Strain identifier
BacDive ID: 5932
Type strain: 
Species: Haloferax mediterranei
Strain Designation: R-4
Culture col. no.: DSM 1411, ATCC 33500, CCM 3361
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General
@ref: 496
BacDive-ID: 5932
DSM-Number: 1411
keywords: Archaea, 16S sequence, genome sequence, mesophilic
description: Haloferax mediterranei R-4 is a mesophilic archaeon that was isolated from solar salt pond.
strain history: <- F. Rodriguez-Valera, R-4
doi: 10.13145/bacdive5932.20201210.5
Name and taxonomic classification
LPSN
- @ref: 20215
- description: domain/archaea
- keyword: phylum/euryarchaeota
- domain: Archaea
- phylum: Euryarchaeota
- class: Halobacteria
- order: Haloferacales
- family: Haloferacaceae
- genus: Haloferax
- species: Haloferax mediterranei
- full scientific name: Haloferax mediterranei (Rodriguez-Valera et al. 1983) Torreblanca et al. 1987
synonyms
- @ref: 20215
- synonym: Halobacterium mediterranei
@ref: 496
domain: Archaea
phylum: Euryarchaeota
class: Halobacteria
order: Halobacteriales
family: Haloferacaceae
genus: Haloferax
species: Haloferax mediterranei
full scientific name: Haloferax mediterranei (Rodriguez-Valera et al. 1983) Torreblanca et al. 1987
strain designation: R-4
type strain: yes
Culture and growth conditions
culture medium
| @ref | name | growth | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 496 | HALOBACTERIA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 372) | yes | https://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/medium/pdf/DSMZ_Medium372.pdf |
| 496 | HALOBACTERIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 97) | yes | https://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/medium/pdf/DSMZ_Medium97.pdf |
culture temp
- @ref: 496
- growth: positive
- type: growth
- temperature: 37
- range: mesophilic
Isolation, sampling and environmental information
isolation
- @ref: 496
- sample type: solar salt pond
- geographic location: near Alicante
- country: Spain
- origin.country: ESP
- continent: Europe
isolation source categories
| Cat1 | Cat2 | Cat3 |
|---|---|---|
| #Environmental | #Aquatic | #Pond (small) |
| #Condition | #Saline |
Safety information
risk assessment
- @ref: 496
- biosafety level: 1
- biosafety level comment: Risk group (German classification)
Sequence information
16S sequences
| @ref | description | accession | length | database | NCBI tax ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20218 | Haloferax mediterranei 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; tRNA-Ala gene, complete sequence; and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence | AF093412 | 422 | ena | 523841 |
| 496 | Haloferax mediterranei gene for 16S rRNA, strain: ATCC 33500 | D11107 | 1472 | ena | 523841 |
Genome sequences
| @ref | description | accession | assembly level | database | NCBI tax ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66792 | Haloferax mediterranei ATCC 33500 CGMCC 1.2087 | GCA_000306765 | complete | ncbi | 523841 |
| 66792 | Haloferax mediterranei ATCC 33500 | GCA_005406325 | complete | ncbi | 523841 |
| 66792 | Haloferax mediterranei ATCC 33500 | GCA_000685635 | chromosome | ncbi | 523841 |
| 66792 | Haloferax mediterranei ATCC 33500 | GCA_000337295 | contig | ncbi | 523841 |
| 66792 | Haloferax mediterranei ATCC 33500 | 523841.20 | complete | patric | 523841 |
| 66792 | Haloferax mediterranei ATCC 33500 | 523841.21 | wgs | patric | 523841 |
| 66792 | Haloferax mediterranei ATCC 33500 | 523841.19 | complete | patric | 523841 |
| 66792 | Haloferax mediterranei ATCC 33500 | 523841.46 | complete | patric | 523841 |
| 66792 | Haloferax mediterranei ATCC 33500 strain ATCC33500 | 523841.41 | plasmid | patric | 523841 |
| 66792 | Haloferax mediterranei ATCC 33500 strain ATCC33500 | 523841.40 | plasmid | patric | 523841 |
| 66792 | Haloferax mediterranei ATCC 33500 strain ATCC33500 | 523841.39 | plasmid | patric | 523841 |
| 66792 | Haloferax mediterranei ATCC 33500 strain CGMCC 1.2087 | 523841.36 | plasmid | patric | 523841 |
| 66792 | Haloferax mediterranei ATCC 33500 strain CGMCC 1.2087 | 523841.38 | plasmid | patric | 523841 |
| 66792 | Haloferax mediterranei ATCC 33500 strain CGMCC 1.2087 | 523841.37 | plasmid | patric | 523841 |
GC content
- @ref: 496
- GC-content: 60.0
External links
@ref: 496
culture collection no.: DSM 1411, ATCC 33500, CCM 3361
straininfo link
| @ref | passport |
|---|---|
| 20218 | http://www.straininfo.net/strains/157316 |
| 20218 | http://www.straininfo.net/strains/109390 |
| 20218 | http://www.straininfo.net/strains/109392 |
Reference
| @id | authors | catalogue | doi/url | title | journal | pubmed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 496 | Curators of the DSMZ | Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSM 1411) | https://www.dsmz.de/collection/catalogue/details/culture/DSM-1411 | |||
| 20215 | D.Gleim, M.Kracht, N.Weiss et. al. | http://www.dsmz.de/bacterial-diversity/prokaryotic-nomenclature-up-to-date.html | Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date - compilation of all names of Bacteria and Archaea, validly published according to the Bacteriological Code since 1. Jan. 1980, and validly published nomenclatural changes since | |||
| 20218 | Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P. | 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 | StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms. | Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42-50 2014 | 24321274 | |
| 66792 | Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann | https://diaspora-project.de/progress.html#genomes | Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) |