Bacillus benzoevorans (CIP 103480, B4)

Name: Bacillus benzoevorans (CIP 103480, B4)
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BacDive ID 134965

Type strain

Strain Designation B4

Culture col. no. CIP 103480 B4

NCBI tax ID(s) 1456

Special Collections CIP

History 1991, F. Pichinoty, CNRS, Marseille, France: strain B4 CIP <- 1991, F. Pichinoty, CNRS, Marseille, France: strain B4

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Bacillus benzoevorans B4 is a facultative anaerobe, spore-forming, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from Environment, Soil.

spore-forming Gram-positive motile rod-shaped facultative anaerobe mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 67320

CIP 103480

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:32:19

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Bacillaceae

Genus Bacillus

Species Bacillus benzoevorans

Full scientific name Bacillus benzoevorans Pichinoty et al. 1987

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Bacillus benzoevorans** (13)	Type strain
1069	B. benzoevorans B1, DSM 5391, ATCC 49005, CCM 3364, LMD 79.7, ... (type strain)
1068	B. benzoevorans DSM 3078
1070	B. benzoevorans B4, DSM 5392, LMD 79.10, NCIB 12556, CIP ...
1071	B. benzoevorans B7, DSM 6385, CIP 104567
1072	B. benzoevorans B8, DSM 6410, CIP 103484
135253	B. benzoevorans B2, CIP 103478
135254	B. benzoevorans B6, CIP 103483
135257	B. benzoevorans Pobh 7, CIP 103492
136211	B. benzoevorans B5, CIP 103482
136493	B. benzoevorans B3, CIP 103479
138794	B. benzoevorans CC 4, CIP 103494
151754	B. benzoevorans CCUG 44796 A
152441	B. benzoevorans CCUG 46794

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
33658	positive	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
33658	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
33658	CIP Medium 3			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
33658	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
33658	positive	growth	30-37	mesophilic
33658	negative	growth	45
33658	negative	growth	55

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

33658

Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe

Spore formation

33658

Spore formationyes

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
33658	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
33658	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
33658	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
33658	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
33658	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
33658	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
33658	gelatinase	-
33658	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
33658	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
33658	oxidase	+
33658	urease	+	3.5.1.5

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

33658

Sample typeEnvironment, Soil

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
33658	1	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

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 )
#33658	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103480
#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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Bacillus benzoevorans (CIP 103480, B4)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

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