Mycobacterium intermedium (DSM 44049, ATCC 51848, CIP 104542)

Name: Mycobacterium intermedium (DSM 44049, ATCC 51848, CIP 104542)
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BacDive ID 8426

Type strain

Strain Designation 1669/91

Culture col. no. DSM 44049 ATCC 51848 CIP 104542 CCUG 37583 JCM 13572 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 28445

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP

History DSMZ <- K.-H. Schröder, Wulff 1669/91 JCM <-- CIP 104542 <-- DSM 44049 <-- K.-H. Schröder 1669/91. CIP <- 1995, DSMZ <- K.H. Schröder: strain 1669/91

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Mycobacterium intermedium 1669/91 is an obligate aerobe, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from sputum of a patient with pulmonary disease.

rod-shaped obligate aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 43212

ATCC 51848,DSM 44049,CCUG 37583,CIP 104542,JCM 13572

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:26:52

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Mycobacteriaceae

Genus Mycobacterium

Species Mycobacterium intermedium

Full scientific name Mycobacterium intermedium Meier et al. 1993

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Cell shape	Motility
120149	rod-shaped

Multimedia

@ref:	11463
multimedia content:	DSM_44049.jpg
multimedia.multimedia content:	https://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/photos/DSM_44049.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
11463	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
11463	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
42285	MEDIUM 55 - for Mycobacterium
120149	CIP Medium 55	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
11463	positive	growth	37
42285	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37
120149	positive	growth	37-45
120149	negative	growth	10

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
120149	obligate aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	96.088

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
120149	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
120149	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
120149	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
120149	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
120149	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
120149	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
120149	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
120149	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
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
120149	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
120149	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
120149	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
120149	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	from API zym
120149	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
120149	gelatinase	-
120149	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	+		from API zym
120149	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		from API zym
120149	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
120149	oxidase	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
120149	tween esterase	+
120149	urease	-	3.5.1.5
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
120149	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Infection	#Inflammation	-
#Infection	#Patient	-
#Host Body-Site	#Oral cavity and airways	#Airways
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	#Sputum

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species
11463	sputum of a patient with pulmonary disease	Homo sapiens
53748	Human sputum	Homo sapiens
67770	Sputum from a patient with pulmonary disease	Homo sapiens
120149	Human, Sputum	Homo sapiens

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence X67847 (>99% sequence identity) for Mycobacterium intermedium from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	1793
Soil Samples	988
Animal Samples	242
Plant Samples	243
Total Samples	3266

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
11463	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
120149	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	ASM2582206v1 assembly for Mycobacterium intermedium DSM 44049	scaffold	GCA_025822065	28445.12	8115220275	28445	54.29
67770	ASM208627v1 assembly for Mycobacterium intermedium DSM 44049	contig	GCA_002086275	28445.6	8111400772	28445	0.12

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	M.intermedium DNA for 16S rRNA	X67847	1441	28445
20218	Mycobacterium intermedium strain CIP 104542 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF547938	543	28445
20218	Mycobacterium intermedium strain DSM 44049 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, partial sequence	HM022204	277	28445

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	65.8	genome sequence analysis

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM2582206v1 assembly for Mycobacterium intermedium DSM 44049
NCBI: GCA_025822065

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	96.09	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	80.54	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	89.54	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	74.44	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Mycobacterium intermedium strain DSM 44049
PATRIC: 28445.6

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	89.07	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	97.73	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	59.79	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	79.92	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.40	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	88.50	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Enzymology	Evaluation of the invader assay with the BACTEC MGIT 960 system for prompt isolation and identification of mycobacterial species from clinical specimens.	Ichimura S, Nagano M, Ito N, Shimojima M, Egashira T, Miyamoto C, Ohkusu K, Ezaki T.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.02289-06	2007
	Fundamental Cell Morphologies Examined With Cryo-TEM of the Species in the Novel Five Genera Robustly Correlate With New Classification in Family Mycobacteriaceae.	Yamada H, Chikamatsu K, Aono A, Murata K, Miyazaki N, Kayama Y, Bhatt A, Fujiwara N, Maeda S, Mitarai S.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2020.562395	2020
Phylogeny	Rapid identification of mycobacterial whole cells in solid and liquid culture media by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry.	Lotz A, Ferroni A, Beretti JL, Dauphin B, Carbonnelle E, Guet-Revillet H, Veziris N, Heym B, Jarlier V, Gaillard JL, Pierre-Audigier C, Frapy E, Berche P, Nassif X, Bille E.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.01397-10	2010
Phylogeny	Mycobacterium intermedium sp. nov.	Meier A, Kirschner P, Schroder KH, Wolters J, Kroppenstedt RM, Bottger EC	Int J Syst Bacteriol	10.1099/00207713-43-2-204	1993

References

#11463	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 44049
#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 )
#42285	; Curators of the CIP;
#53748	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 37583
#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;
#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 .
#120149	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104542
#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 intermedium (DSM 44049, ATCC 51848, CIP 104542)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Multimedia

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_025822065

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

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