Desulfotomaculum sp. (DSM 14812, Mechichi-2001, BNS8)

Name: Desulfotomaculum sp. (DSM 14812, Mechichi-2001, BNS8)
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BacDive ID 11815

Type strain

Strain Designation Mechichi-2001, BNS8

Culture col. no. DSM 14812 Mechichi-2001 BNS8

NCBI tax ID(s) 41211

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- C. Ebenau-Jehle, Albert-Ludwigs-Univ. Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; BNS8 (Desulfotomaculum sp.) <- T. Mechichi; Mechichi-2001 {2000}

Mechichi-2001 is an anaerobe bacterium that was isolated from thermophilic digester fed with organic waste.

anaerobe 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

DSM 14812 Mechichi-2001 BNS8

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:20:40

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Clostridia

Order Eubacteriales

Family Peptococcaceae

Genus Desulfotomaculum

Full scientific name Desulfotomaculum Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Morphology

Colony morphology

5559

Incubation period2-3 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
5559	DESULFOVIBRIO (POSTGATE) MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 63)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: DESULFOVIBRIO (POSTGATE) MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 63) Composition: MgSO4 x 7 H2O 2.0 g/l Na-DL-lactate 2.0 g/l NH4Cl 1.0 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Na2SO4 1.0 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.5 g/l K2HPO4 0.5 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.1 g/l Na-thioglycolate 0.1 g/l Ascorbic acid 0.1 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.0005 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
5559	positive	growth	55

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

5559

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2
#Engineered	#Biodegradation
#Engineered	#Waste
#Condition	#Thermophilic (>45°C)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
5559	thermophilic digester fed with organic waste	Freiburg	Germany	DEU	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AY069974 (>99% sequence identity) for Desulfallas from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	8
Soil Samples	24
Animal Samples	10
Plant Samples	30
Total Samples	72

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Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
5559	Desulfotomaculum sp. Mechichi-2001 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY069974	1495		183593

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#5559	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 14812
#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 .

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