Moraxella atlantae (DSM 6999, ATCC 29525, NCTC 11091)

Name: Moraxella atlantae (DSM 6999, ATCC 29525, NCTC 11091)
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BacDive ID 8160

Type strain

Strain Designation 5118

Culture col. no. DSM 6999 ATCC 29525 NCTC 11091 CCUG 6415 CIP 82.25 5 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 34059

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG CIP

History <- NCTC; NCTC 11091 <- K. Bovre; <- E. O. King, Center for Disease Control or Communicable Disease Center (CDC), United States Public Health Service, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; 5118 CIP <- 1982, NCTC <- K. Boevre, Norway <- CDC: strain 5118

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Moraxella atlantae 5118 is a microaerophile, mesophilic, Gram-negative prokaryote that was isolated from blood.

Gram-negative rod-shaped microaerophile mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 3592

LMG 5133,ATCC 29525,CCM 6072,CCUG 6415,LMG 5314,NCTC 11091,DSM 6999,IFO 14588,NBRC 14588,CIP 82.25

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:48:46

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Pseudomonadales

Family Moraxellaceae

Genus Moraxella

Species Moraxella atlantae

Full scientific name Moraxella atlantae Bøvre et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

Faucicola atlantae

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Moraxella atlantae** (32)	Type strain
100594	M. atlantae STH00183(ZIMET), Fleming2665, HKI 0183
100595	M. atlantae STI10748(IMET), IMET 10677, NCIB 9660
100596	M. atlantae STI10759(IMET),
100597	M. atlantae STI10817(IMET), SG 1132
100598	M. atlantae STI10793(IMET), SG 1059
100599	M. atlantae STI10822(IMET), SG 1133
100600	M. atlantae SF002743(FSU),
100601	M. atlantae SF002756(FSU),
137110	M. atlantae CIP 58.68
137617	M. atlantae A1922, CCUG 6416, CIP 81.7, ATCC 29526, NCTC ...
142092	M. atlantae CCUG 10706
142093	M. atlantae CCUG 10707
143090	M. atlantae CCUG 17145
143166	M. atlantae CCUG 17631
143347	M. atlantae CCUG 18676
143663	M. atlantae CCUG 20875
145570	M. atlantae CCUG 28855
145602	M. atlantae CCUG 28960
146071	M. atlantae CCUG 30335
146098	M. atlantae CCUG 30376
146499	M. atlantae CCUG 31324
152076	M. atlantae CCUG 45702
152348	M. atlantae CCUG 46485
152928	M. atlantae CCUG 48036
152956	M. atlantae CCUG 48124
154415	M. atlantae CCUG 53470
154631	M. atlantae CCUG 54653
155171	M. atlantae CCUG 56706
155380	M. atlantae CCUG 57536
155668	M. atlantae CCUG 58788
155895	M. atlantae CCUG 59586
156853	M. atlantae CCUG 66109

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility	Confidence
116534	negative	rod-shaped
125438	negative			98

Colony morphology

2942

Type of hemolysisgamma

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
2942	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
37722	MEDIUM 4 - Columbia agar with 20 % sterile defibrinated horse serum		Horse serum (200.000 ml);Columbia agar (39.000 g);Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml)
116534	CIP Medium 4	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
2942	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
37722	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
44895	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
44895	microaerophile
116534	obligate aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	98.1

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99
125438		97.88

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68377	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
68377	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
68377	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
116534	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
116534	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
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

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68377	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API NH
116534	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

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

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
68377	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API NH
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68377	beta-lactamase	-	3.5.2.6	from API NH
2942	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
116534	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
2942	cytochrome-c oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
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
68377	lipase	+		from API NH
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
68377	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	from API NH
116534	oxidase	+
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68377	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API NH
116534	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	ethanol fermentation	100	2 of 2
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	95.45	21 of 22
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	92.86	13 of 14
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
66794	valine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	85.71	6 of 7
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	81.82	9 of 11
66794	threonine metabolism	80	8 of 10
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	NAD metabolism	77.78	14 of 18
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	75	21 of 28
66794	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	flavin biosynthesis	73.33	11 of 15
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	purine metabolism	71.28	67 of 94
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	leucine metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	66.67	6 of 9
66794	serine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	66.67	6 of 9
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
66794	citric acid cycle	64.29	9 of 14
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	62.5	5 of 8
66794	gluconeogenesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	methionine metabolism	61.54	16 of 26
66794	lipid metabolism	61.29	19 of 31
66794	cellulose degradation	60	3 of 5
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	57.78	26 of 45
66794	glutathione metabolism	57.14	8 of 14
66794	propanol degradation	57.14	4 of 7
66794	tryptophan metabolism	55.26	21 of 38
66794	non-pathway related	55.26	21 of 38
66794	alanine metabolism	55.17	16 of 29
66794	proline metabolism	54.55	6 of 11
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	53.85	14 of 26
66794	lysine metabolism	52.38	22 of 42
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	butanoate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	50	4 of 8
66794	cysteine metabolism	50	9 of 18
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	propionate fermentation	50	5 of 10
66794	urea cycle	46.15	6 of 13
66794	arginine metabolism	45.83	11 of 24
66794	histidine metabolism	44.83	13 of 29
66794	d-mannose degradation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	42.86	3 of 7
66794	glycolysis	41.18	7 of 17
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	40.66	37 of 91
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	40	2 of 5
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	36.36	4 of 11
66794	tyrosine metabolism	35.71	5 of 14
66794	polyamine pathway	34.78	8 of 23
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	nitrate assimilation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	methane metabolism	33.33	1 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	33.33	5 of 15
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	33.33	2 of 6
66794	sulfate reduction	30.77	4 of 13
66794	phenol degradation	30	6 of 20
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	ascorbate metabolism	27.27	6 of 22
66794	degradation of pentoses	25	7 of 28
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	25	4 of 16
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	25	3 of 12
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	23.08	3 of 13
66794	degradation of hexoses	22.22	4 of 18

