.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2024.1338751	2024
Enhanced biomass production of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 by two associated bacteria Paenibacillus camelliae and Curtobacterium ammoniigenes.	Tanweer S, Dash K, Panda B.	Arch Microbiol	10.1007/s00203-021-02711-x	2021
A rare case of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens infection in the eye: a case report.	Mallick P.	Trop Med Health	10.1186/s41182-022-00452-1	2022
Characteristics of an Iron-Reducing, Moderately Acidophilic Actinobacterium Isolated from Pyritic Mine Waste, and Its Potential Role in Mitigating Mineral Dissolution in Mineral Tailings Deposits.	Nancucheo I, Johnson DB.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms8070990	2020
Influence of temperature on the characteristics of aerobic granulation in sequencing batch airlift reactors.	Song Z, Ren N, Zhang K, Tong L.	J Environ Sci (China)	10.1016/s1001-0742(08)62263-9	2009
Significance of microbial communities and interactions in safeguarding reactive mine tailings by ecological engineering.	Nancucheo I, Johnson DB.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.06155-11	2011
Curtobacterium phyllosphaerae sp. nov. and Curtobacterium guangdongense sp. nov., isolated from the citrus phyllosphere.	Yang S, Li J, Rong X, Chen Q, Lu X, Zhang J, Deng MR, Zhu H, Feng GD.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006870	2025
Curtobacterium ammoniigenes sp. nov., an ammonia-producing bacterium isolated from plants inhabiting acidic swamps in actual acid sulfate soil areas of Vietnam.	Aizawa T, Ve NB, Kimoto KI, Iwabuchi N, Sumida H, Hasegawa I, Sasaki S, Tamura T, Kudo T, Suzuki KI, Nakajima M, Sunairi M	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.64731-0	2007

References

#15819	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 21577
#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 )
#31969	Barberan A, Caceres Velazquez H, Jones S, Fierer N.: Hiding in Plain Sight: Mining Bacterial Species Records for Phenotypic Trait Information. mSphere 2: 2017 ( DOI 10.1128/mSphere.00237-17 , PubMed 28776041 ) - originally annotated from #28224 (see below)
#37654	; Curators of the CIP;
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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 .
#116341	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 109639
#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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Curtobacterium ammoniigenes (DSM 21577, JCM 14609, NBRC 101786)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Enzymes

API zym

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_001571045

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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