Azotobacter chroococcum (DSM 379, S18)

Name: Azotobacter chroococcum (DSM 379, S18)
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BacDive ID 12733

Type strain

Strain Designation S18

Culture col. no. DSM 379 S18

NCBI tax ID(s) 353

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- D. Claus, S18

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Azotobacter chroococcum S18 is a mesophilic prokaryote of the family Pseudomonadaceae.

mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 47157

DSM 379

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:20:55

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Pseudomonadales

Family Pseudomonadaceae

Genus Azotobacter

Species Azotobacter chroococcum

Full scientific name Azotobacter chroococcum Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Azotobacter chroococcum** (15)	Type strain
12736	A. chroococcum 43, DSM 2286, ATCC 9043, VKM B-1616, CCUG ... (type strain)
12728	A. chroococcum 19 a, DSM 281
12729	A. chroococcum 20 a 1, DSM 328
12730	A. chroococcum 3 R, DSM 368
12731	A. chroococcum DSM 369, Rh 57
12732	A. chroococcum J 4, DSM 374
12734	A. chroococcum 35, DSM 393
12735	A. chroococcum 45, DSM 398
100635	A. chroococcum STI07157(IMET), IMET 7157
100636	A. chroococcum STI07312(IMET), N371,
100637	A. chroococcum STI07457(IMET), 7547, N206, IMET 7457
100638	A. chroococcum STI07154(IMET), IMRU 1259, IMET 7154
100639	A. chroococcum STI07458(IMET), N210, IMET 7458
134708	A. chroococcum Ag, CIP 109871
141590	A. chroococcum CCUG 3357, ATCC 9570

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
166	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
166	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

Culture temp

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

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
166	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#166	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 379
#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 )
#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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