Name: Amaricoccus tamworthensis Ben-103
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 134996

Type strain:

Species: Amaricoccus tamworthensis

Strain Designation: Ben-103

Culture col. no.: CIP 107261, ACM 5097, DSM 101596, Ben 103

Strain history: CIP <- 2001, M. Dougall, Victoria, Australia: strain Ben-103

NCBI tax ID(s): 57002 (species)

SI-ID 100497

ACM 5097, CIP 107261, DSM 101596

Section

Amaricoccus tamworthensis Ben-103 is a mesophilic, Gram-negative, coccus-shaped bacterium of the family Paracoccaceae.

coccus-shaped
Gram-negative
mesophilic
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	*Pseudomonadota*
	Class	*Alphaproteobacteria*
	Order	*Rhodobacterales*
	Family	*Paracoccaceae*
	Genus	*Amaricoccus*
	Species	**Amaricoccus tamworthensis**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Amaricoccus tamworthensis Maszenan et al. 1997

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #33710]	Gram stain	negative

[Ref.: #33710]	Cell shape	coccus-shaped

[Ref.: #33710]	Motility	no

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

ISP2 MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 987)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

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Culture medium

GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 57 - for Streptomyces, Nocardioides, Lentzea albidocapillata and Streptoverticillium reticulum

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 57

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #33710]		growth	25 °C
[Ref.: #33710]		growth	5-30 °C
[Ref.: #33710]	no	growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #33710]	no	growth	41 °C
[Ref.: #68862]		growth	25 °C

[Ref.: #33710]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #33710]	Temperature range	thermophilic
[Ref.: #68862]	Temperature range	mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #33710]	NaCl	no	growth	0	%
[Ref.: #33710]	NaCl	no	growth	2	%
[Ref.: #33710]	NaCl	no	growth	4	%
[Ref.: #33710]	NaCl	no	growth	6	%
[Ref.: #33710]	NaCl	no	growth	8	%
[Ref.: #33710]	NaCl	no	growth	10	%

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #33710]	esculin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #33710]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #33710]	nitrate ChEBI	-	respiration
[Ref.: #33710]	nitrite ChEBI	-	reduction

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #33710]		indole ChEBI	no

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Voges-Proskauer-test
[Ref.: #33710]		acetoin ChEBI	-

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68382]	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	* from API zym
[Ref.: #33710]	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
[Ref.: #68382]	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	* from API zym
[Ref.: #33710]	amylase	-
[Ref.: #33710]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API zym
[Ref.: #33710]	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
[Ref.: #33710]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #68382]	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	* from API zym
[Ref.: #33710]	DNase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase (C 4)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #33710]	gelatinase	-
[Ref.: #33710]	lecithinase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #33710]	lipase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	lipase (C 14)	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #33710]	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
[Ref.: #68382]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #33710]	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
[Ref.: #33710]	oxidase	+
[Ref.: #33710]	protease	-
[Ref.: #68382]	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	* from API zym
[Ref.: #33710]	tryptophan deaminase	-
[Ref.: #33710]	tween esterase	-
[Ref.: #33710]	urease	+	3.5.1.5
[Ref.: #68382]	valine arylamidase	-		* from API zym
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API® Biotype100:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
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API® zym:

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	API ID	Control	2-naphthyl phosphateAlkaline phosphatase	2-naphthyl butyrateEsterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	2-naphthyl myristateLipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-2-naphthylamideTrypsin	N-glutaryl-phenylalanine-2-naphthylamidealpha- Chymotrypsin	2-naphthyl phosphateAcid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-galactpyranosidealpha- Galactosidase	2-naphthyl-betaD-galactpyranosidebeta- Galactosidase	Naphthol-AS-BI-betaD-glucuronidebeta- Glucuronidase	2-naphthyl-alphaD-glucopyranosidealpha- Glucosidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-betaD-glucopyranosidebeta- Glucosidase	1-naphthyl-N-acetyl-betaD-glucosaminideN-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-mannopyranosidealpha- Mannosidase	2-naphthyl-alphaL-fucopyranosidealpha- Fucosidase
[Ref.: #33710]	10209	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

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

[Ref.: #68862]	Sample type/isolated from	activated sludge
[Ref.: #68862]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Tamworth
[Ref.: #68862]	Country	Australia
[Ref.: #68862]	Country ISO 3 Code	AUS
[Ref.: #68862]	Continent	Australia and Oceania

[Ref.: #33710]	Sample type/isolated from	Environment, Activated sludge
[Ref.: #33710]	Country	Australia
[Ref.: #33710]	Country ISO 3 Code	AUS
[Ref.: #33710]	Continent	Australia and Oceania
[Ref.: #33710]	Isolation date	1996

[Ref.: #33710]	Country	Australia
[Ref.: #33710]	Country ISO 3 Code	AUS
[Ref.: #33710]	Continent	Australia and Oceania
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Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

[Ref.: #68862]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
[Ref.: #33710]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (French classification)

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

CIP 107261, ACM 5097, DSM 101596, Ben 103

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SI-ID 100497

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Amaricoccus gen. nov., a gram-negative coccus occurring in regular packages or tetrads, isolated from activated sludge biomass, and descriptions of Amaricoccus veronensis sp. nov., Amaricoccus tamworthensis sp. nov., Amaricoccus macauensis sp. nov., and Amaricoccus kaplicensis sp. nov.	Maszenan AM, Seviour RJ, Patel BK, Rees GN, McDougall BM	Int J Syst Bacteriol	10.1099/00207713-47-3-727	1997	*

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 )

#33710 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 107261

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Automatically annotated from API zym .

#68862

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 101596

#92427

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID100497.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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