| NCIMB number | NCIMB 8123 |
| Deposit type | Bacteria |
| Type strain | Yes |
| GMO | No |
| Taxon name | Enterococcus hirae |
| Depositor designation | R |
| Preservation method | Lyophilised |
| Preserved as | Streptococcus faecium |
| Other catalogue information | Reported to be better for folic acid assay than NCIMB 6459 |
| Price band | A |
| Media | 038 |
| Gas regime | aerobic |
| Growth factors (and/or information) | growth also occurred on lab8 and tsa Blood agar, 37C, 1d: good growth. On CM55:off-white, translucent,<1mm (37C for 1day) |
| ACDP category | 2 |
| Hazard information | This genus has been associated with nosocomial infections, especially of urinary tract. Associated with growth depression in young chicks. |
| Additional hazard information | Ref: R C Moellering, Clinical Infectious Diseases 1992, 14, 1173-8. Emergence of Enterococcus as a significant pathogen. |
| Colony Edge | Entire |
| Colony Surface | Smooth |
| Colony Shape | Circular |
| Colony Elevation | Flat |
| Colony Colour | Greyish-White |
| Colony Opacity | Opaque |
| Cellular Shape | Coccus |
| Cellular Arrangement | Singly/Pairs/Chains |
| Cellular Motility | No |
| Gram stain | Gram Positive |
| Depositor Company | American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) |
| Depositor Address | 12301 Parklawn Drive Rockville Maryland 20852 U.S.A. |
| Date of Accession | 16/03/1950 |
| History | E.E.Snell |
| Other collection IDs | ATCC8043 ATCC9790 CCM2423 CCM2424 CECT279 DSM20160 NCDO997 NCDO1258 NCTC6459 NCIMB6459 NCIMB8191 |
| WDCM number | WDCM 00089 |
| Yeast? | False |
| K12 | No |
| References | Gunsalus I.C., Niven C.F. Jr., and Sherman J.M. (1944) J. Bact. 48 p611 Rabinowitz J.C. and Snell E.E. (1947) J. biol. Chem. p631 Evans R.J. (1948) Arch. Biochem. 16 p357 Merrifield R.B. and Dunn M.S. (1948) Arch. Biochem. 16 pp339-341 Undenfriend S. and Cooper J.R. (1953) J. biol. Chem. 203 pp953-960 Sherratt H.S.A. and Thomas A.J. (1953) J. gen. Microbiol. 8 pp217-223 Broquist H.P. et al (1953) J. biol. Chem. 202 p59 Lascelles J. and Woods D.D. (1954) Biochem J. 58 pp486-497 Gunther H.L. and Prusoff W.H. (1962) Biochim. biophys. Acta. 55 p778. Zygmunt W.A. et al (1962) Can. J. Microbiol. 8 pp429-435 Knusel K. (1962) Zentbl. Bakt. ParasitKde Abt. I, Orig 186 p22 Girdwood R.H. (1963) J. med. Lab. Technol. 20 p26 Ikawa M. (1963) J. Bact. 85 p772 Bloch A. (1970) Biochim. biophys. Acta 201(2) p323. Induction of the dihydrofolate reductase of S. faecium var. durans by folic acid and by some of its derivatives. Cooper B. (1970) Biochim. biophys. Acta 208(1) p99. Studies of [3H] folic acid uptake by L. casei. Smith D.G. (1970) J. appl. Bact. 33 pp474-477 Suckewer A. (1970) Fd Sci. Technol. Abst. 2 (9) p299. Effect of ascorpic acid on folic acid determination in foods. Samuel C.E. et al (1970) J. biol. Chem. 245(19) pp5115-5121. Evidence against the folate mediated formylation of formyl accepting methionyl transfer ribonucleic acid in Streptococcus faecalis R. Garth-Reid K. et al (1970) J. biol. Chem. 245(20) pp5261-5272. Multiple transport components for dicarboxylic amino acids in S. faecalis. Utech N.M. et al (1970) J. biol. Chem. 245(20) pp5273-5280. Properties of a dicarboxylic amino acid transport deficient mutant of S. faecalis. Freisham J.H. et al (1972) Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 148 pp1-9 Franks N.E. (1972) Biochim. biophys. Acta 252(2) pp246-254. Catabolism of L. arginine by entrapped cells of Streptococcus ATCC8043. Holden J.T. and Bunch J.M. (1973) Biochim. biophys. Acta 307 p640. Asparagine Transport in L. plantarum and S. faecalis. Furrow J.A.E. and Collins M.D. (1985) Int. J. syst. Bact. 35 p73 cpnDB: a chaperonin sequence database, Genome Res 14(8), 1669-1675, 2004 Application of multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) for rapid identification of Enterococcus species based on rpoA and pheS genes, Microbiology 151(7), 2141-2150, 2005 Characterization of different food-isolated