Halopiger thermotolerans (SR-441, JCM 19583, KCTC 4248)

Name: Halopiger thermotolerans (SR-441, JCM 19583, KCTC 4248)
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BacDive ID 133244

Type strain

Strain Designation SR-441

Culture col. no. SR-441 JCM 19583 KCTC 4248

NCBI tax ID(s) 1383816

Special Collections JCM KCTC Literature strains

History JCM <-- H. Minegishi SR-441. KCTC <- Hiroaki Minegishi, Toyo Univ.

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Halopiger thermotolerans SR-441 is an aerobe, pleomorphic-shaped archaeon that forms circular colonies and has a pink pigmentation.

pleomorphic-shaped colony-forming pigmented aerobe 16S sequence Archaea

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 26938

KCTC 4248,JCM 19583

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:38:02

Domain Archaea

Phylum Methanobacteriota

Class Halobacteria

Order Halobacteriales

Family Natrialbaceae

Genus Halopiger

Species Halopiger thermotolerans

Full scientific name Halopiger thermotolerans Minegishi et al. 2016

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Halopiger thermotolerans** (2)	Type strain
162557	H. thermotolerans JCM 19581
162558	H. thermotolerans JCM 19582

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Gram stain
25131			pleomorphic-shaped
25131	1.0-6.0 µm	0.5-1.0 µm	rod-shaped
67771			rod-shaped
67771			pleomorphic-shaped
67771				negative

Colony morphology

25131

Colony shapecircular

Pigmentation

@ref	Production	Color
25131		pink

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
25131	positive	growth	35-60
25131	positive	optimum	45
67770	positive	growth	45
67771	positive	growth	45

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
25131	positive	optimum	8
25131	positive	growth	6.5-9.0	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

67771

Oxygen toleranceaerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
25131	NaCl	positive	growth	1.7-4.6 M
25131	NaCl		optimum	2.5 M

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
25131		casein	-	hydrolysis
25131	62968 ChEBI	cellulose	-	hydrolysis
25131	17029 ChEBI	chitin	-	hydrolysis
25131	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+/-	carbon source
25131	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	carbon source
25131	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	carbon source
25131	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+/-	carbon source
25131	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+/-	carbon source
25131	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	carbon source
25131	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+/-	carbon source
25131	115156 ChEBI	disodium fumarate	+/-	carbon source
25131	91260 ChEBI	disodium malate	+	carbon source
25131	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis
25131	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	carbon source
25131	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	+/-	carbon source
25131	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+/-	carbon source
25131	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+/-	carbon source
25131	28808 ChEBI	mannan	-	hydrolysis
25131	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
25131	33942 ChEBI	ribose	+/-	carbon source
25131	32954 ChEBI	sodium acetate	+	carbon source
25131	53258 ChEBI	sodium citrate	-	carbon source
25131	64243 ChEBI	sodium L-glutamate	+	carbon source
25131	132106 ChEBI	sodium propionate	+/-	carbon source
25131	50144 ChEBI	sodium pyruvate	+	carbon source
25131	63675 ChEBI	sodium succinate	+	carbon source
25131	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	hydrolysis
25131	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+/-	carbon source
25131	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source
25131	53426 ChEBI	tween 80	-	hydrolysis

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Metabolite	Resistance conc.	Sensitivity conc.	Intermediate conc.
25131	28971	ampicillin	10 µg (disc)
25131	28669	bacitracin		10 Unit (disc)
25131	3393	carbenicillin	100 µg (disc)
25131	124991	cefalotin	30 µg (disc)
25131	209807	cefoxitin	300 µg (disc)
25131	17698	chloramphenicol	30 µg (disc)
25131	48923	erythromycin			15 µg (disc)
25131	17833	gentamicin	120 µg (disc)
25131	6104	kanamycin	30 µg (disc)
25131	100147	nalidixic acid			30 µg (disc)
25131	7507	neomycin	30 µg (disc)
25131	28368	novobiocin		30 µg (disc)
25131	18208	penicillin g			10 Unit (disc)
25131	28077	rifampicin		5 µg (disc)
25131	17076	streptomycin	300 µg (disc)
25131	27902	tetracycline	30 µg (disc)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
25131	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
25131	35581 ChEBI	indole	-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
25131	catalase	+/-	1.11.1.6
25131	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
25131	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1
25131	urease	-	3.5.1.5

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2
#Condition	#Saline

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
67771	From commercial solar salt imported from Australia to Japan, and boiled in Japan	Australia	AUS	Australia and Oceania
25131	imported commercial salt	Australia	AUS	Australia and Oceania
67770	Commercial salt produced in Australia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB844674 (>99% sequence identity) for Halopiger thermotolerans from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	1
Soil Samples	5
Animal Samples	0
Plant Samples	0
Total Samples	6

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Database
25131	Halopiger thermotolerans gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: SR-441	AB844674

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
25131	63.5	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteria and Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the joint open meeting, 11 July 2017, Valencia, Spain.	Arahal DR, Oren A, Ventosa A.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002296	2017
Phylogeny	Halopiger thermotolerans sp. nov., a thermo-tolerant haloarchaeon isolated from commercial salt.	Minegishi H, Shimogaki R, Enomoto S, Echigo A, Kondo Y, Nagaoka S, Shimane Y, Kamekura M, Itoh T, Ohkuma M, Nunoura T, Takai K, Usami R	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001455	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 )
#25131	H. S. Minegishi, R.,Enomoto, S.,Echigo, A.,Kondo, Y.,Nagaoka, S.,Shimane, Y.,Kamekura, M.,Itoh, T.,Ohkuma, M.,Nunoura, T.,Takai, K.,Usami, R.: Halopiger thermotolerans sp. nov., a thermo-tolerant haloarchaeon isolated from commercial salt. IJSEM 66: 4975 - 4980 2016 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.001455 , PubMed 27562780 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#67771	Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC) ; Curators of the KCTC;
#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 .
#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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Halopiger thermotolerans (SR-441, JCM 19583, KCTC 4248)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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