Moraxella cuniculi (DSM 21768, ATCC 14688, CCUG 2154)

Name: Moraxella cuniculi (DSM 21768, ATCC 14688, CCUG 2154)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 8170

Type strain

Strain Designation K 19

Culture col. no. DSM 21768 ATCC 14688 CCUG 2154 LMG 8382 NCTC 10297 3 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1122245 34061

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG CIP

History DSMZ <- CCUG <- U. Berger, Heidelberg, Germany {1973} CIP <- 1973, ATCC <- U. Berger: strain K 19, Neisseria cuniculi

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Moraxella cuniculi K 19 is a bacterium that was isolated from oral mucosa of rabbit.

genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 3581

LMG 8382,ATCC 14688,NCTC 10297,CCUG 2154,CIP 73.17,DSM 21768

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:26:48

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Pseudomonadales

Family Moraxellaceae

Genus Moraxella

Species Moraxella cuniculi

Full scientific name Moraxella cuniculi (Berger 1962) Bøvre and Hagen 1984

Synonyms (1)

Neisseria cuniculi

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Moraxella cuniculi** (3)	Type strain
144440	M. cuniculi CCUG 24965
144935	M. cuniculi CCUG 27179
144936	M. cuniculi CCUG 27180

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125439	negative	91.66
125438	negative	97

Multimedia

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manual_annotation:	1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
15935	COLUMBIA BLOOD AGAR (DSMZ Medium 429)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD AGAR (DSMZ Medium 429; with strain-specific modifications) Composition: Horse blood 100.0 g/l Columbia agar base
37617	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)
118815	CIP Medium 4	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
15935	positive	growth	37
37617	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	facultative anaerobe	93.313

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125438		98.394
125439		99.97

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68381	40585 ChEBI	alpha-cyclodextrin	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68381	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68377	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
68377	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
68381	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68381	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68377	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
68381	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	320055 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68377	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	-	degradation	from API NH
68381	27941 ChEBI	pullulan	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68377	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
68381	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68377	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API NH
68381	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68381	15688 ChEBI	acetoin		from API rID32STR
68377	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API NH

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Indole test
68381	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-		from API rID32STR
68377	35581 ChEBI	indole		-	from API NH

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68381	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidase	-		from API rID32STR
68381	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API rID32STR
68377	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API NH
68381	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API rID32STR
68381	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API rID32STR
68377	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API NH
68381	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32STR
68377	beta-lactamase	-	3.5.2.6	from API NH
68381	beta-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.25	from API rID32STR
68377	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2	from API NH
68381	glycyl tryptophan arylamidase	-		from API rID32STR
68381	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API rID32STR
68377	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	from API NH
68377	proline-arylamidase	-	3.4.11.5	from API NH
68381	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API rID32STR
68377	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API NH
68381	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API rID32STR

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	denitrification	100	2 of 2
66794	butanoate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	threonine metabolism	100	10 of 10
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	taurine degradation	100	1 of 1
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	95.45	21 of 22
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	92.86	13 of 14
66794	valine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	isoleucine metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	85.71	6 of 7
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	81.82	9 of 11
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	citric acid cycle	78.57	11 of 14
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	78.57	22 of 28
66794	photosynthesis	78.57	11 of 14
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
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	alanine metabolism	72.41	21 of 29
66794	NAD metabolism	72.22	13 of 18
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	propionate fermentation	70	7 of 10
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	flavin biosynthesis	66.67	10 of 15
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	66.67	6 of 9
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	histidine metabolism	65.52	19 of 29
66794	gluconeogenesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	purine metabolism	58.51	55 of 94
66794	propanol degradation	57.14	4 of 7
66794	glutathione metabolism	57.14	8 of 14
66794	non-pathway related	55.26	21 of 38
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	54.55	6 of 11
66794	proline metabolism	54.55	6 of 11
66794	arginine metabolism	54.17	13 of 24
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	53.85	14 of 26
66794	tryptophan metabolism	52.63	20 of 38
66794	lipid metabolism	51.61	16 of 31
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	50	5 of 10
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	50	4 of 8
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	lysine metabolism	50	21 of 42
66794	cysteine metabolism	50	9 of 18
66794	tyrosine metabolism	50	7 of 14
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	methionine metabolism	50	13 of 26
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	48.89	22 of 45
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	48.35	44 of 91
66794	urea cycle	46.15	6 of 13
66794	leucine metabolism	46.15	6 of 13
66794	sulfate reduction	46.15	6 of 13
66794	nitrate assimilation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	d-mannose degradation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	42.86	3 of 7
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	41.67	5 of 12
66794	glycolysis	41.18	7 of 17
66794	phenol degradation	40	8 of 20
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	bacilysin biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	37.5	3 of 8
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	methane metabolism	33.33	1 of 3
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	acetoin degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	33.33	5 of 15
66794	polyamine pathway	30.43	7 of 23
66794	degradation of hexoses	27.78	5 of 18
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	25	4 of 16