Enterococcus strains by MALDI-TOF mass fingerprinting, Electrophoresis 34(15), 2240-2250, 2013 Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics -- Quantitative suspension test for the evaluation of bactericidal activity of chemical disinfectants and antiseptics used in food, industrial, domestic and institutional areas -- Test method and requirements (phase 2, step 1).London, UK: British Standards Institution; British Standard BS EN 1276, (journal unknown) , 1997, 1997 Determination of 16S rRNA sequences of enterococci and application to species identification of nonmotile Enterococcus gallinarum isolates, J Clin Microbiol 36(11), 3399-3407, 1998 Diversity of domain V of 23S rRNA gene sequence in different Enterococcus species, J Clin Microbiol 38(11), 3991-3993, 2000 Division of the genus Enterococcus into species groups using PCR-based molecular typing methods, Microbiology 144 ( Pt 5), 1171-1179, 1998 Evidence for horizontal gene transfer in evolution of elongation factor Tu in enterococci, J Bacteriol 182(24), 6913-6920, 2000 Evidence that the PBP 5 synthesis repressor (psr) of Enterococcus hirae is also involved in the regulation of cell wall composition and other cell wall-related properties, J Bacteriol 178(17), 5272-5278, 1996 Evolution of structure and substrate specificity in D-alanine:D-alanine ligases and related enzymes, J Mol Evol 42(6), 706-712, 1996 Genome Sequence of Enterococcus hirae (Streptococcus faecalis) ATCC 9790, a Model Organism for the Study of Ion Transport, Bioenergetics, and Copper Homeostasis, J Bacteriol 194(18), 5126-5127, 2012 Identification of clinically relevant enterococcus species by direct sequencing of groES and spacer region, J Clin Microbiol 43(1), 235-241, 2005 Identification of Enterococcus species and phenotypically similar Lactococcus and Vagococcus species by reverse checkerboard hybridization to chaperonin 60 gene sequences, J Clin Microbiol 38(11), 3953-3959, 2000 Identification of Enterococcus spp. based on specific hybridisation with 16S rDNA probes, J Microbiol Methods 50(2), 115-121, 2002 Phylogeny and identification of Enterococci by atpA gene sequence analysis, J Clin Microbiol 43(5), 2224-2230, 2005 Primary and secondary structures of rRNA spacer regions in enterococci, Microbiology 143 ( Pt 3), 823-834, 1997 Reclassification of Brevibacterium incertum (Breed 1953) as Desemzia incerta gen. nov., comb. nov, Int J Syst Bacteriol 49 Pt 1, 185-188, 1999 Redefining the role of psr in beta-lactam resistance and cell autolysis of Enterococcus hirae, J Bacteriol 185(20), 5925-5935, 2003 Reevaluation of the Taxonomic Status of Recently Described Species of Enterococcus: Evidence that E. thailandicus Is a Senior Subjective Synonym of "E. sanguinicola" and Confirmation of E. caccae as a Species Distinct from E. silesiacus, J Clin Microbiol 49(7), 2676-2679, 2011 Sequencing the gene encoding manganese-dependent superoxide dismutase for rapid species identification of enterococci, J Clin Microbiol 38(1), 415-418, 2000 The PBP 5 synthesis repressor (psr) gene of Enterococcus hirae ATCC 9790 is substantially longer than previously reported, FEMS Microbiol Lett 166(2), 355-360, 1998 The ponA gene of Enterococcus faecalis JH2-2 codes for a low-affinity class A penicillin-binding protein, J Bacteriol 186(13), 4412-4416, 2004 The stress response protein Gls24 is induced by copper and interacts with the CopZ copper chaperone of Enterococcus hirae, FEMS Microbiol Lett 302(1), 69-75, 2010 The tmRNA website: reductive evolution of tmRNA in plastids and other endosymbionts, Nucleic Acids Res 32(Databaseissue), D104-D108, 2004 Water quality--Detection and enumeration of intestinal enterococci in surface and waste water--Part 1: Miniaturized method (MPN) by inoculation in liquid medium. Annex E. Quality criteria for manufacturing of the medium in microtitre plates.Geneva (Switzerland): International Organization for Standardization/ANSI, (journal unknown) , ISO ISO 7899-1, 1998 |
