Opitutus sp. (DSM 14424, VeGlc2)

Name: Opitutus sp. (DSM 14424, VeGlc2)
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BacDive ID 11300

Type strain

Strain Designation VeGlc2

Culture col. no. DSM 14424 VeGlc2

NCBI tax ID(s) 1913982

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- P. Janssen, Max-Planck-Institut für Terrestrische Mikrobiologie, Marburg, Germany; VeGlc2 <- P. Janssen {1995}

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VeGlc2 is an anaerobe bacterium that was isolated from anoxic soil.

anaerobe 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 113536

DSM 14424

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:20:30

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Verrucomicrobiota

Class Opitutia

Order Opitutales

Family Opitutaceae

Genus Opitutus

Full scientific name Opitutus Chin et al. 2001

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
5346	ANAEROBIC FRESHWATER (FWM) MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 503)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: ANAEROBIC FRESHWATER (FWM) MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 503; with strain-specific modifications) Composition: D-Glucose 4.98504 g/l Yeast extract 1.99402 g/l Na2CO3 1.49551 g/l NaCl 0.997008 g/l KCl 0.498505 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 0.398803 g/l Na2S x 9 H2O 0.299103 g/l NH4Cl 0.249252 g/l KH2PO4 0.199402 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.149552 g/l HCl 0.00249252 g/l FeCl2 x 4 H2O 0.00149551 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.000498505 g/l NaOH 0.000498504 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 0.000299103 g/l Nicotinic acid 0.000199402 g/l Thiamine-HCl x 2 H2O 0.000199402 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000189432 g/l Calcium pantothenate 9.97009e-05 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 9.97009e-05 g/l Vitamin B12 9.97009e-05 g/l p-Aminobenzoic acid 7.97607e-05 g/l ZnCl2 6.97906e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 3.58923e-05 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 2.39282e-05 g/l D-(+)-biotin 1.99402e-05 g/l H3BO3 5.98205e-06 g/l Na2WO4 x 2 H2O 3.98804e-06 g/l Na2SeO3 x 5 H2O 2.99103e-06 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 1.99402e-06 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
5346	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

5346

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil
#Condition	#Anoxic (anaerobic)	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
5346	anoxic soil	Vercelli	Italy	ITA	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence X99390 (>99% sequence identity) for Opitutus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	2
Soil Samples	1
Animal Samples
Plant Samples	1
Total Samples	4

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
5346	Opitutus sp. VeGlc2 16S rRNA gene, strain VeGlc2	X99390	1511		134634

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#5346	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 14424
#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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