Actinoalloteichus caeruleus (DSM 40103, AS 4.1372, ATCC 27421)

Name: Actinoalloteichus caeruleus (DSM 40103, AS 4.1372, ATCC 27421)
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BacDive ID 13191

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 40103 AS 4.1372 ATCC 27421 CBS 645.72 IFO 13344 19 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 2893586

Special Collections DSMZ JCM JMRC

History DSMZ <- E.B. Shirling, ISP <- E. Baldacci, IPV 930 JCM <-- KCC S-0014 <-- Y. Okami <-- T. Yamaguchi <-- NRRL B-1623.

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Actinoalloteichus caeruleus DSM 40103 is a bacterium that produces antibiotic compounds and was isolated from rice straw.

antibiotic compound production genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 13389

LMG 19399,ATCC 27421,CCRC 13659,DSM 40103,IFO 13344,IMET 40622,JCM 4014,JCM 4730,NRRL B-1623,NRRL B-2194,MTCC 4995,VKM Ac-1918,CBS 645.72,NBRC 100143,NBRC 13344,AS 4.1372,NBRC 100066,BCRC 13659,CGMCC 4.1372

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:27:59

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Pseudonocardiales

Family Pseudonocardiaceae

Genus Actinoalloteichus

Species Actinoalloteichus caeruleus

Full scientific name Actinoalloteichus caeruleus (Baldacci 1944) Teo et al. 2021

Synonyms (3)

"Actinomyces caeruleus"
Streptomyces caeruleus
Actinoalloteichus cyanogriseus

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Confidence	Gram stain
125438	90.082
125439	90.797
125438	91.409	positive
125439	97.708	positive

Multimedia

@ref:	9314
multimedia content:	DSM_40103.jpg
multimedia.multimedia content:	https://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/photos/DSM_40103.jpg
caption:	Medium 65 pH8 28°C
intellectual property rights:	© Leibniz-Institut DSMZ
manual_annotation:	1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
9314	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)
9314	positive	growth	28
67770	positive	growth	28

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate aerobe	98.696

Compound production

@ref	Compound
9314	caerulomycin
20216	Caerulomycin

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Plants	#Herbaceous plants (Grass,Crops)
#Host Body Product	#Plant	#Straw

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
9314	rice straw
67770	Rice straw

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence HG917901 (>99% sequence identity) for Actinoalloteichus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	125
Soil Samples	1111
Animal Samples	269
Plant Samples	164
Total Samples	1669

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
9314	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM71800v1 assembly for Actinoalloteichus caeruleus NRRL B-2194	contig	GCA_000718005	65497.3	2773857970	2893586	48.88
67770	ASM71609v1 assembly for Actinoalloteichus caeruleus NRRL ISP-5103	scaffold	GCA_000716095	65497.4	2811995056	2893586	0

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Actinoalloteichus caeruleus gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 13344	AB184345	1470	65497
20218	Actinoalloteichus cyanogriseus strain AS 4.1372 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	FJ406110	1357	65497
20218	Actinoalloteichus cyanogriseus partial 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 40103	HG917901	1488	65497
67770	Streptomyces caeruleus strain NRRL B-2194 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	EF178675	1481	2893586

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	72.5	genome sequence analysis

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM71800v1 assembly for Actinoalloteichus caeruleus NRRL B-2194
NCBI: GCA_000718005

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	97.71	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	98.70	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	90.80	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	75.73	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Actinoalloteichus cyanogriseus NRRL ISP-5103
NCBI: GCA_000716095.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	91.41	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	96.93	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	89.99	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	73.25	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	91.80	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	90.08	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Genomic Insights of Biosynthetic Potential from Actinoalloteichus caeruleus LHW52806, a Promising Actinomycete for Natural Product Discovery.	Hong H, Zhang D, Lin HW, Li L.	Biochem Genet	10.1007/s10528-025-11195-z	2025
	Exploring the fibrinolytic potential of marine Actinoalloteichus caeruleus isolated from Bay of Bengal coast.	Suresh KN, C SD.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/s12866-025-03815-w	2025
Phylogeny	Taxonomic note on the family Pseudonocardiaceae based on phylogenomic analysis and descriptions of Allosaccharopolyspora gen. nov. and Halosaccharopolyspora gen. nov.	Teo WFA, Tan GYA, Li WJ.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.005075	2021
Phylogeny	Reclassification of Streptomyces caeruleus as a synonym of Actinoalloteichus cyanogriseus and reclassification of Streptomyces spheroides and Streptomyces laceyi as later synonyms of Streptomyces niveus.	Tamura T, Ishida Y, Otoguro M, Hatano K, Labeda D, Price NP, Suzuki K	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.65560-0	2008

References

#9314	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 40103
#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 )
#20216	Curators of the JMRC: Jena Microbial Resource Collection (JMRC):
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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 .
#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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Actinoalloteichus caeruleus (DSM 40103, AS 4.1372, ATCC 27421)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Multimedia

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Compound production

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000718005

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

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