Desulfofundulus thermobenzoicus subsp. thermosyntrophicus (DSM 14055, TPO)

Name: Desulfofundulus thermobenzoicus subsp. thermosyntrophicus (DSM 14055, TPO)
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BacDive ID 11826

Type strain

Strain Designation TPO

Culture col. no. DSM 14055 TPO

NCBI tax ID(s) 136399

Special Collections DSMZ

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Desulfofundulus thermobenzoicus subsp. thermosyntrophicus TPO is an anaerobe, thermophilic prokaryote that was isolated from anaerobic methanogenic granular sludge.

anaerobe thermophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 100627

DSM 14055,ATCC BAA-281

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:49:41

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Clostridia

Order Eubacteriales

Family Peptococcaceae

Genus Desulfofundulus

Species Desulfofundulus thermobenzoicus subsp. thermosyntrophicus

Full scientific name Desulfofundulus thermobenzoicus subsp. thermosyntrophicus (Plugge et al. 2002) Watanabe et al. 2018

Synonyms (1)

Desulfotomaculum thermobenzoicum subsp. thermosyntrophicum

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
5227	SYNTROPHOBACTER (MPOB) MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 684)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: SYNTROPHOBACTER (MPOB) MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 684; with strain-specific modifications) Composition: Na-pyruvate 2.49252 g/l Na2CO3 1.49551 g/l Na2HPO4 x 2 H2O 0.528415 g/l Na2S x 9 H2O 0.498504 g/l KH2PO4 0.408774 g/l NH4Cl 0.299103 g/l NaCl 0.299103 g/l Yeast extract 0.199402 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.109671 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 0.0997009 g/l HCl 0.00249252 g/l FeCl2 x 4 H2O 0.00149551 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.000498504 g/l NaOH 0.000498504 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000189432 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 9.97009e-05 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 9.97009e-05 g/l ZnCl2 6.97906e-05 g/l p-Aminobenzoic acid 4.98504e-05 g/l Calcium D-(+)-pantothenate 4.98504e-05 g/l Nicotinic acid 4.98504e-05 g/l Riboflavin 4.98504e-05 g/l Thiamine HCl 4.98504e-05 g/l (DL)-alpha-Lipoic acid 4.98504e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 3.58923e-05 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 2.39282e-05 g/l Folic acid 1.99402e-05 g/l 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 Vitamin B12 9.97009e-07 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
5227	positive	growth	55	thermophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
5227	anaerobe
125439	anaerobe	98.9

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Waste	#Activated sludge
#Condition	#Anoxic (anaerobic)	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
5227	anaerobic methanogenic granular sludge	Wageningen	Netherlands	NLD	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AY007190 (>99% sequence identity) for Desulfofundulus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	38
Soil Samples	16
Animal Samples	65
Plant Samples	1
Total Samples	120

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
5227	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM942890v1 assembly for Desulfofundulus thermobenzoicus DSM 14055	contig	GCA_009428905	29376.3	3001227852	29376	14.49

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
5227	Desulfotomaculum sp. TPO 16S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence	AY007190	1551		136399

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
5227	53.7	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Desulfofundulus thermobenzoicus DSM 14055
NCBI: GCA_009428905

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	67.00	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	54.30	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	61.60	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	98.90	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Desulfofundulus thermobenzoicus strain DSM 14055
PATRIC: 29376.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	56.35	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	87.68	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	83.03	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	yes	68.61	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	93.00	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	63.88	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Draft Genome Sequence of Desulfofundulus thermobenzoicus subsp. thermosyntrophicus DSM 14055, a Moderately Thermophilic Sulfate Reducer.	Bertran E, Ward LM, Johnston DT	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/MRA.01416-19	2020

References

#5227	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 14055
#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 )
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#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 .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#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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Desulfofundulus thermobenzoicus subsp. thermosyntrophicus (DSM 14055, TPO)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_009428905

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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