Thermosporothrix hazakensis (JCM 16142, ATCC BAA-1881, SK20-1)

Name: Thermosporothrix hazakensis (JCM 16142, ATCC BAA-1881, SK20-1)
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BacDive ID 133585

Type strain

Strain Designation SK20-1

Culture col. no. JCM 16142 ATCC BAA-1881 SK20-1 NBRC 105916

NCBI tax ID(s) 644383

Special Collections JCM Literature strains

History JCM <-- S. Yabe SK20-1.

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Thermosporothrix hazakensis SK20-1 is an aerobe, spore-forming, Gram-positive bacterium that was isolated from compost.

spore-forming Gram-positive rod-shaped aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 26147

ATCC BAA-1881,JCM 16142

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:38:07

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Chloroflexota

Class Ktedonobacteria

Order Ktedonobacterales

Family Thermosporotrichaceae

Genus Thermosporothrix

Species Thermosporothrix hazakensis

Full scientific name Thermosporothrix hazakensis Yabe et al. 2010

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Motility
29657	positive	01-02 µm	0.7-1 µm	rod-shaped

Pigmentation

29657

Productionyes

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
29657	positive	growth	31-58
29657	positive	optimum	50
67770	positive	growth	50

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
29657	positive	optimum	7
29657	positive	growth	5.4-8.7	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

29657

Oxygen toleranceaerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
29657
125439		97.828

Observation

@ref	Observation
29657	aggregates in chains
67770	quinones: MK-9(H₂)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
29657	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+	carbon source
29657	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	carbon source
29657	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+	carbon source
29657	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	carbon source
29657	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	+	carbon source
29657	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	carbon source
29657	18222 ChEBI	xylose	+	carbon source

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
29657	catalase	+	1.11.1.6

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	100	13 of 13
66794	gluconeogenesis	100	8 of 8
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	100	8 of 8
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	100	5 of 5
66794	ethanol fermentation	100	2 of 2
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	glycogen metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	kanosamine biosynthesis II	100	2 of 2
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	acetate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	starch degradation	100	10 of 10
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	valine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	cellulose degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	propionate fermentation	90	9 of 10
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	90	9 of 10
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	89.29	25 of 28
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	88.89	8 of 9
66794	isoleucine metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	flavin biosynthesis	86.67	13 of 15
66794	alanine metabolism	86.21	25 of 29
66794	propanol degradation	85.71	6 of 7
66794	heme metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	citric acid cycle	85.71	12 of 14
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	85.71	6 of 7
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	purine metabolism	85.11	80 of 94
66794	leucine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	degradation of sugar acids	84	21 of 25
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	83.33	5 of 6
66794	histidine metabolism	82.76	24 of 29
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	81.82	9 of 11
66794	threonine metabolism	80	8 of 10
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	80	4 of 5
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	arginine metabolism	79.17	19 of 24
66794	glutathione metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	NAD metabolism	77.78	14 of 18
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	d-mannose degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	allantoin degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	glycolysis	76.47	13 of 17
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	tryptophan metabolism	73.68	28 of 38
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	73.33	33 of 45
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	tyrosine metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	70	7 of 10
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	70	7 of 10
66794	polyamine pathway	69.57	16 of 23
66794	methionine metabolism	69.23	18 of 26
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	68.75	11 of 16
66794	non-pathway related	68.42	26 of 38
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	67.03	61 of 91
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	66.67	8 of 12
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	66.67	4 of 6
66794	proline metabolism	63.64	7 of 11
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	63.64	7 of 11
66794	d-xylose degradation	63.64	7 of 11
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	62.5	10 of 16
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
66794	lysine metabolism	61.9	26 of 42
66794	urea cycle	61.54	8 of 13
66794	lipid metabolism	61.29	19 of 31
66794	cysteine metabolism	61.11	11 of 18
66794	degradation of pentoses	60.71	17 of 28
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	60	3 of 5
66794	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	58.82	10 of 17
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	57.69	15 of 26
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
66794	benzoyl-CoA degradation	57.14	4 of 7
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	degradation of hexoses	50	9 of 18
66794	butanoate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	ascorbate metabolism	50	11 of 22
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	lactate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	carnitine metabolism	50	4 of 8
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	46.67	7 of 15
66794	cholesterol biosynthesis	45.45	5 of 11
66794	phenol degradation	45	9 of 20
66794	nitrate assimilation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	44.12	15 of 34
66794	aclacinomycin biosynthesis	42.86	3 of 7
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	40.91	9 of 22
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	D-cycloserine biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	40	4 of 10
66794	hydrogen production	40	2 of 5
66794	elloramycin biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	bacilysin biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	gallate degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	chlorophyll metabolism	38.89	7 of 18
66794	sulfate reduction	38.46	5 of 13
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	sulfoquinovose degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	30.77	4 of 13
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	30.77	4 of 13
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	27.78	5 of 18
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	27.27	3 of 11
66794	vitamin E metabolism	25	1 of 4
66794	methanogenesis from CO2	25	3 of 12
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	catecholamine biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	daunorubicin biosynthesis	22.22	2 of 9

