Moraxella lincolnii (DSM 19150, ATCC 51388, CCUG 9405)

Name: Moraxella lincolnii (DSM 19150, ATCC 51388, CCUG 9405)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 8171

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 19150 ATCC 51388 CCUG 9405 CIP 103802 LMG 5127

NCBI tax ID(s) 90241

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG CIP

History DSMZ <- CIP <- CCUG <- K. Lincoln, PHL, Göteborg CIP <- 1994, CCUG <- K. Lincoln, PHL, Göteborg, Sweden

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Moraxella lincolnii DSM 19150 is an aerobe, Gram-negative, oval-shaped bacterium that was isolated from human nasopharynx, 6-month-old female with high fever.

Gram-negative oval-shaped aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 3585

LMG 5127,ATCC 51388,CCUG 9405,CIP 103802,DSM 19150

@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 lincolnii

Full scientific name Moraxella lincolnii Vandamme et al. 1993

Synonyms (1)

Lwoffella lincolnii

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Moraxella lincolnii** (13)	Type strain
135190	M. lincolnii CIP 103996, CCUG 18789, LMG 10491
135564	M. lincolnii CIP 103990, CCUG 20072, LMG 10492, CCM 4591
136208	M. lincolnii CIP 103462
141988	M. lincolnii CCUG 9511, LMG 10488
142347	M. lincolnii CCUG 11973, LMG 10489
143149	M. lincolnii CCUG 17467, LMG 10490
143555	M. lincolnii CCUG 20073, LMG 10493
143870	M. lincolnii CCUG 21674, LMG 10494
144366	M. lincolnii CCUG 24769, LMG 10495
145462	M. lincolnii CCUG 28599
148406	M. lincolnii CCUG 35387
149026	M. lincolnii CCUG 36743
154291	M. lincolnii CCUG 52988

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility	Confidence
120610	negative	oval-shaped
125438	negative			98.5

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
7938	COLUMBIA BLOOD AGAR (DSMZ Medium 429)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD AGAR (DSMZ Medium 429) Composition: Horse blood 40.0 g/l Columbia agar base
39852	MEDIUM 6 - Columbia agar with 10 % horse blood		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Columbia agar (39.000 g);Horseblood (100.000 ml)
120610	CIP Medium 6	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
7938	positive	growth	37
39852	positive	growth	30
45187	positive	growth	33-37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
45187	aerobe
120610	obligate aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	98.57

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.902
125438		95.743

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
120610	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
120610	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

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
68377	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API NH
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
120610	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
68377	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	from API NH
120610	oxidase	+
68377	proline-arylamidase	-	3.4.11.5	from API NH
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68377	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API NH
120610	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	denitrification	100	2 of 2
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	threonine metabolism	90	9 of 10
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	isoleucine metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	85.71	6 of 7
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	valine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	67.86	19 of 28
66794	serine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	66.67	6 of 9
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	66.67	6 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	66.67	6 of 9
66794	citric acid cycle	64.29	9 of 14
66794	heme metabolism	64.29	9 of 14
66794	purine metabolism	63.83	60 of 94
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	62.5	5 of 8
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	gluconeogenesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	NAD metabolism	61.11	11 of 18
66794	flavin biosynthesis	60	9 of 15
66794	alanine metabolism	58.62	17 of 29
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	55.56	25 of 45
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	55.56	5 of 9
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	54.55	6 of 11
66794	leucine metabolism	53.85	7 of 13
66794	tryptophan metabolism	52.63	20 of 38
66794	lysine metabolism	52.38	22 of 42
66794	histidine metabolism	51.72	15 of 29
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	non-pathway related	50	19 of 38
66794	acetate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	50	13 of 26
66794	cysteine metabolism	50	9 of 18
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	glutathione metabolism	50	7 of 14
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	lipid metabolism	48.39	15 of 31
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	47.25	43 of 91
66794	urea cycle	46.15	6 of 13
66794	proline metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	d-mannose degradation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	tyrosine metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
66794	arginine metabolism	41.67	10 of 24
66794	glycolysis	41.18	7 of 17
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	propionate fermentation	40	4 of 10
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	36.36	4 of 11
66794	methionine metabolism	34.62	9 of 26
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	acetoin degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	33.33	4 of 12
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	polyamine pathway	30.43	7 of 23
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	30	3 of 10
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	28.57	2 of 7
66794	propanol degradation	28.57	2 of 7
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	25	4 of 16
66794	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	biotin biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	23.08	3 of 13
66794	degradation of hexoses	22.22	4 of 18
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	22.22	2 of 9
66794	nitrate assimilation	22.22	2 of 9

