Strain identifier
BacDive ID: 1416
Type strain: 
Species: Geobacillus stearothermophilus
Strain Designation: alpha 7
Strain history: <- NCIB (Bacillus coagulans) <- R.S.C. Aytoun, alpha 7
NCBI tax ID(s): 1422 (species)
General
@ref: 753
BacDive-ID: 1416
DSM-Number: 2358
keywords: Bacteria, thermophilic
description: Geobacillus stearothermophilus alpha 7 is a thermophilic bacterium of the family Bacillaceae.
NCBI tax id
- NCBI tax id: 1422
- Matching level: species
strain history
- @ref: 753
- history: <- NCIB (Bacillus coagulans) <- R.S.C. Aytoun, alpha 7
doi: 10.13145/bacdive1416.20230509.8.1
Name and taxonomic classification
LPSN
- @ref: 20215
- description: domain/bacteria
- keyword: phylum/bacillota
- domain: Bacteria
- phylum: Bacillota
- class: Bacilli
- order: Caryophanales
- family: Bacillaceae
- genus: Geobacillus
- species: Geobacillus stearothermophilus
- full scientific name: Geobacillus stearothermophilus (Donk 1920) Nazina et al. 2001
synonyms
- @ref: 20215
- synonym: Bacillus stearothermophilus
@ref: 753
domain: Bacteria
phylum: Firmicutes
class: Bacilli
order: Bacillales
family: Bacillaceae
genus: Geobacillus
species: Geobacillus stearothermophilus
full scientific name: Geobacillus stearothermophilus (Donk 1920) Nazina et al. 2001 emend. Coorevits et al. 2012
strain designation: alpha 7
type strain: no
Culture and growth conditions
culture medium
- @ref: 753
- 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: 753
- growth: positive
- type: growth
- temperature: 55
- range: thermophilic
Physiology and metabolism
compound production
- @ref: 753
- compound: alpha amylase
Safety information
risk assessment
- @ref: 753
- biosafety level: 1
- biosafety level comment: Risk group (German classification)
Sequence information
GC content
- @ref: 753
- GC-content: 52.8
External links
@ref: 753
culture collection no.: DSM 2358, NCIB 10280
straininfo link
- @ref: 71067
- straininfo: 47594
literature
- topic: Metabolism
- Pubmed-ID: 7533757
- title: The S-layer from Bacillus stearothermophilus DSM 2358 functions as an adhesion site for a high-molecular-weight amylase.
- authors: Egelseer E, Schocher I, Sara M, Sleytr UB
- journal: J Bacteriol
- DOI: 10.1128/jb.177.6.1444-1451.1995
- year: 1995
- mesh: Amylases/isolation & purification/*metabolism, Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/*metabolism, *Bacterial Proteins, Binding Sites, Cell Wall/*metabolism/ultrastructure, Geobacillus stearothermophilus/enzymology/*metabolism/ultrastructure, Guanidine, Guanidines, Immunoblotting, *Membrane Glycoproteins, Microscopy, Immunoelectron, Peptidoglycan, Protein Binding, Solubility, Spheroplasts/ultrastructure
- topic2: Enzymology
Reference
| @id | authors | catalogue | doi/url | title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 753 | Curators of the DSMZ | Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSM 2358) | https://www.dsmz.de/collection/catalogue/details/culture/DSM-2358 | |
| 20215 | Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M. | 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 | List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ | |
| 71067 | Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J. | 10.60712/SI-ID47594.1 | StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers |