Name: Rhodobacter capsulatus DSM 1710
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 13806

Type strain:

Species: Rhodobacter capsulatus

Culture col. no.: DSM 1710, ATCC 11166, ATCC 17015, IAM 14232, JCM 21090, NCIB 8254, CCUG 31484, LMG 2962, CCTM 1913, ATH 2.3.1, CGMCC 1.8920, CIP 104408, IFO 16435, NBRC 16435, NCIMB 8254

Strain history: CIP <- 1995, NCIMB <- C.B. van Niel: strain ATH 2.3.1., Rhodopseudomonas capsulata

NCBI tax ID(s): 1061 (species)

SI-ID 92706

LMG 2962, ATCC 11166, ATCC 17015, DSM 1710, NCIB 8254, CCUG 31484, CIP 104408, NCIMB 8254, IAM 14232, IFO 16435, KCTC 2583, NBRC 16435, BCRC 16406, CCRC 16406, JCM 21090, CGMCC 1.3366, CGMCC 1.2359

Other strains from Rhodobacter capsulatus

R. capsulatus 37b4, DSM 938
R. capsulatus 6950, DSM 152, Pfennig 6950
R. capsulatus Kb 1, DSM 155
R. capsulatus Dr 1 G, DSM 156
R. capsulatus 28 G, DSM 157
R. capsulatus CCUG 2876
R. capsulatus CCUG 31483, ATCC 23782, LMG 2373

Section

Rhodobacter capsulatus DSM 1710 is an anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-negative bacterium of the family Paracoccaceae.

Gram-negative
motile
rod-shaped
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	*Rhodobacterales*
	Family	*Paracoccaceae*
	Genus	*Rhodobacter*
	Species	**Rhodobacter capsulatus**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Rhodobacter capsulatus (Molisch 1907) Imhoff et al. 1984

	Synonym	Rhodopseudomonas capsulata
	Synonym	Rhodopseudomonas capsulatus
	Synonym	"Rhodonostoc* capsulatum"*

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #117177]	Gram stain	negative

[Ref.: #117177]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #117177]	Motility	yes

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Incubation period

3 days

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

[Ref.: #867]

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

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 12 - for Alcaligenes latus and Rhodobacter capsulatus

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 12

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #867]		growth	25 °C
[Ref.: #36212]		growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #50616]		growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #67770]		growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #117177]		growth	22-37 °C
[Ref.: #117177]	no	growth	5 °C
[Ref.: #117177]	no	growth	41 °C

[Ref.: #867]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #36212]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #50616]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #67770]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #117177]	Temperature range	psychrophilic
[Ref.: #117177]	Temperature range	thermophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #867]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe
[Ref.: #50616]	Oxygen tolerance	aerobe

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Observation

quinones: Q-10

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #68369]	adipate ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	arginine ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	D-glucose ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	D-glucose ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	D-mannitol ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	D-mannose ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	decanoate ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	esculin ChEBI	+	hydrolysis	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	gelatin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	gluconate ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	L-arabinose ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	malate ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	maltose ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	N-acetylglucosamine ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #117177]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #68369]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #117177]	nitrite ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #68369]	tryptophan ChEBI	+	energy source	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	urea ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20NE
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	Antibiotica	Metabolite	Antibiotic sensitivity	Antibiotic resistance
[Ref.: #117177]		0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)	yes	no

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #117177]		indole ChEBI	no
[Ref.: #68369]		indole ChEBI	yes	* from API 20NE

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Indole test
[Ref.: #68369]		indole ChEBI	+	* from API 20NE

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #117177]	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-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	* from API zym
[Ref.: #117177]	amylase	+
[Ref.: #68369]	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #117177]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68369]	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API zym
[Ref.: #117177]	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
[Ref.: #117177]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #68382]	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68369]	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #117177]	DNase	-
[Ref.: #117177]	gelatinase	-
[Ref.: #68369]	gelatinase	-		* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #117177]	lecithinase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	lipase (C 14)	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #117177]	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.: #117177]	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
[Ref.: #117177]	oxidase	+
[Ref.: #68382]	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	* from API zym
[Ref.: #117177]	tween esterase	-
[Ref.: #117177]	urease	-	3.5.1.5
[Ref.: #68369]	urease	-	3.5.1.5	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68382]	valine arylamidase	-		* from API zym
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API® 20NE:

