Aeromicrobium alkaliterrae (DSM 16824, CIP 108938, JCM 13518)

Name: Aeromicrobium alkaliterrae (DSM 16824, CIP 108938, JCM 13518)
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BacDive ID 11058

Type strain

Strain Designation KSL-107

Culture col. no. DSM 16824 CIP 108938 JCM 13518 KCTC 19073 KSL-107 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 302168

Special Collections DSMZ JCM KCTC CIP Wink compendium Literature strains

History DSMZ <- Jung-Hoon Yoon, KSL-107 JCM <-- DSM 16824 <-- J.-H. Yoon KSL-107. KCTC <- JH Yoon, KRIBB CIP <- 2005, DSMZ <- J-H Yoon, KRIBB, Taejon, Korea: strain KSL-107

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Aeromicrobium alkaliterrae KSL-107 is an aerobe, Gram-positive, coccus-shaped bacterium that was isolated from soil.

Gram-positive coccus-shaped aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 232306

KCTC 19073,DSM 16824,JCM 13518,CIP 108938,BCRC 16830,CCRC 16830

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:27:28

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Propionibacteriales

Family Nocardioidaceae

Genus Aeromicrobium

Species Aeromicrobium alkaliterrae

Full scientific name Aeromicrobium alkaliterrae Yoon et al. 2005

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Confidence
31446	positive	1.25 µm	1.25 µm	coccus-shaped
67771	positive
116249	positive			oval-shaped
125439	positive				93.954

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Incubation period	Medium used	Hemolysis ability
18405	Beige (1001)	10-14 days	ISP 2
18405	Beige (1001)	10-14 days	ISP 3
18405	Beige (1001)	10-14 days	ISP 4
18405		10-14 days	ISP 5
18405	Beige (1001)	10-14 days	ISP 6
18405		10-14 days	ISP 7
116249				0

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Forms multicellular complex	Medium name
18405		ISP 2
18405		ISP 3
18405		ISP 4
18405		ISP 5
18405		ISP 6
18405		ISP 7

Pigmentation

31446

Productionyes

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
6616	TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Yeast extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water
18405	ISP 2		Name: ISP 2 / Yeast Malt Agar (5265); 5265 Composition Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Preparation: Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.0 Usage: Maintenance and Taxonomy Organisms: All Actinomycetes
18405	ISP 7		Name: ISP 7 (5322) Composition Glycerol 15.0 g/l L-Tyrosine 0.5 g/l L-Asparagine 1.0 g/l K2HPO4 0.5 g/l NaCl 0.5 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.01 g/l Trace element solution 5343 1.0 ml/l Agar 20.0 Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.3 Usage: Production of melanoid pigments Organisms: All Actinomycetes
18405	ISP 6		Name: ISP 6 (5318) Composition Peptone 15.0 g/l Proteose peptose 5.0 g/l Ferric ammonium citrate 0.5 g/l Sodium glycerophosphate 1.0 g/l Sodium thiosulfate 0.08 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: Usage: Production of melanoid pigments Organisms: All Actinomycetes
18405	ISP 5		Name: ISP 5 (5323) Composition L-Asparagine 1.0 g/l Glycerol 10.0 g/l K2HPO4 1.0 g/l Salt solution (see preparation) 1.0 ml/l Agar 20.0 g/l Preparation: Salt solution 1.0 g FeSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g MnCl2 x 4 H2O 1.0 g ZNSO4 x 7 H2O in 100 ml water Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.2 Usage: Maintenance and taxonomy Organisms: All Actinomycetes
18405	ISP 4		Name: ISP 4; DSM 547 Solution I: Difco soluble starch, 10.0 g. Make a paste of the starch with a small amount of cold distilled water and bring to a volume of 500 ml. Solution II: CaCO3 2.0 g K2HPO4 (anhydrous) 1.0 g MgSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g NaCl 1.0 g (NH4)2SO4 2.0 g Distilled water 500.0 ml Trace salt solution (see below) 1.0 ml The pH should be between 7.0 and 7.4. Do not adjust if it is within this range. Mix solutions I and II together. Add 20.0 g agar. Liquify agar by steaming at 100°C for 10 to 20 min. Trace element solution: FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.1 g ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g Distilled water 100.0 ml
18405	ISP 3		Name: ISP 3; 5315 Composition Dog oat flakes 20.0 g/l Trace element solution (5314) 2.5 ml/l Agar 18.0 g/l Preparation: Oat flakes are cooked for 20 minutes, trace element solution and agar are added (in the case of non rolled oat flakes the suspension has to bee filtrated). Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.8 Usage: Maintenance and taxonomy (e.g. SEM As liquid medium for metabolite production) Organisms: All Actinomycetes Trace element solution 5314 Name: Trace element solution 5314; 5314 Composition CaCl2 x H2O 3.0 g/l Fe-III-citrate 1.0 g/l MnSO4 0.2 g/l ZnCl2 0.1 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 0.025 g/l Sodium tetra borate 0.2 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.004 g/l Sodium molybdate 0.01 g/l Preparation: Use double destillated water. Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: Usage: Trace element solution for different media Organisms:
6616	TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Distilled water
116249	CIP Medium 338	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
6616	positive	growth	28
18405	positive	optimum	28
31446	positive	growth	4.0-35.0
31446	positive	optimum	19.5
67770	positive	growth	28
67771	positive	growth	25