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

45187

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C18:1 ω9c	43	17.769
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	12	17.724
C16:0	10.5	16
C10:0	9.1	10
C12:0 3OH	7.5	13.455
C16:1 ω7c	7.4	15.819
C12:0	4.7	12
C18:0	4.7	18
C16:1 ω9c	1.1	15.774

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

45187

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C18:1 ω9c	53.2	17.769
C16:1 ω7c	11	15.819
C10:0	7.4	10
C16:0	6.8	16
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	6.8	17.724
C12:0 3OH	6.3	13.455
C18:0	4.5	18
C12:0	2.5	12
C16:1 ω9c	1.5	15.774

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

45187

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C18:1 ω9c	33.9	17.769
C16:1 ω7c	22.9	15.819
C10:0	12.2	10
C16:0	8.6	16
C12:0 3OH	8.4	13.455
C12:0	7.5	12
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	2.2	17.724
C16:1 ω9c	1.7	15.774
C18:0	1.4	18
unknown 12.486	0.8	12.486
C14:0	0.6	14

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

45187

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C18:1 ω9c	41.8	17.769
C16:0	11.4	16
C18:0	9.8	18
C10:0	9.7	10
C16:1 ω7c	8.1	15.819
C12:0 3OH	7.7	13.455
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	6.5	17.724
C12:0	5.1	12

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
120610	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

API NH

@ref	PEN	GLU	FRU	MAL	SAC	ODC	URE	LIP	PAL	beta GAL	ProA	GGT	IND
45187	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7938	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.	-	-
7938	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	+/-	-
7938	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Infection	#Patient	-
#Host	#Human	#Female
#Host Body-Site	#Oral cavity and airways	#Airways
#Host	#Human	#Child

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
7938	human nasopharynx, 6-month-old female with high fever	Homo sapiens		Göteborg	Sweden	SWE	Europe
45187	Human nasopharynx,6-month-old female,fever,UTI	Homo sapiens	1980-01-27	Göteborg	Sweden	SWE	Europe
120610	Human, Nasopharynx	Homo sapiens		Göteborg	Sweden	SWE	Europe	1980

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence HF558363 (>99% sequence identity) for Moraxella lincolnii subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	3393
Soil Samples	719
Animal Samples	13224
Plant Samples	405
Total Samples	17741

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
7938	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
120610		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	ASM201476v1 assembly for Lwoffella lincolnii CCUG 9405	scaffold	GCA_002014765	90241.3	2878536677	90241	68.65

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Moraxella lincolnii 16S rRNA gene, strain CCUG 9405T	AJ417490	1276	90241
20218	Moraxella lincolnii partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain CCUG 9405T	FR822735	1501	90241
20218	Moraxella lincolnii partial 16S rRNA gene, strain LMG 5127	HF558363	1501	90241
7938	Moraxella lincolnii 16S rRNA gene, partial	AJ247229	445	90241
124043	Moraxella lincolnii CCUG 9405 gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence.	LC752407	587	90241
124043	Moraxella lincolnii CCUG 9405 gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence.	LC752428	408	90241
124043	Moraxella lincolnii LMG 5127 gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence.	LC752437	590	90241

GC content

7938

GC-content (mol%)44

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM201476v1 assembly for Lwoffella lincolnii CCUG 9405
BV-BRC: 90241.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	98.57	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	48.05	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	70.48	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.90	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Moraxella lincolnii CCUG 9405
NCBI: GCA_002014765.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.50	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	95.30	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	70.88	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	95.74	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	98.12	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	70.10	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Reclassification of Moraxella boevrei, M. osloensis and M. atlantae, into the genus Faucicola, and proposal of a new genus within the family Moraxellaceae, Lwoffella lincolnii gen. nov., comb. nov., to accommodate the divergent species Moraxella lincolnii.	Sbissi I, Kammoun I, El May H, Bouzidi T, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Gtari M.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006820	2025
Pathogenicity	Characterization of the Upper Respiratory Bacterial Microbiome in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients.	Bai X, Narayanan A, Skagerberg M, Cena-Diez R, Giske CG, Stralin K, Sonnerborg A.	Biomedicines	10.3390/biomedicines10050982	2022

References

#7938	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 19150
#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 )
#39852	; Curators of the CIP;
#45187	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 9405
#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 .
#120610	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103802
#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 lincolnii (DSM 19150, ATCC 51388, CCUG 9405)

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

Pathway annotation

Fatty acid profile

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_002014765

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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