Muricoccus pecuniae (DSM 25268, CIP 110074, LMG 25481)

Name: Muricoccus pecuniae (DSM 25268, CIP 110074, LMG 25481)
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BacDive ID 77

Type strain

Strain Designation N75

Variant Isotype of BacDive ID 78

Culture col. no. DSM 25268 CIP 110074 LMG 25481 N75 UCCCB34

NCBI tax ID(s) 693023

Special Collections DSMZ CIP Literature strains UCCCB

History 2009, P. Morais, FCTUC, Coimbra Univ., Coimbra, Portugal: strain N75 <- LMG <- P. V. Morais, Univ. Coimbra, Portugal; N75 Espirito Santo C. University of Coimbra CIP <- 2009, P. Morais, FCTUC, Coimbra Univ., Coimbra, Portugal: strain N75

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Muricoccus pecuniae N75 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-negative, coccus-shaped bacterium that forms circular colonies and has a pink pigmentation.

Gram-negative coccus-shaped colony-forming pigmented obligate aerobe 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 364811

LMG 25481,CIP 110074,DSM 25622,DSM 25268

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:17:47

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Rhodospirillales

Family Acetobacteraceae

Genus Muricoccus

Species Muricoccus pecuniae

Full scientific name Muricoccus pecuniae (Lopes et al. 2011) Liu and Xin 2025

Synonyms (2)

Roseomonas pecuniae
Pararoseomonas pecuniae

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
22962	negative	coccus-shaped
121646	negative	oval-shaped

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Colony shape	Incubation period	Medium used
22962	pinkish red	circular	2 days	R2A
22962	pinkish red	circular	2 days	tryptic soy agar

Pigmentation

@ref	Production	Color
22962		pink

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
17963	CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CASO AGAR (Merck 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 15.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 5.0 g/l Distilled water
22962	Reasoner's 2A agar (R2A)
37690	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
17963	positive	growth	28
22962	negative	growth	5.0
22962	negative	growth	37.0
22962	positive	optimum	30.0
37690	positive	growth	30
67772	positive	minimum	10
67772	positive	optimum	30
67772	positive	maximum	35

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH
22962	positive	optimum	7.0
67772	positive	optimum	7.0

