Priestia aryabhattai (DSM 21047, JCM 13839, MTCC 7755)

Name: Priestia aryabhattai (DSM 21047, JCM 13839, MTCC 7755)
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BacDive ID 1290

Type strain

Strain Designation B8W22

Culture col. no. DSM 21047 JCM 13839 MTCC 7755 B8W22

NCBI tax ID(s) 412384

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Priestia aryabhattai B8W22 is a spore-forming, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote that was isolated from cryogenic tube used for collecting air from an altitude of 40–41.4 km.

spore-forming Gram-positive rod-shaped mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 361089

LMG 24407,JCM 13839,DSM 21047

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:47:04

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Bacillaceae

Genus Priestia

Species Priestia aryabhattai

Full scientific name Priestia aryabhattai (Shivaji et al. 2009) Gupta et al. 2020

Synonyms (1)

Bacillus aryabhattai

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape
22892	positive	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

22892

Colony size5 - 8 mm

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
22892	positive	maximum	37	mesophilic
22892	positive	minimum	10	psychrophilic
22892	positive	growth	28	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	28	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate aerobe	97.3

Spore formation

@ref	Spore description	Type of spore	Spore formation	Confidence
22892	ellipsoidal, central	endospore
125438				94.097

Compound production

@ref	Compound
22891	Acetoin
22892	Acetoin

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
22892	NaCl	positive	resistant	11.6 %(w/v)

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-7

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
22892	16808 ChEBI	2-dehydro-D-gluconate	+	growth
22892	30916 ChEBI	2-oxoglutarate	-	builds acid from
22892	30916 ChEBI	2-oxoglutarate	-	growth
22892	58143 ChEBI	5-dehydro-D-gluconate	+	growth
22892	30089 ChEBI	acetate	+	growth
22892	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	+	growth
22891	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	+	growth
22892	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	growth
22891		casein	+	hydrolysis
22892		casein	+	hydrolysis
22891	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	growth
22892	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	builds acid from
22892	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	growth
22892	62968 ChEBI	cellulose	-	growth
22892	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	growth
22892	16919 ChEBI	creatine	+	growth
22891	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	+	growth
22892	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	+	builds acid from
22892	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	+	growth
22891	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	hydrolysis
22892	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	growth
22891	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	+	growth
22891	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	growth
22892	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	growth
22892	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	growth
22892	15748 ChEBI	D-glucuronate	-	growth
22891	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	growth
22892	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	growth
22892	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	growth
22892	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	builds acid from
22892	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	growth
22891	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	growth
22892	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	+	growth
22891	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	growth
22892	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	builds acid from
22892	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	growth
22892	52071 ChEBI	dextran	-	growth
22892	23652 ChEBI	dextrin	-	growth
22892	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	+	builds acid from
22892	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	+	growth
22892	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	growth
22892	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
22892	15740 ChEBI	formate	+	growth
22892	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+	builds acid from
22892	29806 ChEBI	fumarate	+	growth
22891	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	growth
22892	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	growth
22892	28260 ChEBI	galactose	+	builds acid from
22892	28260 ChEBI	galactose	+	growth
22892	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+/-	growth
22892	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	builds acid from
22892	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	builds acid from
22892	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	growth
22892	15428 ChEBI	glycine	+	growth
22892	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	growth
22892	24684 ChEBI	hydroxybutanoic acid	-	growth
22891	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	growth
22892	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from
22892	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	growth
22892	16977 ChEBI	L-alanine	+	growth
22892	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	builds acid from
22892	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	growth
22892	16467 ChEBI	L-arginine	+	growth
22892	17196 ChEBI	L-asparagine	+	growth
22892	29991 ChEBI	L-aspartate	-	growth
22892	17561 ChEBI	L-cysteine	-	growth
22892	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	growth
22892	29985 ChEBI	L-glutamate	+	growth
22892	18050 ChEBI	L-glutamine	-	growth
22892	15971 ChEBI	L-histidine	-	growth
22892	17191 ChEBI	L-isoleucine	+/-	growth
22892	15603 ChEBI	L-leucine	+	growth
22892	18019 ChEBI	L-lysine	+	growth
22892	16643 ChEBI	L-methionine	+	growth
22892	15729 ChEBI	L-ornithine	+	growth
22892	17295 ChEBI	L-phenylalanine	-	growth
22892	17203 ChEBI	L-proline	-	growth
22892	17115 ChEBI	L-serine	+	growth
22892	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	+	growth
22892	16857 ChEBI	L-threonine	+	growth
22892	16828 ChEBI	L-tryptophan	+	growth
22892	17895 ChEBI	L-tyrosine	-	growth
22892	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	+	builds acid from
22892	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	+	growth
22892	24996 ChEBI	lactate	+	growth
22891	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	growth
22892	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	builds acid from
22892	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	growth
22892	25115 ChEBI	malate	-	growth
22892	15792 ChEBI	malonate	+	growth
22892	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from
22892	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	growth
22892	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+	builds acid from
22892	37684 ChEBI	mannose	+	builds acid from
22891	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	+	growth
22892	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	+	growth
22891	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	growth
22892	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	builds acid from
22892	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	growth
22892	55507 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-galactoside	+	growth
22891	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	+	growth
22892	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	+	growth
22892	17540 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-galactoside	-	growth
22892	37657 ChEBI	methyl D-glucoside	-	growth
22891	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	+	growth
22892	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	+	builds acid from
22892	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	+	growth
22891	506227 ChEBI	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine	+	growth
22892	506227 ChEBI	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine	+	growth
22892	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
22892	46793 ChEBI	polyethylene glycol	+	growth
22892	17272 ChEBI	propionate	+	growth
22892	15361 ChEBI	pyruvate	-	growth
22892	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	growth
22892	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	-	builds acid from
22892	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	+	growth
22892	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	+	builds acid from
22892	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	+	growth
22891	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	growth
22892	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	growth
22892	63675 ChEBI	sodium succinate	-	growth
22892	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	+	builds acid from
22892	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	growth
22892	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	hydrolysis
22892	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from
22892	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	growth
22892	47869 ChEBI	thioglycolate	-	growth
22892	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from
22892	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	growth
22892	31011 ChEBI	valerate	-	growth
22892	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	+	growth

