Pseudoalteromonas ulvae (DSM 15557, CIP 107123, NCIMB 13762)

Name: Pseudoalteromonas ulvae (DSM 15557, CIP 107123, NCIMB 13762)
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BacDive ID 12694

Type strain

Strain Designation UL12, AF 172987, UL 12

Culture col. no. DSM 15557 CIP 107123 NCIMB 13762 UNSW 095600 UL12 2 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 107327

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Pseudoalteromonas ulvae UL12 is a mesophilic, Gram-negative, motile prokaryote that was isolated from Surface of the marine alga Ulva lactuca.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 60973

NCIMB 13762,KCTC 12940,CIP 107123,DSM 15557

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:49:54

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Alteromonadales

Family Pseudoalteromonadaceae

Genus Pseudoalteromonas

Species Pseudoalteromonas ulvae

Full scientific name Pseudoalteromonas ulvae Egan et al. 2001

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape
123718	negative	rod-shaped
125439	negative
125438
125438	negative

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
6000	BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514) Composition: NaCl 19.45 g/l MgCl2 5.9 g/l Bacto peptone 5.0 g/l Na2SO4 3.24 g/l CaCl2 1.8 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l KCl 0.55 g/l NaHCO3 0.16 g/l Fe(III) citrate 0.1 g/l KBr 0.08 g/l SrCl2 0.034 g/l H3BO3 0.022 g/l Na2HPO4 0.008 g/l Na-silicate 0.004 g/l NaF 0.0024 g/l (NH4)NO3 0.0016 g/l Distilled water
42041	Marine agar (MA)		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Marine agar (55.100 g)
123718	CIP Medium 13	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
6000	positive	growth	25	mesophilic
42041	positive	growth	25	mesophilic
123718	positive	growth	5-30
123718	negative	growth	37
123718	negative	growth	41

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate aerobe	98.1

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		98.8

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Tested relation	Concentration
123718	NaCl	growth	0 %
123718	NaCl	growth	2 %
123718	NaCl	growth	4 %
123718	NaCl	growth	6 %
123718	NaCl	growth	8 %
123718	NaCl	growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
123718	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
123718	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
123718	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
123718	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
123718	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
123718	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	+	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
123718	amylase	+
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
123718	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
123718	caseinase	+	3.4.21.50
123718	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	-		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
123718	gelatinase	+
123718	lecithinase	+
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
123718	lipase	+
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
123718	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
123718	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
123718	protease	+
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
123718	tryptophan deaminase	-
123718	tween esterase	+
123718	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	gluconeogenesis	100	8 of 8
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	100	10 of 10
66794	ethanol fermentation	100	2 of 2
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	threonine metabolism	100	10 of 10
66794	glycogen metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	100	7 of 7
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	photosynthesis	92.86	13 of 14
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	92.86	13 of 14
66794	leucine metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
66794	glutathione metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	methionine metabolism	84.62	22 of 26
66794	NAD metabolism	83.33	15 of 18
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	81.82	9 of 11
66794	proline metabolism	81.82	9 of 11
66794	starch degradation	80	8 of 10
66794	cellulose degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	tyrosine metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	78.57	22 of 28
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	valine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	purine metabolism	76.6	72 of 94
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	flavin biosynthesis	73.33	11 of 15
66794	alanine metabolism	72.41	21 of 29
66794	histidine metabolism	72.41	21 of 29
66794	citric acid cycle	71.43	10 of 14
66794	propanol degradation	71.43	5 of 7
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	66.67	4 of 6
66794	IAA biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	d-mannose degradation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	66.67	30 of 45
66794	tryptophan metabolism	65.79	25 of 38
66794	glycolysis	64.71	11 of 17
66794	lipid metabolism	64.52	20 of 31
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	63.64	7 of 11
66794	non-pathway related	63.16	24 of 38
66794	arginine metabolism	62.5	15 of 24
66794	gallate degradation	60	3 of 5
66794	propionate fermentation	60	6 of 10
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	60	3 of 5
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	58.33	7 of 12
66794	cysteine metabolism	55.56	10 of 18
66794	lysine metabolism	54.76	23 of 42
66794	urea cycle	53.85	7 of 13
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	53.85	14 of 26
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	catecholamine biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	sulfate reduction	46.15	6 of 13
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	44.44	8 of 18
66794	polyamine pathway	43.48	10 of 23
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	40.66	37 of 91
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	40	4 of 10
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	40	6 of 15
66794	glycine metabolism	40	4 of 10
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	degradation of hexoses	38.89	7 of 18
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	37.5	3 of 8
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	sulfoquinovose degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	methane metabolism	33.33	1 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	32.35	11 of 34
66794	degradation of pentoses	32.14	9 of 28
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	31.82	7 of 22
66794	ascorbate metabolism	31.82	7 of 22
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	31.25	5 of 16
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	30.77	4 of 13
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	28.57	2 of 7
66794	d-xylose degradation	27.27	3 of 11
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	27.27	3 of 11
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	phenol degradation	25	5 of 20
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	25	4 of 16
66794	degradation of sugar acids	24	6 of 25
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	23.08	3 of 13
66794	nitrate assimilation	22.22	2 of 9

