Nitrospirillum amazonense (DSM 2789, Am 30, ATCC 35121)

Name: Nitrospirillum amazonense (DSM 2789, Am 30, ATCC 35121)
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BacDive ID 13971

Type strain

Strain Designation Am 30, Y-6

Culture col. no. DSM 2789 Am 30 ATCC 35121 Y-6

NCBI tax ID(s) 28077

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- ATCC <- N.R. Krieg, Y-6 <- J. Döbereiner

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Nitrospirillum amazonense Am 30 is a bacterium that was isolated from Pennisetum purpureum cv Cameron roots.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 40883

ATCC 35121,DSM 2789,CCM 3861,BCRC 15778,CCRC 15778

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:28:10

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Rhodospirillales

Family Azospirillaceae

Genus Nitrospirillum

Species Nitrospirillum amazonense

Full scientific name Nitrospirillum amazonense (Magalhães et al. 1984) Lin et al. 2015

Synonyms (1)

Azospirillum amazonense

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Nitrospirillum amazonense** (3)	Type strain
13969	N. amazonense Am 14(Y1), Y-1, DSM 2787, ATCC 35119 (type strain)
13970	N. amazonense Am 18, Y-2, DSM 2788, ATCC 35120 (type strain)
151838	N. amazonense CCUG 45017, LMG 6509

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
1229	HETEROTROPHIC MEDIUM H3P (DSMZ Medium 428)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: HETEROTROPHIC MEDIUM H3P (DSMZ Medium 428) Composition: Agar 19.802 g/l Na2HPO4 x 2 H2O 2.87129 g/l KH2PO4 2.27723 g/l D-Glucose 1.9802 g/l Na-lactate 0.990099 g/l Na-pyruvate 0.990099 g/l D-Mannitol 0.990099 g/l DL-Malate 0.990098 g/l Na-acetate 0.990098 g/l Yeast extract 0.990098 g/l NH4Cl 0.990098 g/l Disodium succinate 0.990098 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.495049 g/l Ferric ammonium citrate 0.049505 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.00990098 g/l NaVO3 x H2O 0.00495049 g/l Thiamine-HCl x 2 H2O 0.00247525 g/l Nicotinic acid 0.00247525 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 0.00247525 g/l Calcium pantothenate 0.00247525 g/l H3BO3 0.00148515 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000990099 g/l Riboflavin 0.00049505 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00049505 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.000148515 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 0.000148515 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 9.90099e-05 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 4.95049e-05 g/l Vitamin B12 4.95049e-05 g/l Folic acid 9.90099e-06 g/l Biotin 4.9505e-06 g/l Distilled water
1229	MINERAL MEDIUM FOR CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC GROWTH (H-3) (DSMZ Medium 81)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: MINERAL MEDIUM FOR CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC GROWTH (H-3) (DSMZ Medium 81) Composition: Agar 20.1005 g/l Na2HPO4 x 2 H2O 2.91457 g/l KH2PO4 2.31156 g/l NH4Cl 1.00503 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.502512 g/l Ferric ammonium citrate 0.0502513 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.0100503 g/l NaVO3 x H2O 0.00502512 g/l Calcium pantothenate 0.00251256 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 0.00251256 g/l Nicotinic acid 0.00251256 g/l Thiamine-HCl x 2 H2O 0.00251256 g/l H3BO3 0.00150754 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.00100503 g/l Riboflavin 0.000502513 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.000502513 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.000150754 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 0.000150754 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000100503 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 5.02513e-05 g/l Vitamin B12 5.02513e-05 g/l Folic acid 1.00503e-05 g/l Biotin 5.02513e-06 g/l Distilled water
1229	AZOSPIRILLUM AMAZONENSE MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 352)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: AZOSPIRILLUM AMAZONENSE MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 352) Composition: Sucrose 5.0 g/l Agar 1.75 g/l KH2PO4 0.6 g/l K2HPO4 0.2 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.2 g/l Bromothymol blue 0.025 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.02 g/l FeCl3 0.01 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 0.002 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
1229	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Plants	#Herbaceous plants (Grass,Crops)
#Host Body-Site	#Plant	#Root (Rhizome)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
1229	Pennisetum purpureum cv Cameron roots	Pennisetum purpureum	Brazil	BRA	Middle and South America

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
1229	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#1229	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 2789
#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 )
#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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