API NH

@ref	PEN	GLU	FRU	MAL	SAC	ODC	URE	LIP	PAL	beta GAL	ProA	GGT	IND
15935	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-
15935	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-

API rID32STR

@ref	ADH (Arg)	beta GLU	beta GAR	beta GUR	alpha GAL	PAL	RIB	MAN	SOR	LAC	TRE	RAF	SAC	LARA	DARL	Acid from alpha-cyclodextrinCDEX	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidaseAPPA	beta GAL	Pyrrolidonyl arylamidasePyrA	N-Acetyl-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	Glycyl-tryptophan arylamidaseGTA	HIP	GLYG	PUL	MAL	MEL	MLZ	Acidification of methyl beta-D-glucopyranosideMbeta DG	TAG	beta MAN	URE
44500	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Mammals	#Leporidae (Rabbit/Hare)
#Host Body-Site	#Oral cavity and airways	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
15935	oral mucosa of rabbit	Germany	DEU	Europe
44500	Rabbit oral mucosa
118815	Animal, Rabbit, oral mucosa

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AF005188 (>99% sequence identity) for Moraxella cuniculi subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	87
Soil Samples	25
Animal Samples	1599
Plant Samples	6
Total Samples	1717

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
15935	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
118815	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	48290_D02 assembly for Moraxella cuniculi NCTC10297	complete	GCA_900637105	34061.5	8046228976	34061	97.49
66792	IMG-taxon 2681812931 annotated assembly for Moraxella cuniculi DSM 21768	contig	GCA_900156515	1122245.3	2681812931	1122245	68.22
66792	ASM201517v1 assembly for Moraxella cuniculi CCUG 2154	scaffold	GCA_002015175	34061.3	2873786040	34061	63.21

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	M.cuniculi (NCTC 10297) 16S rRNA gene	X79221	728		34061
15935	Moraxella cuniculi 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF005188	1446		34061

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: 48290_D02 assembly for Moraxella cuniculi NCTC10297
BV-BRC: 34061.5

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	93.31	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	91.66	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	46.16	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.97	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Moraxella cuniculi NCTC10297
NCBI: GCA_900637105.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	97.00	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	93.20	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	73.23	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	98.39	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	98.00	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	84.49	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Use of an oligonucleotide array for laboratory diagnosis of bacteria responsible for acute upper respiratory infections.	Roth SB, Jalava J, Ruuskanen O, Ruohola A, Nikkari S.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.42.9.4268-4274.2004	2004
Metabolism	M1.MboII and M2.MboII type IIS methyltransferases: different specificities, the same target.	Furmanek-Blaszk B, Boratynski R, Zolcinska N, Sektas M	Microbiology (Reading)	10.1099/mic.0.025023-0	2009
Enzymology	Molecular characterization of the DNA methyltransferase M1.NcuI from Neisseria cuniculi ATCC 14688.	Furmanek B, Sektas M, Wons E, Kaczorowski T	Res Microbiol	10.1016/j.resmic.2006.10.006	2006
Enzymology	Isolation and characterization of type IIS restriction endonuclease from Neisseria cuniculi ATCC 14688.	Furmanek B, Gromek K, Sektas M, Kaczorowski T	FEMS Microbiol Lett	10.1111/j.1574-6968.2001.tb10560.x	2001
Phylogeny	Moraxella pluranimalium sp. nov., isolated from animal specimens.	Vela AI, Arroyo E, Aragon V, Sanchez-Porro C, Latre MV, Cerda-Cuellar M, Ventosa A, Dominguez L, Fernandez-Garayzabal JF	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.006205-0	2009

References

#15935	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 21768
#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 )
#37617	; Curators of the CIP;
#44500	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 2154
#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) .
#66793	Mukherjee et al.: GEBA: 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. 35: 676 - 683 2017 ( DOI 10.1038/nbt.3886 , PubMed 28604660 )
#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 .
#68381	Automatically annotated from API rID32STR .
#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 .
#118815	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 73.17
#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 cuniculi (DSM 21768, ATCC 14688, CCUG 2154)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Multimedia

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

Pathway annotation

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API rID32STR

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900637105

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

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