Aquaspirillum putridiconchylium (DSM 11557, ATCC 15279, IFO 12013)

Name: Aquaspirillum putridiconchylium (DSM 11557, ATCC 15279, IFO 12013)
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BacDive ID 10439

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 11557 ATCC 15279 IFO 12013 NBRC 12013 NCIB 9508 3 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 181658

Special Collections DSMZ CIP

History DSMZ <- ATCC <- Y. Terasaki (Spirillum putridiconchylium) CIP <- 2001, NCIMB <- Y. Terasaki, Spirillum putridiconchylium

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Aquaspirillum putridiconchylium DSM 11557 is a Gram-negative, motile, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from putrid infusion of a freshwater shellfish.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 905

LMG 4342,ATCC 15279,IFO 12013,NCIB 9508,DSM 11557,NCIMB 9508,IFO13962,IAM 14964,CIP 107319,NBRC 13962,NBRC 12013,CCUG 49451

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:27:20

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Betaproteobacteria

Order Neisseriales

Family Aquaspirillaceae

Genus Aquaspirillum

Species Aquaspirillum putridiconchylium

Full scientific name Aquaspirillum putridiconchylium (Terasaki 1961) Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

"Spirillum putridiconchylium"

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
122076	negative	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
4419	HETEROTROPHIC MEDIUM H3P (DSMZ Medium 428)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: HETEROTROPHIC MEDIUM H3P (DSMZ Medium 428) Composition: Agar 19.802 g/l Na2HPO4 x 2 H2O 2.87129 g/l KH2PO4 2.27723 g/l D-Glucose 1.9802 g/l Na-lactate 0.990099 g/l Na-pyruvate 0.990099 g/l D-Mannitol 0.990099 g/l DL-Malate 0.990098 g/l Na-acetate 0.990098 g/l Yeast extract 0.990098 g/l NH4Cl 0.990098 g/l Disodium succinate 0.990098 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.495049 g/l Ferric ammonium citrate 0.049505 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.00990098 g/l NaVO3 x H2O 0.00495049 g/l Thiamine-HCl x 2 H2O 0.00247525 g/l Nicotinic acid 0.00247525 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 0.00247525 g/l Calcium pantothenate 0.00247525 g/l H3BO3 0.00148515 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000990099 g/l Riboflavin 0.00049505 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00049505 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.000148515 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 0.000148515 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 9.90099e-05 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 4.95049e-05 g/l Vitamin B12 4.95049e-05 g/l Folic acid 9.90099e-06 g/l Biotin 4.9505e-06 g/l Distilled water
4419	SPIRILLUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 37)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: SPIRILLUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 37) Composition: Peptone 10.0 g/l (NH4)2SO4 1.0 g/l Succinic acid 1.0 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g/l FeCl3 x 6 H2O 0.002 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.002 g/l Distilled water
4419	ANCYLOBACTER - SPIROSOMA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 7)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: ANCYLOBACTER - SPIROSOMA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 7) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Peptone 1.0 g/l Glucose 1.0 g/l Distilled water
33106	MEDIUM 14 - Williams and Rittenberg medium for Aquaspirillum genus		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Agar (13.000 g);Yeast extract (3.000 g);Peptone (5.000 g);Beef extract (3.000 g)
122076	CIP Medium 14	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
4419	positive	growth	30
33106	positive	growth	25
122076	positive	growth	22-37
122076	negative	growth	5
122076	negative	growth	15
122076	negative	growth	41

Physiology and metabolism

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
122076	NaCl	positive	growth	0-10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
122076	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	carbon source
122076	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
122076	17234 ChEBI	glucose	-	fermentation
122076	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation
122076	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
122076	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
122076	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
122076	132112 ChEBI	sodium thiosulfate	-	builds gas from

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
122076	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
122076	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
122076	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
122076	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
122076	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
122076	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
122076	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
122076	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
122076	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
122076	gamma-glutamyltransferase	+	2.3.2.2
122076	gelatinase	-
122076	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
122076	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
122076	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		from API zym
122076	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
122076	oxidase	+
122076	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
122076	tryptophan deaminase	-
122076	tween esterase	-
122076	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
122076	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
122076	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Freshwater
#Host	#Other	#Decomposing animal
#Host	#Invertebrates (Other)	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
4419	putrid infusion of a freshwater shellfish
122076	Animal, Fresh water snail

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB680540 (>99% sequence identity) for Aquaspirillum putridiconchylium subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	6765
Soil Samples	185
Animal Samples	783
Plant Samples	76
Total Samples	7809

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
4419	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
122076	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Aquaspirillum putridiconchylium gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB076000	1477		181658
20218	Aquaspirillum putridiconchylium gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 13962	AB680540	1459		181658

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Biology of the chemoheterotrophic spirilla.	Krieg NR.	Bacteriol Rev	10.1128/br.40.1.55-115.1976	1976

References

#4419	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 11557
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#33106	; Curators of the CIP;
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#122076	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 107319
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Aquaspirillum putridiconchylium (DSM 11557, ATCC 15279, IFO 12013)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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