Name: Rhodothalassium salexigens WS 68
Creator: BacDive
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 13738

Type strain:

Species: Rhodothalassium salexigens

Strain Designation: WS 68

Culture col. no.: DSM 2132, ATCC 35888

Strain history: <- G. Drews, WS 68 <- W.R. Sistrom

NCBI tax ID(s): 1188247 (strain), 1086 (species)

SI-ID 41352

ATCC 35888, DSM 2132

Section

Rhodothalassium salexigens WS 68 is an anaerobe, mesophilic, motile bacterium that was isolated from partially evaporated pool of sea water.

motile
anaerobe
mesophilic
16S sequence
Bacteria
genome sequence

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	*Rhodothalassiales*
	Family	*Rhodothalassiaceae*
	Genus	*Rhodothalassium*
	Species	**Rhodothalassium salexigens**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Rhodothalassium salexigens (Drews 1982) Imhoff et al. 1998

Synonym

Rhodospirillum salexigens

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #69480]	Gram stain	negative Confidence in %100

[Ref.: #69480]	Motility	yes Confidence in %95.148

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

RHODOSPIRILLACEAE MEDIUM (modified) (DSMZ Medium 27)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #971]			growth	30 °C

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Temperature range

mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #971]

Oxygen tolerance

anaerobe

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Ability of spore formation

no Confidence in %99.999

	Pathway	Enzyme coverage	Annotated reactions
	Pathway annotation	Computationally determined by
[Ref.: #66794]	butanoate fermentation	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
[Ref.: #66794]	gluconeogenesis	100	8 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	100	8 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	photosynthesis	100	14 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	propanol degradation	100	7 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	threonine metabolism	100	10 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	glycine betaine biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	cyanate degradation	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
[Ref.: #66794]	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
[Ref.: #66794]	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	valine metabolism	100	9 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	Entner Doudoroff pathway	90	9 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	ubiquinone biosynthesis	85.71	6 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	leucine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B1 metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	80	4 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
[Ref.: #66794]	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	80	4 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	78.57	22 of 28
[Ref.: #66794]	citric acid cycle	78.57	11 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	NAD metabolism	77.78	14 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylalanine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B12 metabolism	76.47	26 of 34
[Ref.: #66794]	purine metabolism	75.53	71 of 94
[Ref.: #66794]	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	methionine metabolism	73.08	19 of 26
[Ref.: #66794]	proline metabolism	72.73	8 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	alanine metabolism	72.41	21 of 29
[Ref.: #66794]	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	heme metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	71.43	5 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	propionate fermentation	70	7 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	tryptophan metabolism	68.42	26 of 38
[Ref.: #66794]	d-mannose degradation	66.67	6 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	IAA biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	arginine metabolism	66.67	16 of 24
[Ref.: #66794]	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	66.67	6 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	66.67	6 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	flavin biosynthesis	66.67	10 of 15
[Ref.: #66794]	lipid metabolism	64.52	20 of 31
[Ref.: #66794]	glutathione metabolism	64.29	9 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B6 metabolism	63.64	7 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	pentose phosphate pathway	63.64	7 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of sugar alcohols	62.5	10 of 16
[Ref.: #66794]	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	pyrimidine metabolism	62.22	28 of 45
[Ref.: #66794]	isoprenoid biosynthesis	61.54	16 of 26
[Ref.: #66794]	cysteine metabolism	61.11	11 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	glycogen metabolism	60	3 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	60	3 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	glycolysis	58.82	10 of 17
[Ref.: #66794]	histidine metabolism	58.62	17 of 29
[Ref.: #66794]	non-pathway related	57.89	22 of 38
[Ref.: #66794]	lipid A biosynthesis	55.56	5 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	urea cycle	53.85	7 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	lysine metabolism	50	21 of 42
[Ref.: #66794]	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	50	3 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	chlorophyll metabolism	50	9 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	50	6 of 12
[Ref.: #66794]	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	glycogen biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	tyrosine metabolism	50	7 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	47.06	8 of 17
[Ref.: #66794]	benzoyl-CoA degradation	42.86	3 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	carotenoid biosynthesis	40.91	9 of 22
[Ref.: #66794]	ascorbate metabolism	40.91	9 of 22
[Ref.: #66794]	lipoate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	3-chlorocatechol degradation	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	factor 420 biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	coenzyme M biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	D-cycloserine biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	glycine metabolism	40	4 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	oxidative phosphorylation	39.56	36 of 91
[Ref.: #66794]	polyamine pathway	39.13	9 of 23
[Ref.: #66794]	arachidonic acid metabolism	38.89	7 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	sulfate reduction	38.46	5 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	38.46	5 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	carnitine metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	ketogluconate metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	d-xylose degradation	36.36	4 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	cholesterol biosynthesis	36.36	4 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of pentoses	35.71	10 of 28
[Ref.: #66794]	allantoin degradation	33.33	3 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	nitrate assimilation	33.33	3 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	3-phenylpropionate degradation	33.33	5 of 15
[Ref.: #66794]	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of hexoses	33.33	6 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	pantothenate biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	androgen and estrogen metabolism	31.25	5 of 16
[Ref.: #66794]	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	30	3 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	myo-inositol biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	phenol degradation	30	6 of 20
[Ref.: #66794]	aclacinomycin biosynthesis	28.57	2 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	metabolism of disaccharids	27.27	3 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	catecholamine biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin E metabolism	25	1 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	alginate biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	23.08	3 of 13
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Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #971]	Sample type/isolated from	partially evaporated pool of sea water
[Ref.: #971]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Oregon Coast
[Ref.: #971]	Country	USA
[Ref.: #971]	Country ISO 3 Code	USA
[Ref.: #971]	Continent	North America
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Isolation sources categories

