Bacillus decolorationis mcha2343 | Type strain | DSM 14890, CIP 108363, LMG 19507

Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 1208

Type strain:

Species: Bacillus decolorationis

Strain Designation: mcha2343

Culture col. no.: DSM 14890, CIP 108363, LMG 19507

Section

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

External links

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

[Ref.: #5604]	Domain	Bacteria
[Ref.: #5604]	Phylum	Firmicutes
[Ref.: #5604]	Class	Bacilli
[Ref.: #5604]	Order	Bacillales
[Ref.: #5604]	Family	Bacillaceae
[Ref.: #5604]	Genus	Bacillus
[Ref.: #5604]	Species	Bacillus decolorationis
[Ref.: #5604]	Full Scientific Name	Bacillus decolorationis Heyrman et al. 2003
[Ref.: #5604]	Strain Designation	mcha2343
[Ref.: #5604]	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. 30:225
[Ref.: #20215]	Species	Bacillus decolorationis	sp. nov. (VP)	Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53:459*
[Ref.: #20215]	Full Scientific Name	Bacillus decolorationis Heyrman et al. 2003

Information on morphological and physiological propertiesMorphology and physiology

[Ref.: #23308]	Gram stain	variable
[Ref.: #23308]	Cell length	1.0-4.0 µm
[Ref.: #23308]	Cell width	0.5-0.8 µm
[Ref.: #23308]	Cell shape	coccus-shaped
[Ref.: #23308]	Motility	yes

[Ref.: #23308]	Colony color	cream-coloured to beige
[Ref.: #23308]	Colony shape	circular
[Ref.: #23308]	Cultivation medium used	TSA

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #23308]	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6
[Ref.: #23308]	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
[Ref.: #23308]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #23308]	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
[Ref.: #23308]	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
[Ref.: #23308]	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
[Ref.: #23308]	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1
[Ref.: #23308]	urease	-	3.5.1.5

	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #23308]	NaCl		growth	0-10	%
[Ref.: #23308]	NaCl		optimum	4-7	%
[Ref.: #23308]	NaCl	no	growth	12	%
[Ref.: #23308]	NaCl	no	growth	15	%

	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #23308]	Acetoin	no
[Ref.: #23308]	Hydrogen sulfide	no
[Ref.: #23308]	Indole	no

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Voges-Proskauer-test
[Ref.: #23308]		Acetoin	-

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #23308]	2-Dehydro-D-gluconate	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	5-Dehydro-D-gluconate	+/-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	Amygdalin	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	Arbutin	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	Casein	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #23308]	Citric acid	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Adonitol	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Arabinose	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Arabitol	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Cellobiose	+/-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Fructose	+/-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Fucose	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Galactose	+/-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Glucose	+/-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Lactose	+/-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Lyxose	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Maltose	+/-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Mannitol	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Mannose	+/-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Melezitose	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Melibiose	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Raffinose	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Ribose	+/-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Saccharose	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Sorbitol	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Tagatose	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Trehalose	+/-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Turanose	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	D-Xylose	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	Erythritol	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	Esculin	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #23308]	Galactitol	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	Gelatin	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #23308]	Gentiobiose	+/-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	Gluconate	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	Glycerol	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	Glycogen	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	Inositol	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	Inulin	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	L-Arabinose	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	L-Arabitol	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	L-Fucose	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	L-Rhamnose	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	L-Sorbose	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	L-Xylose	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	Methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	Methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	Methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	N-Acetylglucosamine	+/-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	Nitrate	+	reduction
[Ref.: #23308]	Salicin	+/-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	Starch	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23308]	Xylitol	-	builds acid from
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Oxygen tolerance

obligate aerobe

[Ref.: #23308]	Spore description	ellipsoidal, nearly spherical, central to subterminal, swelled sporangia slightly
[Ref.: #23308]	Type of spore	endospore
[Ref.: #23308]	Ability of spore formation	yes

Information on culture and growth conditionsCulture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

HETEROTROPHIC MEDIUM H3P (DSMZ Medium 428), 28°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

TSA

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

		Temperature
[Ref.: #5604]	growth	28 ̊C
[Ref.: #23308]	growth	5-40 ̊C
[Ref.: #23308]	optimum	25-37 ̊C
[Ref.: #33233]	growth	30 ̊C

[Ref.: #5604]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #23308]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #33233]	Temperature range	mesophilic

	Kind of pH		pH
[Ref.: #23308]	inconsistent	growth	6.0
[Ref.: #23308]		growth	6.5
[Ref.: #23308]		growth	7.0
[Ref.: #23308]		growth	7.5
[Ref.: #23308]		growth	8.0
[Ref.: #23308]		growth	9.0

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

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Sample type/isolated from

mural painting

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Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)

Herberstein

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Country

Austria

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Continent

Europe

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Sample type/isolated from

mural paintings, discoloured by microbial growths

Isolation sources categories

#Engineered	#Built environment	-
#Engineered	#Other	#Painting
#Host	#Microbial	-

What are isolation sources categories?

* marker position based on {}

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

[Ref.: #5604]	GC-content	39.8 mol%
[Ref.: #23308]	GC-content	39.8 mol%	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Sequence information:

	Sequence database	Sequence accession description	Sequence accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #5604]	EMBL Direct submission		AJ315075

Availability in culture collectionsStrain availability

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Culture collection no.

DSM 14890, CIP 108363, LMG 19507

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Strain history

<- D. Janssens, LMG; mcha2343 <- J. Heyrman, Univ. Ghent, Belgium

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Associated Passport(s) in StrainInfo

276961, 534243, 49534

References

#5604

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 14890

#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 )

#23308

Jeroen Heyrman, An Balcaen, Marina Rodriguez-Diaz, Niall A. Logan, Jean Swings, Paul De Vos: Bacillus decolorationis sp. nov., isolated from biodeteriorated parts of the mural paintings at the Servilia tomb (Roman necropolis of Carmona, Spain) and the Saint-Catherine chapel (Castle Herberstein, Austria). IJSEM 53: 459 - 463 2003 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.02452-0 )

#33233 ; Curators of the CIP;
* These References are textmined

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