Inquilinus limosus (DSM 103798, 579896, 103798)

Name: Inquilinus limosus (DSM 103798, 579896, 103798)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 139881

Type strain

Strain Designation 579896, 103798

Culture col. no. DSM 103798 579896 103798

NCBI tax ID(s) 171674

Special Collections DSMZ DZIF

History DSMZ <- P. Schröttner, Institut f. Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, TU Dresden, Germany

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Inquilinus limosus 579896 is a bacterium that was isolated from Sputum.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 406559

DSM 103798

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:39:35

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Rhodospirillales

Family Azospirillaceae

Genus Inquilinus

Species Inquilinus limosus

Full scientific name Inquilinus limosus Coenye et al. 2002

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Inquilinus limosus** (4)	Type strain
13941	I. limosus AU476, CIP 108342, CCM 7171, DSM 16000, CCUG ... (type strain)
152055	I. limosus CCUG 45650
152058	I. limosus CCUG 45656
152185	I. limosus CCUG 45997

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
42489	R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casamino acids 0.5 g/l Starch 0.5 g/l Glucose 0.5 g/l Proteose peptone 0.5 g/l Yeast extract 0.5 g/l K2HPO4 0.3 g/l Na-pyruvate 0.3 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.05 g/l Distilled water
42489	CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CASO AGAR (Merck 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 15.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 5.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
42489	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
68369	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API 20NE
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API 20NE

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68369	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE

API 20NE

@ref	Reduction of nitratesNO3	TRP	GLU_ Ferm	ADH (Arg)	URE	ESC	GEL	PNPG	GLU_ Assim	ARA	MNE	MAN	NAG	MAL	GNT	CAP	ADI	MLT	CIT	PAC	OX
42489	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+/-	+	+	+	+	+/-	+	-	+/-	+	-	-	not determinedn.d.

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	#Sputum

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
42489	Sputum	Dresden	Germany	DEU	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
42489	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#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 )
#42489	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 103798
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#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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