Actinophytocola algeriensis (DSM 46746, CECT 8960, MB20)

Name: Actinophytocola algeriensis (DSM 46746, CECT 8960, MB20)
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BacDive ID 132566

Type strain

Strain Designation MB20

Culture col. no. DSM 46746 CECT 8960 MB20

NCBI tax ID(s) 1768010

Special Collections DSMZ Literature strains

History DSMZ <- N. Sabaou, Alger, Algeria; MB20

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Actinophytocola algeriensis MB20 is an aerobe, Gram-positive bacterium that was isolated from soil from a palm grove.

Gram-positive aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 404241

CECT 8960,DSM 46746

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:37:53

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Pseudonocardiales

Family Pseudonocardiaceae

Genus Actinophytocola

Species Actinophytocola algeriensis

Full scientific name Actinophytocola algeriensis Bouznada et al. 2016

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Motility	Confidence
43602	positive
125439	positive		97.617

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Medium used
43602	White	ISP 2

Multimedia

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caption:	Medium 535 28°C
intellectual property rights:	© Leibniz-Institut DSMZ
manual_annotation:	1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
43602	ISP 2
24355	TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
24355	positive	growth	28
43602	positive	growth	20-40
43602	negative	growth	15
43602	negative	growth	45

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
43602	positive	growth	6-9	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
43602	aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	98.536

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
43602	NaCl	positive	growth	0-4 %(w/v)
43602	NaCl	positive	optimum	0-2 %(w/v)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
43602		casein	+	hydrolysis
43602	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	carbon source
43602	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	carbon source
43602	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	carbon source
43602	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	carbon source
43602	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	carbon source
43602	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	carbon source
43602	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	+	carbon source
43602	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	carbon source
43602	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis
43602	16235 ChEBI	guanine	-	hydrolysis
43602	17368 ChEBI	hypoxanthine	-	hydrolysis
43602	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	carbon source
43602	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	+	carbon source
43602	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	carbon source
43602	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	carbon source
43602	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	carbon source
43602	37657 ChEBI	methyl D-glucoside	-	carbon source
43602	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	carbon source
43602	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	carbon source
43602	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	carbon source
43602	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	carbon source
43602	18186 ChEBI	tyrosine	-	hydrolysis
43602	15318 ChEBI	xanthine	-	hydrolysis

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
43602	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
43602	nitrate reductase	-	1.7.99.4

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Agriculture	#Grove (Orchard)
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil
#Host	#Plants	#Tree

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Latitude	Longitude
24355	soil from a palm grove	Ghardaia, Berriane (32° 29' N 3° 41' E)	Algeria	DZA	Africa	32.4833	3.6833 32.4833/3.6833
43602	Saharan soil from Berriane palm grove	Ghardaia, Mzab region	Algeria	DZA	Africa	32.483	3.683 32.483/3.683

Taxonmaps

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Global distribution of 16S sequence KU242749 (>99% sequence identity) for Actinophytocola algeriensis from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	6
Soil Samples	70
Animal Samples	5
Plant Samples	4
Total Samples	85

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
24355	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	ASM1487405v1 assembly for Actinophytocola algeriensis DSM 46746	contig	GCA_014874055	1768010.4	2870820038	1768010	77.03
66792	ASM1420373v1 assembly for Actinophytocola algeriensis CECT 8960	scaffold	GCA_014203735	1768010.3	2863340477	1768010	70.87

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
24355	Actinophytocola algeriensis strain MB20 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KU242749	1440		1768010

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM1487405v1 assembly for Actinophytocola algeriensis DSM 46746
NCBI: GCA_014874055

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	98.54	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	97.62	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	89.90	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	68.13	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Actinophytocola algeriensis CECT 8960
NCBI: GCA_014203735.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	89.41	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	96.17	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	88.14	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	86.56	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.99	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	88.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Actinophytocola algeriensis sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from Saharan soil.	Bouznada K, Bouras N, Schumann P, Sproer C, Sabaou N, Klenk HP	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001136	2016

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 )
#24355	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 46746
#43602	Khaoula Bouznada, Noureddine Bouras, Peter Schumann, Cathrin Spröer, Nasserdine Sabaou, Hans-Peter Klenk: Actinophytocola algeriensis sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from Saharan soil. IJSEM 66: 2760 - 2765 2016 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.001136 , PubMed 27151064 )
#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) .
#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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Actinophytocola algeriensis (DSM 46746, CECT 8960, MB20)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Multimedia

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Enzymes

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_014874055

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

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References

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