Name: Bacillus benzoevorans B4
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 1070

Type strain:

Species: Bacillus benzoevorans

Strain Designation: B4

Culture col. no.: DSM 5392, LMD 79.10, NCIB 12556, CIP 103481, NCIMB 12556

Strain history: CIP <- 1991, F. Pichinoty, CNRS, Marseille, France: strain B4

NCBI tax ID(s): 1456 (species)

SI-ID 12189

LMG 15529, CCM 3367, CIP 103481, DSM 5392, NCIMB 12556, NCIB 12556, LMD 79.10

Other strains from Bacillus benzoevorans

B. benzoevorans B1, DSM 5391, ATCC 49005, CCM 3364, ... (type strain)
B. benzoevorans DSM 3078
B. benzoevorans B7, DSM 6385, CIP 104567
B. benzoevorans B8, DSM 6410, CIP 103484
B. benzoevorans B4, CIP 103480
B. benzoevorans B2, CIP 103478
B. benzoevorans B6, CIP 103483
B. benzoevorans Pobh 7, CIP 103492
B. benzoevorans B5, CIP 103482
B. benzoevorans B3, CIP 103479
B. benzoevorans CIP 103494, CC 4
B. benzoevorans CCUG 44796 A
B. benzoevorans CCUG 46794

Section

Bacillus benzoevorans B4 is a facultative anaerobe, spore-forming, mesophilic bacterium that was isolated from soil.

Gram-positive
motile
rod-shaped
spore-forming
facultative anaerobe
mesophilic
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	*Bacillota*
	Class	*Bacilli*
	Order	*Caryophanales*
	Family	*Bacillaceae*
	Genus	*Bacillus*
	Species	**Bacillus benzoevorans**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Bacillus benzoevorans Pichinoty et al. 1987

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #116786]	Gram stain	positive

[Ref.: #116786]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #116786]	Motility	yes

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 3

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #2135]		growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #34284]		growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #116786]		growth	30-37 °C
[Ref.: #116786]	no	growth	45 °C
[Ref.: #116786]	no	growth	55 °C

[Ref.: #2135]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #34284]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #116786]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #116786]	Temperature range	thermophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

facultative anaerobe

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Ability of spore formation

yes

	Metabolite utilization	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #116786]		nitrate ChEBI	+	reduction
[Ref.: #116786]		nitrite ChEBI	-	reduction

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #116786]		indole ChEBI	no

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Voges-Proskauer-test
[Ref.: #116786]		acetoin ChEBI	+

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #116786]	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
[Ref.: #116786]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #116786]	gelatinase	-
[Ref.: #116786]	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
[Ref.: #116786]	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
[Ref.: #116786]	oxidase	+
[Ref.: #116786]	urease	+	3.5.1.5

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

[Ref.: #2135]	Sample type/isolated from	soil
[Ref.: #2135]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Marseille
[Ref.: #2135]	Country	France
[Ref.: #2135]	Country ISO 3 Code	FRA
[Ref.: #2135]	Continent	Europe

[Ref.: #116786]	Sample type/isolated from	Environment, Soil
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Isolation sources categories

#Environmental

#Terrestrial

#Soil

What are isolation sources categories?

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

[Ref.: #2135]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
[Ref.: #116786]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (French classification)

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

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GC-content

41.0 mol%

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 5392, LMD 79.10, NCIB 12556, CIP 103481, NCIMB 12556

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SI-ID 12189

References

#2135

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 5392

#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 )

#34284 ; Curators of the CIP;

#70743

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-ID12189.1 )

#116786 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103481
* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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