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Biodegradation	#Composting

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
29657	compost
67770	Compost

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB500145 (>99% sequence identity) for Thermosporothrix hazakensis from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	17
Soil Samples	155
Animal Samples	37
Plant Samples	31
Total Samples	240

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM540264v1 assembly for Thermosporothrix hazakensis SK20-1	contig	GCA_005402645	644383.5	8062254859	644383	70.64
67770	ASM325356v1 assembly for Thermosporothrix hazakensis ATCC BAA-1881	scaffold	GCA_003253565	644383.4	2588253519	644383	50.82

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
29657	Thermosporothrix hazakensis gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB500145	1415		644383

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
29657	54
67770	54	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM540264v1 assembly for Thermosporothrix hazakensis SK20-1
NCBI: GCA_005402645

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	83.97	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	81.49	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	47.10	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	97.83	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Thermosporothrix hazakensis strain SK20-1
PATRIC: 644383.5

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	78.16	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	94.82	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	84.63	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	65.52	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	56.25	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	80.51	yes

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Beyond Soil-Dwelling Actinobacteria: Fantastic Antibiotics and Where to Find Them.	Santos-Aberturas J, Vior NM.	Antibiotics (Basel)	10.3390/antibiotics11020195	2022
Metabolism	High cellulolytic potential of the Ktedonobacteria lineage revealed by genome-wide analysis of CAZymes.	Zheng Y, Maruoka M, Nanatani K, Hidaka M, Abe N, Kaneko J, Sakai Y, Abe K, Yokota A, Yabe S	J Biosci Bioeng	10.1016/j.jbiosc.2021.01.008	2021
Pathogenicity	Ktedonoketone and 2'-oxosattabacin, benzenoid metabolites from a thermophilic bacterium Thermosporothrix hazakensis in the phylum Chloroflexi.	Igarashi Y, Yamamoto K, Ueno C, Yamada N, Saito K, Takahashi K, Enomoto M, Kuwahara S, Oikawa T, Tashiro E, Imoto M, Xiaohanyao Y, Zhou T, Harunari E, Oku N	J Antibiot (Tokyo)	10.1038/s41429-019-0195-7	2019
Metabolism	Identification and biosynthesis of new acyloins from the thermophilic bacterium Thermosporothrix hazakensis SK20-1(T).	Park JS, Kagaya N, Hashimoto J, Izumikawa M, Yabe S, Shin-Ya K, Nishiyama M, Kuzuyama T	Chembiochem	10.1002/cbic.201300690	2014
Phylogeny	A life cycle of branched aerial mycelium- and multiple budding spore-forming bacterium Thermosporothrix hazakensis belonging to the phylum Chloroflexi.	Yabe S, Aiba Y, Sakai Y, Hazaka M, Yokota A	J Gen Appl Microbiol	10.2323/jgam.56.137	2010
Phylogeny	Thermosporothrix narukonensis sp. nov., belonging to the class Ktedonobacteria, isolated from fallen leaves on geothermal soil, and emended description of the genus Thermosporothrix.	Yabe S, Sakai Y, Yokota A	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001004	2016
Phylogeny	Thermogemmatispora onikobensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thermogemmatispora foliorum sp. nov., isolated from fallen leaves on geothermal soils, and description of Thermogemmatisporaceae fam. nov. and Thermogemmatisporales ord. nov. within the class Ktedonobacteria.	Yabe S, Aiba Y, Sakai Y, Hazaka M, Yokota A	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.024877-0	2010
Phylogeny	Thermosporothrix hazakensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from compost, description of Thermosporotrichaceae fam. nov. within the class Ktedonobacteria Cavaletti et al. 2007 and emended description of the class Ktedonobacteria.	Yabe S, Aiba Y, Sakai Y, Hazaka M, Yokota A	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.018069-0	2009

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 )
#26045	IJSEM 1794 2010 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.018069-0 , PubMed 19767365 )
#29657	Barberan A, Caceres Velazquez H, Jones S, Fierer N.: Hiding in Plain Sight: Mining Bacterial Species Records for Phenotypic Trait Information. mSphere 2: 2017 ( DOI 10.1128/mSphere.00237-17 , PubMed 28776041 ) - originally annotated from #26045
#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;
#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 .
#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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Thermosporothrix hazakensis (JCM 16142, ATCC BAA-1881, SK20-1)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Enzymes

Pathway annotation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_005402645

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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