Streptomyces formicae (DSM 100524, CGMCC 4.7277, 1H-GS9)

Name: Streptomyces formicae (DSM 100524, CGMCC 4.7277, 1H-GS9)
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BacDive ID 131026

Type strain

Strain Designation 1H-GS9

Culture col. no. DSM 100524 CGMCC 4.7277 1H-GS9

NCBI tax ID(s) 1616117

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Streptomyces formicae 1H-GS9 is a mesophilic prokaryote that builds an aerial mycelium and was isolated from head of Camponotus japonicus Mayr ant.

mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 405789

DSM 100524

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:01:08

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Kitasatosporales

Family Streptomycetaceae

Genus Streptomyces

Species Streptomyces formicae

Full scientific name Streptomyces formicae Bai et al. 2016

Morphology

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Medium used
69242	Concrete grey (7023)	suter with tyrosine
69242	Colourless	ISP 6
69242	Ivory (1014)	ISP 5
69242	Light ivory (1015)	suter without tyrosine
69242	Light ivory (1015), quartz grey (7039)	ISP 7
69242	Olive grey (7002)	ISP 3
69242	Sand yellow (1002)	ISP 2
69242	Stone grey (7030)	ISP 4

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Complex name	Complex color	Medium name
69242	Aerial mycelium	Telegrey 2 (7046), telegrey 4 (7047)	ISP 2
69242	Aerial mycelium	Traffic grey a (7042), signal white (9003)	ISP 3
69242	Aerial mycelium	Traffic grey a (7042), telegrey 4 (7047)	ISP 4
69242	Aerial mycelium	Dusty grey (7037), light grey (7035)	ISP 5
69242	Aerial mycelium		ISP 6
69242	Aerial mycelium		ISP 7
69242	Aerial mycelium		suter with tyrosine
69242	Aerial mycelium		suter without tyrosine

Pigmentation

@ref	Production	Name
69242		Melanin
69242		soluble pigment

Multimedia

@ref:	22318
multimedia content:	DSM_100524.jpg
multimedia.multimedia content:	https://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/photos/DSM_100524.jpg
caption:	Medium 65 28°C
intellectual property rights:	© Leibniz-Institut DSMZ
manual_annotation:	1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
22318	ROLLED OATS MINERAL MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 84)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: ROLLED OATS MINERAL MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 84) Composition: Agar 20.0 g/l Rolled oats 20.0 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.001 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.001 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.001 g/l Distilled water
22318	GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65) Composition: Agar 18.0 g/l Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l CaCO3 2.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
22318	positive	growth	28	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125438		90.353

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
69242	NaCl	positive	growth	0-2.5 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
69242	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	+	growth
69242	62968 ChEBI	cellulose	-	growth
68379	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
69242	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+/-	growth
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
69242	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	growth
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
69242	17268 ChEBI	inositol	+	growth
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
69242	37684 ChEBI	mannose	-	growth
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API Coryne
69242	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	growth
69242	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	+	growth
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
69242	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	growth
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
69242	18222 ChEBI	xylose	+	growth

