Brevibacillus parabrevis (DSM 5550, ATCC 8186, CIP 110335)

Name: Brevibacillus parabrevis (DSM 5550, ATCC 8186, CIP 110335)
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BacDive ID 11412

Type strain

Strain Designation Oka, 779

Culture col. no. DSM 5550 ATCC 8186 CIP 110335 IFO 12333 NBRC 12333 3 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1255633 54914

Special Collections DSMZ CIP

History <- NRRL <- N.R. Smith, 779 <- J.R. Dubos, Rockefeller Inst., 1940, as strain Oka (Bacillus brevis) CIP <- 2011, DSMZ <- NRRL <- N.R. Smith: strain 779 <- 1940, J.R. Dubos, Rockefeller Inst., as strain Oka Bacillus brevis

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Brevibacillus parabrevis Oka is an obligate aerobe, Gram-positive, motile bacterium that was isolated from Oka cheese.

Gram-positive motile rod-shaped obligate aerobe 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 8373

LMG 16011,ATCC 8186,CCRC 10600,DSM 5550,IFO 12333,NRRL NRS-779,CECT 4047,KCTC 3003,NBRC 12333,BCRC 10600,CIP 110335

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:20:32

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Paenibacillaceae

Genus Brevibacillus

Species Brevibacillus parabrevis

Full scientific name Brevibacillus parabrevis (Takagi et al. 1993) Shida et al. 1996

Synonyms (1)

Bacillus parabrevis

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Brevibacillus parabrevis** (9)	Type strain
11415	B. parabrevis DSM 8376, ATCC 10027, CIP 103840, IFO 12334, ... (type strain)
11410	B. parabrevis BG, DSM 362, ATCC 8185, CCM 1089, IAM 1031, ...
11411	B. parabrevis Gibson 108, DSM 370, CCM 1463, IFO 12374, ...
11413	B. parabrevis LBa, DSM 5608, NRS 781
11414	B. parabrevis TC, DSM 5618, NRS 780
145077	B. parabrevis CCUG 27608, LMG 15101
145840	B. parabrevis CCUG 29760
156102	B. parabrevis CCUG 60383
156965	B. parabrevis CCUG 67681 Q

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
121539	positive	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
2184	TRYPTONE SOYA BROTH (TSB) (DSMZ Medium 545)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTONE SOYA BROTH (TSB) (DSMZ Medium 545) Composition: Casein peptone 17.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 3.0 g/l D(+)-Glucose 2.5 g/l K2HPO4 2.5 g/l Distilled water
2184	CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CASO AGAR (Merck 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 15.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 5.0 g/l Distilled water
34722	MEDIUM 328- for nutrient agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Agar (15.000 g);Peptone (5.000g);Beef extract (3.000 g)
121539	CIP Medium 328	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
2184	positive	growth	30
34722	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

121539

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
121539	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
121539	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
121539	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
121539	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
68382	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
121539	oxidase	+
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
121539	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

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
121539	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Food production	#Dairy product

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Isolation date
2184	Oka cheese
121539	Food, Oka cheese	1940

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB680273 (>99% sequence identity) for Brevibacillus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	479
Soil Samples	119
Animal Samples	42
Plant Samples	13
Total Samples	653

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
2184	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
121539		1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Brevibacillus parabrevis gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 12333	AB680273	1461		54914

GC content

2184

GC-content (mol%)47.9

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#2184	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 5550
#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 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#34722	; Curators of the CIP;
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#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 .
#121539	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 110335
#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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