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
116534	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

API NH

@ref	PEN	GLU	FRU	MAL	SAC	ODC	URE	LIP	PAL	beta GAL	ProA	GGT	IND
2942	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-
2942	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	#Blood
#Infection	#Patient	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
2942	blood		USA	USA	North America
44895	Human blood		USA	USA	North America
116534	Blood	Tromso	Norway	NOR	Europe	1976

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AF005191 (>99% sequence identity) for Moraxella atlantae subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	30
Soil Samples	7
Animal Samples	286
Plant Samples	2
Total Samples	325

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
2942	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
116534	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
66792	48853_D02 assembly for Faucicola atlantae NCTC11091	contig	GCA_900453305	34059.8	2902272189	34059	77.22
66792	ASM202758v1 assembly for Faucicola atlantae CCUG 6415	scaffold	GCA_002027585	34059.7	2902295020	34059	46.24

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
2942	Moraxella atlantae 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF005191	1444		34059
124043	Moraxella atlantae strain CCUG 6415 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	HM161851	1503		34059

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Moraxella atlantae CCUG 6415
NCBI: GCA_002027585

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.00	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	79.70	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	72.20	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	98.10	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Moraxella atlantae CCUG 6415
NCBI: GCA_002027585.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.00	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	98.16	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	74.34	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	97.88	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	98.89	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	75.64	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Enzymology	Use of tuf sequences for genus-specific PCR detection and phylogenetic analysis of 28 streptococcal species.	Picard FJ, Ke D, Boudreau DK, Boissinot M, Huletsky A, Richard D, Ouellette M, Roy PH, Bergeron MG.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.42.8.3686-3695.2004	2004
Enzymology	Rapid concentration and molecular enrichment approach for sensitive detection of Escherichia coli and Shigella species in potable water samples.	Maheux AF, Bissonnette L, Boissinot M, Bernier JL, Huppe V, Picard FJ, Berube E, Bergeron MG.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02337-10	2011
	Development of a PCR assay for rapid detection of enterococci.	Ke D, Picard FJ, Martineau F, Menard C, Roy PH, Ouellette M, Bergeron MG.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.37.11.3497-3503.1999	1999
Enzymology	Identification of Moraxella bovis by qualitative genetic transformation and nutritional assays.	Juni E, Heym GA, Newcomb RD.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.54.5.1304-1306.1988	1988
Enzymology	Combined genetic transformation and nutritional assay for identification of Moraxella nonliquefaciens.	Juni E, Heym GA, Maurer MJ, Miller ML.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.25.9.1691-1694.1987	1987
Phylogeny	Cultural and chemical characterization of CDC groups EO-2, M-5, and M-6, Moraxella (Moraxella) species, Oligella urethralis, Acinetobacter species, and Psychrobacter immobilis.	Moss CW, Wallace PL, Hollis DG, Weaver RE.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.26.3.484-492.1988	1988
Enzymology	Development of two real-time multiplex PCR assays for the detection and quantification of eight key bacterial pathogens in lower respiratory tract infections.	Gadsby NJ, McHugh MP, Russell CD, Mark H, Conway Morris A, Laurenson IF, Hill AT, Templeton KE.	Clin Microbiol Infect	10.1016/j.cmi.2015.05.004	2015

References

#2942	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 6999
#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 )
#37722	; Curators of the CIP;
#44895	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 6415
#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) .
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#68377	Automatically annotated from API NH .
#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 .
#116534	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 82.25
#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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Moraxella atlantae (DSM 6999, ATCC 29525, NCTC 11091)

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

Pathway annotation

API zym

API NH

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900453305

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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