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
123718	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Marine
#Host	#Algae	#Green algae

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
6000	Surface of the marine alga Ulva lactuca	Ulva lactuca	coast of Sydney	Australia	AUS	Australia and Oceania
123718	Surface of the marine alga Ulva lactuca		Sydney, New South Wales	Australia	AUS	Australia and Oceania

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AF172987 (>99% sequence identity) for Pseudoalteromonas ulvae subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	24
Soil Samples
Animal Samples	8
Plant Samples
Total Samples	32

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
6000	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
123718	1	Risk group (French 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	ASM1492540v1 assembly for Pseudoalteromonas ulvae UL12	chromosome	GCA_014925405	1315306.3	8117206291	1315306	81.03

Genome browser: GCA_014925405

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
6000	Pseudoalteromonas sp. UL12 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF172987	1355		107327

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Pseudoalteromonas ulvae UL12
PATRIC: 1315306.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	98.80	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	74.10	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	98.90	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	98.10	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Pseudoalteromonas ulvae UL12 UL12
NCBI: GCA_014925405.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	100.00	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	95.49	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	74.22	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	89.17	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	98.49	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	90.74	no

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Biofilm formation in marine bacteria and biocidal sensitivity: interplay between a potent antibiofilm compound (AS162) and quorum-sensing autoinducers.	Gozoua E, Koffi-Nevry R, Blache Y.	3 Biotech	10.1007/s13205-019-1866-6	2019
Screening of bromotyramine analogues as antifouling compounds against marine bacteria.	Andjouh S, Blache Y.	Biofouling	10.1080/08927014.2016.1200562	2016
Diversity and distribution of the bmp gene cluster and its Polybrominated products in the genus Pseudoalteromonas.	Busch J, Agarwal V, Schorn M, Machado H, Moore BS, Rouse GW, Gram L, Jensen PR.	Environ Microbiol	10.1111/1462-2920.14532	2019
Saline Environments as a Source of Potential Quorum Sensing Disruptors to Control Bacterial Infections: A Review.	Torres M, Dessaux Y, Llamas I.	Mar Drugs	10.3390/md17030191	2019
Recent Advances in Synthetic, Industrial and Biological Applications of Violacein and Its Heterologous Production.	Ahmed A, Ahmad A, Li R, Al-Ansi W, Fatima M, Mushtaq BS, Basharat S, Li Y, Bai Z.	J Microbiol Biotechnol	10.4014/jmb.2107.07045	2021
Pyomelanin from Pseudoalteromonas lipolytica reduces biofouling.	Zeng Z, Guo XP, Cai X, Wang P, Li B, Yang JL, Wang X.	Microb Biotechnol	10.1111/1751-7915.12773	2017
Marine bacteria from Danish coastal waters show antifouling activity against the marine fouling bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. strain S91 and zoospores of the green alga Ulva australis independent of bacteriocidal activity.	Bernbom N, Ng YY, Kjelleberg S, Harder T, Gram L.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.06038-11	2011
Marine biofilm bacteria evade eukaryotic predation by targeted chemical defense.	Matz C, Webb JS, Schupp PJ, Phang SY, Penesyan A, Egan S, Steinberg P, Kjelleberg S.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0002744	2008
Pseudoalteromonas ulvae sp. nov., a bacterium with antifouling activities isolated from the surface of a marine alga.	Egan S, Holmstrom C, Kjelleberg S	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-51-4-1499	2001

References

#6000	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 15557
#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 )
#42041	; Curators of the CIP;
#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) .
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#68382	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 .
#123718	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 107123
#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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Pseudoalteromonas ulvae (DSM 15557, CIP 107123, NCIMB 13762)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Enzymes

Pathway annotation

API zym

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_014925405

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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