Magnetospirillum molischianum (DSM 120, ATCC 14031, KCTC 15609)

Name: Magnetospirillum molischianum (DSM 120, ATCC 14031, KCTC 15609)
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BacDive ID 13956

Type strain

Strain Designation S

Culture col. no. DSM 120 ATCC 14031 KCTC 15609 NTHC 131 S 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1150626 1083

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Magnetospirillum molischianum S is an anaerobe, mesophilic, spiral-shaped prokaryote that was isolated from mud from a ditch.

spiral-shaped anaerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 4919

LMG 4354,ATCC 14031,DSM 120,NCIB 9957,NCIMB 9957

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:50:13

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Rhodospirillales

Family Rhodospirillaceae

Genus Magnetospirillum

Species Magnetospirillum molischianum

Full scientific name Magnetospirillum molischianum (Giesberger 1947) Hördt et al. 2020

Synonyms (2)

Rhodospirillum molischianum
Phaeospirillum molischianum

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence	Cell shape
67771			spiral-shaped
67771	negative
125438	negative	98.066
125439	negative	99.7

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
2105	RHODOSPIRILLACEAE MEDIUM (modified) (DSMZ Medium 27)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: RHODOSPIRILLACEAE MEDIUM (modified) (DSMZ Medium 27) Composition: Disodium succinate 1.0 g/l KH2PO4 0.5 g/l Ammonium acetate 0.5 g/l NaCl 0.4 g/l NH4Cl 0.4 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.4 g/l Yeast extract 0.3 g/l L-Cysteine HCl 0.3 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.05 g/l Fe(III) citrate 0.005 g/l Resazurin 0.005 g/l H3BO3 0.0003 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.0002 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0001 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 3e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 3e-05 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 2e-05 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 1e-05 g/l Vitamin B12 Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
2105	positive	growth	25	mesophilic
67771	positive	growth	25	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
2105	anaerobe
67771	anaerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.4

Observation

67771

Observationquinones: Q-9, MK-9

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	propionate fermentation	100	10 of 10
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	acetoin degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	100	8 of 8
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	acetate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	ceramide biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	hydrogen production	100	5 of 5
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	photosynthesis	92.86	13 of 14
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	gluconeogenesis	87.5	7 of 8
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	85.71	6 of 7
66794	propanol degradation	85.71	6 of 7
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	80	4 of 5
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	80	4 of 5
66794	threonine metabolism	80	8 of 10
66794	vitamin K metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	cellulose degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	alanine metabolism	79.31	23 of 29
66794	citric acid cycle	78.57	11 of 14
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	chorismate metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
66794	NAD metabolism	77.78	14 of 18
66794	valine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	d-mannose degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	leucine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	76.47	26 of 34
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	75	21 of 28
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	72.73	8 of 11
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	glutathione metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	71.43	5 of 7
66794	purine metabolism	68.09	64 of 94
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	non-pathway related	65.79	25 of 38
66794	methionine metabolism	65.38	17 of 26
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	65.38	17 of 26
66794	glycolysis	64.71	11 of 17
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	62.5	10 of 16
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	62.22	28 of 45
66794	chlorophyll metabolism	61.11	11 of 18
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	60.44	55 of 91
66794	glycogen metabolism	60	3 of 5
66794	flavin biosynthesis	60	9 of 15
66794	lipid metabolism	58.06	18 of 31
66794	cysteine metabolism	55.56	10 of 18
66794	tryptophan metabolism	55.26	21 of 38
66794	histidine metabolism	55.17	16 of 29
66794	arginine metabolism	54.17	13 of 24
66794	sulfate reduction	53.85	7 of 13
66794	urea cycle	53.85	7 of 13
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	50	2 of 4
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	50	5 of 10
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	alginate biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	starch degradation	50	5 of 10
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	50	3 of 6
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	tyrosine metabolism	50	7 of 14
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	lysine metabolism	50	21 of 42
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	46.15	6 of 13
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	45.45	5 of 11
66794	proline metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	nitrate assimilation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	41.67	5 of 12
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	40.91	9 of 22
66794	ascorbate metabolism	40.91	9 of 22
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
66794	cholesterol biosynthesis	36.36	4 of 11
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	36.36	4 of 11
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	31.25	5 of 16
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	30	3 of 10
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	27.78	5 of 18
66794	degradation of hexoses	27.78	5 of 18
66794	polyamine pathway	26.09	6 of 23
66794	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	methanogenesis from CO2	25	3 of 12
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	23.08	3 of 13
66794	degradation of pentoses	21.43	6 of 28

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Mud (Sludge)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
2105	mud from a ditch
67771	From mud from a ditch

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence FR733695 (>99% sequence identity) for Magnetospirillum from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	370
Soil Samples	89
Animal Samples	29
Plant Samples	46
Total Samples	534

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
2105	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	Pm_DSM120 assembly for Magnetospirillum molischianum DSM 120	contig	GCA_000294655	1150626.3	2531839420	1150626	59.52

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Rhodospirillum molischianum 16S ribosomal RNA	M59067	1485		1083
20218	Phaeospirillum molischianum partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain DSM120T	FR733695	1473		1150626

GC content

2105

GC-content (mol%)61.7

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Magnetospirillum molischianum DSM 120
NCBI: GCA_000294655

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	78.70	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	99.70	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	77.50	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.40	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Phaeospirillum molischianum DSM 120
PATRIC: 1150626.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.07	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	61.21	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	89.67	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	78.04	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	93.78	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	76.55	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria.	Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468	2020
Metabolism	Stark absorption spectroscopy on the carotenoids bound to B800-820 and B800-850 type LH2 complexes from a purple photosynthetic bacterium, Phaeospirillum molischianum strain DSM120.	Horibe T, Qian P, Hunter CN, Hashimoto H	Arch Biochem Biophys	10.1016/j.abb.2014.12.015	2014
Genetics	Draft genome sequence of the purple photosynthetic bacterium Phaeospirillum molischianum DSM120, a particularly versatile bacterium.	Duquesne K, Prima V, Ji B, Rouy Z, Medigue C, Talla E, Sturgis JN	J Bacteriol	10.1128/JB.00605-12	2012
Metabolism	Antenna mixing in photosynthetic membranes from Phaeospirillum molischianum.	Mascle-Allemand C, Duquesne K, Lebrun R, Scheuring S, Sturgis JN	Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A	10.1073/pnas.0914854107	2010
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
Phylogeny	Phaeospirillum tilakii sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from aquatic sediments.	Raj PS, Chakravarthy SK, Ramaprasad EVV, Sasikala C, Ramana CV	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.032250-0	2011

References

#2105	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 120
#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 )
#67771	Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC) ; Curators of the KCTC;
#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 .
#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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Magnetospirillum molischianum (DSM 120, ATCC 14031, KCTC 15609)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Observation

Pathway annotation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000294655

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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