Polaribacter lacunae (HMF2268, KCTC 42191, CECT 8862)

Name: Polaribacter lacunae (HMF2268, KCTC 42191, CECT 8862)
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BacDive ID 133370

Type strain

Strain Designation HMF2268

Culture col. no. HMF2268 KCTC 42191 CECT 8862

NCBI tax ID(s) 1517763

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Polaribacter lacunae HMF2268 is an aerobe, psychrophilic, Gram-negative prokaryote that forms circular colonies and was isolated from lagoon.

Gram-negative rod-shaped colony-forming aerobe psychrophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 136717

CECT 8862

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:01:46

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Bacteroidota

Class Flavobacteriia

Order Flavobacteriales

Family Flavobacteriaceae

Genus Polaribacter

Species Polaribacter lacunae

Full scientific name Polaribacter lacunae Kang et al. 2017

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Motility
25238	negative	1.7-2.0 µm	0.6-1.0 µm	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony size	Colony color	Colony shape	Incubation period	Medium used
25238	0.8-1.2 mm	yellow	circular	4 days	marine agar plates

Pigmentation

@ref	Production	Name
25238		Flexirubin-type

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth
25238	marine agar plates
25238	Reasoner's 2A agar (R2A)
25238	nutrient agar (NA)
25238	tryptic soy agar (TSA)
25238	blood agar
25238	MacConkey agar

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
25238	positive	growth	10.0-20.0	psychrophilic
25238	positive	optimum	20	psychrophilic
25238	positive	growth	10	psychrophilic
25238	negative	growth	25

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH
25238	positive	optimum	7
25238	positive	growth	6.0-8.0

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

25238

Oxygen toleranceaerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
25238	NaCl		optimum	2 %
25238	NaCl	positive	growth	1.0-3.0 %(w/v)
25238	NaCl		growth	0.5 %(w/v)
25238	NaCl		growth	4 %(w/v)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
25238	17521 ChEBI	(-)-quinic acid	-	respiration
25238	62064 ChEBI	2,3-butanediol	-	respiration
25238	64552 ChEBI	2-hydroxybutyrate	-	respiration
25238	16763 ChEBI	2-oxobutanoate	-	respiration
25238	30916 ChEBI	2-oxoglutarate	-	respiration
25238	28644 ChEBI	2-oxopentanoate	-	respiration
25238	37054 ChEBI	3-hydroxybutyrate	-	respiration
25238	18240 ChEBI	4-hydroxy-L-proline	-	respiration
25238	16724 ChEBI	4-hydroxybutyrate	-	respiration
25238	18101 ChEBI	4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid	-	respiration
25238	30089 ChEBI	acetate	-	respiration
25238	40585 ChEBI	alpha-cyclodextrin	-	respiration
25238	17925 ChEBI	alpha-D-glucose	-	respiration
25238	36219 ChEBI	alpha-lactose	-	respiration
25238	73706 ChEBI	bromosuccinate	-	respiration
25238	85146 ChEBI	carboxymethylcellulose	-	hydrolysis
25238	17126 ChEBI	carnitine	-	respiration
25238		casein	+	hydrolysis
25238	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	respiration
25238	62968 ChEBI	cellulose	-	hydrolysis
25238	16383 ChEBI	cis-aconitate	-	respiration
25238	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	respiration
25238	15570 ChEBI	D-alanine	-	respiration
25238	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	respiration
25238	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	respiration
25238	15895 ChEBI	D-galactonic acid lactone	-	respiration
25238	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	-	respiration
25238	18024 ChEBI	D-galacturonic acid	-	respiration
25238	30612 ChEBI	D-glucarate	-	respiration
25238	8391 ChEBI	D-gluconate	-	respiration
25238	17784 ChEBI	D-glucosaminic acid	-	respiration
25238	14314 ChEBI	D-glucose 6-phosphate	-	respiration
25238	15748 ChEBI	D-glucuronate	-	respiration
25238	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	respiration
25238	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	respiration
25238	27605 ChEBI	D-psicose	-	respiration
25238	16523 ChEBI	D-serine	-	respiration
25238	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	respiration
25238	23652 ChEBI	dextrin	-	hydrolysis
25238	23652 ChEBI	dextrin	-	respiration
25238	16991 ChEBI	dna	-	hydrolysis
25238	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	respiration
25238	16000 ChEBI	ethanolamine	-	respiration
25238	15740 ChEBI	formate	-	respiration
25238	16865 ChEBI	gamma-aminobutyric acid	-	respiration
25238	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	respiration
25238	17234 ChEBI	glucose	-	fermentation
25238	29042 ChEBI	glucose 1-phosphate	-	respiration
25238	32323 ChEBI	glucuronamide	-	respiration
25238	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	respiration
25238	14336 ChEBI	glycerol 1-phosphate	-	respiration
25238	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	respiration
25238	73804 ChEBI	glycyl L-aspartic acid	-	respiration
25238	73784 ChEBI	glycyl-l-glutamate	-	respiration
25238	17596 ChEBI	inosine	-	respiration
25238	17240 ChEBI	itaconate	-	respiration
25238	21217 ChEBI	L-alaninamide	-	respiration
25238	16977 ChEBI	L-alanine	-	respiration
25238	73786 ChEBI	L-alanylglycine	-	respiration
25238	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	respiration
25238	17196 ChEBI	L-asparagine	-	respiration
25238	29991 ChEBI	L-aspartate	-	respiration
25238	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	respiration
25238	29985 ChEBI	L-glutamate	-	respiration
25238	15971 ChEBI	L-histidine	-	respiration
25238	15603 ChEBI	L-leucine	-	respiration
25238	15729 ChEBI	L-ornithine	-	respiration
25238	17295 ChEBI	L-phenylalanine	-	respiration
25238	17203 ChEBI	L-proline	+	respiration
25238	18183 ChEBI	L-pyroglutamic acid	-	respiration
25238	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	respiration
25238	17115 ChEBI	L-serine	-	respiration
25238	16857 ChEBI	L-threonine	-	respiration
25238	24996 ChEBI	lactate	-	respiration
25238	6359 ChEBI	lactulose	-	respiration
25238	15792 ChEBI	malonate	-	respiration
25238	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	respiration
25238	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	respiration
25238	320055 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	-	respiration
25238	51850 ChEBI	methyl pyruvate	-	respiration
25238	75146 ChEBI	monomethyl succinate	-	respiration
25238	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	respiration
25238	28037 ChEBI	N-acetylgalactosamine	-	respiration
25238	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	respiration
25238	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
25238	50048 ChEBI	phenylethylamine	-	respiration
25238	17272 ChEBI	propionate	-	respiration
25238	17148 ChEBI	putrescine	-	respiration
25238	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	respiration
25238	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	respiration
25238	41865 ChEBI	sebacic acid	-	respiration
25238	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	hydrolysis
25238	143136 ChEBI	succinamate	-	respiration
25238	30031 ChEBI	succinate	-	respiration
25238	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	respiration
25238	17748 ChEBI	thymidine	-	respiration
25238	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	respiration
25238	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source
25238	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	respiration
25238	53423 ChEBI	tween 40	-	respiration
25238	53426 ChEBI	tween 80	-	respiration
25238	16704 ChEBI	uridine	-	respiration
25238	27248 ChEBI	urocanic acid	-	respiration
25238	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	respiration

