Ensifer morelensis (DSM 18131, LFG 19a)

Name: Ensifer morelensis (DSM 18131, LFG 19a)
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BacDive ID 13560

Type strain

Strain Designation LFG 19a

Culture col. no. DSM 18131 LFG 19a

NCBI tax ID(s) 106592

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- R. M. Fakoussa; IfMB, Uni. Bonn, LFG 19a

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Ensifer morelensis LFG 19a is a bacterium of the family Rhizobiaceae.

genome sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 27278

LMG 21331,NBRC 100387,DSM 18131,CIP 107894

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:28:04

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Hyphomicrobiales

Family Rhizobiaceae

Genus Ensifer

Species Ensifer morelensis

Full scientific name Ensifer morelensis corrig. (Wang et al. 2002) Wang et al. 2015

Synonyms (2)

Sinorhizobium morelense
Ensifer morelense

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125439	negative	98.154
125438	negative	99

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
7401	KR MEDIIUM (DSMZ Medium 1283)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: KR Medium (DSMZ Medium 1283) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Pyromelitic acid 1.0 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Tryptone 1.0 g/l (NH4)2HPO4 0.264 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.147 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
7401	positive	growth	28

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate aerobe	98.767

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.565

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
68369	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction	from API 20NE
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API 20NE

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68369	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
68369	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1	from API 20NE
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE

API 20NE

@ref	Reduction of nitratesNO3	TRP	GLU_ Ferm	ADH (Arg)	URE	ESC	GEL	PNPG	GLU_ Assim	ARA	MNE	MAN	NAG	MAL	GNT	CAP	ADI	MLT	CIT	PAC	OX
7401	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
7401	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM1787301v1 assembly for Ensifer adhaerens DSM 18131	contig	GCA_017873015	106592.58	2913284250	106592	70.57

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM1787301v1 assembly for Ensifer adhaerens DSM 18131
NCBI: GCA_017873015

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	98.77	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	60.75	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	98.15	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.57	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Ensifer adhaerens strain DSM 18131
PATRIC: 106592.58

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	99.00	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	96.72	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	88.76	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	83.78	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	99.00	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	71.64	no

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phenanthrene-Degrading and Nickel-Resistant Neorhizobium Strain Isolated from Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Rhizosphere of Medicago sativa L.	Golubev S, Rasterkovskaya M, Sungurtseva I, Burov A, Muratova A.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms12081586	2024

References

#7401	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 18131
#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 )
#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) .
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#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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Ensifer morelensis (DSM 18131, LFG 19a)

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

API 20NE

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_017873015

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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