Bacillus benzoevorans (DSM 5392, LMD 79.10, NCIB 12556)

Name: Bacillus benzoevorans (DSM 5392, LMD 79.10, NCIB 12556)
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BacDive ID 1070

Type strain

Strain Designation B4

Culture col. no. DSM 5392 LMD 79.10 NCIB 12556 B4 CIP 103481 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1456

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

spore-forming Gram-positive motile rod-shaped facultative anaerobe mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 12189

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

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Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:47:01

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Bacillaceae

Genus Bacillus

Species Bacillus benzoevorans

Full scientific name Bacillus benzoevorans Pichinoty et al. 1987

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Bacillus benzoevorans** (13)	Type strain
1069	B. benzoevorans B1, DSM 5391, ATCC 49005, CCM 3364, LMD 79.7, ... (type strain)
1068	B. benzoevorans DSM 3078
1071	B. benzoevorans B7, DSM 6385, CIP 104567
1072	B. benzoevorans B8, DSM 6410, CIP 103484
134965	B. benzoevorans B4, CIP 103480
135253	B. benzoevorans B2, CIP 103478
135254	B. benzoevorans B6, CIP 103483
135257	B. benzoevorans Pobh 7, CIP 103492
136211	B. benzoevorans B5, CIP 103482
136493	B. benzoevorans B3, CIP 103479
138794	B. benzoevorans CC 4, CIP 103494
151754	B. benzoevorans CCUG 44796 A
152441	B. benzoevorans CCUG 46794

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
116786	positive	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
2135	NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1; with strain-specific modifications) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Na-benzoate 2.0 g/l Distilled water
34284	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
116786	CIP Medium 3	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
2135	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
34284	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
116786	positive	growth	30-37	mesophilic
116786	negative	growth	45
116786	negative	growth	55

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

116786

Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe

Spore formation

116786

Spore formationyes

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
116786	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
116786	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
116786	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
116786	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
116786	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
116786	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
116786	gelatinase	-
116786	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
116786	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
116786	oxidase	+
116786	urease	+	3.5.1.5

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
2135	soil	Marseille	France	FRA	Europe
116786	Environment, Soil

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
2135	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
116786	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

GC content

2135

GC-content (mol%)41.0

Genome-based predictions

Literature

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;
#116786	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103481
#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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