Lentzea aerocolonigenes (DSM 40034, ATCC 23870, CBS 609.68)

Name: Lentzea aerocolonigenes (DSM 40034, ATCC 23870, CBS 609.68)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 13298

Type strain

Strain Designation 701

Culture col. no. DSM 40034 ATCC 23870 CBS 609.68 CIP 107109 IFO 13195 21 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 68170

Special Collections DSMZ JCM KCTC CIP Wink compendium JMRC

History DSMZ <- E.B. Shirling, ISP (Streptomyces aerocolonigenes) <- R. Shinobu, 701 JCM <-- KCC S-0150 <-- R. Shinobu 701. CIP <- 2001, DSMZ <- E.B. Shirling, Streptomyces aerocolonigenes <- R. Shinobu: strain 701, Nocardia sp.

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Lentzea aerocolonigenes 701 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from soil.

Gram-positive rod-shaped obligate aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 38277

MTCC 1533,ATCC 23870,DSM 40034,IFO 3837,IFO 13195,NRRL B-3298,CIP 107109,JCM 4150,CCM 2777,CCRC 13661,IMET 7515,JCM 4614,NCIMB 12944,VKM Ac-1081,CBS 609.68,KCTC 9379,AS 4.1712,NBRC 13195,NBRC 3837,NRRL ISP-5034,BCRC 13661,CBS 60,IFO 1319,CGMCC 4.1712

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:28:00

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Pseudonocardiales

Family Pseudonocardiaceae

Genus Lentzea

Species Lentzea aerocolonigenes

Full scientific name Lentzea aerocolonigenes (Labeda 1986 ex Shinobu and Kawato 1960) Nouioui et al. 2018

Synonyms (4)

"Nocardia aerocolonigenes"
Lechevalieria aerocolonigenes
"Streptomyces aerocolonigenes"
Saccharothrix aerocolonigenes

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Lentzea aerocolonigenes** (4)	Type strain
13299	L. aerocolonigenes N835, DSM 43385, IMRU 1106
13300	L. aerocolonigenes C-38383-RK2, DSM 44217, ATCC 39243
13301	L. aerocolonigenes DSM 46076, IMET 7513, IMRU 983
13302	L. aerocolonigenes DSM 46077, IMET 7514, IMRU 1663

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
116063	positive	rod-shaped
125439			93.048
125439	positive		98.7

Colony morphology

116063

Hemolysis ability1

Multimedia

@ref:	9233
multimedia content:	DSM_40034.jpg
multimedia.multimedia content:	https://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/photos/DSM_40034.jpg
caption:	Medium 215 28°C
intellectual property rights:	© Leibniz-Institut DSMZ
manual_annotation:	1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
9233	BHI MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 215)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BHI MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 215) Composition: Brain heart infusion 37.0 g/l Distilled water
40673	MEDIUM 57 - for Streptomyces, Nocardioides, Lentzea albidocapillata and Streptoverticillium reticulum		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Agar (15.000 g);Glucose (4.000g);Yeast extract (4.000 g);Malt extract (10.000 g);Calcium carbonate (2.000 g)
116063	CIP Medium 57	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
9233	positive	growth	28
18469	positive	optimum	28
40673	positive	growth	30
67770	positive	growth	28
116063	positive	growth	25-41
116063	negative	growth	10
116063	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
116063	obligate aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	97.342

Compound production

@ref	Compound
9233	restriction endonuclease NaeI
20216	Endonuclease NAe I

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
18469	NaCl	positive	maximum	2.5 %
116063	NaCl	positive	growth	0-6 %
116063	NaCl		growth	8 %
116063	NaCl		growth	10 %

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-9(H₄)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	29016 ChEBI	arginine	+	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
116063	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
68368	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	assimilation	from API 20E
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
116063	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
116063	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	25094 ChEBI	lysine	+	degradation	from API 20E
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
116063	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
116063	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
116063	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68368	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	+	degradation	from API 20E
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20E
68368	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	from API 20E
68368	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide	from API 20E
116063	35581 ChEBI	indole
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole	from API 20E

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test	Indole test
116063	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+			from API 20E
116063	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole			-	from API 20E

