Bacillus subtilis B-558 is an obligate aerobe, spore-forming, mesophilic prokaryote of the family Bacillaceae.
spore-forming Gram-positive motile obligate aerobe mesophilic| @ref 20215 |
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| Domain Bacillati |
| Phylum Bacillota |
| Class Bacilli |
| Order Caryophanales |
| Family Bacillaceae |
| Genus Bacillus |
| Species Bacillus subtilis |
| Full scientific name Bacillus subtilis (Ehrenberg 1835) Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980) |
| Synonyms (1) |
| @ref | Gram stain | Motility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35770 | positive |
| @ref | Name | Growth | Composition | Medium link | |
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| 35770 | MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar | Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g) | |||
| 35770 | CIP Medium 72 | Medium recipe at CIP |
| @ref | Ability | Type | PH | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35770 | positive | growth | 6 |
| 35770 | Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe |
| 35770 | Spore formationyes |
| @ref | Salt | Growth | Tested relation | Concentration | |
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| 35770 | NaCl | positive | growth | 0-10 % |
| @ref | Chebi-ID | Metabolite | Utilization activity | Kind of utilization tested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68371 | 27613 ChEBI | amygdalin | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 18305 ChEBI | arbutin | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17057 ChEBI | cellobiose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 35770 | 16947 ChEBI | citrate | + | carbon source | |
| 68371 | 17108 ChEBI | D-arabinose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 18333 ChEBI | D-arabitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 15824 ChEBI | D-fructose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28847 ChEBI | D-fucose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 12936 ChEBI | D-galactose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17634 ChEBI | D-glucose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 62318 ChEBI | D-lyxose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16899 ChEBI | D-mannitol | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16024 ChEBI | D-mannose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16988 ChEBI | D-ribose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17924 ChEBI | D-sorbitol | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16443 ChEBI | D-tagatose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 65327 ChEBI | D-xylose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17113 ChEBI | erythritol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 35770 | 4853 ChEBI | esculin | + | hydrolysis | |
| 68371 | 4853 ChEBI | esculin | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16813 ChEBI | galactitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28066 ChEBI | gentiobiose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 24265 ChEBI | gluconate | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17754 ChEBI | glycerol | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28087 ChEBI | glycogen | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 35770 | 606565 ChEBI | hippurate | + | hydrolysis | |
| 68371 | 15443 ChEBI | inulin | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 30849 ChEBI | L-arabinose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 18403 ChEBI | L-arabitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 18287 ChEBI | L-fucose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 62345 ChEBI | L-rhamnose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17266 ChEBI | L-sorbose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 65328 ChEBI | L-xylose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17716 ChEBI | lactose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17306 ChEBI | maltose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 6731 ChEBI | melezitose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28053 ChEBI | melibiose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 320061 ChEBI | methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 43943 ChEBI | methyl alpha-D-mannoside | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 74863 ChEBI | methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17268 ChEBI | myo-inositol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 59640 ChEBI | N-acetylglucosamine | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 35770 | 17632 ChEBI | nitrate | + | reduction | |
| 35770 | 17632 ChEBI | nitrate | - | respiration | |
| 35770 | 16301 ChEBI | nitrite | - | reduction | |
| 68371 | Potassium 2-ketogluconate | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid | |
| 68371 | Potassium 5-ketogluconate | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid | |
| 68371 | 16634 ChEBI | raffinose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 15963 ChEBI | ribitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17814 ChEBI | salicin | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28017 ChEBI | starch | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17992 ChEBI | sucrose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 27082 ChEBI | trehalose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 32528 ChEBI | turanose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17151 ChEBI | xylitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| @ref | Value | Activity | Ec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68382 | acid phosphatase | + | 3.1.3.2 | from API zym |
| 35770 | alcohol dehydrogenase | - | 1.1.1.1 | |
| 68382 | alkaline phosphatase | + | 3.1.3.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-chymotrypsin | - | 3.4.21.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-fucosidase | - | 3.2.1.51 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-galactosidase | - | 3.2.1.22 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-glucosidase | + | 3.2.1.20 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-mannosidase | - | 3.2.1.24 | from API zym |
| 35770 | amylase | + | ||
| 35770 | beta-galactosidase | + | 3.2.1.23 | |
| 68382 | beta-galactosidase | - | 3.2.1.23 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-glucosidase | + | 3.2.1.21 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-glucuronidase | - | 3.2.1.31 | from API zym |
| 35770 | caseinase | + | 3.4.21.50 | |
| 35770 | catalase | + | 1.11.1.6 | |
| 68382 | cystine arylamidase | - | 3.4.11.3 | from API zym |
| 35770 | DNase | + | ||
| 68382 | esterase (C 4) | + | from API zym | |
| 68382 | esterase lipase (C 8) | + | from API zym | |
| 35770 | gamma-glutamyltransferase | + | 2.3.2.2 | |
| 35770 | gelatinase | + | ||
| 35770 | lecithinase | - | ||
| 68382 | leucine arylamidase | - | 3.4.11.1 | from API zym |
| 35770 | lipase | - | ||
| 68382 | lipase (C 14) | - | from API zym | |
| 35770 | lysine decarboxylase | - | 4.1.1.18 | |
| 68382 | N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase | - | 3.2.1.52 | from API zym |
| 68382 | naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase | + | from API zym | |
| 35770 | ornithine decarboxylase | - | 4.1.1.17 | |
| 35770 | oxidase | - | ||
| 35770 | protease | + | ||
| 68382 | trypsin | - | 3.4.21.4 | from API zym |
| 35770 | tween esterase | - | ||
| 35770 | urease | - | 3.5.1.5 | |
| 68382 | valine arylamidase | - | from API zym |
| @ref | ControlQ | GLY | ERY | DARA | LARA | RIB | DXYL | LXYL | ADO | MDX | GAL | GLU | FRU | MNE | SBE | RHA | DUL | INO | MAN | SOR | MDM | MDG | NAG | AMY | ARB | ESC | SAL | CEL | MAL | LAC | MEL | SAC | TRE | INU | MLZ | RAF | AMD | GLYG | XLT | GEN | TUR | LYX | TAG | DFUC | LFUC | DARL | LARL | GNT | 2KG | 5KG | |
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| 35770 | not determinedn.d. | + | - | - | + | + | + | - | - | - | - | + | + | + | - | - | - | - | + | + | - | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | - | - | + | + | + | - | - | + | + | - | + | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | - |
| @ref | Biosafety level | Biosafety level comment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35770 | 1 | Risk group (French classification) |
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| Characterization of a facultatively psychrophilic bacterium, vibrio rumoiensis sp. nov., that exhibits high catalase activity | Yumoto I, Iwata H, Sawabe T, Ueno K, Ichise N, Matsuyama H, Okuyama H, Kawasaki K. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.65.1.67-72.1999 | 1999 |
| #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 ) |
| #35770 | Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 53.159 |
| #67770 | Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM; |
| #68371 | Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid . |
| #68382 | Automatically annotated from API zym . |
| #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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