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

22962

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Spore formation

22962

Spore formationno

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
22962	NaCl		growth	1.0 %(w/v)
22962	NaCl		growth	2.0 %(w/v)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
22962	17521 ChEBI	(-)-quinic acid	+	growth
22962	64552 ChEBI	2-hydroxybutyrate	-	growth
22962	16763 ChEBI	2-oxobutanoate	-	growth
22962	30916 ChEBI	2-oxoglutarate	-	growth
22962	37054 ChEBI	3-hydroxybutyrate	-	growth
22962	18240 ChEBI	4-hydroxy-L-proline	-	growth
22962	16724 ChEBI	4-hydroxybutyrate	-	growth
22962	18101 ChEBI	4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid	-	growth
22962	17128 ChEBI	adipate	+	growth
22962	40585 ChEBI	alpha-cyclodextrin	-	growth
22962	17925 ChEBI	alpha-D-glucose	-	growth
22962	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	fermentation
22962	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	fermentation
22962	73706 ChEBI	bromosuccinate	-	growth
22962	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	fermentation
22962	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	growth
22962	16383 ChEBI	cis-aconitate	-	growth
22962	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	growth
22962	15570 ChEBI	D-alanine	-	growth
22962	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	fermentation
22962	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	growth
22962	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	fermentation
22962	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	growth
22962	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	-	fermentation
22962	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	-	growth
22962	8391 ChEBI	D-gluconate	-	growth
22962	17784 ChEBI	D-glucosaminic acid	-	growth
22962	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation
22962	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	growth
22962	15748 ChEBI	D-glucuronate	-	growth
22962	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	fermentation
22962	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation
22962	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	growth
22962	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	fermentation
22962	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	growth
22962	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation
22962	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	fermentation
22962	16551 ChEBI	D-trehalose	-	fermentation
22962	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation
22962	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	growth
22962	23652 ChEBI	dextrin	+	growth
22962	17126 ChEBI	DL-carnitine	-	growth
22962	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	fermentation
22962	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	growth
22962	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	fermentation
22962	16000 ChEBI	ethanolamine	-	growth
22962	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	fermentation
22962	16865 ChEBI	gamma-aminobutyric acid	-	growth
22962	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis
22962	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	fermentation
22962	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	growth
22962	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	growth
22962	32323 ChEBI	glucuronamide	-	growth
22962	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	fermentation
22962	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	growth
22962	14336 ChEBI	glycerol 1-phosphate	-	growth
22962	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation
22962	73784 ChEBI	glycyl-l-glutamate	-	growth
22962	17596 ChEBI	inosine	-	growth
22962	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	fermentation
22962	17240 ChEBI	itaconate	-	growth
22962	21217 ChEBI	L-alaninamide	-	growth
22962	16977 ChEBI	L-alanine	-	growth
22962	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	fermentation
22962	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	growth
22962	17196 ChEBI	L-asparagine	-	growth
22962	29991 ChEBI	L-aspartate	-	growth
22962	29985 ChEBI	L-glutamate	-	growth
22962	15971 ChEBI	L-histidine	-	growth
22962	15603 ChEBI	L-leucine	-	growth
22962	15729 ChEBI	L-ornithine	-	growth
22962	17295 ChEBI	L-phenylalanine	-	growth
22962	17203 ChEBI	L-proline	-	growth
22962	18183 ChEBI	L-pyroglutamic acid	-	growth
22962	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	fermentation
22962	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	+	growth
22962	17115 ChEBI	L-serine	-	growth
22962	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	fermentation
22962	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	fermentation
22962	24996 ChEBI	lactate	-	growth
22962	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation
22962	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	growth
22962	15792 ChEBI	malonate	-	growth
22962	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation
22962	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	growth
22962	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	growth
22962	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	fermentation
22962	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	fermentation
22962	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	growth
22962	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	fermentation
22962	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	fermentation
22962	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	fermentation
22962	51850 ChEBI	methyl pyruvate	-	growth
22962	75146 ChEBI	monomethyl succinate	-	growth
22962	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	fermentation
22962	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	growth
22962	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	growth
22962	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
121646	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
121646	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
22962	18401 ChEBI	phenylacetate	-	growth
22962	32032 ChEBI	potassium gluconate	-	growth
22962	17272 ChEBI	propionate	+	growth
22962	17148 ChEBI	putrescine	-	growth
22962	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	fermentation
22962	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	fermentation
22962	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	growth
22962	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	fermentation
22962	41865 ChEBI	sebacic acid	-	growth
22962	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	fermentation
22962	143136 ChEBI	succinamate	-	growth
22962	30031 ChEBI	succinate	-	growth
22962	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation
22962	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	growth
22962	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	growth
22962	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	fermentation
22962	53423 ChEBI	tween 40	-	growth
22962	53426 ChEBI	tween 80	-	growth
22962	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis
22962	16704 ChEBI	uridine	-	growth
22962	27248 ChEBI	urocanic acid	-	growth
22962	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	fermentation
22962	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	growth

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
121646	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
22962	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1
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
121646	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
22962	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
22962	cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1
22962	esterase (C 4)	+
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
22962	esterase lipase (C 8)	+
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
22962	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1
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
22962	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		from API zym
121646	oxidase	-
22962	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
22962	urease	-	3.5.1.5
121646	urease	-	3.5.1.5
22962	valine arylamidase	-
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
121646	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Industrial	#Industrial production
#Engineered	#Other	#Currency

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Enrichment culture	Enrichment culture duration	Enrichment culture temperature	Isolation procedure	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Sampling date	Isolation date
17963	surface of copper-alloy coin					Portugal	PRT	Europe
22962	copper-alloy 50 Euro cent coin	R2A	5 days	30.0	purification by streaking on R2A
67772	Copper-alloy 50 Euro cent coin collected from general circulation					Portugal	PRT	Europe	2007
121646	Surface of a copper European coin					Portugal	PRT	Europe		2008

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
17963	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
67772	1
121646	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
17963	Roseomonas pecuniae strain N75 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	GU168019	1441		693023

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
22962	72.8	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Validation List no. 221: valid publication of new names and new combinations effectively published outside the IJSEM.	Oren A, Goker M.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006562	2025
Phylogeny	Roseomonas pecuniae sp. nov., isolated from the surface of a copper-alloy coin.	Lopes A, Espirito Santo C, Grass G, Chung AP, Morais PV	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.020966-0	2010

References

#17963	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 25268
#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 )
#22962	André Lopes,Christophe Espirito Santo,Gregor Grass,Ana Paula Chung,Paula V. Morais: Roseomonas pecuniae sp. nov., isolated from the surface of a copper-alloy coin. IJSEM 61: 610 - 615 2011 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.020966-0 , PubMed 20400668 )
#37690	; Curators of the CIP;
#67772	The University of Coimbra Bacteria Culture Collection (UCCCB) ; Curators of the UCCCB;
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#121646	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 110074
#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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Muricoccus pecuniae (DSM 25268, CIP 110074, LMG 25481)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Enzymes

API zym

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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