Name: Exilispira thermophila RASEN
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 134353

Type strain:

Species: Exilispira thermophila

Strain Designation: RASEN

Culture col. no.: JCM 14728, NBRC 103205, KCTC 5595

Strain history: <- Hiroyuki Imachi, RASEN

NCBI tax ID(s): 478105 (species)

Section

Exilispira thermophila RASEN is an anaerobe, Gram-negative, motile bacterium that was isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney.

Gram-negative
motile
rod-shaped
anaerobe
16S sequence
Bacteria

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Spirochaetota*
	Class	*Spirochaetia*
	Order	[Spirochaetia, not assigned to order]
	Family	[Spirochaetia, not assigned to family]
	Genus	*Exilispira*
	Species	**Exilispira thermophila**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Exilispira thermophila Imachi et al. 2008

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #32583]	Gram stain	negative
[Ref.: #67771]	Gram stain	negative

[Ref.: #32583]	Cell length	15-27 µm

[Ref.: #32583]	Cell width	0.23-0.28 µm

[Ref.: #32583]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #32583]	Motility	yes
[Ref.: #67771]	Motility	yes

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Pigment production

yes

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

		Temperature
[Ref.: #32583]	growth	37-60 °C
[Ref.: #32583]	optimum	50 °C
[Ref.: #67770]	growth	50 °C
[Ref.: #67771]	growth	50 °C

[Ref.: #32583]	Temperature range	thermophilic
[Ref.: #67770]	Temperature range	thermophilic
[Ref.: #67771]	Temperature range	thermophilic

	pH	Kind of pH		pH
[Ref.: #32583]			optimum	7
[Ref.: #32583]			growth	6-7.5

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #32583]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe
[Ref.: #67771]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe

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Ability of spore formation

	Halophily	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #32583]		NaCl		growth	2.5-3.5	%
[Ref.: #32583]		NaCl		optimum	2.5-3	%

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Observation

aggregates in chains

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #32583]	Sample type/isolated from	deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney in the Iheya North field
[Ref.: #67770]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Okinawa Trough
[Ref.: #67770]	Country	Japan
[Ref.: #67770]	Country ISO 3 Code	JPN
[Ref.: #67770]	Continent	Asia

[Ref.: #67771]	Sample type/isolated from	From deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney in the Iheya North field
[Ref.: #67771]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Okinawa Trough
[Ref.: #67771]	Country	Japan
[Ref.: #67771]	Country ISO 3 Code	JPN
[Ref.: #67771]	Continent	Asia
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Isolation sources categories

#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Hydrothermal vent
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Marine
#Condition	#Thermophilic (>45°C)	-

What are isolation sources categories?

[Ref.: #69479]

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB364473 (>99% sequence identity) for Exilispira thermophila subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	52
Soil Samples	3
Animal Samples	4
Plant Samples
Total Samples	59

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #32583]	Exilispira thermophila gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence	AB364473	1456	GenBank	478105 tax ID

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GC-content

27.1 mol%

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

JCM 14728, NBRC 103205, KCTC 5595

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Exilispira thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermophilic spirochaete isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney.	Imachi H, Sakai S, Hirayama H, Nakagawa S, Nunoura T, Takai K, Horikoshi K	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.65727-0	2008	*

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 )

#32583

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 #28798 (see below)

#67770 Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#67771 Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC) ; Curators of the KCTC;

#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 .

#28798

IJSEM 2258 2008 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.65727-0 , PubMed 18842837 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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