Strain identifier
BacDive ID: 2420
Type strain: 
Species: Chloroflexus aurantiacus
Strain Designation: 244-3
Strain history: <- T.D. Brock <- R.W. Castenholz <- J. Bauld, 244-3
NCBI tax ID(s): 1108 (species)
General
@ref: 340
BacDive-ID: 2420
DSM-Number: 638
keywords: Bacteria, anaerobe, thermophilic
description: Chloroflexus aurantiacus 244-3 is an anaerobe, thermophilic bacterium that was isolated from alkaline hot spring.
NCBI tax id
- NCBI tax id: 1108
- Matching level: species
strain history
- @ref: 340
- history: <- T.D. Brock <- R.W. Castenholz <- J. Bauld, 244-3
doi: 10.13145/bacdive2420.20230509.8.1
Name and taxonomic classification
LPSN
- @ref: 20215
- description: domain/bacteria
- keyword: phylum/chloroflexota
- domain: Bacteria
- phylum: Chloroflexota
- class: Chloroflexia
- order: Chloroflexales
- family: Chloroflexaceae
- genus: Chloroflexus
- species: Chloroflexus aurantiacus
- full scientific name: Chloroflexus aurantiacus Pierson and Castenholz 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
@ref: 340
domain: Bacteria
phylum: Chloroflexi
class: Chloroflexia
order: Chloroflexales, not validated
family: Chloroflexaceae
genus: Chloroflexus
species: Chloroflexus aurantiacus
full scientific name: Chloroflexus aurantiacus Pierson and Castenholz 1974 emend. Nouioui et al. 2018
strain designation: 244-3
type strain: no
Culture and growth conditions
culture medium
- @ref: 340
- name: CHLOROFLEXUS MEDIUM (modified) (DSMZ Medium 87)
- growth: yes
- link: https://mediadive.dsmz.de/medium/87
- composition: Name: CHLOROFLEXUS MEDIUM (modified) (DSMZ Medium 87) Composition: Yeast extract 0.94697 g/l Glycyl-glycine 0.94697 g/l NaNO3 0.473485 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.094697 g/l KNO3 0.094697 g/l NaCl 0.094697 g/l Na2HPO4 x 2 H2O 0.094697 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.0473485 g/l H3BO3 0.000284091 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000189394 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 9.4697e-05 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 2.84091e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 2.84091e-05 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 1.89394e-05 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 9.4697e-06 g/l Fe(III) citrate Distilled water
culture temp
- @ref: 340
- growth: positive
- type: growth
- temperature: 48-50
- range: thermophilic
Physiology and metabolism
oxygen tolerance
- @ref: 340
- oxygen tolerance: anaerobe
Isolation, sampling and environmental information
isolation
- @ref: 340
- sample type: alkaline hot spring
- geographic location: Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park
- country: USA
- origin.country: USA
- continent: North America
isolation source categories
| Cat1 | Cat2 | Cat3 |
|---|---|---|
| #Environmental | #Aquatic | #Thermal spring |
| #Condition | #Thermophilic (>45°C) | |
| #Condition | #Alkaline |
Safety information
risk assessment
- @ref: 340
- biosafety level: 1
- biosafety level comment: Risk group (German classification)
External links
@ref: 340
culture collection no.: DSM 638, ATCC 29362
straininfo link
- @ref: 71970
- straininfo: 47246
Reference
| @id | authors | catalogue | doi/url | title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 340 | Curators of the DSMZ | Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSM 638) | https://www.dsmz.de/collection/catalogue/details/culture/DSM-638 | |
| 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 | |
| 71970 | Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J. | 10.60712/SI-ID47246.1 | StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers |