Blastococcus capsensis DSM 46835 is a mesophilic, Gram-positive, coccus-shaped prokaryote that has a bright orange pigmentation and was isolated from interior of a limestone rock in a wall of an archaeological Roman pool.
Gram-positive coccus-shaped pigmented mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence| @ref 20215 |
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| Domain Bacillati |
| Phylum Actinomycetota |
| Class Actinomycetes |
| Order Geodermatophilales |
| Family Geodermatophilaceae |
| Genus Blastococcus |
| Species Blastococcus capsensis |
| Full scientific name Blastococcus capsensis Hezbri et al. 2016 |
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24456 | 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 |
| @ref | Growth | Type | Temperature (°C) | Range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24456 | positive | growth | 28 | mesophilic |
| @ref | Ability | Type | PH | PH range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24981 | positive | growth | 5.5-9.0 | alkaliphile |
| @ref | Murein short key | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24981 | A31 | A1gamma m-Dpm-direct |
| @ref | Chebi-ID | Metabolite | Utilization activity | Kind of utilization tested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24981 | 16651 ChEBI | (S)-lactate | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 16763 ChEBI | 2-oxobutanoate | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 30916 ChEBI | 2-oxoglutarate | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 37054 ChEBI | 3-hydroxybutyrate | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 73918 ChEBI | 3-O-methyl-D-glucose | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 18101 ChEBI | 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 30089 ChEBI | acetate | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 13705 ChEBI | acetoacetate | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 36219 ChEBI | alpha-lactose | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 161680 ChEBI | aztreonam | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 73706 ChEBI | bromosuccinate | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 17968 ChEBI | butyrate | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | casein | - | degradation | ||
| 24981 | 17057 ChEBI | cellobiose | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 18333 ChEBI | D-arabitol | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 29990 ChEBI | D-aspartate | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 15824 ChEBI | D-fructose | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 78697 ChEBI | D-fructose 6-phosphate | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 28847 ChEBI | D-fucose | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 12936 ChEBI | D-galactose | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 18024 ChEBI | D-galacturonic acid | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 30612 ChEBI | D-glucarate | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 8391 ChEBI | D-gluconate | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 17634 ChEBI | D-glucose | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 14314 ChEBI | D-glucose 6-phosphate | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 15748 ChEBI | D-glucuronate | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 15588 ChEBI | D-malate | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 16899 ChEBI | D-mannitol | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 16024 ChEBI | D-mannose | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 16523 ChEBI | D-serine | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 17924 ChEBI | D-sorbitol | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 16551 ChEBI | D-trehalose | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 23652 ChEBI | dextrin | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 4853 ChEBI | esculin | - | degradation | |
| 24981 | 71321 ChEBI | fusidate | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 16537 ChEBI | galactarate | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 16865 ChEBI | gamma-aminobutyric acid | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 5291 ChEBI | gelatin | - | degradation | |
| 24981 | 5291 ChEBI | gelatin | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 28066 ChEBI | gentiobiose | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 32323 ChEBI | glucuronamide | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 17754 ChEBI | glycerol | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 32735 ChEBI | guanidinium chloride | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 17368 ChEBI | hypoxanthine | - | degradation | |
| 24981 | 17596 ChEBI | inosine | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 16977 ChEBI | L-alanine | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 16467 ChEBI | L-arginine | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 29991 ChEBI | L-aspartate | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 18287 ChEBI | L-fucose | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 17464 ChEBI | L-galactonic acid gamma-lactone | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 29985 ChEBI | L-glutamate | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 15971 ChEBI | L-histidine | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 15589 ChEBI | L-malate | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 18183 ChEBI | L-pyroglutamic acid | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 17115 ChEBI | L-serine | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 6472 ChEBI | lincomycin | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 48607 ChEBI | lithium