#Engineered	#Built environment	#Water reservoir (Aquarium/pool)
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Marine

What are isolation sources categories?

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Global distribution of 16S sequence FR682008 (>99% sequence identity) for Rhodothalassium salexigens subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	155
Soil Samples	28
Animal Samples	63
Plant Samples	5
Total Samples	251

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (German classification)
According to TRBA 466

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #20218]	Rhodothalassium salexigens 16S rRNA	D14431	1318	ENA	1188247 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Rhodothalassium salexigens partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain DSM 2132T	FN295558	1391	ENA	1188247 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Rhodothalassium salexigens partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain 260T	FR682008	1400	ENA	1086 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Rhodospirillum salexigens 16S ribosomal RNA	M59070	1490	ENA	1086 tax ID	*

Genome sequence information:

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	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Rhodothalassium salexigens DSM 2132	2838098893	draft	JGI IMG/M	1188247 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Rhodothalassium salexigens DSM 2132	GCA_014197775	scaffold	GenBank	1188247 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Rhodothalassium salexigens DSM 2132	GCA_016583875	contig	GenBank	1188247 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Rhodothalassium salexigens DSM 2132	1188247.6	wgs	PATRIC	1188247 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Rhodothalassium salexigens DSM 2132	1188247.3	wgs	PATRIC	1188247 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Rhodothalassium salexigens DSM 2132	1188247.5	wgs	PATRIC	1188247 tax ID	*

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GC-content

64.0 mol%

Data predicted using genome information as a basis Genome-based predictions

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 based on: Rhodothalassium salexigens DSM 2132 DSM 2132 NCBI: GCA_004341375.1
[Ref.: #69481]	spore-forming	no	88	no

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from Diaspora project based on: Rhodothalassium salexigens DSM 2132 DSM 2132 NCBI: GCA_004341375.1
[Ref.: #69480]	motile	yes	91.815	no
[Ref.: #69480]	flagellated	no	56.505	no
[Ref.: #69480]	gram-positive	no	98.919	no
[Ref.: #69480]	anaerobic	no	88.341	no
[Ref.: #69480]	aerobic	no	72.547	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	halophile	yes	60.159	no
[Ref.: #69480]	spore-forming	no	92.626	no
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-util	yes	75.156	no
[Ref.: #69480]	thermophile	no	88.34	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-ferment	no	88.524	no

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 2132, ATCC 35888

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SI-ID 41352

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Emended description of the genus Rhodothalassium Imhoff et al., 1998 and proposal of Rhodothalassiaceae fam. nov. and Rhodothalassiales ord. nov.	Venkata Ramana V, Kalyana Chakravarthy S, Ramaprasad EV, Thiel V, Imhoff JF, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1016/j.syapm.2012.09.003	2012	*

References

#971	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 2132

#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 )

#20218

Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )

#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 )

#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 .

#69480

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Predictions based on genome sequence made in the Diaspora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#69481

Xiao-Yin To, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Alice C. McHardy, Philipp C. Münch: Predictions based on the model GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 . ( DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2527258/v1 )

#82920

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-ID41352.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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