Name: Oxalobacter formigenes BA-2
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 11348

Type strain:

Species: Oxalobacter formigenes

Strain Designation: BA-2

Culture col. no.: DSM 4420

Strain history: <- M.J. Allison, BA-2

NCBI tax ID(s): 649759 (strain), 847 (species)

SI-ID 391369

DSM 4420, CCUG 52237

Other strains from Oxalobacter formigenes

O. formigenes OxB, ATCC 35274, CIP 106513 (type strain)
O. formigenes Sox-4, CIP 105951, ATCC 43053

Section

Oxalobacter formigenes BA-2 is an anaerobe, mesophilic bacterium that was isolated from human faeces.

anaerobe
mesophilic
16S sequence
Bacteria

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Pseudomonadota*
	Class	*Betaproteobacteria*
	Order	*Burkholderiales*
	Family	*Oxalobacteraceae*
	Genus	*Oxalobacter*
	Species	**Oxalobacter formigenes**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Oxalobacter formigenes Allison et al. 1985

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

OXALOBACTER MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 419)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
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Temperature range

mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

anaerobe

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #1663]	Sample type/isolated from	human faeces
[Ref.: #1663]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Iowa
[Ref.: #1663]	Country	USA
[Ref.: #1663]	Country ISO 3 Code	USA
[Ref.: #1663]	Continent	North America
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Isolation sources categories

#Host	#Human	-
#Host Body Product	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Feces (Stool)

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Global distribution of 16S sequence HG917902 (>99% sequence identity) for Oxalobacter from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	17
Soil Samples	13
Animal Samples	1169
Plant Samples	4
Total Samples	1203

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (German classification)
According to TRBA 466

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #1663]	Oxalobacter formigenes partial 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 4420, isolate BA-2	HG917902	1504	ENA	847 tax ID

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GC-content

50.5 mol%

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 4420

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SI-ID 391369

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Evaluation of Oxalobacter formigenes DSM 4420 biodegradation activity for high oxalate media content: An in vitro model.	Karamad D, Khosravi-Darani K, Hosseini H, Tavasoli S, Miller AW	Biocatal Agric Biotechnol	10.1016/j.bcab.2019.101378	2019	*
Metabolism	Screening of different probiotic strains for their in vitro ability to metabolise oxalates: any prospective use in humans?	Mogna L, Pane M, Nicola S, Raiteri E	J Clin Gastroenterol	10.1097/MCG.0000000000000228	2014	*
Enzymology	Determination of oxalyl-coenzyme A decarboxylase activity in Oxalobacter formigenes and Lactobacillus acidophilus by capillary electrophoresis.	Bendazzoli C, Turroni S, Gotti R, Olmo S, Brigidi P, Cavrini V	J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci	10.1016/j.jchromb.2007.04.027	2007	*

References

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Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 4420

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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 .

#80581

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID391369.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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