Mycobacterium terrae (DSM 43227, ATCC 15755, CCUG 42429)

Name: Mycobacterium terrae (DSM 43227, ATCC 15755, CCUG 42429)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 8351

Type strain

Strain Designation F 628, W45, W-45, 14 032 0001

Culture col. no. DSM 43227 ATCC 15755 CCUG 42429 CIP 104321 ATCC 15981 13 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1788

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM KCTC CIP

History DSMZ <- I. Tarnok, SN 2700 <- L.G. Wayne, W45 <- S. Froman, F 628 JCM <-- LMG 10394 <-- ATCC 15755 <-- L. G. Wayne W-45 <-- S. Froman F628. CIP <- 1995, V. Vincent, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain 14 032 0001 <- 1966, L.G. Wayne: strain W-45 <- S. Froman: strain F 628

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Mycobacterium terrae F 628 is an aerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from sputum and gastric lavage specimens from human.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 13730

LMG 10394,ATCC 15755,ATCC 15981,CIP 104321,DSM 43227,NCTC 10856,CCUG 27847,CECT 3028,KCTC 9614,CCUG 42429,JCM 12143,CNCTC 7297,CGMCC 1.3346

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:26:51

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Mycobacteriaceae

Genus Mycobacterium

Species Mycobacterium terrae

Full scientific name Mycobacterium terrae Wayne 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

Mycolicibacter terrae

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Mycobacterium terrae** (2)	Type strain
8352	M. terrae W173, DSM 43540, SN 2701
141272	M. terrae CCUG 532

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
123460	positive	rod-shaped
125439	positive		91.524
125438			91

Colony morphology

55433

Incubation period3-5 days

Multimedia

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multimedia.multimedia content:	https://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/photos/DSM_43227-1.jpg
intellectual property rights:	© Leibniz-Institut DSMZ
manual_annotation:	1

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multimedia content:	DSM_43227.jpg
multimedia.multimedia content:	https://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/photos/DSM_43227.jpg
caption:	Medium 645 37°C
intellectual property rights:	© Leibniz-Institut DSMZ
manual_annotation:	1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
10883	LÖWENSTEIN-JENSEN MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 354)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: LÖWENSTEIN-JENSEN MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 354) Composition: Potato flour 18.6104 g/l L-Asparagin 2.23325 g/l KH2PO4 1.55087 g/l Mg-citrate 0.372208 g/l Malachite green 0.248139 g/l MgSO4 0.148883 g/l Glycerol Fresh egg mixture Distilled water
10883	MIDDLEBROOK MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 645)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: MIDDLEBROOK MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 645) Composition: Bacto Middlebrook 7H10 agar 20.9945 g/l Glycerol Distilled water
36552	MEDIUM 55 - for Mycobacterium
123460	CIP Medium 55	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
10883	positive	growth	37
36552	positive	growth	37
55433	positive	growth	30
67770	positive	growth	37
123460	positive	growth	22-37
123460	negative	growth	10
123460	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
55433	aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	99.186

Compound production

@ref	Compound
10883	alpha esterase
10883	ß esterase

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68379	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API Coryne
123460	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API 20NE
123460	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE
123460	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API 20NE

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68379	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
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
68379	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
123460	amylase	-
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
123460	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68379	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68379	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
123460	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
123460	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
123460	DNase	-
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
123460	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
123460	gelatinase	-
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
123460	lecithinase	-
123460	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
123460	oxidase	-
123460	protease	-
68379	pyrazinamidase	-	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
123460	tween esterase	-
123460	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE
68379	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

API coryne

@ref	Reduction of nitrateNIT	PYZ	PYRA	PAL	beta GUR	beta GAL	alpha GLU	beta NAG	ESC	URE	GEL	Control fermentationControl	GLU	RIB	XYL	MAN	MAL	LAC	SAC	GLYG	CAT
10883	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.

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
10883	-	+/-	+/-	+	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-
123460	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-
10883	-	-	+/-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API 20NE

@ref	Reduction of nitratesNO3	TRP	GLU_ Ferm	ADH (Arg)	URE	ESC	GEL	PNPG	GLU_ Assim	ARA	MNE	MAN	NAG	MAL	GNT	CAP	ADI	MLT	CIT	PAC	OX
10883	+	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Infection	#Patient	#Specimen
#Host	#Human	-
#Host Body-Site	#Gastrointestinal tract	-
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	#Sputum

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species
10883	sputum and gastric lavage specimens from human	Homo sapiens
55433	Human sputum and gastic lavage	Homo sapiens
67770	Sputa of a patient	Homo sapiens
123460	Human, Sputum and gastric lavage specimen	Homo sapiens

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
10883	yes, in single cases	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
123460			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	50818_H01 assembly for Mycolicibacter terrae NCTC10856	complete	GCA_900187145	1788.4	2772190612	1788	97.54
66792	ASM1072712v1 assembly for Mycolicibacter terrae JCM 12143	complete	GCA_010727125	1788.12	8066171436	1788	97.02
67770	ASM210195v1 assembly for Mycolicibacter terrae CIP 104321	contig	GCA_002101955	1788.3	8066175802	1788	68.34
66792	ASM2582200v1 assembly for Mycolicibacter terrae DSM 43227	scaffold	GCA_025822005	1788.23	8115205418	1788	52.71

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Mycobacterium terrae strain ATCC 15755 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	DQ058407	1374	1788
20218	M.terrae 16S ribosomal RNA	M29568	1363	1788
20218	M.terrae 16S ribosomal RNA gene	M59271	146	1788
20218	Mycobacterium terrae 16S rRNA gene	X52925	1466	1788
20218	Mycobacterium terrae strain CIP 104321 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF547970	556	1788
20218	Mycobacterium terrae 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	HM770865	1486	1788
20218	Mycobacterium terrae strain CIP104321 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	JN571180	479	1788
124043	Mycolicibacter terrae strain CECT 3028 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	OK538962	837	1788

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: 50818_H01 assembly for Mycolicibacter terrae NCTC10856
BV-BRC: 1788.4

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	99.19	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	91.52	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	85.75	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	67.96	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Mycolicibacter terrae NCTC10856
NCBI: GCA_900187145.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	89.74	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	94.56	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	83.62	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	69.81	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	94.88	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	91.00	no

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References

#10883	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 43227
#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 )
#36552	; Curators of the CIP;
#55433	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 42429
#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) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#123460	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104321
#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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Mycobacterium terrae (DSM 43227, ATCC 15755, CCUG 42429)

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