| Kocuria carniphila |
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Phylum Actinomycetota, Class Actinomycetes, Order Micrococcales, Family Micrococcaceae, Genus Kocuria, Kocuria carniphila
Tvrzova et al. 2005.
Note: The type strain CCM 132 = DSM 16004 was previously classified as Micrococcus
lactis, Micrococcus varians or Kocuria varians.
Tvrzova et al. 2005.
Note: The type strain CCM 132 = DSM 16004 was previously classified as Micrococcus
lactis, Micrococcus varians or Kocuria varians.
Gram-positive coccoid cells, 1.0-1.5 μm in diameter, occuring in pairs and tetrads.
Endospores are not formed. Nonmotile. Nonencapsulated.
Endospores are not formed. Nonmotile. Nonencapsulated.
Colonies are yellow, circular, convex, and opaque. Good growth at 28-37 ºC. Grows at
pH 7.0-9.1. Very weak growth in the presence of 10% (w/v) NaCl. Obligately aerobic.
pH 7.0-9.1. Very weak growth in the presence of 10% (w/v) NaCl. Obligately aerobic.
Isolated from meat.
Undetermined.
- Tvrzova L., Schumann P., Sedlacek I., Pacova Z., Sproer C., Verbarg S. and Kroppenstedt R.M.: Reclassification of strain CCM 132,
previously classified as Kocuria varians, as Kocuria carniphila sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 139-142. - Hans-Jurgen Busse, 2012. Family I. Micrococcaceae Pribham 1929, 361 AL emend. Stackebrandt, Rainey and Ward-Rainey 1997,
479 in: Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, Volume Five The Actinobacteria, Part A, Springer, 571-666. - Parte, A.C. (2018). LPSN – List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (bacterio.net), 20 years on. International
Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 68, 1825-1829; doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002786.
Positive results for catalase, beta-galactosidase, beta-glucuronidase, nitrate reduction to nitrite (nitrite is not reduced), acid production
from glucose, fructose, lactose, maltose (weak) and sucrose (weak).
Can utilize dextrin, Tween 40, Tween 80, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, N-acetyl-D-mannosamine, amygdalin, D-fructose, L-fucose,
D-galactose, D-galacturonic acid, gentiobiose, D-gluconic acid, alpha-D-glucose, myo-inositol, maltotriose, D-mannitol, D-mannose,
D-melibiose, methyl alpha-D-galactoside, methyl beta-D-galactoside, 3-methyl glucose, D-psicose, D-ribose, sucrose, acetic acid,
alpha-hydroxybutyric acid, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, alpha-ketoglutaric
acid, beta-ketovaleric acid, L-lactic acid, mono-methyl succinate, propionic acid, pyruvic acid, succinic acid, N-acetyl-glutamic acid, L-
glutamic acid, L-pyroglutamic acid, glycerol, thymidine 5'-monophosphate and glucose 6-phosphate.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis, H2S production, ornithine decarboxylase, phosphatase,
pyrrolidonyl arylamidase. oxidase, starch hydrolysis, Tween 80 hydrolysis, urease, Voges–Proskauer test, acid production from
arabinose, cellobiose, mannose, mannitol, melibiose, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside, N-acetylglucosamine, ribose, raffinose,
trehalose, turanose, xylitol and xylose.
No utilization of alpha- and beta-cyclodextrin, D-arabitol, arbutin, D-galactose, lactulose, D-melezitose, methyl alpha-D-glucoside,
methyl beta-D-glucoside, methyl alpha-D-mannoside, palatinose, D-raffinose, salicin, sedoheptulosan, D-tagatose, xylitol, lactamide,
D-lactic acid methyl ester, D- and L-malic acid, alaninamide, D- and L-alanine, L-alanyl glycine, glycyl-L-glutamic acid, putrescine,
inosine, uridine, adenosine 5'-monophosphate, and uridine 5'-monophosphate.
from glucose, fructose, lactose, maltose (weak) and sucrose (weak).
Can utilize dextrin, Tween 40, Tween 80, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, N-acetyl-D-mannosamine, amygdalin, D-fructose, L-fucose,
D-galactose, D-galacturonic acid, gentiobiose, D-gluconic acid, alpha-D-glucose, myo-inositol, maltotriose, D-mannitol, D-mannose,
D-melibiose, methyl alpha-D-galactoside, methyl beta-D-galactoside, 3-methyl glucose, D-psicose, D-ribose, sucrose, acetic acid,
alpha-hydroxybutyric acid, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, alpha-ketoglutaric
acid, beta-ketovaleric acid, L-lactic acid, mono-methyl succinate, propionic acid, pyruvic acid, succinic acid, N-acetyl-glutamic acid, L-
glutamic acid, L-pyroglutamic acid, glycerol, thymidine 5'-monophosphate and glucose 6-phosphate.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis, H2S production, ornithine decarboxylase, phosphatase,
pyrrolidonyl arylamidase. oxidase, starch hydrolysis, Tween 80 hydrolysis, urease, Voges–Proskauer test, acid production from
arabinose, cellobiose, mannose, mannitol, melibiose, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside, N-acetylglucosamine, ribose, raffinose,
trehalose, turanose, xylitol and xylose.
No utilization of alpha- and beta-cyclodextrin, D-arabitol, arbutin, D-galactose, lactulose, D-melezitose, methyl alpha-D-glucoside,
methyl beta-D-glucoside, methyl alpha-D-mannoside, palatinose, D-raffinose, salicin, sedoheptulosan, D-tagatose, xylitol, lactamide,
D-lactic acid methyl ester, D- and L-malic acid, alaninamide, D- and L-alanine, L-alanyl glycine, glycyl-L-glutamic acid, putrescine,
inosine, uridine, adenosine 5'-monophosphate, and uridine 5'-monophosphate.
(c) Costin Stoica
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