Nocardiopsis composta (DSM 44550, KS8)

Name: Nocardiopsis composta (DSM 44550, KS8)
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BacDive ID 11200

Type strain

Strain Designation KS8

Culture col. no. DSM 44550 KS8

NCBI tax ID(s) 157465

Special Collections DSMZ

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Nocardiopsis composta KS8 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from atmosphere of a composting facility.

mesophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 113670

DSM 44550,VKM Ac-2520

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:49:32

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Streptosporangiales

Family Nocardiopsidaceae

Genus Nocardiopsis

Species Nocardiopsis composta

Full scientific name Nocardiopsis composta corrig. Kämpfer et al. 2002

Synonyms (1)

Nocardiopsis compostus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Nocardiopsis composta** (2)	Type strain
11201	N. composta KS9, DSM 44551, JCM 11768, NRRL B-24145, ... (type strain)
151086	N. composta CCUG 43238

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
11867	CZAPEK PEPTONE AGAR (DSMZ Medium 83)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CZAPEK PEPTONE AGAR (DSMZ Medium 83) Composition: Sucrose 30.0 g/l Agar 20.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l NaNO3 3.0 g/l Yeast extract 2.0 g/l K2HPO4 1.0 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.5 g/l KCl 0.5 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.01 g/l Distilled water
11867	GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65) Composition: Agar 20.0 g/l Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l CaCO3 2.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
11867	positive	growth	28	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Biodegradation	#Composting
#Environmental	#Air	-

Isolation

11867

Sample typeatmosphere of a composting facility

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AF360733 (>99% sequence identity) for Nocardiopsis composta from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples
Soil Samples	2
Animal Samples	12
Plant Samples	6
Total Samples	20

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
11867	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
11867	Nocardiopsis compostus KS8 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF360733	1456		157465

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#11867	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 44550
#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 )
#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 .
#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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