Erythrobacter litoralis T4 | Type strain | DSM 8509, IAM 14332

Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 5381

Type strain:

Species: Erythrobacter litoralis

Strain Designation: T4

Culture col. no.: DSM 8509, IAM 14332

Section

Name and taxonomic classification
Morphology and physiology
Culture and growth conditions
Isolation, sampling and environmental information
Application and interaction
Molecular biology
Strain availability

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Information on the name and the taxonomic classification.Name and taxonomic classification

[Ref.: #3290]	Domain	Bacteria
[Ref.: #3290]	Phylum	Proteobacteria
[Ref.: #3290]	Class	Alphaproteobacteria
[Ref.: #3290]	Order	Sphingomonadales
[Ref.: #3290]	Family	Erythrobacteraceae
[Ref.: #3290]	Genus	Erythrobacter
[Ref.: #3290]	Species	Erythrobacter litoralis
[Ref.: #3290]	Full Scientific Name	Erythrobacter litoralis Yurkov et al. 1994
[Ref.: #3290]	Strain Designation	T4
[Ref.: #3290]	Type strain

		Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date (PNU)	Taxonomical status	Literature reference
[Ref.: #20215]	Domain	Bacteria
[Ref.: #20215]	Phylum	Proteobacteria
[Ref.: #20215]	Class	Alphaproteobacteria		Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 56:1
[Ref.: #20215]	Family	Erythrobacteraceae		Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55:1916*
[Ref.: #20215]	Genus	Erythrobacter	gen. nov. (VP)	Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 32:215*
[Ref.: #20215]	Species	Erythrobacter litoralis	sp. nov. (VP)	Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 44:432*
[Ref.: #20215]	Full Scientific Name	Erythrobacter litoralis Yurkov et al. 1994

Information on morphological and physiological propertiesMorphology and physiology

[Ref.: #23246]	Gram stain	negative
[Ref.: #23246]	Cell length	1.0-1.3 µm
[Ref.: #23246]	Cell width	0.2-0.3 µm
[Ref.: #23246]	Cell shape	rod-shaped
[Ref.: #23246]	Motility	yes
[Ref.: #23246]	Flagellum arrangement	monotrichous, polar

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Colony color

red to orange

	Enzymes	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #23246]		catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #23246]		cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1

	Halophily	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #23246]		NaCl		growth	5-96	%

	Metabolite	Antibiotic sensitivity	Concentration		Antibiotic resistance	Concentration
[Ref.: #23246]	Chloramphenicol	yes	100	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #23246]	Fusidic acid	yes	0.5	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #23246]	Penicillin				yes	20	Unit (disc)
[Ref.: #23246]	Polymyxin B				yes	100	Unit (disc)
[Ref.: #23246]	Streptomycin				yes	50	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #23246]	Tetracycline	yes

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #23246]	Acetic acid	+	growth
[Ref.: #23246]	Butyrate	+	growth
[Ref.: #23246]	Fructose	+	growth
[Ref.: #23246]	Gelatin	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #23246]	Glucose	+	growth
[Ref.: #23246]	Glutamic acid	+	growth
[Ref.: #23246]	Lactic acid	+	growth
[Ref.: #23246]	Methanol	-	growth
[Ref.: #23246]	Nitrate	-	reduction
[Ref.: #23246]	Starch	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #23246]	Succinic acid	+/-	growth
[Ref.: #23246]	Tween 80	+	hydrolysis
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Nutrition type

chemoorganotroph

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Oxygen tolerance

aerobe

[Ref.: #23246]	Pigment name	Bacteriochlorophyll a
[Ref.: #23246]	Pigment name	carotenoids
[Ref.: #23246]	Pigment name	Bacteriorubixanthinal
[Ref.: #23246]	Pigment name	Erythroxanthin sulfate

Information on culture and growth conditionsCulture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

ERYTHROMICROBIUM AND ROSEOCOCCUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 767), 28°C, with 15 g/l NaCl

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

medium recipe provided by DSMZ

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 13 - Marine agar

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

		Temperature
[Ref.: #3290]	growth	28 ̊C
[Ref.: #23246]	optimum	25-30 ̊C
[Ref.: #37251]	growth	25 ̊C

[Ref.: #3290]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #23246]	Temperature range	mesophilic

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditionsIsolation, sampling and environmental information

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Sample type/isolated from

cyanobacterial mat

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Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)

Texel

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Country

Netherlands

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Continent

Europe

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Sample type/isolated from

marine cyanobacterial mat in a supralitoral zone

Isolation sources categories

#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Marine
#Environmental	#Microbial community	#Microbial mats
#Host-associates	#Microbial	#Cyanobacteria

What are isolation sources categories?

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Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hostsApplication and interaction

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Biosafety level

Risk group (German classification)

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databassMolecular biology

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GC-content

67 mol%

thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Sequence information:

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	Sequence database	Sequence accession description	Sequence accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #20218]	EMBL Genome project data	Halomonas halmophila partial atpA gene for F1-ATP synthase alpha-subunit, strain CECT 5349	FR771869	643	252	*
[Ref.: #20218]	EMBL Genome project data	Halomonas halmophila partial gyrB gene for DNA gyrase subunit B, strain CECT 5349	FR771919	1049	252	*
[Ref.: #20218]	EMBL Genome project data	Halomonas halmophila partial rpoD gene for RNA polymerase sigma70 factor, strain CECT 5349	FR771969	1103	252	*
[Ref.: #20218]	EMBL Genome project data	Halomonas halmophila partial secA gene for protein translocase SecA subunit, strain CECT 5349	FR772015	563	252	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Marker Gene (DDBJ Direct submission)	Erythrobacter litoralis gene for 16S rRNA	AB013354	1408	39960	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Marker Gene (GenBank Direct submission)	Erythrobacter litoralis strain DSM 8509 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF465836	1413	39960	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Marker Gene (GenBank Direct submission)	Erythrobacter litoralis strain DSM 8509 farnesyl diphosphate synthase (ispA) gene, partial cds	AY998049	437	39960	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Marker Gene (DDBJ Direct submission)	Erythrobacter litoralis pufL and pufM genes for photosynthetic reaction center L subunit and M subunit, partial cds	AB010981	1505	39960	*

Availability in culture collectionsStrain availability

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Culture collection no.

DSM 8509, IAM 14332

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Strain history

<- V. Yurkov, T4

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Associated Passport(s) in StrainInfo

117366, 150693

References

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Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 8509

#20215

Leibniz Institute DSMZ D.Gleim, M.Kracht, N.Weiss et. al.: Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date - compilation of all names of Bacteria and Archaea, validly published according to the Bacteriological Code since 1. Jan. 1980, and validly published nomenclatural changes since .

#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 )

#23246

VLADIMIR YURKOV, ERKO STACKEBRANDT, ANDREW HOLMES, JOHN A. FUERST, P. HUGENHOLTZ, JOCHEN GOLECKI, NASSER GAD'ON, VLADIMIR M. GORLENKO, ELENA I. KOMPANTSEVA, GERHART DREWS: Phylogenetic Positions of Novel Aerobic, Bacteriochlorophyll a-Containing Bacteria and Description of Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., Erythromicrobium ramosum gen. nov., sp. nov., and Erythrobacter litoralis sp. nov.. IJSEM 44: 427 - 434 1994 ( DOI 10.1099/00207713-44-3-427 )

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