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
116063	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	+	3.4.21.1	from API zym
116063	amylase	-
68368	arginine dihydrolase	+	3.5.3.6	from API 20E
116063	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68368	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API 20E
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
116063	caseinase	+	3.4.21.50
116063	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	from API zym
116063	DNase	+
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
116063	gamma-glutamyltransferase	+	2.3.2.2
116063	gelatinase	+
68368	gelatinase	+		from API 20E
116063	lecithinase	-
116063	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
116063	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68368	lysine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.18	from API 20E
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
116063	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
68368	ornithine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.17	from API 20E
116063	oxidase	-
116063	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
116063	protease	+
116063	tryptophan deaminase	-
68368	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API 20E
116063	tween esterase	+
116063	urease	+	3.5.1.5
68368	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API 20E

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	valine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	octane oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	threonine metabolism	100	10 of 10
66794	gallate degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	100	10 of 10
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	kanosamine biosynthesis II	100	2 of 2
66794	glycogen metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	100	5 of 5
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	100	9 of 9
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	resorcinol degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	butanoate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	starch degradation	100	10 of 10
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	100	8 of 8
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	acetate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	propanol degradation	100	7 of 7
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	100	6 of 6
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	taurine degradation	100	1 of 1
66794	ceramide biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	lactate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	cellulose degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	NAD metabolism	94.44	17 of 18
66794	flavin biosynthesis	93.33	14 of 15
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	92.86	13 of 14
66794	urea cycle	92.31	12 of 13
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	90.91	10 of 11
66794	proline metabolism	90.91	10 of 11
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	d-mannose degradation	88.89	8 of 9
66794	serine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	88.89	8 of 9
66794	isoleucine metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	purine metabolism	87.23	82 of 94
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	86.67	13 of 15
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	85.71	6 of 7
66794	heme metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	citric acid cycle	85.71	12 of 14
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	85.71	6 of 7
66794	leucine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	arginine metabolism	83.33	20 of 24
66794	polyamine pathway	82.61	19 of 23
66794	glycolysis	82.35	14 of 17
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	82.14	23 of 28
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	81.82	9 of 11
66794	tryptophan metabolism	81.58	31 of 38
66794	methionine metabolism	80.77	21 of 26
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	80	4 of 5
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	80	8 of 10
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	80	8 of 10
66794	propionate fermentation	80	8 of 10
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	80	12 of 15
66794	phenol degradation	80	16 of 20
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	79.41	27 of 34
66794	alanine metabolism	79.31	23 of 29
66794	photosynthesis	78.57	11 of 14
66794	glutathione metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	degradation of hexoses	77.78	14 of 18
66794	allantoin degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	77.78	35 of 45
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	75	6 of 8
66794	gluconeogenesis	75	6 of 8
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	75	9 of 12
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	75	3 of 4
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	73.63	67 of 91
66794	histidine metabolism	72.41	21 of 29
66794	cysteine metabolism	72.22	13 of 18
66794	degradation of sugar acids	72	18 of 25
66794	tyrosine metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	aclacinomycin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	non-pathway related	71.05	27 of 38
66794	lipid metabolism	70.97	22 of 31
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	sulfate reduction	69.23	9 of 13
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	68.75	11 of 16
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	lysine metabolism	66.67	28 of 42
66794	degradation of pentoses	64.29	18 of 28
66794	d-xylose degradation	63.64	7 of 11
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	62.5	10 of 16
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	61.54	8 of 13
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	61.54	16 of 26
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	59.09	13 of 22
66794	daunorubicin biosynthesis	55.56	5 of 9
66794	ascorbate metabolism	54.55	12 of 22
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	53.85	7 of 13
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	50	5 of 10
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	50	9 of 18
66794	vitamin E metabolism	50	2 of 4
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	50	1 of 2
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	toluene degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	grixazone biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	47.06	8 of 17
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	cholesterol biosynthesis	45.45	5 of 11
66794	nitrate assimilation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	44.44	4 of 9
66794	benzoyl-CoA degradation	42.86	3 of 7
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	40	2 of 5
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	bacilysin biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	hydrogen production	40	2 of 5
66794	D-cycloserine biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	O-antigen biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	chlorophyll metabolism	38.89	7 of 18
66794	carnitine metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	sulfoquinovose degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	mevalonate metabolism	28.57	2 of 7
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	catecholamine biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	alginate biosynthesis	25	1 of 4

