Fusibacter bizertensis DSM 28034 is an anaerobe, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from drain at the bottom of a corroded kerosene storage tank.
anaerobe mesophilic 16S sequence| @ref 20215 |
Last LPSN update
2025-12-16 10:01:05 |
| Domain Bacillati |
| Phylum Bacillota |
| Class Clostridia |
| Order Eubacteriales |
| Family [Eubacteriales, not assigned to family] |
| Genus Fusibacter |
| Species Fusibacter bizertensis |
| Full scientific name Fusibacter bizertensis Smii et al. 2015 |
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21893 | FUSIBACTER BIZERTENSIS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 853b) | Medium recipe at MediaDive  | Name: FUSIBACTER BIZERTENSIS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 853b) Composition: D-Glucose 3.56436 g/l Na2S2O3 x 5 H2O 3.12871 g/l Na2CO3 1.48515 g/l NH4Cl 0.990099 g/l Trypticase peptone 0.990099 g/l Yeast extract 0.990099 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.49505 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 0.49505 g/l KH2PO4 0.29703 g/l K2HPO4 0.29703 g/l Na2S x 9 H2O 0.29703 g/l KCl 0.0990099 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.029703 g/l Nitrilotriacetic acid 0.0148515 g/l NaCl 0.00990099 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.00495049 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00178218 g/l CoSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00178218 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.000990099 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.000990099 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.00049505 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 0.00029703 g/l AlK(SO4)2 x 12 H2O 0.00019802 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 9.90099e-05 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 9.90099e-05 g/l H3BO3 9.90099e-05 g/l Na2WO4 x 2 H2O 3.9604e-06 g/l Na2SeO3 x 5 H2O 2.9703e-06 g/l Distilled water |
| Cat1 | Cat2 | Cat3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #Engineered | #Built environment | - | |
| #Engineered | #Built environment | #Container (Reservoir) | |
| #Engineered | #Industrial | #Oil reservoir |
| @ref | Sample type | Geographic location | Country | Country ISO 3 Code | Continent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21893 | drain at the bottom of a corroded kerosene storage tank | Bizerte | Tunisia | TUN | Africa | |
| 67770 | Drain at the bottom of a corroded kerosene storage tank of the Société Tunisienne des Industries des Raffinage, Bizerte, northern Tunisia | Bizerte | Tunisia | TUN | Africa |
Global distribution of 16S sequence KJ420408 (>99% sequence identity) for Fusibacter bizertensis subclade from Microbeatlas 
 Aquatic Samples |
202 |
 Soil Samples |
12 |
 Animal Samples |
22 |
 Plant Samples |
5 |
| Total Samples | 241 |
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genetics | Aerotolerant Thiosulfate-Reducing Bacterium Fusibacter sp. Strain WBS Isolated from Littoral Bottom Sediments of the White Sea-Biochemical and Genome Analysis. | Brioukhanov AL, Kadnikov VV, Beletsky AV, Savvichev AS. | Microorganisms | 10.3390/microorganisms11071642 | 2023 |  |
| Metabolism | Pressure and temperature effects on deep-sea hydrocarbon-degrading microbial communities in subarctic sediments. | Perez Calderon LJ, Gontikaki E, Potts LD, Shaw S, Gallego A, Anderson JA, Witte U. | Microbiologyopen | 10.1002/mbo3.768 | 2019 | |
| First draft genome sequence of a strain from the genus Fusibacter isolated from Salar de Ascotán in Northern Chile. | Serrano AE, Escudero LV, Tebes-Cayo C, Acosta M, Encalada O, Fernandez-Moroso S, Demergasso C. | Stand Genomic Sci | 10.1186/s40793-017-0252-4 | 2017 | | |
| Phylogeny | Fusibacter fontis sp. nov., a sulfur-reducing, anaerobic bacterium isolated from a mesothermic Tunisian spring. | Fadhlaoui K, Ben Hania W, Postec A, Fauque G, Hamdi M, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. | Int J Syst Evol Microbiol | 10.1099/ijsem.0.000445 | 2015 | |
| Phylogeny | Fusibacter bizertensis sp. nov., isolated from a corroded kerosene storage tank. | Smii L, Ben Hania W, Cayol JL, Joseph M, Hamdi M, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML | Int J Syst Evol Microbiol | 10.1099/ijs.0.066183-0 | 2014 | |
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