Kribbella karoonensis (DSM 17344, CIP 109290, NBRC 101884)

Name: Kribbella karoonensis (DSM 17344, CIP 109290, NBRC 101884)
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BacDive ID 11074

Type strain

Strain Designation Q 41, Q41

Culture col. no. DSM 17344 CIP 109290 NBRC 101884 NRRL B-24425 Q 41 3 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 324851

Special Collections DSMZ JCM CIP Wink compendium Literature strains

History <- P. R. Meyers; Q 41 <- B. M. Kirby DSM 17344 <-- P. R. Meyers Q41. CIP <- 2006, DSMZ <- P.R. Meyers, Cape Town Univ., Cape Town, South Africa: strain Q41 <- B.M. Kirby

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Kribbella karoonensis Q 41 is an aerobe, spore-forming, Gram-positive bacterium that builds an aerial mycelium and was isolated from soil.

spore-forming Gram-positive rod-shaped aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 290979

DSM 17344,NRRL B-24425,CIP 109290,NBRC 101884,JCM 14304,BCRC 16842,CCRC 16842

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:20:26

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Propionibacteriales

Family Kribbellaceae

Genus Kribbella

Species Kribbella karoonensis

Full scientific name Kribbella karoonensis Kirby et al. 2006

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
31641	positive	rod-shaped
120392	positive	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Incubation period	Medium used
18406	Beige (1001)	10-14 days	ISP 2
18406	Beige (1001)	10-14 days	ISP 3
18406	Beige (1001)	10-14 days	ISP 4
18406	Beige (1001)	10-14 days	ISP 5
18406	Beige (1001)	10-14 days	ISP 6
18406	Beige (1001)	10-14 days	ISP 7

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Complex name	Complex color	Medium name
18406	Aerial Mycelium	Cream	ISP 2
18406	Aerial Mycelium	Cream	ISP 3
18406	Aerial Mycelium	Cream	ISP 4
18406			ISP 5
18406			ISP 6
18406	Aerial Mycelium	Cream	ISP 7

Pigmentation

31641

Productionyes

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
6908	R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casamino acids 0.5 g/l Starch 0.5 g/l Glucose 0.5 g/l Proteose peptone 0.5 g/l Yeast extract 0.5 g/l K2HPO4 0.3 g/l Na-pyruvate 0.3 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.05 g/l Distilled water
18406	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
18406	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:
18406	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
18406	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
18406	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
18406	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
36072	MEDIUM 372 - for Aquabacterium		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Magnesium sulphate heptahydrate (0.050 g);Agar (15.000 g);Glucose (0.500 g);Yeast extract (0.500 g);Pyruvic acid (0.300g);Tween 80 (1.000 ml);Casamino acids (0.500 g);Proteose Peptone N°3 (0.500 g);Di Potassium mon
120392	CIP Medium 372	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
6908	positive	growth	28
18406	positive	optimum	28
31641	positive	growth	20-37
31641	positive	optimum	30-37
36072	positive	growth	30
67770	positive	growth	28

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
31641	positive	optimum	07-09
31641	positive	growth	05-09	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
31641	aerobe
120392	microaerophile

Spore formation

31641

Spore formationyes

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
31641	NaCl	positive	growth	02-04 %
31641	NaCl	positive	optimum	2 %

Observation

31641

Observationaggregates in chains

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31641	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
31641	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+	carbon source
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31641	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	carbon source
31641	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	carbon source
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31641	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	carbon source
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31641	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+	carbon source
31641	37684 ChEBI	mannose	+	carbon source
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31641	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
120392	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API Coryne
120392	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31641	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	carbon source
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31641	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	+	carbon source
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31641	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	carbon source
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31641	18222 ChEBI	xylose	+	carbon source

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
31641	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide
120392	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68379	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	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
31641	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
120392	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
120392	gelatinase	+
68379	gelatinase	+		from API Coryne
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
120392	oxidase	-
68379	pyrazinamidase	-	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	+	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
120392	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
18406	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	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
18406	not determinedn.d.	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+
120392	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
120392	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
6908	soil		Worcester, Karoo Desert	South Africa	ZAF	Africa
67770	Soil from the base of Aloe pillansii in the Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden	Aloe pillansii	Worcester, Western Cape Province	South Africa	ZAF	Africa
120392	Environment, Soil			South Africa	ZAF	Africa

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
6908	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
18406	1	German classification According to TRBA 466
120392	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM3952961v1 assembly for Kribbella karoonensis JCM 14304	scaffold	GCA_039529615	324851	63.63

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
31641	Kribbella karoonensis strain Q41 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY995146	1419		324851
67770	Kribbella karoonensis partial 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 17344	FN643222	1353		324851

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Kribbella soli sp. nov., isolated from soil.	Ozdemir-Kocak F, Saygin H, Saricaoglu S, Cetin D, Guven K, Sproer C, Schumann P, Klenk HP, Sahin N, Isik K	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-017-0830-x	2017
Phylogeny	Kribbella shirazensis sp. nov., isolated from Iranian soil.	Mohammadipanah F, Hamedi J, Goker M, Fiebig A, Pukall R, Sproer C, Klenk HP	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.046847-0	2013
Phylogeny	Kribbella catacumbae sp. nov. and Kribbella sancticallisti sp. nov., isolated from whitish-grey patinas in the catacombs of St Callistus in Rome, Italy.	Urzi C, De Leo F, Schumann P	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.65613-0	2008
Phylogeny	Kribbella karoonensis sp. nov. and Kribbella swartbergensis sp. nov., isolated from soil from the Western Cape, South Africa.	Kirby BM, Roes ML, Meyers PR	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.63951-0	2006

References

#6908	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 17344
#18406	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 )
#27924	IJSEM 1097 2006 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.63951-0 , PubMed 16627661 )
#31641	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 #27924
#36072	; Curators of the CIP;
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#120392	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 109290
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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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Kribbella karoonensis (DSM 17344, CIP 109290, NBRC 101884)

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

Enzymes

API coryne

API zym

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_039529615

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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