Ureibacillus terrenus (DSM 12654, LMG 19470, TH9A)

Name: Ureibacillus terrenus (DSM 12654, LMG 19470, TH9A)
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BacDive ID 1396

Type strain

Strain Designation TH9A

Culture col. no. DSM 12654 LMG 19470 TH9A CIP 107065

NCBI tax ID(s) 118246

Special Collections DSMZ Literature strains CIP

History <- D. Mora; TH9A CIP <- 2001, M.G. Fortina, Milan Univ., Milan, Italy: strain TH9A <- C. Parini and P.L. Manachini

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Ureibacillus terrenus TH9A is an aerobe, spore-forming, thermophilic prokaryote that forms circular colonies and was isolated from soil.

spore-forming Gram-negative motile rod-shaped colony-forming aerobe thermophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 14616

LMG 19470,ATCC BAA-384,DSM 12654,CIP 107065,KCTC 3852,KACC 10908

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:18:05

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Caryophanaceae

Genus Ureibacillus

Species Ureibacillus terrenus

Full scientific name Ureibacillus terrenus Fortina et al. 2001

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Ureibacillus terrenus** (1)	Type strain
1397	U. terrenus Tu 1A, DSM 12656

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Motility
23024	negative	1.0-6.0 µm	0.5-0.7 µm	rod-shaped
123470	negative			rod-shaped

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Colony shape	Incubation period
23024	transparent	circular	1-1.5 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
4782	CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CASO AGAR (Merck 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220; with strain-specific modifications) Composition: Soil extract 500.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 15.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 5.0 g/l Distilled water
39649	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
123470	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
4782	positive	growth	55	thermophilic
23024	negative	growth	37.0
23024	positive	growth	65.0	thermophilic
23024	positive	growth	42.0-65.0	thermophilic
39649	positive	growth	55	thermophilic
123470	negative	growth	30
123470	negative	growth	22
123470	negative	growth	10
123470	positive	growth	45-55	thermophilic
123470	negative	growth	37

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH
23024	positive	growth	7.0
23024	inconsistent	growth	9.0
123470	positive	growth	6

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
23024	aerobe
123470	obligate aerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore description	Type of spore	Spore formation
23024	spherical,terminal or subterminal,in swollen sporangia	endospore
123470

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
23024	NaCl	inconsistent	growth	5.0 %
123470	NaCl	positive	growth	0-2 %
123470	NaCl		growth	4 %
123470	NaCl		growth	6 %
123470	NaCl		growth	8 %
123470	NaCl		growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
23024		casein	-	hydrolysis
23024	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	builds acid from
123470	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
123470	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
23024	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis
23024	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	builds acid from
123470	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
23024	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	builds acid from
23024	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from
23024	37684 ChEBI	mannose	+	builds acid from
23024	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
123470	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
123470	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
123470	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
23024	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	+	builds acid from
23024	33942 ChEBI	ribose	+	builds acid from
23024	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	hydrolysis
23024	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from
23024	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from
23024	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis
23024	18222 ChEBI	xylose	+	builds acid from

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
23024	15688 ChEBI	acetoin
23024	35581 ChEBI	indole
123470	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
23024	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
123470	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
123470	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
123470	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
123470	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
123470	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
123470	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
123470	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
123470	DNase	+
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
123470	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
123470	gelatinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
123470	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
123470	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
123470	oxidase	+
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
123470	tween esterase	-
123470	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
123470	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
4782	soil	Italy	ITA	Europe
123470	Environment, Soil	Italy	ITA	Europe	1998

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AJ276403 (>99% sequence identity) for Ureibacillus terrenus subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	533
Soil Samples	1953
Animal Samples	880
Plant Samples	775
Total Samples	4141

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
4782	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
123470	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Ureibacillus terrenus isolate Ut4 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; 16S-23S internal transcribed spacer, complete sequence; and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	EU723667	581	118246
20218	Ureibacillus terrenus isolate Ut7 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; 16S-23S internal transcribed spacer, complete sequence; and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	EU723668	549	118246
23024	Bacillus sp. TH9A partial 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 12654	AJ276403	1489	118246

GC content

23024

GC-content (mol%)39.6

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of esterase-producing Ureibacillus thermosphaericus isolated from an aerobic digestor of swine waste.	Gagne A, Chicoine M, Morin A, Houde A	Can J Microbiol	10.1139/w01-096	2001
Phylogeny	Ureibacillus defluvii sp. nov., isolated from a thermophilic microbial fuel cell.	Zhou S, Tang J, Qin D, Lu Q, Yang G	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.056655-0	2014
Phylogeny	Ureibacillus suwonensis sp. nov., isolated from cotton waste composts.	Kim BY, Lee SY, Weon HY, Kwon SW, Go SJ, Park YK, Schumann P, Fritze D	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.63703-0	2006
Phylogeny	Ureibacillus gen. nov., a new genus to accommodate Bacillus thermosphaericus (Andersson et al. 1995), emendation of Ureibacillus thermosphaericus and description of Ureibacillus terrenus sp. nov.	Fortina MG, Pukall R, Schumann P, Mora D, Parini C, Manachini PL, Stackebrandt E	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-51-2-447	2001

References

#4782	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 12654
#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 )
#23024	M. G. Fortina,R. Pukall,P. Schumann,D. Mora,C. Parini,P. L. Manachini,E. Stackebrandt: Ureibacillus gen. nov., a new genus to accommodate Bacillus thermosphaericus (Andersson et al. 1995), emendation of Ureibacillus thermosphaericus and description of Ureibacillus terrenus sp. nov.. IJSEM 51: 447 - 455 2001 ( DOI 10.1099/00207713-51-2-447 , PubMed 11321090 )
#39649	; Curators of the CIP;
#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 .
#123470	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 107065
#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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Ureibacillus terrenus (DSM 12654, LMG 19470, TH9A)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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