Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 136598

Type strain: No

Species: Priestia megaterium

Strain history: CIP <- 1952, R.E. Gordon, New Jersey Agri. Exper. Stat., New Brunswick, USA: strain 239, Bacillus malabarensis <- 1914, F. Löhnis

NCBI tax ID(s): 1404 (species)

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General

@ref: 36049

BacDive-ID: 136598

keywords: Bacteria, facultative anaerobe, Gram-positive, motile, rod-shaped

description: Priestia megaterium CIP 52.61 is a facultative anaerobe, Gram-positive, motile bacterium of the family Bacillaceae.

NCBI tax id

  • NCBI tax id: 1404
  • Matching level: species

strain history

  • @ref: 36049
  • history: CIP <- 1952, R.E. Gordon, New Jersey Agri. Exper. Stat., New Brunswick, USA: strain 239, Bacillus malabarensis <- 1914, F. Löhnis

doi: 10.13145/bacdive136598.20240510.9

Name and taxonomic classification

LPSN

  • @ref: 20215
  • description: domain/bacteria
  • keyword: phylum/bacillota
  • domain: Bacteria
  • phylum: Bacillota
  • class: Bacilli
  • order: Caryophanales
  • family: Bacillaceae
  • genus: Priestia
  • species: Priestia megaterium
  • full scientific name: Priestia megaterium (de Bary 1884) Gupta et al. 2020

  • synonyms

    • @ref: 20215
    • synonym: Bacillus megaterium

@ref: 36049

domain: Bacteria

phylum: Firmicutes

class: Bacilli

order: Caryophanales

family: Bacillaceae

genus: Bacillus

species: Bacillus megaterium

type strain: no

Morphology

cell morphology

  • @ref: 36049
  • gram stain: positive
  • cell shape: rod-shaped
  • motility: yes

Culture and growth conditions

culture medium

@refnamegrowthcompositionlink
36049MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agaryesColumbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
36049CIP Medium 72yeshttps://catalogue-crbip.pasteur.fr/fiche_milieu.xhtml?crbip=72
36049CIP Medium 3yeshttps://catalogue-crbip.pasteur.fr/fiche_milieu.xhtml?crbip=3

culture temp

  • @ref: 36049
  • growth: positive
  • type: growth
  • temperature: 30

Physiology and metabolism

oxygen tolerance

  • @ref: 36049
  • oxygen tolerance: facultative anaerobe

metabolite utilization

@refmetaboliteutilization activitykind of utilization testedChebi-ID
68371Potassium 5-ketogluconate-builds acid from
68371Potassium 2-ketogluconate-builds acid from
68371gluconate+builds acid from24265
68371L-arabitol-builds acid from18403
68371L-fucose-builds acid from18287
68371D-fucose-builds acid from28847
68371D-tagatose-builds acid from16443
68371D-lyxose-builds acid from62318
68371turanose+builds acid from32528
68371gentiobiose+builds acid from28066
68371glycogen+builds acid from28087
68371starch+builds acid from28017
68371raffinose+builds acid from16634
68371melezitose-builds acid from6731
68371inulin-builds acid from15443
68371trehalose+builds acid from27082
68371sucrose+builds acid from17992
68371melibiose+builds acid from28053
68371lactose+builds acid from17716
68371maltose+builds acid from17306
68371salicin+builds acid from17814
68371esculin+builds acid from4853
68371arbutin+builds acid from18305
68371N-acetylglucosamine+builds acid from59640
68371methyl alpha-D-mannoside-builds acid from43943
68371D-sorbitol-builds acid from17924
68371D-mannitol+builds acid from16899
68371galactitol-builds acid from16813
68371L-rhamnose-builds acid from62345
68371L-sorbose-builds acid from17266
68371D-mannose-builds acid from16024
68371D-fructose+builds acid from15824
68371D-glucose+builds acid from17634
68371methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside-builds acid from74863
68371ribitol-builds acid from15963
68371L-xylose-builds acid from65328
68371D-xylose+builds acid from65327
68371D-ribose+builds acid from16988
68371L-arabinose+builds acid from30849
68371D-arabinose-builds acid from17108
68371erythritol-builds acid from17113
68371glycerol+builds acid from17754
36049nitrate-reduction17632
36049nitrite-reduction16301

metabolite production

  • @ref: 36049
  • Chebi-ID: 35581
  • metabolite: indole
  • production: no

enzymes

@refvalueactivityec
36049oxidase-
36049catalase+1.11.1.6
36049urease-3.5.1.5
68382alkaline phosphatase-3.1.3.1
68382esterase (C 4)+
68382esterase lipase (C 8)+
68382lipase (C 14)-
68382leucine arylamidase+3.4.11.1
68382valine arylamidase-
68382cystine arylamidase+3.4.11.3
68382trypsin-3.4.21.4
68382alpha-chymotrypsin+3.4.21.1
68382acid phosphatase+3.1.3.2
68382naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase+
68382alpha-galactosidase+3.2.1.22
68382beta-galactosidase+3.2.1.23
68382beta-glucuronidase-3.2.1.31
68382alpha-glucosidase+3.2.1.20
68382beta-glucosidase-3.2.1.21
68382N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase-3.2.1.52
68382alpha-mannosidase-3.2.1.24
68382alpha-fucosidase-3.2.1.51

API zym

@refControlAlkaline phosphataseEsteraseEsterase LipaseLipaseLeucine arylamidaseValine arylamidaseCystine arylamidaseTrypsinalpha- ChymotrypsinAcid phosphataseNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolasealpha- Galactosidasebeta- Galactosidasebeta- Glucuronidasealpha- Glucosidasebeta- GlucosidaseN-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidasealpha- Mannosidasealpha- Fucosidase
36049--++-+-+-+++++-+----

API 50CHac

@refGLYERYDARALARARIBDXYLLXYLADOMDXGALGLUFRUMNESBERHADULINOMANSORMDMMDGNAGAMYARBESCSALCELMALLACMELSACTREINUMLZRAFAMDGLYGXLTGENTURLYXTAGDFUCLFUCDARLLARLGNT2KG5KG
36049+--+++---+/-++----+/-+--+/-++/-++++/-+++++--++++/-++----+/--+--

Safety information

risk assessment

  • @ref: 36049
  • biosafety level: 1
  • biosafety level comment: Risk group (French classification)

External links

@ref: 36049

culture collection no.: CIP 52.61, ATCC 7056

Reference

@idauthorstitledoi/urlcatalogue
20215Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ10.1099/ijsem.0.004332
36049Curators of the CIPhttps://catalogue-crbip.pasteur.fr/fiche_catalogue.xhtml?crbip=CIP%2052.61Collection of Institut Pasteur (CIP 52.61)
68371Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid
68382Automatically annotated from API zym