API 20E

@ref	ONPG	ADH (Arg)	LDC (Lys)	ODC	CIT	H2S productionH2S	URE	TDA (Trp)	IND	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	GEL	GLU	MAN	INO	Sor	RHA	SAC	MEL	AMY	ARA	OX	Nitrite productionNO2	Reduction to N2N2	MotilityMOB	Growth on MacConkey mediumMAC	OF-O	OF-F
18469	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
18469	not determinedn.d.	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+
116063	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
116063	not determinedn.d.	-	-	+/-	+/-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	+/-	+/-	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	+/-	+/-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
116063	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
9233	soil		Japan	JPN	Asia
67770	Soil	Nagasaki City	Japan	JPN	Asia
116063	Environment, Soil		Japan	JPN	Asia	1990

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB297960 (>99% sequence identity) for Lentzea from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	0
Soil Samples	78
Animal Samples	8
Plant Samples	57
Total Samples	143

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
18469		1	German classification According to TRBA 466
9233	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
116063		1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Phages

@ref	Name	Strain number
124042	Lentzea phage W1	DSM 40034

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM97444v1 assembly for Lentzea aerocolonigenes NBRC 13195	scaffold	GCA_000974445	68170.11	2645727610	68170	67.15
66792	ASM2417180v1 assembly for Lentzea aerocolonigenes DSM 40034	scaffold	GCA_024171805	68170.22	2596583536	68170	51.94
67770	ASM71920v1 assembly for Lentzea aerocolonigenes NRRL B-3298	contig	GCA_000719205	68170.4	2814123193	68170	38.52

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Lechevalieria aerocolonigenes 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF328681	1440	68170
20218	Lechevalieria aerocolonigenes gene for 16S rRNA, strain: ISP 5034	AB020030	1476	68170
20218	Lechevalieria aerocolonigenes gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 4150	D44017	120	68170
20218	Lechevalieria aerocolonigenes gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB297960	1442	68170
20218	Lechevalieria aerocolonigenes gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 13195	AB327256	1442	68170
20218	Lechevalieria aerocolonigenes strain NRRL B-3298T 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF114804	1509	68170

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	70	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
67770	68.9	genome sequence analysis
67770	70-71	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM97444v1 assembly for Lentzea aerocolonigenes NBRC 13195
NCBI: GCA_000974445

