Amphritea balenae (JCM 14781, ATCC BAA-1529, JAMM 1525)

Name: Amphritea balenae (JCM 14781, ATCC BAA-1529, JAMM 1525)
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BacDive ID 134369

Type strain

Culture col. no. JCM 14781 ATCC BAA-1529 JAMM 1525

NCBI tax ID(s) 1278310 452629

Special Collections JCM Literature strains

History JCM <-- M. Miyazaki JAMM 1525.

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Amphritea balenae JCM 14781 is a facultative anaerobe, Gram-negative, motile bacterium that was isolated from sediment adjacent to sperm whale carcasses.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 28242

ATCC BAA-1529,JCM 14781

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:38:18

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Oceanospirillales

Family Oceanospirillaceae

Genus Amphritea

Species Amphritea balenae

Full scientific name Amphritea balenae Miyazaki et al. 2008

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Confidence
32637	negative	1.3-2 µm	0.6-0.9 µm	rod-shaped
125439	negative				99.312
125438	negative				98.5

Pigmentation

32637

Productionyes

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
32637	positive	growth	04-28
32637	positive	optimum	20-22
67770	positive	growth	20

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH
32637	positive	optimum	7
32637	positive	growth	6.5-7.5

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
32637	facultative anaerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	92.46

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
32637
125439		99.894
125438		92.068

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
32637	NaCl	positive	growth	02-03 %
32637	NaCl	positive	optimum	3 %

Observation

@ref	Observation
32637	aggregates in chains
67770	quinones: Q-8

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
32637	16449 ChEBI	alanine	+	carbon source
32637	22653 ChEBI	asparagine	+	carbon source
32637	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	carbon source
32637	51850 ChEBI	methyl pyruvate	+	carbon source
32637	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
32637	17822 ChEBI	serine	+	carbon source

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
32637	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
32637	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
32637	gelatinase	+

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	hydrogen production	100	5 of 5
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	threonine metabolism	100	10 of 10
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	denitrification	100	2 of 2
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	ethanol fermentation	100	2 of 2
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	100	7 of 7
66794	valine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	100	5 of 5
66794	benzoyl-CoA degradation	100	7 of 7
66794	isoleucine metabolism	100	8 of 8
66794	butanoate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	100	7 of 7
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	92.86	13 of 14
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	92.86	26 of 28
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	serine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
66794	gluconeogenesis	87.5	7 of 8
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	leucine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	NAD metabolism	83.33	15 of 18
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	83.33	5 of 6
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	82.35	28 of 34
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	81.82	9 of 11
66794	gallate degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	80	8 of 10
66794	citric acid cycle	78.57	11 of 14
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	d-mannose degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	sulfate reduction	76.92	10 of 13
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	arginine metabolism	75	18 of 24
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	flavin biosynthesis	73.33	11 of 15
66794	proline metabolism	72.73	8 of 11
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	glutathione metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	propanol degradation	71.43	5 of 7
66794	glycolysis	70.59	12 of 17
66794	purine metabolism	70.21	66 of 94
66794	phenol degradation	70	14 of 20
66794	methionine metabolism	69.23	18 of 26
66794	alanine metabolism	68.97	20 of 29
66794	tryptophan metabolism	68.42	26 of 38
66794	lipid metabolism	67.74	21 of 31
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	methane metabolism	66.67	2 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	allantoin degradation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	non-pathway related	65.79	25 of 38
66794	lysine metabolism	64.29	27 of 42
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	63.64	7 of 11
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	urea cycle	61.54	8 of 13
66794	cysteine metabolism	61.11	11 of 18
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	propionate fermentation	60	6 of 10
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	60	9 of 15
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	histidine metabolism	58.62	17 of 29
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	58.33	7 of 12
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	57.78	26 of 45
66794	tyrosine metabolism	57.14	8 of 14
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	56.25	9 of 16
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	55.56	5 of 9
66794	nitrate assimilation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	54.95	50 of 91
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	53.85	7 of 13
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	50	5 of 10
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	carnitine metabolism	50	4 of 8
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	50	4 of 8
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	50	8 of 16
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	44.44	8 of 18
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	vitamin K metabolism	40	2 of 5
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	40	2 of 5
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
66794	glycogen metabolism	40	2 of 5
66794	O-antigen biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	38.46	10 of 26
66794	polyamine pathway	34.78	8 of 23
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	degradation of pentoses	32.14	9 of 28
66794	ascorbate metabolism	31.82	7 of 22
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	30.77	4 of 13
66794	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	29.41	5 of 17
66794	mevalonate metabolism	28.57	2 of 7
66794	degradation of hexoses	27.78	5 of 18
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	27.27	3 of 11
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	alginate biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	methanogenesis from CO2	25	3 of 12
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	22.73	5 of 22

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Sediment
#Host	#Other	#Decomposing animal
#Host	#Mammals	#Aquatic mammal

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
32637	sediment adjacent to sperm whale carcasses
67770	Sediment adjacent to a sperm whale carcass off Kagoshima	Japan	JPN	Asia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB330883 (>99% sequence identity) for Amphritea from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	129
Soil Samples	5
Animal Samples	1
Plant Samples	0
Total Samples	135

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM385865v1 assembly for Amphritea balenae JAMM 1525	contig	GCA_003858655	452629.3	2881762279	452629	73.04
66792	ASM1464697v1 assembly for Amphritea balenae JCM 14781	scaffold	GCA_014646975	452629.5	8064785161	452629	72.77

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
32637	Amphritea balenae gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JAMM 1525	AB330883	1463		452629

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
32637	46.7
67770	46.7	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: ASM385865v1 assembly for Amphritea balenae JAMM 1525
NCBI: GCA_003858655

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	92.46	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	99.31	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	85.02	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.89	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Amphritea balenae JCM 14781
NCBI: GCA_014646975.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.50	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	91.17	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	54.04	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	92.07	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	98.50	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	87.81	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Taxonomic revision of the genus Amphritea supported by genomic and in silico chemotaxonomic analyses, and the proposal of Aliamphritea gen. nov.	Yamano R, Yu J, Jiang C, Harjuno Condro Haditomo A, Mino S, Sakai Y, Sawabe T.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0271174	2022
Phylogeny	Bacterial communities associated with Porites white patch syndrome (PWPS) on three western Indian Ocean (WIO) coral reefs.	Sere MG, Tortosa P, Chabanet P, Turquet J, Quod JP, Schleyer MH.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0083746	2013
Phylogeny	Amphritea opalescens sp. nov., isolated from sediment adjacent to Fildes Peninsula, Antarctica.	Han X, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Liu J, Fang W, Fang Z, Xiao Y	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.003359	2019
Phylogeny	Amphritea japonica sp. nov. and Amphritea balenae sp. nov., isolated from the sediment adjacent to sperm whale carcasses off Kagoshima, Japan.	Miyazaki M, Nogi Y, Fujiwara Y, Kawato M, Nagahama T, Kubokawa K, Horikoshi K	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.65826-0	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 )
#28848	IJSEM 2815 2008 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.65826-0 , PubMed 19060065 )
#32637	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 #28848
#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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Amphritea balenae (JCM 14781, ATCC BAA-1529, JAMM 1525)

Name and taxonomic classification

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_003858655

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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