Name: Litchfieldia alkalitelluris BA288
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 1282

Type strain:

Species: Litchfieldia alkalitelluris

Strain Designation: BA288, 18.101

Culture col. no.: DSM 16976, CIP 110635, KCTC 3947

Strain history: CIP <- 2013, DSM <- C.J. Kim <- G.S. Lee, Korea:strain BA288

NCBI tax ID(s): 304268 (species)

SI-ID 232155

KCTC 3947, DSM 16976, CIP 110635

Section

Litchfieldia alkalitelluris BA288 is a facultative anaerobe, spore-forming, mesophilic bacterium that was isolated from sandy soil near an abandoned mine.

Gram-positive
motile
rod-shaped
spore-forming
facultative anaerobe
mesophilic
16S sequence
Bacteria
genome sequence

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

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Bacillota*
	Class	*Bacilli*
	Order	*Caryophanales*
	Family	*Bacillaceae*
	Genus	*Litchfieldia*
	Species	**Litchfieldia alkalitelluris**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Litchfieldia alkalitelluris (Lee et al. 2008) Gupta et al. 2020

Synonym

Bacillus alkalitelluris

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #32587]	Gram stain	positive
[Ref.: #67771]	Gram stain	positive
[Ref.: #116248]	Gram stain	positive
[Ref.: #69480]	Gram stain	positive Confidence in %100

[Ref.: #32587]	Cell length	2.4-3 µm

[Ref.: #32587]	Cell width	0.4-0.5 µm

[Ref.: #32587]	Cell shape	rod-shaped
[Ref.: #116248]	Cell shape	rod-shaped
[Ref.: #67771]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #32587]	Motility	yes
[Ref.: #116248]	Motility	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	Motility	yes Confidence in %98

[Ref.: #67771]	Flagellum arrangement	peritrichous

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Pigment production

yes

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 growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

Marine agar (MA)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

		Temperature
[Ref.: #6598]	growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #32587]	growth	15-40 °C
[Ref.: #32587]	optimum	30 °C
[Ref.: #33586]	growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #67771]	growth	30 °C

[Ref.: #6598]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #32587]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #33586]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #67771]	Temperature range	mesophilic

	pH	Kind of pH		pH
[Ref.: #32587]			optimum	9-9.5
[Ref.: #32587]			growth	07-11

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #32587]	Oxygen tolerance	facultative anaerobe
[Ref.: #67771]	Oxygen tolerance	aerobe

[Ref.: #67771]	Type of spore	endospore
[Ref.: #67771]	Ability of spore formation	yes
[Ref.: #32587]	Ability of spore formation	yes
[Ref.: #69481]	Ability of spore formation	yes Confidence in %100
[Ref.: #69480]	Ability of spore formation	yes Confidence in %100

	Halophily	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #32587]		NaCl		growth	0-4	%
[Ref.: #32587]		NaCl		optimum	0-1	%

[Ref.: #32587]	Observation	aggregates in chains
[Ref.: #67771]	Observation	quinones: MK-7

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #32587]	acetate ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32587]	citrate ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32587]	esculin ChEBI	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #32587]	formate ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32587]	glutamate ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32587]	malate ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32587]	succinate ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #32587]	xylose ChEBI	+	carbon source

	Enzymes	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #32587]		catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #32587]		cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #6598]	Sample type/isolated from	sandy soil near an abandoned mine
[Ref.: #6598]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Keumsan region
[Ref.: #6598]	Country	Republic of Korea
[Ref.: #6598]	Country ISO 3 Code	KOR
[Ref.: #6598]	Continent	Asia

[Ref.: #67771]	Sample type/isolated from	From soil
[Ref.: #67771]	Country	Republic of Korea
[Ref.: #67771]	Country ISO 3 Code	KOR
[Ref.: #67771]	Continent	Asia

[Ref.: #116248]	Sample type/isolated from	Environment, Sandy soil near an abondoned mine
[Ref.: #116248]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Keumsan Region
[Ref.: #116248]	Country	Republic of Korea
[Ref.: #116248]	Country ISO 3 Code	KOR
[Ref.: #116248]	Continent	Asia
* marker position based on {}

Isolation sources categories

#Engineered	#Other	#Mine
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Sandy
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

What are isolation sources categories?

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Global distribution of 16S sequence AY829448 (>99% sequence identity) for Litchfieldia alkalitelluris subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	42
Soil Samples	150
Animal Samples	89
Plant Samples	11
Total Samples	292

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

[Ref.: #6598]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
[Ref.: #116248]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (French 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.: #6598]	Bacillus alkalitelluris strain BA288 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY829448	1515	ENA	304268 tax ID

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Litchfieldia alkalitelluris DSM 16976	GCA_002019645	scaffold	GenBank	304268 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Bacillus alkalitelluris strain DSM 16976	304268.3	wgs	PATRIC	304268 tax ID	*

[Ref.: #6598]	GC-content	37.9 mol%	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
[Ref.: #32587]	GC-content	37.9 mol%

Data predicted using genome information as a basis Genome-based predictions

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 based on: Litchfieldia alkalitelluris DSM 16976 NCBI: GCA_002019645.1
[Ref.: #69481]	spore-forming	yes	100	no

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from Diaspora project based on: Litchfieldia alkalitelluris DSM 16976 NCBI: GCA_002019645.1
[Ref.: #69480]	flagellated	yes	89.308	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	gram-positive	yes	90.339	no
[Ref.: #69480]	anaerobic	no	98.629	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	aerobic	yes	81.495	no
[Ref.: #69480]	halophile	no	54.062	no
[Ref.: #69480]	spore-forming	yes	92.949	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-util	yes	90.469	no
[Ref.: #69480]	thermophile	no	98.536	no
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-ferment	no	87.473	no
[Ref.: #69480]	motile	yes	89.737	yes

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 16976, CIP 110635, KCTC 3947

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SI-ID 232155

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Bacillus salsus sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium from a hypersaline lake.	Amoozegar MA, Didari M, Bagheri M, Fazeli SAS, Schumann P, Sproer C, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.050120-0	2013	*
Phylogeny	Bacillus alkalitelluris sp. nov., an alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from sandy soil.	Lee JC, Lee GS, Park DJ, Kim CJ	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.65733-0	2008	*

References

#6598

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 16976

#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 )

#32587

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 #28801 (see below)

#33586 ; 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) .

#67771 Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC) ; Curators of the KCTC;

#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 .

#69480

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Predictions based on genome sequence made in the Diaspora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#69481

Xiao-Yin To, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Alice C. McHardy, Philipp C. Münch: Predictions based on the model GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 . ( DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2527258/v1 )

#70936

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-ID232155.1 )

#116248 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 110635

#28801

IJSEM 2629 2008 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.65733-0 , PubMed 18984705 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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