Marinospirillum alkaliphilum (DSM 21637, CGMCC AS 1.2746, JCM 11312)

Name: Marinospirillum alkaliphilum (DSM 21637, CGMCC AS 1.2746, JCM 11312)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 11278

Type strain

Strain Designation Z4

Culture col. no. DSM 21637 CGMCC AS 1.2746 JCM 11312 Z4 CGMCC 1.2746

NCBI tax ID(s) 1122209 148454

Special Collections DSMZ JCM

History DSMZ <- JCM <- W. Zhang; Z4 JCM <-- W. Zhang Z4.

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Marinospirillum alkaliphilum Z4 is a bacterium that was isolated from Hoaji soda lake.

genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 100741

DSM 21637,JCM 11312,AS 1.2746,CGMCC 1.2746

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:27:31

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Oceanospirillales

Family Oceanospirillaceae

Genus Marinospirillum

Species Marinospirillum alkaliphilum

Full scientific name Marinospirillum alkaliphilum Zhang et al. 2002

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125438	negative	99.5
125439	negative	99.042

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
15852	BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514) Composition: NaCl 19.45 g/l MgCl2 5.9 g/l Bacto peptone 5.0 g/l Na2SO4 3.24 g/l CaCl2 1.8 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l KCl 0.55 g/l NaHCO3 0.16 g/l Fe(III) citrate 0.1 g/l KBr 0.08 g/l SrCl2 0.034 g/l H3BO3 0.022 g/l Na2HPO4 0.008 g/l Na-silicate 0.004 g/l NaF 0.0024 g/l (NH4)NO3 0.0016 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
15852	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate aerobe	96.446

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.932
125438		91.393

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: Q-8, MK-6

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	gluconeogenesis	100	8 of 8
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	100	5 of 5
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	ethanol fermentation	100	2 of 2
66794	gallate degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	100	7 of 7
66794	teichoic acid biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	denitrification	100	2 of 2
66794	valine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	90	9 of 10
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	isoleucine metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	85.71	6 of 7
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	leucine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	82.14	23 of 28
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	81.82	9 of 11
66794	threonine metabolism	80	8 of 10
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
66794	NAD metabolism	77.78	14 of 18
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	glycolysis	76.47	13 of 17
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	flavin biosynthesis	73.33	11 of 15
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	purine metabolism	70.21	66 of 94
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	70	7 of 10
66794	sulfate reduction	69.23	9 of 13
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	d-mannose degradation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	alanine metabolism	65.52	19 of 29
66794	citric acid cycle	64.29	9 of 14
66794	glutathione metabolism	64.29	9 of 14
66794	proline metabolism	63.64	7 of 11
66794	tryptophan metabolism	63.16	24 of 38
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	62.22	28 of 45
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	61.54	56 of 91
66794	lipid metabolism	61.29	19 of 31
66794	phenol degradation	60	12 of 20
66794	cellulose degradation	60	3 of 5
66794	propionate fermentation	60	6 of 10
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	60	9 of 15
66794	non-pathway related	57.89	22 of 38
66794	methionine metabolism	57.69	15 of 26
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	57.69	15 of 26
66794	lysine metabolism	57.14	24 of 42
66794	nitrate assimilation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	54.55	6 of 11
66794	urea cycle	53.85	7 of 13
66794	polyamine pathway	52.17	12 of 23
66794	histidine metabolism	51.72	15 of 29
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	50	2 of 4
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	50	8 of 16
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	50	1 of 2
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	50	5 of 10
66794	arginine metabolism	50	12 of 24
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	50	6 of 12
66794	cysteine metabolism	50	9 of 18
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	tyrosine metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
66794	propanol degradation	42.86	3 of 7
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	glycine metabolism	40	4 of 10
66794	vitamin K metabolism	40	2 of 5
66794	glycogen metabolism	40	2 of 5
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	hydrogen production	40	2 of 5
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	37.5	3 of 8
66794	carnitine metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	33.33	2 of 6
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	allantoin degradation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	30.77	4 of 13
66794	benzoyl-CoA degradation	28.57	2 of 7
66794	aclacinomycin biosynthesis	28.57	2 of 7
66794	degradation of hexoses	27.78	5 of 18
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	26.47	9 of 34
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	25	4 of 16
66794	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	23.53	4 of 17
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	22.22	4 of 18
66794	degradation of pentoses	21.43	6 of 28

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Lake (large)
#Condition	#Alkaline	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
15852	Hoaji soda lake	Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region	China	CHN	Asia
67770	Hoaji soda lake in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region		China	CHN	Asia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AF275713 (>99% sequence identity) for Marinospirillum alkaliphilum subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	46
Soil Samples	27
Animal Samples	36
Plant Samples	99
Total Samples	208

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
15852	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	IMG-taxon 2599185147 annotated assembly for Marinospirillum alkaliphilum DSM 21637	scaffold	GCA_900119735	1122209.3	2599185147	1122209	73.68

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
15852	Unidentified Hailaer soda lake bacterium Z4 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF275713	1437		148454

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
15852	46.8	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: IMG-taxon 2599185147 annotated assembly for Marinospirillum alkaliphilum DSM 21637
NCBI: GCA_900119735

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	96.45	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	88.18	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	99.04	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.93	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Marinospirillum alkaliphilum DSM 21637
PATRIC: 1122209.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	99.50	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	87.93	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	91.39	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	68.52	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	95.57	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	83.38	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Genomic insights into Marinospirillum alkalitolerans sp. nov., a novel PHB producing bacterium from an Indian impact crater, and an emended description of family Oceanospirillaceae.	Joshi A, Thite S, Godbole D, Boruah D, Sindhu DK, Prabhu A, Joseph N, Yadav A, Sharma A, Lodha T.	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-024-02059-4	2025

References

#15852	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 21637
#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 )
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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 .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#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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Marinospirillum alkaliphilum (DSM 21637, CGMCC AS 1.2746, JCM 11312)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Observation

Pathway annotation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900119735

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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