Bacillus horti K 13 | Type strain | DSM 12751, JCM 9943

Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 1154

Type strain:

Species: Bacillus horti

Strain Designation: K 13

Section

Name and taxonomic classification
Morphology and physiology
Culture and growth conditions
Isolation, sampling and environmental information
Application and interaction
Molecular biology
Strain availability

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

[Ref.: #4802]	Domain	Bacteria
[Ref.: #4802]	Phylum	Firmicutes
[Ref.: #4802]	Class	Bacilli
[Ref.: #4802]	Order	Bacillales
[Ref.: #4802]	Family	Bacillaceae
[Ref.: #4802]	Genus	Bacillus
[Ref.: #4802]	Species	Bacillus horti
[Ref.: #4802]	Full Scientific Name	Bacillus horti Yumoto et al. 1998
[Ref.: #4802]	Strain Designation	K 13
[Ref.: #4802]	Type strain

		Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date (PNU)	Taxonomical status	Literature reference
[Ref.: #20215]	Domain	Bacteria
[Ref.: #20215]	Phylum	Firmicutes
[Ref.: #20215]	Class	Bacilli		Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 60:469
[Ref.: #20215]	Family	Bacillaceae		Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 30:235
[Ref.: #20215]	Genus	Bacillus	genus (AL)	Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 30:256 (AL)
[Ref.: #20215]	Species	Bacillus horti	sp. nov. (VP)	Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 48:570*
[Ref.: #20215]	Full Scientific Name	Bacillus horti Yumoto et al. 1998

Information on morphological and physiological propertiesMorphology and physiology

[Ref.: #23305]	Gram stain	negative
[Ref.: #23305]	Cell length	1.5-6.0 µm
[Ref.: #23305]	Cell width	0.6-0.8 µm
[Ref.: #23305]	Cell shape	rod-shaped
[Ref.: #23305]	Motility	yes
[Ref.: #23305]	Flagellum arrangement	peritrichous

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Colony color

white

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #23305]	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
[Ref.: #23305]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #23305]	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1

	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #23305]	NaCl		growth	10	%
[Ref.: #23305]	NaCl		growth	5	%
[Ref.: #23305]	NaCl		growth	3	%
[Ref.: #23305]	NaCl		growth	7	%
[Ref.: #23305]	NaCl		growth	9	%
[Ref.: #23305]	NaCl		growth	11	%
[Ref.: #23305]	NaCl	no	growth	12	%
[Ref.: #23305]	NaCl	no	growth	13	%
[Ref.: #23305]	NaCl	no	growth	14	%
[Ref.: #23305]	NaCl	no	growth	15	%
[Ref.: #23305]	NaCl	no	growth	16	%
[Ref.: #23305]	NaCl	no	growth	17	%
[Ref.: #23305]	NaCl	no	growth	18	%
[Ref.: #23305]	NaCl	no	growth	20	%

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #23305]		Indole	no

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #23305]	Arabinose	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23305]	Casein	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #23305]	D-Fructose	-	builds gas from
[Ref.: #23305]	D-Fructose	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23305]	D-Galactose	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23305]	D-Glucose	-	builds gas from
[Ref.: #23305]	D-Glucose	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23305]	D-Ribose	-	builds gas from
[Ref.: #23305]	D-Ribose	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23305]	D-Xylose	-	builds gas from
[Ref.: #23305]	D-Xylose	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23305]	DNA	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #23305]	Erythritol	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23305]	Gelatin	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #23305]	Hippuric acid	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #23305]	L-Rhamnose	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23305]	myo-Inositol	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23305]	Nitrate	+	reduction
[Ref.: #23305]	Phenylalanine	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #23305]	Starch	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #23305]	Sucrose	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23305]	Tween 20	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #23305]	Tween 40	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #23305]	Tween 60	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #23305]	Tween 80	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #23305]	Urea	-	hydrolysis
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Oxygen tolerance

obligate aerobe

[Ref.: #23305]	Spore description	subterminally located ellipsoidal spores
[Ref.: #23305]	Type of spore	endospore
[Ref.: #23305]	Ability of spore formation	yes

Information on culture and growth conditionsCulture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

ALKALINE NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 31), 30°C

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

medium recipe provided by DSMZ

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 6 - Columbia agar with 10 % horse blood

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #4802]		growth	30 ̊C
[Ref.: #23305]	no	growth	10 ̊C
[Ref.: #23305]		growth	40 ̊C
[Ref.: #23305]	no	growth	50 ̊C
[Ref.: #23305]	no	growth	5 ̊C
[Ref.: #23305]		growth	15 ̊C
[Ref.: #23305]	no	growth	45 ̊C
[Ref.: #23305]	no	growth	55 ̊C
[Ref.: #35192]		growth	30 ̊C

[Ref.: #4802]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #23305]	Temperature range	mesophilic

	pH	Kind of pH		pH
[Ref.: #23305]			optimum	8-10
[Ref.: #23305]			growth	7

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditionsIsolation, sampling and environmental information

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Sample type/isolated from

garden soil

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Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)

Hokkaido, Astuma

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Country

Japan

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Continent

Asia

Isolation sources categories

#Engineered	#Agriculture	#Garden
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

What are isolation sources categories?

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Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hostsApplication and interaction

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Biosafety level

Risk group (German classification)

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databassMolecular biology

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GC-content

40.9 mol%

high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Sequence information:

	Sequence database	Sequence accession description	Sequence accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #23305]	GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ	Bacillus horti gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	D87035	1512	77523

Availability in culture collectionsStrain availability

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Culture collection no.

DSM 12751, JCM 9943

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Strain history

<- I. Yumoto, HNIRI, Japan; K 13

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Associated Passport(s) in StrainInfo

46034, 46035

References

#4802

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 12751

#20215

Leibniz Institute DSMZ D.Gleim, M.Kracht, N.Weiss et. al.: Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date - compilation of all names of Bacteria and Archaea, validly published according to the Bacteriological Code since 1. Jan. 1980, and validly published nomenclatural changes since .

#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 )

#23305

Isao Yumoto, Koji Yamazaki, Tomoo Sawabe, Kazuaki Nakano, Kosei Kawasaki, Yoshio Ezura, Haruo Shinano: Bacillus horti sp. nov., a new Gram-negative alkaliphilic bacillus. IJSEM 48: 565 - 571 1998 ( DOI 10.1099/00207713-48-2-565 )

#35192 ; Curators of the CIP;
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