"Candidatus Acidianus copahuensis" (DSM 29099, JCM 30227, RZ1)

BacDive ID 131324

Type strain

Strain Designation RZ1

Culture col. no. DSM 29099 JCM 30227 RZ1

NCBI tax ID(s) 1160895

Special Collections DSMZ JCM

History <- R. Zhang, Univ. Duisburg-Essen, Germany; RZ1 (Acidianus sp.) <- R. Zhang; {2011} W. Sand; Aquatic Biotechnol., Biofilm Centre, Univ. of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; RZ1.

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"Candidatus Acidianus copahuensis" RZ1 is an archaeon that was isolated from hot spring.

genome sequence 16S sequence Archaea

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 408356

DSM 29099

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:31:26

Domain Archaea

Phylum Thermoproteota

Class Thermoprotei

Order Sulfolobales

Family Sulfolobaceae

Genus Acidianus

Species "Candidatus Acidianus copahuensis"

Full scientific name Candidatus Acidianus copahuensis Giaveno et al. 2013

Morphology

Colony morphology

22551

Incubation period3-7 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
22551	SULFOLOBUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 88)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: SULFOLOBUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 88; with strain-specific modifications) Composition: Sulfur powder 9.90099 g/l (NH4)2SO4 1.28713 g/l D-Glucose 0.990099 g/l KH2PO4 0.277228 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.247525 g/l Yeast extract 0.19802 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.0693069 g/l FeCl3 x 6 H2O 0.019802 g/l Na2B4O7 x 10 H2O 0.00445545 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.00178218 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.000217822 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 4.95049e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 2.9703e-05 g/l VOSO4 x 2 H2O 2.9703e-05 g/l CoSO4 x 7 H2O 9.90099e-06 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
22551	positive	growth	65
67770	positive	growth	65

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate aerobe	93.1

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	Latitude	Longitude
22551	hot spring	Caviahue-Copahue	Argentina	ARG	Middle and South America	-37.8182	-71.0984 -37.8182/-71.0984
67770	Hot spring in Caviahue-Copahue		Argentina	ARG	Middle and South America

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID
67770	ASM1313389v1 assembly for Acidianus sp. RZ1 DSM 29099	contig	GCA_013133895	2732866.3	8065317240	1540082

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
22551	Acidianus sp. RZ1 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KJ921703	934		1540082

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Acidianus sp. RZ1 DSM 29099
NCBI: GCA_013133895

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	65.30	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	59.70	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	84.20	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	93.10	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Acidianus sp. RZ1 DSM 29099
NCBI: GCA_013133895.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	75.03	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	63.45	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	68.32	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	86.63	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	yes	77.09	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	88.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Use of lectins to in situ visualize glycoconjugates of extracellular polymeric substances in acidophilic archaeal biofilms.	Zhang RY, Neu TR, Bellenberg S, Kuhlicke U, Sand W, Vera M	Microb Biotechnol	10.1111/1751-7915.12188	2014
	Insight Into Interactions of Thermoacidophilic Archaea With Elemental Sulfur: Biofilm Dynamics and EPS Analysis.	Zhang R, Neu TR, Li Q, Blanchard V, Zhang Y, Schippers A, Sand W	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2019.00896	2019
Biotechnology	Biofilm dynamics and EPS production of a thermoacidophilic bioleaching archaeon.	Zhang R, Neu TR, Blanchard V, Vera M, Sand W	N Biotechnol	10.1016/j.nbt.2019.02.002	2019

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 )
#22551	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 29099
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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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"Candidatus Acidianus copahuensis" (DSM 29099, JCM 30227, RZ1)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_013133895

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

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