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

	API ID	Reduction of nitratesNO3	Indole productionTRP	Fermentation of D-glucoseGLU_ Ferm	Arginine dihydrolaseADH (Arg)	Urease/urea hydrolysisURE	Esculin hydrolysis/beta-GlucosidaseESC	Gelatinase/gelatin hydrolysisGEL	beta-GalactosidasePNPG	Assimilation of D-glucoseGLU_ Assim	Assimilation of L-arabinoseARA	Assimilation of D-mannoseMNE	Assimilation of D-mannitolMAN	Assimilation of N-acetyl-glucosamineNAG	Assimilation of maltoseMAL	Assimilation of gluconateGNT	Assimilation of capric acidCAP	Assimilation adipic acidADI	Assimilation of malic acidMLT	Assimilation of citric acidCIT	Assimilation of phenyl-acetic acidPAC	Cytochrome oxidaseOX
[Ref.: #50616]	7600	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+

API® zym:

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

	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.: #50616]	3854	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-
[Ref.: #117177]	7932	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

[Ref.: #36212]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	CA
[Ref.: #36212]	Country	USA
[Ref.: #36212]	Country ISO 3 Code	USA
[Ref.: #36212]	Continent	North America

[Ref.: #117177]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	California
[Ref.: #117177]	Country	United States of America
[Ref.: #117177]	Country ISO 3 Code	USA
[Ref.: #117177]	Continent	North America
* marker position based on {}

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Global distribution of 16S sequence D16428 (>99% sequence identity) for Rhodobacter from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	12158
Soil Samples	1824
Animal Samples	3470
Plant Samples	649
Total Samples	18101

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

[Ref.: #867]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
[Ref.: #117177]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (French classification)

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.: #867]	Rhodobacter capsulatus gene for 16S rRNA, strain: ATCC 11166	D16428	1389	ENA	1061 tax ID
[Ref.: #20218]	Rhodobacter capsulatus 16S rRNA	D13474	1380	ENA	1061 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Rhodobacter capsulatus strain ATCC 11166 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	DQ342320	1389	ENA	1061 tax ID	*

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Rhodobacter capsulatus DSM 1710	GCA_003254295	scaffold	GenBank	1061 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Rhodobacter capsulatus strain DSM 1710	1061.9	wgs	PATRIC	1061 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Rhodobacter capsulatus DSM 1710	2593339278	draft	JGI IMG/M	1061 tax ID	*

[Ref.: #867]

GC-content

69.6 mol%

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

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from Diaspora project based on: Rhodobacter capsulatus DSM 1710 NCBI: GCA_003254295.1
[Ref.: #69480]	flagellated	no	78.01	no
[Ref.: #69480]	gram-positive	no	98.675	no
[Ref.: #69480]	anaerobic	no	55.059	no
[Ref.: #69480]	halophile	no	91.124	no
[Ref.: #69480]	spore-forming	no	94.929	no
[Ref.: #69480]	aerobic	no	94.596	no
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-util	yes	78.4	no
[Ref.: #69480]	thermophile	no	96.903	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	motile	yes	58.801	no
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-ferment	no	87.888	yes

Availability in culture collections External links

[Ref.: #867]

Culture collection no.

