Agarivorans albus (IAM 14998, LMG 21761, MKT 106)

Name: Agarivorans albus (IAM 14998, LMG 21761, MKT 106)
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BacDive ID 133657

Type strain

Culture col. no. IAM 14998 LMG 21761 MKT 106 NBRC 102603 JCM 21469 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1331007 182262

Special Collections JCM Literature strains CIP

History 2004, M. Kurahashi, Tokyo Univ., Tokyo, Japan: strain MKT 106 IAM 14998 <-- M. Kurahashi MKT 106. CIP <- 2004, M. Kurahashi, Tokyo Univ., Tokyo, Japan: strain MKT 106

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Agarivorans albus IAM 14998 is an aerobe, Gram-negative, motile bacterium that was isolated from Omphalius pfeifferi pfeifferi Banda.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 93908

LMG21761,IAM 14998,JCM 21469,NBRC 102603,CIP 108457

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:32:00

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Alteromonadales

Family Alteromonadaceae

Genus Agarivorans

Species Agarivorans albus

Full scientific name Agarivorans albus Kurahashi and Yokota 2004

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Agarivorans albus** (5)	Type strain
163199	A. albus JCM 21465, IAM 14994
163200	A. albus JCM 21466, IAM 14995
163201	A. albus JCM 21467, IAM 14996
163202	A. albus JCM 21468, IAM 14997
163203	A. albus JCM 21470, IAM 14999

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Confidence
29979	negative	1.7 µm	0.8 µm	rod-shaped
125438	negative				100
125439	negative				99.4
116196	negative			rod-shaped

Pigmentation

29979

Productionno

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
32699	Marine agar (MA)		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Marine agar (55.100 g)
116196	CIP Medium 13			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
29979	positive	optimum	37
32699	positive	growth	25
67770	positive	growth	25
116196	positive	growth	10-30
116196	negative	growth	5
116196	negative	growth	37
116196	negative	growth	41

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
29979	aerobe
116196	obligate aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	98.2

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
29979
125438		91.149
125439		97.1

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
29979	NaCl	positive	growth	>0 %
116196	NaCl	positive	growth	0-8 %
116196	NaCl		growth	10 %

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: Q-8

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
29979	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
116196	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
29979	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	carbon source
29979	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	carbon source
29979	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+	carbon source
116196	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
116196	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
116196	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
116196	132112 ChEBI	sodium thiosulfate	-	builds gas from
29979	18222 ChEBI	xylose	+	carbon source

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
116196	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
116196	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
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	+	3.2.1.24	from API zym
116196	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
116196	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	+	3.2.1.31	from API zym
116196	caseinase	+	3.4.21.50
116196	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
116196	DNase	+
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
116196	gelatinase	+
116196	lecithinase	+
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
116196	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
116196	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
116196	oxidase	-
116196	protease	+
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
116196	tryptophan deaminase	-
116196	tween esterase	+
116196	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

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
116196	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-

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
116196	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
67770	Omphalius pfeifferi pfeifferi Banda	Omphalius pfeifferi pfeifferi	Tateyama, Chiba	Japan	JPN	Asia
116196	Mollusca, limpet		Tateyama chiba	Japan	JPN	Asia	1999

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
116196	1	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM1967010v1 assembly for Agarivorans albus JCM 21469	complete	GCA_019670105	182262.5	8047944186	182262	98.23
67770	ASM41417v1 assembly for Agarivorans albus MKT 106	contig	GCA_000414175	1331007.4	2602041858	1331007	64.2

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
29979	Agarivorans albus gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequene, strain:MKT106	AB076561	1454	1331007
124043	Agarivorans albus gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 102603.	AB681878	1406	182262
124043	Agarivorans albus MKT 106 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MG722675	401	1331007

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
29979	49.5
67770	49.5	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: Agarivorans albus strain JCM 21469
PATRIC: 182262.5