| NCIMB number | NCIMB 8123 |
| Deposit type | Bacteria |
| Type strain | Yes |
| GMO | No |
| Taxon name | Enterococcus hirae |
| Depositor designation | R |
| Preservation method | Lyophilised |
| Preserved as | Streptococcus faecium |
| Other catalogue information | Reported to be better for folic acid assay than NCIMB 6459 |
| Price band | A |
| Media | 038 |
| Gas regime | aerobic |
| Growth factors (and/or information) | growth also occurred on lab8 and tsa Blood agar, 37C, 1d: good growth. On CM55:off-white, translucent,<1mm (37C for 1day) |
| ACDP category | 2 |
| Hazard information | This genus has been associated with nosocomial infections, especially of urinary tract. Associated with growth depression in young chicks. |
| Additional hazard information | Ref: R C Moellering, Clinical Infectious Diseases 1992, 14, 1173-8. Emergence of Enterococcus as a significant pathogen. |
| Colony Edge | Entire |
| Colony Surface | Smooth |
| Colony Shape | Circular |
| Colony Elevation | Flat |
| Colony Colour | Greyish-White |
| Colony Opacity | Opaque |
| Cellular Shape | Coccus |
| Cellular Arrangement | Singly/Pairs/Chains |
| Cellular Motility | No |
| Gram stain | Gram Positive |
| Depositor Company | American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) |
| Depositor Address | 12301 Parklawn Drive Rockville Maryland 20852 U.S.A. |
| Date of Accession | 16/03/1950 |
| History | E.E.Snell |
| Other collection IDs | ATCC8043 ATCC9790 CCM2423 CCM2424 CECT279 DSM20160 NCDO997 NCDO1258 NCTC6459 NCIMB6459 NCIMB8191 |
| WDCM number | WDCM 00089 |
| Yeast? | False |
| K12 | No |
| References | Gunsalus I.C., Niven C.F. Jr., and Sherman J.M. (1944) J. Bact. 48 p611 Rabinowitz J.C. and Snell E.E. (1947) J. biol. Chem. p631 Evans R.J. (1948) Arch. Biochem. 16 p357 Merrifield R.B. and Dunn M.S. (1948) Arch. Biochem. 16 pp339-341 Undenfriend S. and Cooper J.R. (1953) J. biol. Chem. 203 pp953-960 Sherratt H.S.A. and Thomas A.J. (1953) J. gen. Microbiol. 8 pp217-223 Broquist H.P. et al (1953) J. biol. Chem. 202 p59 Lascelles J. and Woods D.D. (1954) Biochem J. 58 pp486-497 Gunther H.L. and Prusoff W.H. (1962) Biochim. biophys. Acta. 55 p778. Zygmunt W.A. et al (1962) Can. J. Microbiol. 8 pp429-435 Knusel K. (1962) Zentbl. Bakt. ParasitKde Abt. I, Orig 186 p22 Girdwood R.H. (1963) J. med. Lab. Technol. 20 p26 Ikawa M. (1963) J. Bact. 85 p772 Bloch A. (1970) Biochim. biophys. Acta 201(2) p323. Induction of the dihydrofolate reductase of S. faecium var. durans by folic acid and by some of its derivatives. Cooper B. (1970) Biochim. biophys. Acta 208(1) p99. Studies of [3H] folic acid uptake by L. casei. Smith D.G. (1970) J. appl. Bact. 33 pp474-477 Suckewer A. (1970) Fd Sci. Technol. Abst. 2 (9) p299. Effect of ascorpic acid on folic acid determination in foods. Samuel C.E. et al (1970) J. biol. Chem. 245(19) pp5115-5121. Evidence against the folate mediated formylation of formyl accepting methionyl transfer ribonucleic acid in Streptococcus faecalis R. Garth-Reid K. et al (1970) J. biol. Chem. 245(20) pp5261-5272. Multiple transport components for dicarboxylic amino acids in S. faecalis. Utech N.M. et al (1970) J. biol. Chem. 245(20) pp5273-5280. Properties of a dicarboxylic amino acid transport deficient mutant of S. faecalis. Freisham J.H. et al (1972) Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 148 pp1-9 Franks N.E. (1972) Biochim. biophys. Acta 252(2) pp246-254. Catabolism of L. arginine by entrapped cells of Streptococcus ATCC8043. Holden J.T. and Bunch J.M. (1973) Biochim. biophys. Acta 307 p640. Asparagine Transport in L. plantarum and S. faecalis. Furrow J.A.E. and Collins M.D. (1985) Int. J. syst. Bact. 35 p73 cpnDB: a chaperonin sequence database, Genome Res 14(8), 1669-1675, 2004 Application of multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) for rapid identification of Enterococcus species based on rpoA and pheS genes, Microbiology 151(7), 2141-2150, 2005 Characterization of different food-isolated