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Metabolite	Sensitivity conc.	Resistance conc.
22892	2637	amikacin	30 µg (disc)
22891	2676	amoxicillin	15 µg (disc)
22892	2676	amoxicillin	15 µg (disc)
22892	28971	ampicillin	25 µg (disc)
22892	28669	bacitracin	10 µg (disc)
22892	3393	carbenicillin	100 µg (disc)
22892	3493	cefoperazone	75 µg (disc)
22892	204928	cefotaxime	30 µg (disc)
22892	3515	cefuroxime	30 µg (disc)
22891	17698	chloramphenicol	30 µg (disc)
22892	17698	chloramphenicol	30 µg (disc)
22892	100241	ciprofloxacin	30 µg (disc)
22892	37943	colistin		10 µg (disc)
22892	50845	doxycycline	10 µg (disc)
22892	48923	erythromycin	15 µg (disc)
22892	17833	gentamicin	30 µg (disc)
22891	6104	kanamycin	30 µg (disc)
22892	6104	kanamycin	30 µg (disc)
22892	6472	lincomycin	15 µg (disc)
22892	116278	lomefloxacin	30 µg (disc)
22892	71415	nitrofurantoin	300 µg (disc)
22892	100246	norfloxacin	10 µg (disc)
22892	28368	novobiocin	30 µg (disc)
22892	16869	oleandomycin	15 µg (disc)
22892	17334	penicillin		10 µg (disc)
22892	8309	polymyxin b	50 µg (disc)
22892	28077	rifampicin	30 µg (disc)
22892	48844	roxithromycin	15 µg (disc)
22891	9215	spectinomycin	100 µg (disc)
22892	9215	spectinomycin	100 µg (disc)
22891	17076	streptomycin	25 µg (disc)
22891	27902	tetracycline	30 µg (disc)
22892	27902	tetracycline	30 µg (disc)
22892	28864	tobramycin	15 µg (disc)
22892	28001	vancomycin	30 µg (disc)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
22891	15688 ChEBI	acetoin
22892	15688 ChEBI	acetoin
22891	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide
22892	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
22891	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+
22892	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
22891	alpha-chymotrypsin	+	3.4.21.1
22892	arginine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.19
22892	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6
22891	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31
22892	caseinase	+	3.4.21.50
22891	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
22892	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
22892	gelatinase	+
22892	lipase (Tween 80)	-
22892	lysine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.18
22892	ornithine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.17
22892	tryptophan deaminase	+	4.1.99.1
22892	urease	+	3.5.1.5

