Basilea psittacipulmonis (DSM 24701, CIP 110308, JF4266)

Name: Basilea psittacipulmonis (DSM 24701, CIP 110308, JF4266)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 130149

Type strain

Strain Designation JF4266

Culture col. no. DSM 24701 CIP 110308 JF4266

NCBI tax ID(s) 1072685 1472345

Special Collections DSMZ CIP

History CIP <- 2011, J. Frey, Bern Univ., Bern, Switzerland: strain JF4266, Basilea psittacopulmonis DSMZ <- J. Frey, Univ. Berne, Switzerland; JF4266 CIP <- 2011, J. Frey, Bern Univ., Bern, Switzerland: strain JF4266, Basilea psittacopulmonis

Links

Basilea psittacipulmonis JF4266 is a microaerophile, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from lung of dead parakeet Melopsittacus undulatus kept in captivity in a petshop.

Gram-negative rod-shaped microaerophile genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 394347

KCTC 13793,JCM 19024,CIP 110308,DSM 24701,DSM 24791

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:37:18

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Betaproteobacteria

Order Burkholderiales

Family Alcaligenaceae

Genus Basilea

Species Basilea psittacipulmonis

Full scientific name Basilea psittacipulmonis Whiteson et al. 2014

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
125438	negative		98.5
125439	positive		91.551
125439			93.545
122014	negative	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

@ref	Type of hemolysis	Hemolysis ability	Incubation period
22106	gamma	0	1-2 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
36309	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
22106	COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693) Composition: Defibrinated sheep blood 50.0 g/l Columbia agar base
122014	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
22106	positive	growth	37
36309	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
22106	microaerophile
122014	obligate aerobe
125439	facultative anaerobe	94.903

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.531
125438		93.804

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68377	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
68377	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
68377	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
122014	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
122014	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68377	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API NH
68377	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API NH

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68377	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API NH
122014	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68377	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API NH

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68382	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68377	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API NH
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
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68377	beta-lactamase	-	3.5.2.6	from API NH
22106	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
122014	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
22106	cytochrome-c oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	-		from API zym
68382	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68377	lipase	-		from API NH
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
122014	oxidase	-
68377	proline-arylamidase	+	3.4.11.5	from API NH
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68377	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API NH
122014	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68377	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API NH
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

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
122014	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API NH

@ref	PEN	GLU	FRU	MAL	SAC	ODC	URE	LIP	PAL	beta GAL	ProA	GGT	IND
22106	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-
22106	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Birds	-
#Host Body-Site	#Oral cavity and airways	#Lung

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
22106	lung of dead parakeet Melopsittacus undulatus kept in captivity in a petshop	Melopsittacus undulatus	Basel	Switzerland	CHE	Europe
122014	Bird lung, Melopsitttacus undulatus		Bern	Switzerland	CHE	Europe	2007

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence JX412111 (>99% sequence identity) for Basilea psittacipulmonis subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	103
Soil Samples	24
Animal Samples	1561
Plant Samples	19
Total Samples	1707

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
122014		1	Risk group (French classification)
22106		2	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM74394v1 assembly for Basilea psittacipulmonis DSM 24701	complete	GCA_000743945	1072685.4	2597490181	1072685	95.12
66792	ASM200352v1 assembly for Basilea psittacipulmonis DSM 24701	contig	GCA_002003525	1072685.5	2914311346	1072685	49.92

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
22106	Basilea psittacipulmonis DSM 24701 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	JX412111	1559		1072685

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
22106	43	sequence analysis

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM74394v1 assembly for Basilea psittacipulmonis DSM 24701
BV-BRC: 1072685.4

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	94.90	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	91.55	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	93.55	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.53	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Basilea psittacipulmonis DSM 24701 DSM 24701
NCBI: GCA_000743945.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.50	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	91.50	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	53.03	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	93.80	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	92.74	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	78.56	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Pathogenicity	Taxonomic distribution of SbmA/BacA and BacA-like antimicrobial peptide transporters suggests independent recruitment and convergent evolution in host-microbe interactions.	Smith NT, Boukherissa A, Antaya K, Howe GW, Mergaert P, Rodriguez de la Vega RC, Shykoff JA, Alunni B, diCenzo GC.	Microb Genom	10.1099/mgen.0.001380	2025
	In vitro biocontrol potential of plant extract-based formulation against infection structures of Phytophthora infestans along with lower non-target effects.	Penaud V, Alahmad A, De Vrieze M, Bouteiller M, Eude M, Bernardon-Mery A, Trinsoutrot-Gattin I, Laval K, Gauthier A.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2025.1569281	2025
	Comparative Study of Antibacterial, Antibiofilm, Antiswarming and Antiquorum Sensing Activities of Origanum vulgare Essential Oil and Terpinene-4-ol against Pathogenic Bacteria.	Merghni A, Haddaji N, Bouali N, Alabbosh KF, Adnan M, Snoussi M, Noumi E, Noumi E.	Life (Basel)	10.3390/life12101616	2022
Enzymology	Illicium verum L. (Star Anise) Essential Oil: GC/MS Profile, Molecular Docking Study, In Silico ADME Profiling, Quorum Sensing, and Biofilm-Inhibiting Effect on Foodborne Bacteria.	Noumi E, Ahmad I, Adnan M, Patel H, Merghni A, Haddaji N, Bouali N, Alabbosh KF, Kadri A, Caputo L, Polito F, Snoussi M, Feo V.	Molecules	10.3390/molecules28237691	2023
	Chemical Composition, Antibacterial and Anti-Quorum Sensing Activities of Pimenta dioica L. Essential Oil and Its Major Compound (Eugenol) against Foodborne Pathogenic Bacteria.	ALrashidi AA, Noumi E, Snoussi M, Feo V.	Plants (Basel)	10.3390/plants11040540	2022
Enzymology	GC/MS Profiling, Antibacterial, Anti-Quorum Sensing, and Antibiofilm Properties of Anethum graveolens L. Essential Oil: Molecular Docking Study and In-Silico ADME Profiling.	Noumi E, Noumi E, Ahmad I, Adnan M, Merghni A, Patel H, Haddaji N, Bouali N, Alabbosh KF, Ghannay S, Aouadi K, Kadri A, Polito F, Snoussi M, De Feo V.	Plants (Basel)	10.3390/plants12101997	2023
Phylogeny	The reference strain Aeromonas hydrophicla CIP 57.50 should be reclassified as Aeromonas salmonicida CIP 57.50.	Minana-Galbis D, Farfan M, Loren JG, Fuste MC.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.017939-0	2010
Genetics	Emerging Aeromonas spp. infections in Europe: characterization of human clinical isolates from German patients.	Schwartz K, Borowiak M, Strauch E, Deneke C, Richter MH, German Aeromonas Study Group.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2024.1498180	2024
Transcriptome	Discovery of fibrillar adhesins across bacterial species.	Monzon V, Lafita A, Bateman A.	BMC Genomics	10.1186/s12864-021-07586-2	2021
Phylogeny	A genomic perspective on a new bacterial genus and species from the Alcaligenaceae family, Basilea psittacipulmonis.	Whiteson KL, Hernandez D, Lazarevic V, Gaia N, Farinelli L, Francois P, Pilo P, Frey J, Schrenzel J	BMC Genomics	10.1186/1471-2164-15-169	2014

References

#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 )
#22106	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 24701
#36309	; 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) .
#68377	Automatically annotated from API NH .
#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 .
#122014	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 110308
#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 )

Content

About us

Basilea psittacipulmonis (DSM 24701, CIP 110308, JF4266)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API NH

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000743945

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

BacDive

Help

Social Media