chloride | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 17306 ChEBI | maltose | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 28053 ChEBI | melibiose | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 74611 ChEBI | methyl (R)-lactate | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 37657 ChEBI | methyl D-glucoside | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 51850 ChEBI | methyl pyruvate | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 50694 ChEBI | minocycline | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 506227 ChEBI | N-acetylglucosamine | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 35418 ChEBI | n-acetylneuraminate | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 100147 ChEBI | nalidixic acid | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 75273 ChEBI | niaproof | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 17632 ChEBI | nitrate | - | reduction | |
| 24981 | 17309 ChEBI | pectin | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 17272 ChEBI | propionate | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 16634 ChEBI | raffinose | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 28077 ChEBI | rifampicin | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 17814 ChEBI | salicin | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 75229 ChEBI | sodium bromate | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 62965 ChEBI | sodium formate | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 75228 ChEBI | sodium lactate | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 17164 ChEBI | stachyose | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 28017 ChEBI | starch | - | degradation | |
| 24981 | 17992 ChEBI | sucrose | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 75198 ChEBI | tetrazolium blue | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 75193 ChEBI | tetrazolium violet | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 45735 ChEBI | troleandomycin | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 32528 ChEBI | turanose | + | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 53423 ChEBI | tween 40 | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 18186 ChEBI | tyrosine | - | degradation | |
| 24981 | 28001 ChEBI | vancomycin | - | oxidation | |
| 24981 | 15318 ChEBI | xanthine | - | degradation |
| Cat1 | Cat2 | Cat3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #Engineered | #Built environment | #Water reservoir (Aquarium/pool) | |
| #Environmental | #Terrestrial | #Dust | |
| #Environmental | #Terrestrial | #Geologic |
| @ref | Sample type | Geographic location | Country | Country ISO 3 Code | Continent | Latitude | Longitude | Enrichment culture | Enrichment culture composition | Enrichment culture duration | Enrichment culture temperature | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24456 | interior of a limestone rock in a wall of an archaeological Roman pool | place of the archaeological city Capsa, at present Gafsa (34° 25' N 008° 47' E, depth 285 m) | Tunisia | TUN | Africa | 34.4167 | 8.7833 | |||||
| 24981 | dust collected from the interior of a limestone rock in a wall of an archaeological Roman pool | Luedemann medium (DSMZ medium 877) | supplemented with cycloheximide (100 µg ml-1) | 14 days | 28 |
Global distribution of 16S sequence LN626274 (>99% sequence identity) for Blastococcus from Microbeatlas 
 Aquatic Samples |
440 |
 Soil Samples |
3945 |
 Animal Samples |
1429 |
 Plant Samples |
811 |
| Total Samples | 6625 |
| @ref | Description | Assembly level | INSDC accession | BV-BRC accession | IMG accession | NCBI tax ID | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 124043 | ASM3016500v1 assembly for Blastococcus capsensis BMG 804 | contig | GCA_030165005   | 1564163.3  | 8046740696  | 1564163 | 62.67 |  |
| @ref | Description | Accession | Length | Database | NCBI tax ID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24456 | Blastococcus sp. BMG 804 partial 16S rRNA gene, strain BMG 804 | LN626274 | 1329 |  | 1564163 |
| @ref | GC-content (mol%) | Method | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24456 | 73.7 | high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) |
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phylogeny | Blastococcus montanus sp. nov., a multi-stress-resistant and bacteriostatic-producing bacterium isolated from the Flaming Mountain, Xinjiang,China. | Wang K, Liu Y, Cui X, Chen T, Liu G, Zhang W, Han Z, Zhang G. | Int J Syst Evol Microbiol | 10.1099/ijsem.0.006546 | 2024 | |
| Phylogeny | Blastococcus atacamensis sp. nov., a novel strain adapted to life in the Yungay core region of the Atacama Desert. | Castro JF, Nouioui I, Sangal V, Choi S, Yang SJ, Kim BY, Trujillo ME, Riesco R, Montero-Calasanz MDC, Rahmani TPD, Bull AT, Sutcliffe IC, Asenjo JA, Andrews B, Goodfellow M. | Int J Syst Evol Microbiol | 10.1099/ijsem.0.002828 | 2018 | |
| Phylogeny | Blastococcus xanthinilyticus sp. nov., isolated from monument. | Hezbri K, Nouioui I, Rohde M, Sproer C, Schumann P, Gtari M, Klenk HP, Montero-Calasanz MDC, Ghodhbane-Gtari F | Int J Syst Evol Microbiol | 10.1099/ijsem.0.002646 | 2018 | |
| Phylogeny | Blastococcus capsensis sp. nov., isolated from an archaeological Roman pool and emended description of the genus Blastococcus, B. aggregatus, B. saxobsidens, B. jejuensis and B. endophyticus. | Hezbri K, Louati M, Nouioui I, Gtari M, Rohde M, Sproer C, Schumann P, Klenk HP, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Montero-Calasanz MDC | Int J Syst Evol Microbiol | 10.1099/ijsem.0.001443 | 2016 | |
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https://doi.org/10.13145/bacdive132667.20251217.10
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