Name: Microlunatus aurantiacus DSM 18424
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 12628

Type strain:

Species: Microlunatus aurantiacus

Culture col. no.: DSM 18424, CCTCC AB 206067, JCM 16548, YIM 45721

Strain history: DSM 18424 <-- S.-K. Tang YIM 45721.

NCBI tax ID(s): 446786 (species)

SI-ID 402020

DSM 18424

Section

Microlunatus aurantiacus DSM 18424 is an aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive bacterium that was isolated from rhizosphere soil.

coccus-shaped
Gram-positive
aerobe
mesophilic
16S sequence
Bacteria

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

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Actinomycetota*
	Class	*Actinomycetes*
	Order	*Propionibacteriales*
	Family	*Propionibacteriaceae*
	Genus	*Microlunatus*
	Species	**Microlunatus aurantiacus**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Microlunatus aurantiacus Wang et al. 2008

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #32453]	Gram stain	positive

[Ref.: #32453]	Cell width	0.9-1.3 µm

[Ref.: #32453]	Cell shape	coccus-shaped

[Ref.: #32453]	Motility	no

[Ref.: #19764]	Colony color	Broom yellow (1032)
[Ref.: #19764]	Incubation period	10-14 days
[Ref.: #19764]	Cultivation medium used	ISP 2

[Ref.: #19764]	Colony color	Broom yellow (1032)
[Ref.: #19764]	Incubation period	10-14 days
[Ref.: #19764]	Cultivation medium used	ISP 3

[Ref.: #19764]	Colony color	Broom yellow (1032)
[Ref.: #19764]	Incubation period	10-14 days
[Ref.: #19764]	Cultivation medium used	ISP 4

[Ref.: #19764]	Incubation period	10-14 days
[Ref.: #19764]	Cultivation medium used	ISP 5

[Ref.: #19764]	Incubation period	10-14 days
[Ref.: #19764]	Cultivation medium used	ISP 6

[Ref.: #19764]	Incubation period	10-14 days
[Ref.: #19764]	Cultivation medium used	ISP 7

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Pigment production

yes

[Ref.: #19764]	Multicellular complex forming ability	no
[Ref.: #19764]	Medium Name (multicellularity)	ISP 2

[Ref.: #19764]	Multicellular complex forming ability	no
[Ref.: #19764]	Medium Name (multicellularity)	ISP 3

[Ref.: #19764]	Multicellular complex forming ability	no
[Ref.: #19764]	Medium Name (multicellularity)	ISP 4

[Ref.: #19764]	Multicellular complex forming ability	no
[Ref.: #19764]	Medium Name (multicellularity)	ISP 5

[Ref.: #19764]	Multicellular complex forming ability	no
[Ref.: #19764]	Medium Name (multicellularity)	ISP 6

[Ref.: #19764]	Multicellular complex forming ability	no
[Ref.: #19764]	Medium Name (multicellularity)	ISP 7

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830)

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Culture medium composition

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Culture medium

ISP 2

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ISP 3

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ISP 4

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ISP 5

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ISP 6

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ISP 7

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		Temperature
[Ref.: #7549]	growth	28 °C
[Ref.: #19764]	optimum	28 °C
[Ref.: #32453]	growth	15-37 °C
[Ref.: #32453]	optimum	28 °C
[Ref.: #67770]	growth	28 °C

[Ref.: #7549]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #19764]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #32453]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #67770]	Temperature range	mesophilic

	pH	Kind of pH		pH
[Ref.: #32453]			optimum	7-7.5
[Ref.: #32453]			growth	7-7.5

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

aerobe

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Ability of spore formation

[Ref.: #32453]	Observation	aggregates in chains
[Ref.: #67770]	Observation	quinones: MK-9(H₄)

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #32453]	acetate ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	alanine ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	arabinose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	arginine ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	asparagine ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	glutamate ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	glycerol ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	histidine ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	mannitol ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	mannose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	melibiose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	nitrate ChEBI	+	reduction
[Ref.: #32453]	raffinose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	ribitol ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	ribose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	salicin ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	sorbitol ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	sucrose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	threonine ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	trehalose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	tween 20 ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32453]	xylose ChEBI	+	carbon source
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	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68382]	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-mannosidase	+	3.2.1.24	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucuronidase	+	3.2.1.31	* from API zym
[Ref.: #32453]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #68382]	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase (C 4)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	lipase (C 14)	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	valine arylamidase	+		* from API zym
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API® zym:

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	API ID	Control	2-naphthyl phosphateAlkaline phosphatase	2-naphthyl butyrateEsterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	2-naphthyl myristateLipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-2-naphthylamideTrypsin	N-glutaryl-phenylalanine-2-naphthylamidealpha- Chymotrypsin	2-naphthyl phosphateAcid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-galactpyranosidealpha- Galactosidase	2-naphthyl-betaD-galactpyranosidebeta- Galactosidase	Naphthol-AS-BI-betaD-glucuronidebeta- Glucuronidase	2-naphthyl-alphaD-glucopyranosidealpha- Glucosidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-betaD-glucopyranosidebeta- Glucosidase	1-naphthyl-N-acetyl-betaD-glucosaminideN-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-mannopyranosidealpha- Mannosidase	2-naphthyl-alphaL-fucopyranosidealpha- Fucosidase
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Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #7549]	Sample type/isolated from	rhizosphere soil
[Ref.: #7549]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Yunnan Province
[Ref.: #7549]	Country	China
[Ref.: #7549]	Country ISO 3 Code	CHN
[Ref.: #7549]	Continent	Asia

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Rhizosphere soil
[Ref.: #67770]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Yunnan Province
[Ref.: #67770]	Country	China
[Ref.: #67770]	Country ISO 3 Code	CHN
[Ref.: #67770]	Continent	Asia
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Isolation sources categories

#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil
#Host Body-Site	#Plant	#Rhizosphere
#Host	#Plants	-

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Global distribution of 16S sequence EF601828 (>99% sequence identity) for Microlunatus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	1755
Soil Samples	2481
Animal Samples	3135
Plant Samples	91
Total Samples	7462

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

[Ref.: #7549]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
[Ref.: #19764]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (German classification)

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #7549]	Microlunatus aurantiacus strain YIM 45721 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	EF601828	1517	ENA	446786 tax ID

[Ref.: #7549]	GC-content	70.9 mol%
[Ref.: #67770]	GC-content	70.9 mol%	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 18424, CCTCC AB 206067, JCM 16548, YIM 45721

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SI-ID 402020

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Microlunatus parietis sp. nov., isolated from an indoor wall.	Kampfer P, Schafer J, Lodders N, Martin K	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.020115-0	2009	*
Phylogeny	Microlunatus aurantiacus sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a rhizosphere soil sample.	Wang YX, Cai M, Zhi XY, Zhang YQ, Tang SK, Xu LH, Cui XL, Li WJ	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.65518-0	2008	*

References

#7549

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 18424

#19764

Wink, J.: Compendium of Actinobacteria. HZI-Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig .

#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 )

#32453

Barberan A, Caceres Velazquez H, Jones S, Fierer N.: Hiding in Plain Sight: Mining Bacterial Species Records for Phenotypic Trait Information. mSphere 2: 2017 ( DOI 10.1128/mSphere.00237-17 , PubMed 28776041 ) - originally annotated from #28675 (see below)

#67770 Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;

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Automatically annotated from API zym .

#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 .

#81842

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID402020.1 )

#28675

IJSEM 1873 2008 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.65518-0 , PubMed 18676472 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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