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
31446	positive	optimum	7.25
31446	positive	growth	6.0-11.0	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
31446	aerobe
67771	aerobe
116249	obligate aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	99.561

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
31446
125439		97.95

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
31446	NaCl	positive	growth	0-9 %

Observation

@ref	Observation
31446	aggregates in clumps
67770	quinones: MK-9(H₄)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
31446	29016 ChEBI	arginine	+	carbon source
31446	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	carbon source
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
31446	28260 ChEBI	galactose	+	carbon source
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
31446	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	carbon source
116249	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
116249	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
31446	30031 ChEBI	succinate	+	carbon source
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
31446	53424 ChEBI	tween 20	+	carbon source
31446	53423 ChEBI	tween 40	+	carbon source
31446	53425 ChEBI	tween 60	+	carbon source
31446	53426 ChEBI	tween 80	+	carbon source
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
31446	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide
31446	35581 ChEBI	indole
116249	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
31446	35581 ChEBI	indole	+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
116249	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68379	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
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
68379	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68379	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68379	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
116249	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	+		from API zym
116249	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
116249	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
116249	oxidase	-
68379	pyrazinamidase	-	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	+	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
116249	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68379	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne

API coryne

@ref	Reduction of nitrateNIT	PYZ	PYRA	PAL	beta GUR	beta GAL	alpha GLU	beta NAG	ESC	URE	GEL	Control fermentationControl	GLU	RIB	XYL	MAN	MAL	LAC	SAC	GLYG	CAT
18405	not determinedn.d.	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	+	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.

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
18405	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-
116249	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

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
6616	soil	Kwangchun	Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia
67770	Alkaline soil	Kwangchun	Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia
67771	From soil		Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia
116249	Environment, Alkaline soil	Kwangchun	Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
18405	1	German classification According to TRBA 466
6616	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
116249	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM3952901v1 assembly for Aeromicrobium alkaliterrae JCM 13518	scaffold	GCA_039529015	302168	51.79

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
6616	Aeromicrobium alkaliterrae 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY822044	1473		302168

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
6616	71.5
67770	71.5	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM3952901v1 assembly for Aeromicrobium alkaliterrae JCM 13518
NCBI: GCA_039529015

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	99.56	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	93.95	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	63.83	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	97.95	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Genome sequence and description of Aeromicrobium massiliense sp. nov.	Ramasamy D, Kokcha S, Lagier JC, Nguyen TT, Raoult D, Fournier PE.	Stand Genomic Sci	10.4056/sigs.3306717	2012
Phylogeny	Aeromicrobium camelliae sp. nov., isolated from Pu'er tea.	Niu L, Xiong M, Tang T, Song L, Hu X, Zhao M, Zhang K	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.000583	2015
Phylogeny	Aeromicrobium alkaliterrae sp. nov., isolated from an alkaline soil, and emended description of the genus Aeromicrobium.	Yoon JH, Lee CH, Oh TK	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.63582-0	2005

References

#6616	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 16824
#18405	Wink, J.: Compendium of Actinobacteria. HZI-Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig .
#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 )
#27749	IJSEM 2171 2005 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.63582-0 , PubMed 16166727 )
#31446	Barberan A, Caceres Velazquez H, Jones S, Fierer N.: Hiding in Plain Sight: Mining Bacterial Species Records for Phenotypic Trait Information. mSphere 2: 2017 ( DOI 10.1128/mSphere.00237-17 , PubMed 28776041 ) - originally annotated from #27749
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#67771	Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC) ; Curators of the KCTC;
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#116249	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 108938
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#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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Aeromicrobium alkaliterrae (DSM 16824, CIP 108938, JCM 13518)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Multicellular morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API coryne

API zym

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_039529015

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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