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Metabolite	Resistance conc.	Sensitivity conc.
25238	28971	ampicillin	10 µg (disc)
25238	17698	chloramphenicol		30 µg (disc)
25238	48923	erythromycin	15 µg (disc)
25238	17833	gentamicin	10 µg (disc)
25238	6104	kanamycin	30 µg (disc)
25238	18208	penicillin g		10 Unit
25238	28077	rifampicin		30 µg (disc)
25238	17076	streptomycin	10 µg (disc)
25238	27902	tetracycline	30 µg (disc)
25238	28001	vancomycin		30 µg (disc)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
25238	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
25238	35581 ChEBI	indole	-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
25238	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
25238	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1
25238	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1
25238	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51
25238	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22
25238	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20
25238	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24
25238	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6
25238	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
25238	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21
25238	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31
25238	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
25238	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3
25238	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
25238	esterase (C 4)	-
25238	esterase Lipase (C 8)	-
25238	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1
25238	lipase (C 14)	-
25238	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52
25238	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
25238	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4
25238	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1
25238	urease	-	3.5.1.5
25238	valine arylamidase	+

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

25238

Fatty acid	Percentage
C15:0 iso	24.7
C15:0 iso 3OH	11.9
C15:0 anteiso	9.2
C15:1 iso G	8.2
C17:0 iso 3OH	4
C16:1ω7c / C16:1ω6c	3.4
C16:0	3.3
C16:0 iso 3OH	3.3
C12:0 iso	3.3
C16:0 3OH	3.2
C14:0 iso	2.9
C18:0	2.8
C15:0 3OH	2.4
C17:1ω6c	2.1
C15:1 anteiso A	2
C14:0	1.5
C17:1ω9c / 10-Methyl C16:0	1.5
C13:0 iso	1.2
C16:0 iso	1.1
C15:1ω6c	1.1
C16:1 iso H	1

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2
#Environmental	#Aquatic

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Latitude	Longitude	Enrichment culture	Enrichment culture duration	Enrichment culture temperature	Isolation procedure
25238	lagoon	February 2014	Gyeong-po-ho (east coast)	Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia	37	128 37/128	marine agar 2216 (MA;Difco)	7 days	10	serial dilution method (up to 10-3)

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence KJ728849 (>99% sequence identity) for Polaribacter lacunae subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	666
Soil Samples	8
Animal Samples	64
Plant Samples	1
Total Samples	739

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
25238	Polaribacter lacunae strain HMF2268 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KJ728849	1462		1517763

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
25238	34.3	fluorimetric

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Polaribacter lacunae sp. nov., isolated from a lagoon.	Kang H, Kim H, Joung Y, Joh K	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001694	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 )
#25238	H. K. Kang, Haneul,Joung, Yochan,Joh, Kiseong: Polaribacter lacunae sp. nov., isolated from a lagoon. IJSEM 67: 681 - 686 2017 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.001694 , PubMed 27902370 )
#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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Polaribacter lacunae (HMF2268, KCTC 42191, CECT 8862)

Name and taxonomic classification