Azotobacter armeniacus (DSM 2284, CCUG 51004, N 28)

Name: Azotobacter armeniacus (DSM 2284, CCUG 51004, N 28)
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BacDive ID 12722

Type strain

Strain Designation N 28, WR-136

Culture col. no. DSM 2284 CCUG 51004 N 28 WR-136 TBRC 7241 2 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 270345

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM

History <- WR, WR-136 <- E. Afrikian and A. Kirakosyan, N 28 IAM 15047 <-- DSM 2284 <-- WR-136 <-- E. Afrikian and A. Kirakosyan N28 ("Azotobacter agilis subsp. armeniae").

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Azotobacter armeniacus N 28 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from soil.

mesophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 47560

CECT 4463,CCUG 51004,IAM 15047,JCM 21509,DSM 2284

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:49:55

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Pseudomonadales

Family Pseudomonadaceae

Genus Azotobacter

Species Azotobacter armeniacus

Full scientific name Azotobacter armeniacus Thompson and Skerman 1981

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
1018	DIAZOTROPHIC MEDIUM (RBA) (DSMZ Medium 441)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: DIAZOTROPHIC MEDIUM (RBA) (DSMZ Medium 441) Composition: Agar 14.881 g/l DL-Malate 1.98413 g/l D-Glucose 1.98413 g/l D-Mannitol 1.98413 g/l Na-pyruvate 0.992063 g/l Disodium succinate 0.992063 g/l K2HPO4 0.892857 g/l KH2PO4 0.0992065 g/l NaCl 0.0992065 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.0992065 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0992065 g/l Yeast extract 0.0496032 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00992065 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.00496032 g/l NaVO3 x H2O 0.00496032 g/l Nicotinic acid 0.00248016 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 0.00248016 g/l Calcium pantothenate 0.00248016 g/l Thiamine-HCl x 2 H2O 0.00248016 g/l H3BO3 0.000892857 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000595238 g/l Riboflavin 0.000496032 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.000297619 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 8.92857e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 8.92857e-05 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 5.95238e-05 g/l Vitamin B12 4.96032e-05 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 2.97619e-05 g/l Folic acid 9.92063e-06 g/l Biotin 4.96032e-06 g/l Distilled water
1018	AZOTOBACTER MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 3)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: AZOTOBACTER MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 3) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l CaCO3 5.0 g/l Glucose 5.0 g/l Mannitol 5.0 g/l K2HPO4 0.9 g/l KH2PO4 0.1 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.1 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.01 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 0.005 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
1018	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	30	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Compound production

1018

Compoundpolyhydroxyalkanoic acids

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
1018	soil	Armenia	ARM	Asia
59090	Soil
67770	Soil

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB175655 (>99% sequence identity) for Azotobacter armeniacus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	21
Soil Samples	60
Animal Samples	59
Plant Samples	8
Total Samples	148

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
1018	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Azotobacter armeniacus gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB175655	1481		270345
20218	Azotobacter armeniacus strain DSM 2284 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KC137338	659		270345

GC content

1018

GC-content (mol%)65.0

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Defining the Pseudomonas genus: where do we draw the line with Azotobacter?	Ozen AI, Ussery DW.	Microb Ecol	10.1007/s00248-011-9914-8	2012

References

#1018	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 2284
#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 )
#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 )
#59090	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 51004
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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 .
#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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Azotobacter armeniacus (DSM 2284, CCUG 51004, N 28)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Compound production

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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