General

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BacDive-ID: 23635

DSM-Number: 17641

keywords: Bacteria, mesophilic, human pathogen

description: Priestia megaterium Ne10/00 is a mesophilic human pathogen that was isolated from paperboard from a mouldy building.

NCBI tax id

• NCBI tax id: 1404
• Matching level: species

strain history: <- M. Andersson, Helsinki Univ., Dept. Appl. Chem. and Microbiol., Finland; Ne10/00

doi: 10.13145/bacdive23635.20221219.7.1

Name and taxonomic classification

LPSN

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• 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

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  • synonym: Bacillus megaterium

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domain: Bacteria

phylum: Firmicutes

class: Bacilli

order: Bacillales

family: Bacillaceae

genus: Priestia

species: Priestia megaterium

full scientific name: Priestia megaterium (de Bary 1884) Gupta et al. 2020

strain designation: Ne10/00

type strain: no

Culture and growth conditions

culture medium

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• 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

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• growth: positive
• type: growth
• temperature: 30
• range: mesophilic

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

isolation

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• sample type: paperboard from a mouldy building
• geographic location: Mikkeli city
• country: Finland
• origin.country: FIN
• continent: Europe

isolation source categories

Safety information

risk assessment

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

External links

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culture collection no.: DSM 17641

Reference