Enterococcus strains by MALDI-TOF mass fingerprinting, Electrophoresis 34(15), 2240-2250, 2013 Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics -- Quantitative suspension test for the evaluation of bactericidal activity of chemical disinfectants and antiseptics used in food, industrial, domestic and institutional areas -- Test method and requirements (phase 2, step 1).London, UK: British Standards Institution; British Standard BS EN 1276, (journal unknown) , 1997, 1997 Determination of 16S rRNA sequences of enterococci and application to species identification of nonmotile Enterococcus gallinarum isolates, J Clin Microbiol 36(11), 3399-3407, 1998 Diversity of domain V of 23S rRNA gene sequence in different Enterococcus species, J Clin Microbiol 38(11), 3991-3993, 2000 Division of the genus Enterococcus into species groups using PCR-based molecular typing methods, Microbiology 144 ( Pt 5), 1171-1179, 1998 Evidence for horizontal gene transfer in evolution of elongation factor Tu in enterococci, J Bacteriol 182(24), 6913-6920, 2000 Evidence that the PBP 5 synthesis repressor (psr) of Enterococcus hirae is also involved in the regulation of cell wall composition and other cell wall-related properties, J Bacteriol 178(17), 5272-5278, 1996 Evolution of structure and substrate specificity in D-alanine:D-alanine ligases and related enzymes, J Mol Evol 42(6), 706-712, 1996 Genome Sequence of Enterococcus hirae (Streptococcus faecalis) ATCC 9790, a Model Organism for the Study of Ion Transport, Bioenergetics, and Copper Homeostasis, J Bacteriol 194(18), 5126-5127, 2012 Identification of clinically relevant enterococcus species by direct sequencing of groES and spacer region, J Clin Microbiol 43(1), 235-241, 2005 Identification of Enterococcus species and phenotypically similar Lactococcus and Vagococcus species by reverse checkerboard hybridization to chaperonin 60 gene sequences, J Clin Microbiol 38(11), 3953-3959, 2000 Identification of Enterococcus spp. based on specific hybridisation with 16S rDNA probes, J Microbiol Methods 50(2), 115-121, 2002 Phylogeny and identification of Enterococci by atpA gene sequence analysis, J Clin Microbiol 43(5), 2224-2230, 2005 Primary and secondary structures of rRNA spacer regions in enterococci, Microbiology 143 ( Pt 3), 823-834, 1997 Reclassification of Brevibacterium incertum (Breed 1953) as Desemzia incerta gen. nov., comb. nov, Int J Syst Bacteriol 49 Pt 1, 185-188, 1999 Redefining the role of psr in beta-lactam resistance and cell autolysis of Enterococcus hirae, J Bacteriol 185(20), 5925-5935, 2003 Reevaluation of the Taxonomic Status of Recently Described Species of Enterococcus: Evidence that E. thailandicus Is a Senior Subjective Synonym of "E. sanguinicola" and Confirmation of E. caccae as a Species Distinct from E. silesiacus, J Clin Microbiol 49(7), 2676-2679, 2011 Sequencing the gene encoding manganese-dependent superoxide dismutase for rapid species identification of enterococci, J Clin Microbiol 38(1), 415-418, 2000 The PBP 5 synthesis repressor (psr) gene of Enterococcus hirae ATCC 9790 is substantially longer than previously reported, FEMS Microbiol Lett 166(2), 355-360, 1998 The ponA gene of Enterococcus faecalis JH2-2 codes for a low-affinity class A penicillin-binding protein, J Bacteriol 186(13), 4412-4416, 2004 The stress response protein Gls24 is induced by copper and interacts with the CopZ copper chaperone of Enterococcus hirae, FEMS Microbiol Lett 302(1), 69-75, 2010 The tmRNA website: reductive evolution of tmRNA in plastids and other endosymbionts, Nucleic Acids Res 32(Databaseissue), D104-D108, 2004 Water quality--Detection and enumeration of intestinal enterococci in surface and waste water--Part 1: Miniaturized method (MPN) by inoculation in liquid medium. Annex E. Quality criteria for manufacturing of the medium in microtitre plates.Geneva (Switzerland): International Organization for Standardization/ANSI, (journal unknown) , ISO ISO 7899-1, 1998 |