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	97.10	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	83.10	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	99.40	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	98.20	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Agarivorans albus JCM 21469
NCBI: GCA_019670105.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	100.00	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	91.34	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	61.45	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	91.15	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	99.50	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	85.38	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Direct Degradation of Fresh and Dried Macroalgae by Agarivorans albus B2Z047.	Gong Y, Shang DD, Sun CL, Du ZJ, Chen GJ.	Mar Drugs	10.3390/md22050203	2024
Phylogeny	Vibrio alginolyticus is the pathogen of "Baotou" disease causing serious damage to Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis cultivation in China.	Pang T, Wang F, Guo Q, Zhang M, Sun Y, Liu J.	mBio	10.1128/mbio.03120-24	2025
Enzymology	Secretory expression and enzymatic characterization of recombinant Agarivorans albus beta-agarase in Escherichia coli.	Yoon SY, Lee HM, Kong JN, Kong KH.	Prep Biochem Biotechnol	10.1080/10826068.2017.1373292	2017
	Microbial community of Pacific abalone (Haliotis discus hannai) juveniles during a disease outbreak in South China	Shi L, Liang S, Luo X, Ke C, Zhao J.	Aquac Res	10.1111/are.12950	2017
	Improvement of Bacillus subtilis PI agarase production, hydrolysate scavenging capability assessment, and saccharification of algal biomass for green ethanol generation.	Goda DA, Shalaby NH, Soliman NA.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-024-65736-4	2024
	Plesiomonas shigelloides, an Atypical Enterobacterales with a Vibrio-Related Secondary Chromosome.	Adam Y, Brezellec P, Espinosa E, Besombes A, Naquin D, Paly E, Possoz C, van Dijk E, Barre FX, Ferat JL.	Genome Biol Evol	10.1093/gbe/evac011	2022
Metabolism	Biochemical Characterization of a New beta-Agarase from Cellulophaga Algicola.	Han Z, Zhang Y, Yang J.	Int J Mol Sci	10.3390/ijms20092143	2019
	Characterization of a novel beta-agarase from Antarctic macroalgae-associated bacteria metagenomic library and anti-inflammatory activity of the enzymatic hydrolysates.	Gu X, Zhao L, Tan J, Zhang Q, Fu L, Li J.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2022.972272	2022
Enzymology	Gene cloning, expression, and characterization of a beta-agarase, agaB34,from Agarivorans albus YKW-34.	Fu XT, Pan CH, Lin H, Kim SM.	J Microbiol Biotechnol		2009
	Multifunctional alkalophilic alpha-amylase with diverse raw seaweed degrading activities.	Gu X, Fu L, Pan A, Gui Y, Zhang Q, Li J.	AMB Express	10.1186/s13568-021-01300-x	2021
Enzymology	Purification and characterization of a novel beta-agarase, AgaA34, from Agarivorans albus YKW-34.	Fu XT, Lin H, Kim SM.	Appl Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s00253-007-1303-3	2008
Genetics	Genome-Wide Identification and Functional Characterization of beta-Agarases in Vibrio astriarenae Strain HN897.	Liu Y, Jin X, Wu C, Zhu X, Liu M, Call DR, Zhao Z.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2020.01404	2020
	Characterization of microbiota and histology of cultured sea cucumber Isostichopus badionotus juveniles during an outbreak of skin ulceration syndrome.	Arjona-Cambranes KA, Olvera-Novoa MA, Cerqueda-Garcia D, Arjona-Torres MG, Aguirre-Macedo ML, Vidal-Martinez VM, Garcia-Maldonado JQ.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0303480	2024
Transcriptome	Gram-negative outer-membrane proteins with multiple beta-barrel domains.	Solan R, Pereira J, Lupas AN, Kolodny R, Ben-Tal N.	Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A	10.1073/pnas.2104059118	2021
	Ecological Succession of Sulfur-Oxidizing Epsilon- and Gammaproteobacteria During Colonization of a Shallow-Water Gas Vent.	Patwardhan S, Foustoukos DI, Giovannelli D, Yucel M, Vetriani C.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2018.02970	2018
	Molecular cloning, expression, and functional characterization of the beta-agarase AgaB-4 from Paenibacillus agarexedens.	Chen ZW, Lin HJ, Huang WC, Hsuan SL, Lin JH, Wang JP.	AMB Express	10.1186/s13568-018-0581-8	2018
	Transition from freshwater to seawater reshapes the skin-associated microbiota of Atlantic salmon.	Lokesh J, Kiron V.	Sci Rep	10.1038/srep19707	2016
Metabolism	Thermophilic and halophilic beta-agarase from a halophilic archaeon Halococcus sp. 197A.	Minegishi H, Shimane Y, Echigo A, Ohta Y, Hatada Y, Kamekura M, Maruyama T, Usami R.	Extremophiles	10.1007/s00792-013-0575-z	2013
Genetics	The first symbiont-free genome sequence of marine red alga, Susabi-nori (Pyropia yezoensis).	Nakamura Y, Sasaki N, Kobayashi M, Ojima N, Yasuike M, Shigenobu Y, Satomi M, Fukuma Y, Shiwaku K, Tsujimoto A, Kobayashi T, Nakayama I, Ito F, Nakajima K, Sano M, Wada T, Kuhara S, Inouye K, Gojobori T, Ikeo K.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0057122	2013
	The Cultivable Surface Microbiota of the Brown Alga Ascophyllum nodosum is Enriched in Macroalgal-Polysaccharide-Degrading Bacteria.	Martin M, Barbeyron T, Martin R, Portetelle D, Michel G, Vandenbol M.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2015.01487	2015
Enzymology	Cloning, Expression, and Biochemical Characterization of a Novel Acidic GH16 beta-Agarase, AgaJ11, from Gayadomonas joobiniege G7.	Jung S, Jeong BC, Hong SK, Lee CR	Appl Biochem Biotechnol	10.1007/s12010-016-2262-x	2016
Genetics	Draft Genome Sequence of Agarivorans albus Strain MKT 106T, an Agarolytic Marine Bacterium.	Yasuike M, Nakamura Y, Kai W, Fujiwara A, Fukui Y, Satomi M, Sano M	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomeA.00367-13	2013
Phylogeny	Halosquirtibacter laminarini gen. nov., sp. nov. and Halosquirtibacter xylanolyticus sp. nov., marine anaerobic laminarin and xylan degraders in the phylum Bacteroidota.	Nguyen TTH, Vuong TQ, Han HL, Kim SG.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-024-74787-6	2024
Metabolism	Aliagarivorans marinus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Aliagarivorans taiwanensis sp. nov., facultatively anaerobic marine bacteria capable of agar degradation.	Jean WD, Huang SP, Liu TY, Chen JS, Shieh WY.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.008235-0	2009
Phylogeny	Agarivorans litoreus sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium isolated from seawater and emended description of the genus Agarivorans.	Park S, Park JM, Jung YT, Yoon JH	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-014-0273-6	2014
Phylogeny	Agarivorans gilvus sp. nov. isolated from seaweed.	Du ZJ, Lv GQ, Rooney AP, Miao TT, Xu QQ, Chen GJ	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.019810-0	2010
Phylogeny	Agarivorans albus gen. nov., sp. nov., a gamma-proteobacterium isolated from marine animals.	Kurahashi M, Yokota A	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.02778-0	2004

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 )
#26347	IJSEM 693 2004 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.02778-0 , PubMed 15143010 )
#29979	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 #26347
#32699	; 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) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#116196	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 108457
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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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Agarivorans albus (IAM 14998, LMG 21761, MKT 106)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Enzymes

API zym

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_019670105

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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