DSM 1710, ATCC 11166, ATCC 17015, IAM 14232, JCM 21090, NCIB 8254, CCUG 31484, LMG 2962, CCTM 1913, ATH 2.3.1, CGMCC 1.8920, CIP 104408, IFO 16435, NBRC 16435, NCIMB 8254

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SI-ID 92706

Literature:

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Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Description of Rhodobacter azollae sp. nov. and Rhodobacter lacus sp. nov.	Suresh G, Sailaja B, Ashif A, Dave BP, Sasikala C, Ramana CV	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002107	2017	*
Metabolism	Single-stage photofermentative biohydrogen production from sugar beet molasses by different purple non-sulfur bacteria.	Sagir E, Ozgur E, Gunduz U, Eroglu I, Yucel M	Bioprocess Biosyst Eng	10.1007/s00449-017-1815-x	2017	*
Metabolism	Synergistic dark and photo-fermentation continuous system for hydrogen production from molasses by Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 and Rhodobacter capsulatus DSM 1710.	Morsy FM	J Photochem Photobiol B	10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2017.02.011	2017	*
Metabolism	Long-term biological hydrogen production by agar immobilized Rhodobacter capsulatus in a sequential batch photobioreactor.	Elkahlout K, Alipour S, Eroglu I, Gunduz U, Yucel M	Bioprocess Biosyst Eng	10.1007/s00449-016-1723-5	2016	*
Phylogeny	Sinorhodobacter hungdaonensis sp. nov. isolated from activated sludge collected from a municipal wastewater treatment plant.	Xi L, Qiao N, Zhang Z, Yan L, Li F, Hu J, Li J	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-016-0770-x	2016	*
Genetics	Draft Genome Sequences of Two Heat-Resistant Mutant Strains (A52 and B41) of the Photosynthetic Hydrogen-Producing Bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus.	Gokce A, Cakar ZP, Yucel M, Ozcan O, Sencan S, Sertdemir I, Erguner B, Yuceturk B, Sarac A, Yuksel B, Ozturk Y	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomeA.00531-16	2016	*
Phylogeny	Rhodobacter sediminis sp. nov., isolated from lagoon sediments.	Subhash Y, Lee SS	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001130	2016	*
Phylogeny	Paenirhodobacter enshiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-photosynthetic bacterium isolated from soil, and emended descriptions of the genera Rhodobacter and Haematobacter.	Wang D, Liu H, Zheng S, Wang G	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.050351-0	2013	*
Phylogeny	Rhodobacter viridis sp. nov., a phototrophic bacterium isolated from mud of a stream.	Raj PS, Ramaprasad EVV, Vaseef S, Sasikala C, Ramana CV	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.038471-0	2012	*
Phylogeny	Rhodobacter aestuarii sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from an estuarine environment.	Venkata Ramana V, Anil Kumar P, Srinivas TN, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.004507-0	2009	*
Phylogeny	Farnesyl diphosphate synthase gene of three phototrophic bacteria and its use as a phylogenetic marker.	Cantera JJL, Kawasaki H, Seki T	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-52-6-1953	2002	*
Metabolism	Spectroscopic characterization of nitrosylheme in nitric oxide complexes of ferric and ferrous cytochrome c' from photosynthetic bacteria.	Yoshimura T, Fujii S, Kamada H, Yamaguchi K, Suzuki S, Shidara S, Takakuwa S	Biochim Biophys Acta	10.1016/0167-4838(95)00187-5	1996	*
Enzymology	Electron paramagnetic resonance studies of ferric cytochrome c' from photosynthetic bacteria.	Fujii S, Yoshimura T, Kamada H, Yamaguchi K, Suzuki S, Shidara S, Takakuwa S	Biochim Biophys Acta	10.1016/0167-4838(95)00092-9	1995	*
	Electrochemical communication between heterotrophically grown Rhodobacter capsulatus with electrodes mediated by an osmium redox polymer.	Hasan K, Patil SA, Gorecki K, Leech D, Hagerhall C, Gorton L	Bioelectrochemistry	10.1016/j.bioelechem.2012.05.004	2012	*

References

#867	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 1710

#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 )

#36212 ; Curators of the CIP;
#50616 Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 31484

#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) .

#67770 Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;

#68369

Automatically annotated from API 20NE .

#68382

Automatically annotated from API zym .

#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) .

#82984

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-ID92706.1 )

#117177 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104408
* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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