Bacillus thermotolerans (CCTCC AB 2012108, KACC 16706, SgZ-8)

Name: Bacillus thermotolerans (CCTCC AB 2012108, KACC 16706, SgZ-8)
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BacDive ID 133977

Type strain

Strain Designation SgZ-8

Culture col. no. CCTCC AB 2012108 KACC 16706 SgZ-8

NCBI tax ID(s) 1221996

Special Collections Literature strains

Bacillus thermotolerans SgZ-8 is a facultative anaerobe, spore-forming, Gram-positive bacterium that was isolated from compost.

spore-forming Gram-positive ovoid-shaped facultative anaerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

CCTCC AB 2012108 KACC 16706 SgZ-8

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:32:05

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Bacillaceae

Genus Bacillus

Species Bacillus thermotolerans

Full scientific name Bacillus thermotolerans Yang et al. 2013

Synonyms (1)

"Quasibacillus thermotolerans"

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Motility	Confidence
30985	positive	1.1 µm	0.75 µm	ovoid-shaped
125439						90.5

Pigmentation

30985

Productionyes

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
30985	positive	growth	20-65
30985	positive	optimum	50

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
30985	positive	optimum	6.75
30985	positive	growth	6.0-9.0	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

30985

Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
30985
125438		93.332
125439		92.6

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
30985	NaCl	positive	growth	0-9 %
30985	NaCl	positive	optimum	1.75 %

Observation

30985

Observationaggregates in clumps

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
30985	58143 ChEBI	5-dehydro-D-gluconate	+	carbon source
30985	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+	carbon source
30985	33942 ChEBI	ribose	+	carbon source

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
30985	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
30985	gelatinase	+

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	gallate degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	100	13 of 13
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	propanol degradation	100	7 of 7
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	100	5 of 5
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	aerobactin biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
66794	acetate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	95.45	21 of 22
66794	valine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
66794	gluconeogenesis	87.5	7 of 8
66794	heme metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	85.71	6 of 7
66794	leucine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	NAD metabolism	83.33	15 of 18
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	82.35	28 of 34
66794	proline metabolism	81.82	9 of 11
66794	methionine metabolism	80.77	21 of 26
66794	threonine metabolism	80	8 of 10
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	cellulose degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	flavin biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	propionate fermentation	80	8 of 10
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	80	8 of 10
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	78.57	22 of 28
66794	citric acid cycle	78.57	11 of 14
66794	photosynthesis	78.57	11 of 14
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	tryptophan metabolism	76.32	29 of 38
66794	phenol degradation	75	15 of 20
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	72.73	8 of 11
66794	alanine metabolism	72.41	21 of 29
66794	purine metabolism	72.34	68 of 94
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	71.11	32 of 45
66794	glycolysis	70.59	12 of 17
66794	urea cycle	69.23	9 of 13
66794	lysine metabolism	66.67	28 of 42
66794	methane metabolism	66.67	2 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	66.67	4 of 6
66794	arginine metabolism	62.5	15 of 24
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	61.54	16 of 26
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	60	3 of 5
66794	lipid metabolism	58.06	18 of 31
66794	non-pathway related	57.89	22 of 38
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
66794	glutathione metabolism	57.14	8 of 14
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	56.25	9 of 16
66794	cysteine metabolism	55.56	10 of 18
66794	histidine metabolism	55.17	16 of 29
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	54.95	50 of 91
66794	sulfate reduction	53.85	7 of 13
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	53.33	8 of 15
66794	dolichol and dolichyl phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	50	9 of 18
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	50	5 of 10
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	50	5 of 10
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	50	6 of 12
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	starch degradation	50	5 of 10
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	polyamine pathway	47.83	11 of 23
66794	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	47.06	8 of 17
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	46.15	6 of 13
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	46.15	6 of 13
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	cholesterol biosynthesis	45.45	5 of 11
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	d-mannose degradation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	allantoin degradation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	degradation of pentoses	42.86	12 of 28
66794	bacilysin biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	glycine metabolism	40	4 of 10
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	37.5	6 of 16
66794	ascorbate metabolism	36.36	8 of 22
66794	tyrosine metabolism	35.71	5 of 14
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	degradation of hexoses	33.33	6 of 18
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	nitrate assimilation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	ginsenoside metabolism	31.25	5 of 16
66794	benzoyl-CoA degradation	28.57	2 of 7
66794	degradation of sugar acids	28	7 of 25
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	27.27	3 of 11
66794	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	alginate biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Biodegradation	#Composting

Isolation

30985

Sample typecompost

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence JX261934 (>99% sequence identity) for Bacillaceae from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	436
Soil Samples	1314
Animal Samples	917
Plant Samples	445
Total Samples	3112

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM81202v2 assembly for Bacillus thermotolerans SGZ-8	contig	GCA_000812025	1221996.9	2630968694	1221996	53.54
66792	Bacillus thermotolerans SGZ-8	contig		1221996.3		1221996	52.2
66792	ASM1175108v1 assembly for Bacillus thermotolerans SgZ-8	contig	GCA_011751085	1221996.6	8119703167	1221996	25.56

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
30985	Bacillus thermotolerans strain SgZ-8 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	JX261934	1475		1221996

GC content

30985

GC-content (mol%)49.3

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Bacillus thermotolerans SGZ-8
NCBI: GCA_000812025

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	82.70	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	variable	88.80	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	90.50	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	92.60	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Bacillus thermotolerans SGZ-8
PATRIC: 1221996.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	77.05	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	97.73	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	93.33	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	70.96	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	59.96	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	78.22	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Examination into the taxonomic position of Bacillus thermotolerans Yang et al., 2013, proposal for its reclassification into a new genus and species Quasibacillus thermotolerans gen. nov., comb. nov. and reclassification of B. encimensis Dastager et al., 2015 as a later heterotypic synonym of B. badius.	Verma A, Pal Y, Khatri I, Ojha AK, Gruber-Vodicka H, Schumann P, Dastager S, Subramanian S, Mayilraj S, Krishnamurthi S	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1016/j.syapm.2017.07.010	2017
Metabolism	Degradation of microplastics by hydroxyl radicals generated during microbially driven humus redox transformation.	Chen Z, Chen Z, Sun H, Xing R, Zhou S	Water Res	10.1016/j.watres.2022.118731	2022
Phylogeny	Bacillus wudalianchiensis sp. nov., isolated from grass soils of the Wudalianchi scenic area.	Liu B, Liu GH, Sengonca C, Schumann P, Wang JP, Zhu YJ, Zhang HF	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002042	2017
Phylogeny	Bacillus thermotolerans sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium capable of reducing humus.	Yang G, Zhou X, Zhou S, Yang D, Wang Y, Wang D	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.048942-0	2013
Phylogeny	Bacillus aerolatus sp. nov., a novel member of the genus Bacillus, isolated from bioaerosols in a school playground.	Chen P, Wang D, Ren Q, Wu J, Jiang Y, Wu Z, Pan Y, Zhong Y, Guan Y, Chen K, Zhang G	Arch Microbiol	10.1007/s00203-020-01955-3	2020

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 )
#27315	IJSEM 3672 2013 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.048942-0 , PubMed 23625259 )
#30985	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 #27315
#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 )
#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 .

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Bacillus thermotolerans (CCTCC AB 2012108, KACC 16706, SgZ-8)

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

Morphology

Cell morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

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_000812025

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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