| NCIMB number | NCIMB 10428 |
| Deposit type | Bacteria |
| Type strain | No |
| GMO | No |
| Taxon name | Serratia marcescens subsp. marcescens |
| Depositor designation | BF Baker Chem.Co.B45 |
| Preservation method | Unknown |
| Price band | A |
| Media | 001 |
| Gas regime | aerobic |
| Growth factors (and/or information) | CM55, 30C, 48hr: good growth, varies greatly in pigment |
| ACDP category | 1 |
| Additional hazard information | Although presently classed as ACDP group 1, this organism is recognised as an opportunist pathogen, particularly of immunocompromised patients, and should be handled with care. |
| Colony Edge | Entire |
| Colony Surface | Smooth, Shiny |
| Colony Shape | Circular |
| Colony Elevation | Convex |
| Colony Colour | Red/White |
| Colony Opacity | Opaque |
| Cellular Shape | Coccal/Rod |
| Cellular Size | varies |
| Cellular Arrangement | Single, Pairs |
| Cellular Motility | Yes |
| Gram stain | Gram Negative |
| Depositor Name | H.S. Levinson |
| Depositor Company | Quartermaster Research and Development Centre |
| Depositor Address | US Army Natick Labs. Natick Massachusetts U.S.A. |
| Isolated by | R.S. Rice |
| Date of Isolation | 01/01/1924 |
| Date of Accession | 24/10/1969 |
| History | "G.E.Wolf, J.T.Baker Chem. Co. -- Amer. Museum of Natural History -- R.S.Breed -- R.S.Rice" |
| Other collection IDs | ATCC990 QMB1466 |
| Yeast? | False |
| K12 | No |
| References | Monreal J. and Reese E.T. (1969) Can. J. Microbiol. 15 pp689-696. The chitinase of Serratia marcescens. Revah-Moiseev S. and Carroad P.A. (1981) Biotechnol. Bioengng. 23 pp1067-1078. Conversion of the enzymatic hydrolysate of shellfish waste chitin to single cell protein. Roberts R.L. and Cabib E. (1982) Anal. Biochem. 127 pp402-412. Serratia marcescens chitinase: one step purification and use for determination of chitin. Isolation and characterization of genes encoding two chitinase enzymes from Serratia marcescens, EMBO J 5(3), 467-473, 1986 Nucleotide sequence of the chitinase B gene of Serratia marcescens QMB1466, Nucleic Acids Res 17(13), 5395, 1989 The chitinase of Serratia marcescens, Can J Microbiol 15(7), 689-696, 1969 |
| NCIMB number | NCIMB 10428 |
| Deposit type | Bacteria |
| Type strain | No |
| GMO | No |
| Taxon name | Serratia marcescens subsp. marcescens |
| Depositor designation | BF Baker Chem.Co.B45 |
| Preservation method | Unknown |
| Price band | A |
| Media | 001 |
| Gas regime | aerobic |
| Growth factors (and/or information) | CM55, 30C, 48hr: good growth, varies greatly in pigment |
| ACDP category | 1 |
| Additional hazard information | Although presently classed as ACDP group 1, this organism is recognised as an opportunist pathogen, particularly of immunocompromised patients, and should be handled with care. |
| Colony Edge | Entire |
| Colony Surface | Smooth, Shiny |
| Colony Shape | Circular |
| Colony Elevation | Convex |
| Colony Colour | Red/White |
| Colony Opacity | Opaque |
| Cellular Shape | Coccal/Rod |
| Cellular Size | varies |
| Cellular Arrangement | Single, Pairs |
| Cellular Motility | Yes |
| Gram stain | Gram Negative |
| Depositor Name | H.S. Levinson |
| Depositor Company | Quartermaster Research and Development Centre |
| Depositor Address | US Army Natick Labs. Natick Massachusetts U.S.A. |
| Isolated by | R.S. Rice |
| Date of Isolation | 01/01/1924 |
| Date of Accession | 24/10/1969 |
| History | "G.E.Wolf, J.T.Baker Chem. Co. -- Amer. Museum of Natural History -- R.S.Breed -- R.S.Rice" |
| Other collection IDs | ATCC990 QMB1466 |
| Yeast? | False |
| K12 | No |
| References | Monreal J. and Reese E.T. (1969) Can. J. Microbiol. 15 pp689-696. The chitinase of Serratia marcescens. Revah-Moiseev S. and Carroad P.A. (1981) Biotechnol. Bioengng. 23 pp1067-1078. Conversion of the enzymatic hydrolysate of shellfish waste chitin to single cell protein. Roberts R.L. and Cabib E. (1982) Anal. Biochem. 127 pp402-412. Serratia marcescens chitinase: one step purification and use for determination of chitin. Isolation and characterization of genes encoding two chitinase enzymes from Serratia marcescens, EMBO J 5(3), 467-473, 1986 Nucleotide sequence of the chitinase B gene of Serratia marcescens QMB1466, Nucleic Acids Res 17(13), 5395, 1989 The chitinase of Serratia marcescens, Can J Microbiol 15(7), 689-696, 1969 |