General

@ref: 42318

BacDive-ID: 139707

DSM-Number: 104068

keywords: Bacteria, mesophilic, human pathogen

description: Bacillus thuringiensis Bt 18247 is a mesophilic human pathogen that was isolated from nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

NCBI tax id

• NCBI tax id: 1428
• Matching level: species

strain history

• @ref: 42318
• history: <- H. Liesegang, Institute of Microbiology, University Göttingen, Germany <-A. Sheppard <- H. Schulenburg , Evolutionary Ecology and Genetics, Zoological Institute CAU Kiel; Bt18247

doi: 10.13145/bacdive139707.20230509.8.1

Name and taxonomic classification

LPSN

• @ref: 20215
• description: domain/bacteria
• keyword: phylum/bacillota
• domain: Bacteria
• phylum: Bacillota
• class: Bacilli
• order: Caryophanales
• family: Bacillaceae
• genus: Bacillus
• species: Bacillus thuringiensis
• full scientific name: Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner 1915 (Approved Lists 1980)

@ref: 42318

domain: Bacteria

phylum: Firmicutes

class: Bacilli

order: Bacillales

family: Bacillaceae

genus: Bacillus

species: Bacillus thuringiensis

full scientific name: Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner 1915

strain designation: Bt 18247, MYBT18247

type strain: no

Culture and growth conditions

culture medium

• @ref: 42318
• name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)
• growth: yes
• link: https://mediadive.dsmz.de/medium/1
• composition: Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water

culture temp

• @ref: 42318
• growth: positive
• type: growth
• temperature: 30
• range: mesophilic

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

isolation

• @ref: 42318
• sample type: nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
• host species: Caenorhabditis elegans
• geographic location: Kiel
• country: Germany
• origin.country: DEU
• continent: Europe

isolation source categories

• Cat1: #Host
• Cat2: #Invertebrates (Other)
• Cat3: #Nematoda

Safety information

risk assessment

• @ref: 42318
• pathogenicity human: yes, in single cases
• pathogenicity animal: yes
• biosafety level: 1
• biosafety level comment: Risk group (German classification)

External links

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culture collection no.: DSM 104068

straininfo link

• @ref: 96161
• straininfo: 404532

literature

• topic: Genetics
• Pubmed-ID: 28899808
• title: Complete genome sequence of the nematicidal Bacillus thuringiensis MYBT18247.
• authors: Hollensteiner J, Poehlein A, Sproer C, Bunk B, Sheppard AE, Rosenstiel P, Schulenburg H, Liesegang H
• journal: J Biotechnol
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.09.003
• year: 2017
• mesh: *Antinematodal Agents, Bacillus thuringiensis/*genetics/pathogenicity, Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins, Bacterial Proteins/genetics, Endotoxins/genetics, Genome, Bacterial/*genetics, Hemolysin Proteins/genetics, Virulence Factors/genetics
• topic2: Pathogenicity

Reference