Halobacillus halophilus (DSM 6120, MA 15)

Name: Halobacillus halophilus (DSM 6120, MA 15)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 1334

Type strain

Strain Designation MA 15

Culture col. no. DSM 6120 MA 15

NCBI tax ID(s) 1570

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- F. Fahmy; MA 15

Links

Halobacillus halophilus MA 15 is a bacterium that was isolated from salt marsh soil.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 48103

DSM 6120

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:25:14

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Bacillaceae

Genus Halobacillus

Species Halobacillus halophilus

Full scientific name Halobacillus halophilus (Claus et al. 1984) Spring et al. 1996

Synonyms (1)

Sporosarcina halophila

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Halobacillus halophilus** (26)	Type strain
1327	H. halophilus 3, DSM 2266, ATCC 35676, NCIMB 2269, JCM ... (type strain)
1328	H. halophilus 6, DSM 2500, JCM 20836, IAM 13064
1329	H. halophilus 11, DSM 2501, JCM 20837, IAM 13065
1330	H. halophilus 14, DSM 2502
1331	H. halophilus MA 21, DSM 6116
1332	H. halophilus MA 28, DSM 6117
1333	H. halophilus MA 30, DSM 6118
1335	H. halophilus MA 16, DSM 6121
1337	H. halophilus MA 22, DSM 6123
1338	H. halophilus MA 5, DSM 5938
1339	H. halophilus MA 7, DSM 5939
1340	H. halophilus MA 8, DSM 5965
1341	H. halophilus MA13, DSM 5980
23719	H. halophilus 18, DSM 2503, JCM 20838, IAM 13066
23720	H. halophilus 19, strain 19, DSM 2504
23721	H. halophilus 20, DSM 2505
23722	H. halophilus 23, DSM 2506, JCM 20839, IAM 13067
23723	H. halophilus 24, DSM 2507, JCM 20840, IAM 13068
23724	H. halophilus 26, DSM 2508
23725	H. halophilus 27, DSM 2509
162997	H. halophilus JCM 20833, IAM 13061
162998	H. halophilus JCM 20834, IAM 13062
162999	H. halophilus JCM 20835, IAM 13063
163000	H. halophilus JCM 20841, IAM 13069
163001	H. halophilus JCM 20842, IAM 13070
163002	H. halophilus JCM 20843, IAM 13071

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
2381	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

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
2381	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Salt marsh
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil
#Condition	#Saline	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
2381	salt marsh soil	North Sea, Hellschen-Herinsand	Germany	DEU	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
2381	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

GC content

2381

GC-content (mol%)40.1

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#2381	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 6120
#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 )
#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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