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Industrial	#Engineered product
#Environmental	#Air	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
15484	cryogenic tube used for collecting air from an altitude of 40–41.4 km	India	IND	Asia
67770	Cryogenic tube used for collecting an air sample from an altitude of 40-41.4 km

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence EF114313 (>99% sequence identity) for Priestia from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	1712
Soil Samples	7776
Animal Samples	6012
Plant Samples	3107
Total Samples	18607

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
15484	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM95659v1 assembly for Priestia aryabhattai B8W22	contig	GCA_000956595	1358420.3	2636415962	1358420	64.93
67770	IMG-taxon 2623620453 annotated assembly for Priestia aryabhattai B8W22	scaffold	GCA_900101665	1358420.6	2623620453	1358420	63.55

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
15484	Bacillus aryabhattai strain B8W22 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	EF114313	1533		1358420

GC content

15484

GC-content (mol%)38

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Priestia aryabhattai B8W22
NCBI: GCA_900101665

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	87.20	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	79.70	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	variable	79.20	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	97.30	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Bacillus aryabhattai B8W22
PATRIC: 1358420.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	82.37	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	93.27	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	94.10	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	71.09	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	92.49	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	82.13	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Characterization of Rhizosphere Microbial Diversity and Selection of Plant-Growth-Promoting Bacteria at the Flowering and Fruiting Stages of Rapeseed.	Wang M, Sun H, Xu Z.	Plants (Basel)	10.3390/plants13020329	2024
	Functional and genomic analyses of plant growth promoting traits in Priestia aryabhattai and Paenibacillus sp. isolates from tomato rhizosphere.	Almiron C, Petitti TD, Ponso MA, Romero AM, Areco VA, Bianco MI, Espariz M, Yaryura PM.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-025-87390-0	2025
	Screening and biodiversity analysis of cultivable inorganic phosphate-solubilizing bacteria in the rhizosphere of Hydrilla verticillata.	Li Y, Liu H, Yu X, Gong S, Gong Z.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0297047	2024
Phylogeny	Priestia veravalensis sp. nov., isolated from coastal sample.	Wagh VS, Ram H, Dastager SG	Arch Microbiol	10.1007/s00203-021-02418-z	2021

References

#15484	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 21047
#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 )
#22891	Jun Xi, Lin-Yan He, Zhi Huang, Xia-Fang Sheng: Bacillus qingshengii sp. nov., a rock-weathering bacterium isolated from weathered rock surface. IJSEM 64: 2473 - 2479 2014 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.061929-0 , PubMed 24801156 )
#22892	S. Shivaji, Preeti Chaturvedi, Zareena Begum, Pavan Kumar Pindi, R. Manorama, D. Ananth Padmanaban, Yogesh S. Shouche, Shrikant Pawar, Parag Vaishampayan, C. B. S. Dutt, G. N. Datta, R. K. Manchanda, U. R. Rao, P. M. Bhargava, J. V. Narlikar: Janibacter hoylei sp. nov., Bacillus isronensis sp. nov. and Bacillus aryabhattai sp. nov., isolated from cryotubes used for collecting air from the upper atmosphere. IJSEM 59: 2977 - 2986 2009 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.002527-0 , PubMed 19643890 )
#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 .
#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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Priestia aryabhattai (DSM 21047, JCM 13839, MTCC 7755)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Compound production

Halophily

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000956595

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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