Strain identifier
BacDive ID: 5934
Type strain: 
Species: Haloferax volcanii
Strain Designation: WFD II
Strain history: <- W.F. Doolittle <- C.R. Woese <- ?
NCBI tax ID(s): 2246 (species)
version 8.1 (current version)
General
@ref: 2305
BacDive-ID: 5934
DSM-Number: 5716
keywords: Archaea, mesophilic
description: Haloferax volcanii WFD II is a mesophilic archaeon of the family Haloferacaceae.
NCBI tax id
- NCBI tax id: 2246
- Matching level: species
strain history
- @ref: 2305
- history: <- W.F. Doolittle <- C.R. Woese <- ?
doi: 10.13145/bacdive5934.20230509.8.1
Name and taxonomic classification
LPSN
- @ref: 20215
- description: domain/archaea
- keyword: phylum/methanobacteriota
- domain: Archaea
- phylum: Methanobacteriota
- class: Halobacteria
- order: Haloferacales
- family: Haloferacaceae
- genus: Haloferax
- species: Haloferax volcanii
- full scientific name: Haloferax volcanii (Mullakhanbhai and Larsen 1975) Torreblanca et al. 1986
synonyms
- @ref: 20215
- synonym: Halobacterium volcanii
@ref: 2305
domain: Archaea
phylum: Euryarchaeota
class: Halobacteria
order: Halobacteriales
family: Haloferacaceae
genus: Haloferax
species: Haloferax volcanii
full scientific name: Haloferax volcanii (Mullakhanbhai and Larsen 1975) Torreblanca et al. 1986
strain designation: WFD II
type strain: no
Culture and growth conditions
culture medium
- @ref: 2305
- name: HALOBACTERIA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 372)
- growth: yes
- link: https://mediadive.dsmz.de/medium/372
- composition: Name: HALOBACTERIA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 372) Composition: NaCl 200.0 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 20.0 g/l Agar 20.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l Casamino acids 5.0 g/l Na3-citrate 3.0 g/l KCl 2.0 g/l Na glutamate 1.0 g/l FeCl2 x 4 H2O 0.036 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.00036 g/l Distilled water
culture temp
- @ref: 2305
- growth: positive
- type: growth
- temperature: 37
- range: mesophilic
Safety information
risk assessment
- @ref: 2305
- biosafety level: 1
- biosafety level comment: Risk group (German classification)
External links
@ref: 2305
culture collection no.: DSM 5716
straininfo link
- @ref: 75417
- straininfo: 47992
Reference
| @id | authors | catalogue | doi/url | title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2305 | Curators of the DSMZ | Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSM 5716) | https://www.dsmz.de/collection/catalogue/details/culture/DSM-5716 | |
| 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 | |
| 75417 | Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J. | 10.60712/SI-ID47992.1 | StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers |