Sorangium cellulosum (DSM 14731, So ce1654)
BacDive ID
12064
Type strain
Strain Designation
So ce1654
NCBI tax ID(s)
56
Special Collections
DSMZ
Reichenbach collection
History
DSMZ <- H. Reichenbach; So ce1654
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Sorangium cellulosum So ce1654 is a bacterium that builds a fruiting body and was isolated from soil.
16S sequence BacteriaName and taxonomic classification
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Last LPSN update
2026-05-29 08:27:42 |
| Domain Bacteria |
| Phylum Pseudomonadota |
| Class Deltaproteobacteria |
| Order Polyangiales |
| Family Polyangiaceae |
| Genus Sorangium |
| Species Sorangium cellulosum |
| Full scientific name Sorangium cellulosum (Brockman 1989 ex Imshenetski and Solntseva 1936) Reichenbach 2007 |
| Synonyms (1) |
Morphology
Multicellular morphology
| @ref | Forms multicellular complex | Complex name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18281 | fruiting body |  |
Culture and growth conditions
Culture medium
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5516 | ST21 AGAR FOR CELLULOSE DEGRADERS (DSMZ Medium 938) | Medium recipe at MediaDive  | Name: ST21 AGAR FOR CELLULOSE DEGRADERS (DSMZ Medium 938) Composition: Agar 14.0 g/l K2HPO4 1.0 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.999999 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.999999 g/l KNO3 0.999999 g/l FeCl3 0.2 g/l MnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0999999 g/l Yeast extract 0.02 g/l Tap water Distilled water | ||
| 5516 | VY/2 AGAR (DSMZ Medium 9) | Medium recipe at MediaDive | Name: VY/2 AGAR (DSMZ Medium 9) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Baker's yeast 5.0 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 1.36 g/l Vitamin B12 0.0005 g/l Distilled water |
Culture temp
| @ref | Growth | Type | Temperature (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5516 | positive | growth | 30 |
Isolation, sampling and environmental information
Isolation
| @ref | Sample type | Geographic location | Country | Country ISO 3 Code | Continent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5516 | soil | Bali | Indonesia | IDN | Asia |
Taxonmaps
Global distribution of 16S sequence EU240498 (>99% sequence identity) for Sorangium cellulosum subclade from Microbeatlas 
 Aquatic Samples |
2417 |
 Soil Samples |
8839 |
 Animal Samples |
545 |
 Plant Samples |
2699 |
| Total Samples | 14500 |
Sequence information
16S sequences
| @ref | Description | Accession | Length | Database | NCBI tax ID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20218 | Sorangium cellulosum strain DSM14731 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence | EU240498 | 1520 |   | 56 | |
How to cite
If you want to cite this particular strain cite the following doi:
https://doi.org/10.13145/bacdive12064.20260601.11
When using BacDive for research please cite the following paper
BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain dataIsabel Schober, Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà Carbasse, Christian Ebeling, Marvin Leon Schmidt, Adam Podstawka, Rohit Gupta, Vinodh Ilangovan, Javad Chamanara, Jörg Overmann, Lorenz Christian Reimer
Nucleic Acids Research; database issue 2025.
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