General

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BacDive-ID: 130851

DSM-Number: 19937

keywords: 16S sequence, Bacteria, psychrophilic

description: Alkalilactibacillus ikkensis GCM68 is a psychrophilic bacterium that was isolated from ikaite tufa columns.

NCBI tax id

• NCBI tax id: 486507
• Matching level: species

strain history

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• history: <- M. Schmidt, University of Copenhagen; GCM68

doi: 10.13145/bacdive130851.20230509.8.1

Name and taxonomic classification

LPSN

• @ref: 20215
• description: domain/bacteria
• keyword: phylum/bacillota
• domain: Bacteria
• phylum: Bacillota
• class: Bacilli
• order: Caryophanales
• family: Bacillaceae
• genus: Alkalilactibacillus
• species: Alkalilactibacillus ikkensis
• full scientific name: Alkalilactibacillus ikkensis Schmidt et al. 2016

• synonyms

  • @ref: 20215
  • synonym: Alkalilactibacillus ikkense

@ref: 22060

domain: Bacteria

phylum: Firmicutes

class: Bacilli

order: Caryophanales

family: Bacillaceae

genus: Alkalilactibacillus

species: Alkalilactibacillus ikkensis

full scientific name: Alkalilactibacillus ikkensis Schmidt et al. 2016

strain designation: GCM68

type strain: yes

Morphology

colony morphology

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• incubation period: 8-14 days

Culture and growth conditions

culture medium

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• name: R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830)
• growth: yes
• link: https://mediadive.dsmz.de/medium/830
• composition: Name: R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casamino acids 0.5 g/l Starch 0.5 g/l Glucose 0.5 g/l Proteose peptone 0.5 g/l Yeast extract 0.5 g/l K2HPO4 0.3 g/l Na-pyruvate 0.3 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.05 g/l Distilled water

culture temp

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• growth: positive
• type: growth
• temperature: 15
• range: psychrophilic

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

isolation

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• sample type: ikaite tufa columns
• geographic location: Ikka Fjord (61° 11' N; 48° 01' W)
• country: Greenland
• origin.country: GRL
• continent: North America
• latitude: 61.1833
• longitude: -48.0167

isolation source categories

taxonmaps

• @ref: 69479
• File name: preview.99_119985.png
• url: https://microbeatlas.org/index.html?action=taxon&taxon_id=90_3;96_47359;97_60831;98_80884;99_119985&stattab=map
• Last taxonomy: Alkalilactibacillus ikkensis subclade
• 16S sequence: EU281853
• Sequence Identity:
• Total samples: 40
• soil counts: 5
• aquatic counts: 25
• animal counts: 10

Safety information

risk assessment

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• biosafety level: 1
• biosafety level comment: Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

16S sequences

• @ref: 22060
• description: Alkalilactibacillus ikkensis strain GCM68 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence
• accession: EU281853
• length: 1567
• database: ena
• NCBI tax ID: 486507

GC content

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• GC-content: 38.4
• method: high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

External links

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culture collection no.: DSM 19937, LMG 24405

literature

• topic: Phylogeny
• Pubmed-ID: 22297696
• title: Alkalilactibacillus ikkensis, gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel enzyme-producing bacterium from a cold and alkaline environment in Greenland.
• authors: Schmidt M, Prieme A, Johansen A, Stougaard P
• journal: Extremophiles
• DOI: 10.1007/s00792-012-0430-7
• year: 2012
• topic2: Enzymology

Reference