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	98.70	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	97.34	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	93.05	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	70.95	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Lentzea aerocolonigenes NBRC 13195
NCBI: GCA_000974445.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	88.75	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	97.37	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	82.64	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	78.97	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	97.00	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	79.33	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria.	Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007	2018
Genetics	Biosynthetic novelty index reveals the metabolic potential of rare actinobacteria isolated from highly oligotrophic sediments.	Gonzalez-Salazar LA, Quezada M, Rodriguez-Orduna L, Ramos-Aboites H, Capon RJ, Souza-Saldivar V, Barona-Gomez F, Licona-Cassani C.	Microb Genom	10.1099/mgen.0.000921	2023
	Characterization of a Novel Lentzea Species Isolated from the Kumtagh Desert and Genomic Insights into the Secondary Metabolite Potential of the Genus.	Wen Y, Li J, Qiao F, Luo W, Chen T, Liu G, Zhang W.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms13071628	2025
	Cultivation of Bdelloid Rotifer Adineta vaga with Synthetic Medium and Characterization of Associated Bacteria.	Wang W, He Z, Wang Q, Yang Y.	Biology (Basel)	10.3390/biology14111507	2025
Metabolism	Macroparticle-enhanced cultivation of Lentzea aerocolonigenes: Variation of mechanical stress and combination with lecithin supplementation for a significantly increased rebeccamycin production.	Schrinner K, Schrader M, Niebusch J, Althof K, Schwarzer FA, Nowka PF, Dinius A, Kwade A, Krull R.	Biotechnol Bioeng	10.1002/bit.27875	2021
	Effects of bioreactor inoculation method on secondary metabolite production and morphological characteristics of Streptomyces rimosus in microparticle-enhanced cultivation (MPEC).	Scigaczewska A, Boruta T, Bizukojc M.	Microb Cell Fact	10.1186/s12934-025-02844-4	2025
	Morphology engineering for novel antibiotics: Effect of glass microparticles and soy lecithin on rebeccamycin production and cellular morphology of filamentous actinomycete Lentzea aerocolonigenes.	Dinius A, Schrinner K, Schrader M, Kozanecka ZJ, Brauns H, Klose L, Weiss H, Kwade A, Krull R.	Front Bioeng Biotechnol	10.3389/fbioe.2023.1171055	2023
Metabolism	The antitumor antibiotic rebeccamycin-challenges and advanced approaches in production processes.	Pommerehne K, Walisko J, Ebersbach A, Krull R.	Appl Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s00253-019-09741-y	2019
	Potential of algal-based products for the management of potato brown rot disease.	Hamed SM, Kamal M, Messiha NAS.	Bot Stud	10.1186/s40529-023-00402-y	2023
	Quantification and modeling of macroparticle-induced mechanical stress for varying shake flask cultivation conditions.	Schrader M, Schrinner K, Polomsky L, Ivanov D, Kampen I, Schilde C, Krull R, Kwade A.	Front Bioeng Biotechnol	10.3389/fbioe.2023.1254136	2023
	Genetic modification of the shikimate pathway to reduce lignin content in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) significantly impacts plant microbiomes.	Liu S, Chou M-Y, Benucci GMN, Eudes A, Bonito G.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.01546-24	2025
	Morphological and physiological characterization of filamentous Lentzea aerocolonigenes: Comparison of biopellets by microscopy and flow cytometry.	Schrinner K, Veiter L, Schmideder S, Doppler P, Schrader M, Munch N, Althof K, Kwade A, Briesen H, Herwig C, Krull R.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0234125	2020
Biotechnology	Saccharopolyspora sp. NFXS83 in Marine Biotechnological Applications: From Microalgae Growth Promotion to the Production of Secondary Metabolites.	Bertrand CDF, Martins R, Quintas-Nunes F, Reynolds-Brandao P, Crespo MTB, Nascimento FX.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms11040902	2023
	S-Adenosylmethionine (SAM)-Dependent Methyltransferase MftM is Responsible for Methylation of the Redox Cofactor Mycofactocin.	Ellerhorst M, Barth SA, Graca AP, Al-Jammal WK, Pena-Ortiz L, Vilotijevic I, Lackner G.	ACS Chem Biol	10.1021/acschembio.2c00659	2022
	Effects and interactions of metal oxides in microparticle-enhanced cultivation of filamentous microorganisms.	Laible AR, Dinius A, Schrader M, Krull R, Kwade A, Briesen H, Schmideder S.	Eng Life Sci	10.1002/elsc.202100075	2022
	The modular pYT vector series employed for chromosomal gene integration and expression to produce carbazoles and glycolipids in P. putida.	Weihmann R, Kubicki S, Bitzenhofer NL, Domrose A, Bator I, Kirschen LM, Kofler F, Funk A, Tiso T, Blank LM, Jaeger KE, Drepper T, Thies S, Loeschcke A.	FEMS Microbes	10.1093/femsmc/xtac030	2023
Phylogeny	Revival of the genus Lentzea and proposal for Lechevalieria gen. nov.	Labeda DP, Hatano K, Kroppenstedt RM, Tamura T	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-51-3-1045	2001
Phylogeny	Lentzea indica sp. nov., a novel actinobacteria isolated from Indian Himalayan-soil.	Maiti PK, Mandal S	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-020-01449-8	2020
Phylogeny	Lechevalieria rhizosphaerae sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from rhizosphere soil of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and emended description of the genus Lechevalieria.	Zhao J, Li W, Shi L, Wang H, Wang Y, Zhao Y, Xiang W, Wang X	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002351	2017

References

#9233	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 40034
#18469	Wink, J.: Compendium of Actinobacteria. HZI-Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig .
#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 )
#40673	; Curators of the CIP;
#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) .
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68368	Automatically annotated from API 20E .
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#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 .
#116063	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 107109
#124042	Johannes Wittmann, Clara Rolland, Lorenz Reimer, Joaquim Sardà: PhageDive .
#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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Lentzea aerocolonigenes (DSM 40034, ATCC 23870, CBS 609.68)

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