General

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BacDive-ID: 169152

DSM-Number: 113672

keywords: Bacteria, mesophilic

description: Variovorax paradoxus IDSBO-4 is a mesophilic bacterium that was isolated from As- and Sb-contaminated sediment.

strain history

• @ref: 68388
• history: <- T. R. Kulp, Binghamton University; IDSBO-4 {2015} <- H. Wiatrowski, Clark University; IDSBO-4 <- L. R. Terry, Binghamton University; {2014}

doi: 10.13145/bacdive169152.20230509.8.1

Name and taxonomic classification

LPSN

• @ref: 20215
• description: domain/bacteria
• keyword: phylum/pseudomonadota
• domain: Bacteria
• phylum: Pseudomonadota
• class: Betaproteobacteria
• order: Burkholderiales
• family: Comamonadaceae
• genus: Variovorax
• species: Variovorax paradoxus
• full scientific name: Variovorax paradoxus (Davis 1969) Willems et al. 1991

• synonyms

  • @ref: 20215
  • synonym: Alcaligenes paradoxus

@ref: 68388

domain: Bacteria

phylum: Proteobacteria

class: Betaproteobacteria

order: Burkholderiales

family: Comamonadaceae

genus: Variovorax

species: Variovorax paradoxus

full scientific name: Variovorax paradoxus (Davis 1969) Willems et al. 1991

strain designation: IDSBO-4

type strain: no

Culture and growth conditions

culture medium

• @ref: 68388
• name: R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830)
• growth: yes
• link: https://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/medium/pdf/DSMZ_Medium830.pdf

culture temp

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• growth: positive
• type: growth
• temperature: 25
• range: mesophilic

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

isolation

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• sample type: As- and Sb-contaminated sediment
• geographic location: Stibnite Mine (also referred to as the Yellow Pine Mine) is located in Valley County, Idaho within the Payette National Forest
• country: USA
• origin.country: USA
• continent: North America
• latitude: 44.8833
• longitude: -115.333

Safety information

risk assessment

• @ref: 68388
• biosafety level: 1
• biosafety level comment: Risk group (German classification)

External links

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culture collection no.: DSM 113672

straininfo link

• @ref: 115400
• straininfo: 402723

literature

• topic: Phylogeny
• Pubmed-ID: 26431974
• title: Microbiological oxidation of antimony(III) with oxygen or nitrate by bacteria isolated from contaminated mine sediments.
• authors: Terry LR, Kulp TR, Wiatrowski H, Miller LG, Oremland RS
• journal: Appl Environ Microbiol
• DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01970-15
• year: 2015
• mesh: Antimony/*chemistry, Autotrophic Processes, Base Sequence, Chemoautotrophic Growth/genetics/physiology, Comamonadaceae/genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism, DNA, Bacterial/genetics, Geologic Sediments/*microbiology, Idaho, Mining, Molecular Sequence Data, Nitrates/*chemistry, Oxidation-Reduction, Oxidoreductases/genetics/metabolism, Oxygen/*chemistry, Phylogeny, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Soil Microbiology, Water Microbiology
• topic2: Enzymology

Reference