Arcobacter lekithochrous (DSM 100870, CECT 8942, LFT 1.7)

Name: Arcobacter lekithochrous (DSM 100870, CECT 8942, LFT 1.7)
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BacDive ID 132928

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 100870 CECT 8942 LFT 1.7

NCBI tax ID(s) 1904463

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Arcobacter lekithochrous DSM 100870 is a microaerophile, halophilic, Gram-negative prokaryote that was isolated from larvae of scallop from a molluscan hatchery.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped microaerophile halophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 403480

JCM 31147,CECT 8942,DSM 100870

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:01:38

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Epsilonproteobacteria

Order Campylobacterales

Family Arcobacteraceae

Genus Arcobacter

Species Arcobacter lekithochrous

Full scientific name Arcobacter lekithochrous Diéguez et al. 2017

Synonyms (2)

Poseidonibacter lekithochrous
Arcobacter haliotis

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Arcobacter lekithochrous** (1)	Type strain
132927	A. lekithochrous TM 4.6, DSM 100869, CECT 8943

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
43171	negative	rod-shaped
125438	negative		96.927
125439	negative		99.2

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Medium used
43171	slightly brown	marine agar (MA)

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
43171	marine agar (MA)
43171	nutritient agar (NA)		supplemented with fuchsine
24716	BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514) Composition: NaCl 19.45 g/l MgCl2 5.9 g/l Bacto peptone 5.0 g/l Na2SO4 3.24 g/l CaCl2 1.8 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l KCl 0.55 g/l NaHCO3 0.16 g/l Fe(III) citrate 0.1 g/l KBr 0.08 g/l SrCl2 0.034 g/l H3BO3 0.022 g/l Na2HPO4 0.008 g/l Na-silicate 0.004 g/l NaF 0.0024 g/l (NH4)NO3 0.0016 g/l Distilled water
43171	tryptic soy agar (TSA)
43171	blood agar
43171	MacConkey agar

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
24716	positive	growth	25	mesophilic
43171	positive	growth	15-25

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
43171	positive	growth	6-9	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
43171	microaerophile
125439	obligate aerobe	93

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		98.9

Halophily

@ref	Halophily level	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
43171	halophilic	Marine salts	positive	optimum	3 %(w/v)
43171		Marine salts		growth	0 %(w/v)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
43171	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	-	carbon source
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
43171		casein	-	hydrolysis
43171	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
43171	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	-	carbon source
43171	8391 ChEBI	D-gluconate	-	carbon source
43171	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	carbon source
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
43171	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	carbon source
68369	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
43171	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	carbon source
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
43171	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	carbon source
43171	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	carbon source
43171	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	carbon source
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
43171	16865 ChEBI	gamma-aminobutyric acid	+	carbon source
43171	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
43171	17234 ChEBI	glucose	-	builds acid from
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
43171	16349 ChEBI	L-citrulline	-	carbon source
43171	16857 ChEBI	L-threonine	-	carbon source
43171	24996 ChEBI	lactate	+	carbon source
43171	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	carbon source
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
43171	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	carbon source
43171	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	carbon source
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
43171	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
43171	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	-	carbon source
43171	17148 ChEBI	putrescine	-	carbon source
43171	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	carbon source
43171	15611 ChEBI	sarcosine	-	carbon source
43171	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	hydrolysis
43171	30031 ChEBI	succinate	+	carbon source
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
43171	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Sensitivity conc.
43171	3493	cefoperazone		30 µg (disc)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
43171	15688 ChEBI	acetoin
43171	35581 ChEBI	indole
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	from API 20NE

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test	Voges-proskauer-test
43171	15688 ChEBI	acetoin		-
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	-		from API 20NE

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
43171	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
43171	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
43171	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
43171	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
68369	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1	from API 20NE
43171	esterase (C 4)	+
43171	esterase Lipase (C 8)	+
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
43171	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1
43171	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
43171	nitrate reductase	+	1.7.99.4
43171	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

43171

Fatty acid	Percentage
C16:1ω7c / C16:1ω6c	45.1
C18:1ω7c / C18:1ω6c	18.8
C16:0	11.9
C14:0	7.4
C14:0 3-OH/iso-C16:1I	5.9
C12:0 3OH	5.6
C12:0	4.3

API 20NE

@ref	Reduction of nitratesNO3	TRP	GLU_ Ferm	ADH (Arg)	URE	ESC	GEL	PNPG	GLU_ Assim	ARA	MNE	MAN	NAG	MAL	GNT	CAP	ADI	MLT	CIT	PAC	OX
24716	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+
24716	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Invertebrates (Other)	#Mollusca

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Latitude	Longitude	Enrichment culture	Enrichment culture duration	Enrichment culture temperature	Host species	Geographic location
24716	larvae of scallop (Pecten maximus) from a molluscan hatchery	Norway	NOR	Europe	60.5149	-4.9041 60.5149/-4.9041				Pecten maximus	(60° 30' 53.77'' N 4° 54' 14.75'' W)
43171	larvae and seawater in an experimental hatchery of Pecten maximus	Norway	NOR	Europe	60	-4 60/-4	marine agar 2216 (MA, Difco)	7 days	21

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence LT629298 (>99% sequence identity) for Poseidonibacter lekithochrous subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	2461
Soil Samples	53
Animal Samples	168
Plant Samples	18
Total Samples	2700

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
24716	1	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score	IMG accession
66792	ASM1328383v1 assembly for Poseidonibacter lekithochrous DSM 100870	complete	GCA_013283835	1904463.13	1904463	92.73
124043	ASM187885v1 assembly for Poseidonibacter lekithochrous LFT 1.7	contig	GCA_001878855		1904463		2791355115

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
24716	Arcobacter sp. LFT partial 16S rRNA gene, strain CECT 8942, isolate LFT 1.7	LT629298	1382		1904463

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
43171	28.7	real time PCR (RTD-PCR)
24716	28.7	sequence analysis

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Arcobacter lekithochrous strain DSM 100870
PATRIC: 1904463.13

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	98.90	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	50.40	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	99.20	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	93.00	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Poseidonibacter lekithochrous DSM 100870
NCBI: GCA_013283835.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	96.93	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	71.76	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	55.99	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	87.80	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	87.23	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	79.96	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Arcobacter haliotis Tanaka et al. 2017 is a later heterotypic synonym of Arcobacter lekithochrous Dieguez et al. 2017.	Dieguez AL, Perez-Cataluna A, Figueras MJ, Romalde JL	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002909	2018
	Arcobacter roscoffensis sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from coastal seawater.	Pascual J, Lepleux C, Methner A, Sproer C, Bunk B, Overmann J.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.005895	2023
Phylogeny	Arcobacter lekithochrous sp. nov., isolated from a molluscan hatchery.	Dieguez AL, Balboa S, Magnesen T, Romalde JL	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001809	2017

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 )
#24716	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 100870
#43171	Ana L. Dieguez, Sabela Balboa, Thorolf Magnesen, Jesús L. Romalde: Arcobacter lekithochrous sp. nov., isolated from a molluscan hatchery. IJSEM 67: 1327 - 1332 2017 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.001809 , PubMed 28109200 )
#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) .
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#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 .
#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 )
#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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Arcobacter lekithochrous (DSM 100870, CECT 8942, LFT 1.7)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

Fatty acid profile?

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Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_013283835

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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