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
68379	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
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
68379	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-mannosidase	+	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68379	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68379	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68379	gelatinase	+		from API Coryne
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
68379	pyrazinamidase	-	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
68379	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	1,4-dihydroxy-6-naphthoate biosynthesis	100	6 of 6
66794	serine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	cyanate degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	valine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	100	5 of 5
66794	starch degradation	100	10 of 10
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	IAA biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	100	9 of 9
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	100	10 of 10
66794	grixazone biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	100	7 of 7
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	threonine metabolism	100	10 of 10
66794	ethanol fermentation	100	2 of 2
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	100	9 of 9
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	acetate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	100	5 of 5
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	100	6 of 6
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	glycogen metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	taurine degradation	100	1 of 1
66794	isoleucine metabolism	100	8 of 8
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	lactate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	cellulose degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	chorismate metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	aerobactin biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	heme metabolism	92.86	13 of 14
66794	leucine metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	91.67	11 of 12
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	91.18	31 of 34
66794	proline metabolism	90.91	10 of 11
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	90.91	10 of 11
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	90	9 of 10
66794	NAD metabolism	88.89	16 of 18
66794	d-mannose degradation	88.89	8 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	88.89	8 of 9
66794	arginine metabolism	87.5	21 of 24
66794	gluconeogenesis	87.5	7 of 8
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	flavin biosynthesis	86.67	13 of 15
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	86.67	13 of 15
66794	alanine metabolism	86.21	25 of 29
66794	purine metabolism	86.17	81 of 94
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	glutathione metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	aclacinomycin biosynthesis	85.71	6 of 7
66794	citric acid cycle	85.71	12 of 14
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	85.71	6 of 7
66794	propanol degradation	85.71	6 of 7
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	85.71	6 of 7
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	85.71	24 of 28
66794	methionine metabolism	84.62	22 of 26
66794	urea cycle	84.62	11 of 13
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	84.44	38 of 45
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	81.82	9 of 11
66794	tryptophan metabolism	81.58	31 of 38
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	81.25	13 of 16
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	80	8 of 10
66794	hydrogen production	80	4 of 5
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	80	4 of 5
66794	propionate fermentation	80	8 of 10
66794	non-pathway related	78.95	30 of 38
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	allantoin degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	lipid metabolism	77.42	24 of 31
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	76.92	20 of 26
66794	glycolysis	76.47	13 of 17
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	75	3 of 4
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	72.53	66 of 91
66794	histidine metabolism	72.41	21 of 29
66794	cysteine metabolism	72.22	13 of 18
66794	degradation of sugar acids	72	18 of 25
66794	phenol degradation	70	14 of 20
66794	polyamine pathway	69.57	16 of 23
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	lysine metabolism	69.05	29 of 42
66794	degradation of pentoses	67.86	19 of 28
66794	methane metabolism	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	degradation of hexoses	66.67	12 of 18
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	nitrate assimilation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	tyrosine metabolism	64.29	9 of 14
66794	cholesterol biosynthesis	63.64	7 of 11
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	62.5	10 of 16
66794	carnitine metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
66794	sulfate reduction	61.54	8 of 13
66794	vitamin K metabolism	60	3 of 5
66794	gallate degradation	60	3 of 5
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	mevalonate metabolism	57.14	4 of 7
66794	daunorubicin biosynthesis	55.56	5 of 9
66794	d-xylose degradation	54.55	6 of 11
66794	ascorbate metabolism	54.55	12 of 22
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	53.33	8 of 15
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	50	5 of 10
66794	vitamin E metabolism	50	2 of 4
66794	alginate biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	resorcinol degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	toluene degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	kanosamine biosynthesis II	50	1 of 2
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	50	1 of 2
66794	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	47.06	8 of 17
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	46.15	6 of 13
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	44.44	4 of 9
66794	benzoyl-CoA degradation	42.86	3 of 7
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	40.91	9 of 22
66794	bacilysin biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	D-cycloserine biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	elloramycin biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	chlorophyll metabolism	38.89	7 of 18
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	36.36	4 of 11
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	33.33	6 of 18
66794	methanogenesis from CO2	33.33	4 of 12
66794	sulfoquinovose degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	30.77	4 of 13
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	catecholamine biosynthesis	25	1 of 4

API coryne

@ref	Reduction of nitrateNIT	PYZ	PYRA	PAL	beta GUR	beta GAL	alpha GLU	beta NAG	ESC	URE	GEL	Control fermentationControl	GLU	RIB	XYL	MAN	MAL	LAC	SAC	GLYG	CAT
69242	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.

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
69242	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+/-	-	+	+	+/-	+/-	+/-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Arthropoda	#Insecta

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
22318	head of Camponotus japonicus Mayr ant	Camponotus japonicus	Heilongjiang province, Harbin, Northeast Agricultural University	China	CHN	Asia

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
22318	1	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM2264766v1 assembly for Streptomyces formicae 1H-GS9	complete	GCA_022647665	1616117.8	8053361298	1616117	97.3
124043	ASM4265586v1 assembly for Streptomyces formicae CGMCC 4.7277	scaffold	GCA_042655865			1616117	35.44

Genome browser: GCA_022647665

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
22318	Streptomyces formicae strain 1H-GS9 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KP784804	1519		1616117

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
22318	71.9	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Streptomyces formicae 1H-GS9
NCBI: GCA_022647665.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	89.77	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	95.55	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	89.43	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	90.35	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	92.50	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	89.50	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Streptomyces formicae sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from the head of Camponotus japonicus Mayr.	Bai L, Liu C, Guo L, Piao C, Li Z, Li J, Jia F, Wang X, Xiang W	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-015-0628-7	2015

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 )
#22318	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 100524
#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) .
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#69242	Wink, J.: Compendium of Actinobacteria. HZI-Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig .
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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 )
#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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Streptomyces formicae (DSM 100524, CGMCC 4.7277, 1H-GS9)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Colony morphology

Multicellular morphology

Pigmentation

Multimedia

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Enzymes

Pathway annotation

API coryne

API zym

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_022647665

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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