Litchfieldia salsa (IBRC-M10078, KCTC 13816, A24)

Name: Litchfieldia salsa (IBRC-M10078, KCTC 13816, A24)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 134001

Type strain

Strain Designation A24

Culture col. no. IBRC-M10078 KCTC 13816 A24 CIP 110635 IBRC-M 10078

NCBI tax ID(s) 930152

Special Collections KCTC CIP Literature strains

History <- M A Amoozegar, Univ. of Tehran, Iran

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Litchfieldia salsa A24 is an aerobe, spore-forming, Gram-positive bacterium that was isolated from hypersaline environment.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 286578

KCTC 13816

@ref 20215

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

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Bacillaceae

Genus Litchfieldia

Species Litchfieldia salsa

Full scientific name Litchfieldia salsa corrig. (Amoozegar et al. 2013) Gupta et al. 2020

Synonyms (2)

Litchfieldia salsus
Bacillus salsus

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape
31030	positive	4 µm	0.5 µm	rod-shaped
67771				rod-shaped
67771	positive

Pigmentation

31030

Productionyes

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link
116248	CIP Medium 13		Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
31030	positive	growth	10-40
31030	positive	optimum	35
67771	positive	growth	35

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
31030	positive	optimum	8
31030	positive	growth	7.0-9.0	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
31030	aerobe
67771	aerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Type of spore	Spore formation
31030
67771	endospore

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
31030	NaCl	positive	growth	0.5-7.5 %
31030	NaCl	positive	optimum	3 %

Observation

67771

Observationquinones: MK-7(94%), MK-6(4%)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
31030	16449 ChEBI	alanine	+	carbon source
31030	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	+	carbon source
31030	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	carbon source
31030	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
31030	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+	carbon source
31030	28260 ChEBI	galactose	+	carbon source
31030	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	carbon source
31030	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	carbon source
31030	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+	carbon source
31030	37684 ChEBI	mannose	+	carbon source
31030	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
31030	26271 ChEBI	proline	+	carbon source
31030	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	carbon source
31030	33942 ChEBI	ribose	+	carbon source
31030	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	carbon source
31030	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	carbon source
31030	18222 ChEBI	xylose	+	carbon source

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
31030	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
31030	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	100	2 of 2
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	100	11 of 11
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	100	13 of 13
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	acetate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	valine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	starch degradation	100	10 of 10
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	gluconeogenesis	100	8 of 8
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	ceramide biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	100	14 of 14
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	cellulose degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	denitrification	100	2 of 2
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	95.45	21 of 22
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	90	9 of 10
66794	threonine metabolism	90	9 of 10
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
66794	serine 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	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	85.71	6 of 7
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	NAD metabolism	83.33	15 of 18
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	83.33	5 of 6
66794	purine metabolism	81.91	77 of 94
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	80	36 of 45
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	flavin biosynthesis	73.33	11 of 15
66794	proline metabolism	72.73	8 of 11
66794	degradation of sugar acids	72	18 of 25
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	arginine metabolism	70.83	17 of 24
66794	glycolysis	70.59	12 of 17
66794	propionate fermentation	70	7 of 10
66794	urea cycle	69.23	9 of 13
66794	non-pathway related	68.42	26 of 38
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	67.86	19 of 28
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	allantoin degradation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	d-mannose degradation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	66.67	6 of 9
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	66.67	4 of 6
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	65.93	60 of 91
66794	alanine metabolism	65.52	19 of 29
66794	histidine metabolism	65.52	19 of 29
66794	methionine metabolism	65.38	17 of 26
66794	glutathione metabolism	64.29	9 of 14
66794	d-xylose degradation	63.64	7 of 11
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	63.64	7 of 11
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	leucine metabolism	61.54	8 of 13
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	61.54	16 of 26
66794	degradation of hexoses	61.11	11 of 18
66794	tryptophan metabolism	60.53	23 of 38
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	60	3 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	60	3 of 5
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	58.33	7 of 12
66794	citric acid cycle	57.14	8 of 14
66794	propanol degradation	57.14	4 of 7
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	56.25	9 of 16
66794	nitrate assimilation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	cysteine metabolism	55.56	10 of 18
66794	lipid metabolism	54.84	17 of 31
66794	lysine metabolism	54.76	23 of 42
66794	degradation of pentoses	53.57	15 of 28
66794	polyamine pathway	52.17	12 of 23
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	kanosamine biosynthesis II	50	1 of 2
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	butanoate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	biotin biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	50	5 of 10
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	47.06	16 of 34
66794	sulfate reduction	46.15	6 of 13
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	46.15	6 of 13
66794	ascorbate metabolism	45.45	10 of 22
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	44.44	4 of 9
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	42.86	3 of 7
66794	gallate degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	phenol degradation	40	8 of 20
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	40	4 of 10
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	38.46	5 of 13
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	36.36	4 of 11
66794	tyrosine metabolism	35.71	5 of 14
66794	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	35.29	6 of 17
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	chlorophyll metabolism	33.33	6 of 18
66794	sulfoquinovose degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	31.25	5 of 16
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	22.73	5 of 22
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	22.22	4 of 18

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2
#Condition	#Saline

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
31030	hypersaline environment
67771	From saline soil, hypersaline lake	Aran-Bidgol Salt Lake	Iran	IRN	Asia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence HQ433466 (>99% sequence identity) for Litchfieldia salsus subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	124
Soil Samples	266
Animal Samples	16
Plant Samples	10
Total Samples	416

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM4268598v1 assembly for Litchfieldia salsa IBRC-M 10078	contig	GCA_042685985			930152	72.88
124043	ASM4265160v1 assembly for Litchfieldia salsa IBRC-M 10078	scaffold	GCA_042651605			930152	71.28
124043	IMG-taxon 2651870172 annotated assembly for Litchfieldia salsa IBRC-M10078	scaffold	GCA_900104555	930152.3	2651870172	930152	67.58

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
31030	Litchfieldia salsa strain A24 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	HQ433466	1466		930152

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