Name: Leptospirillum ferrooxidans L15
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 10531

Type strain:

Species: Leptospirillum ferrooxidans

Strain Designation: L15

Culture col. no.: DSM 2705, ATCC 29047, VKM B-1339

Strain history: <- G. A. Zavarzin; L15 <- G. E. Markosyan

NCBI tax ID(s): 180 (species)

SI-ID 39328

ATCC 29047, DSM 2705, VKM B-1339, CECT 4170, VTT E-991377

Other strains from Leptospirillum ferrooxidans

L. ferrooxidans BU-1, DSM 2391

Section

Leptospirillum ferrooxidans L15 is a mesophilic bacterium that was isolated from copper deposits.

mesophilic
16S sequence
Bacteria

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Nitrospirota*
	Class	*Nitrospiria*
	Order	*Nitrospirales*
	Family	*Nitrospiraceae*
	Genus	*Leptospirillum*
	Species	**Leptospirillum ferrooxidans**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Leptospirillum ferrooxidans (ex Markosyan 1972) Hippe 2000

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #1207]

Incubation period

3-7 days

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

[Ref.: #1207]

Culture medium

LEPTOSPIRILLUM (HH) MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 882)

[Ref.: #1207]

Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

[Ref.: #1207]

Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #1207]			growth	30 °C

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Temperature range

mesophilic

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #1207]	Sample type/isolated from	copper deposits
[Ref.: #1207]	Country	Armenia
[Ref.: #1207]	Country ISO 3 Code	ARM
[Ref.: #1207]	Continent	Asia
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Isolation sources categories

#Environmental

#Terrestrial

#Geologic

What are isolation sources categories?

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Global distribution of 16S sequence X86776 (>99% sequence identity) for Leptospirillum ferrooxidans subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	204
Soil Samples	65
Animal Samples	13
Plant Samples	5
Total Samples	287

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

[Ref.: #1207]

Biosafety level

Risk group (German classification)
According to TRBA 466

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #1207]	L.ferrooxidans DSM 2705 16S rRNA gene	X86776	1484	ENA	180 tax ID
[Ref.: #20218]	Leptospirillum ferrooxidans (Z2) 16S rRNA sequence	M79441	299	ENA	180 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Leptospirillum ferrooxidans (Z2) 16S rRNA sequence	M79442	335	ENA	180 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Leptospirillum ferrooxidans (Z2) 16S rRNA sequence	M79443	316	ENA	180 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Leptospirillum ferrooxidans DNA for 16S-23S intergenic spacer region, strain DSM 2705	AJ237904	542	ENA	180 tax ID	*

Availability in culture collections External links

[Ref.: #1207]

Culture collection no.

DSM 2705, ATCC 29047, VKM B-1339

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SI-ID 39328

Literature:

	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Molecular relationship between two groups of the genus Leptospirillum and the finding that Leptospirillum ferriphilum sp. nov. dominates South African commercial biooxidation tanks that operate at 40 degrees C.	Coram NJ, Rawlings DE	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/AEM.68.2.838-845.2002	2002	*
Metabolism	Leptospirillum gen. nov. (ex Markosyan 1972), nom. rev., including Leptospirillum ferrooxidans sp. nov. (ex Markosyan 1972), nom. rev. and Leptospirillum thermoferrooxidans sp. nov. (Golovacheva et al. 1992).	Hippe H	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-50-2-501	2000	*
	Sticky Bacteria: Understanding the Behavior of a D-Galactose Adapted Consortium of Acidophilic Chemolithotroph Bacteria and Their Attachment on a Concentrate of Polymetallic Mineral.	Aguirre P, Saavedra A, Moncayo E, Hedrich S, Guerrero K, Gentina JC	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2021.767639	2021	*

References

#1207

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 2705

#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 )

#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 .

#79807

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID39328.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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