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"Deinococcus sahariens" (DSM 18496, LMG 23756, Han 23)

BacDive ID 130274

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 18496 LMG 23756 Han 23

NCBI tax ID(s) 391359 47478

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"Deinococcus sahariens" DSM 18496 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from water, hot spring.

mesophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 399822

LMG 23756,DSM 18496

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:00:57

Domain Thermotogati

Phylum Deinococcota

Class Deinococci

Order Deinococcales

Family Deinococcaceae

Genus Deinococcus

Species "Deinococcus sahariens"

Full scientific name Deinococcus sahariens Bouraoui et al. 2012

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
21570	R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casamino acids 0.5 g/l Starch 0.5 g/l Glucose 0.5 g/l Proteose peptone 0.5 g/l Yeast extract 0.5 g/l K2HPO4 0.3 g/l Na-pyruvate 0.3 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.05 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
21570	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Thermal spring
#Condition	#Thermophilic (>45°C)	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
21570	water, hot spring	Kebili, Jemna	Tunisia	TUN	Africa

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AM283039 (>99% sequence identity) for Deinococcus sahariens subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	52
Soil Samples	30
Animal Samples	171
Plant Samples	28
Total Samples	281

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Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
21570	Deinococcus sahariens partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain Han23T	AM283039	1498		391359

GC content

21570

GC-content (mol%)66.9

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Characterization of Deinococcus sahariens sp. nov., a radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from a Saharan hot spring.	Bouraoui H, Aissa MB, Abbassi F, Touzel JP, O'donohue M, Manai M	Arch Microbiol	10.1007/s00203-011-0762-1	2011

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 )
#21570	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 18496
#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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"Deinococcus sahariens" (DSM 18496, LMG 23756, Han 23)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

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Literature

References

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