Zeaxanthinibacter aestuarii (KACC 18503, JCM 31155, S2-22)

Name: Zeaxanthinibacter aestuarii (KACC 18503, JCM 31155, S2-22)
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BacDive ID 140499

Type strain

Strain Designation S2-22

Culture col. no. KACC 18503 JCM 31155 S2-22

NCBI tax ID(s) 1796906

Special Collections JCM Literature strains

History C. O. Jeon; Chung-Ang Univ., South Korea; S2-22.

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Zeaxanthinibacter aestuarii S2-22 is an obligate aerobe, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that forms circular colonies and has a orange-yellow pigmentation.

Gram-negative rod-shaped colony-forming pigmented obligate aerobe 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 390816

JCM 31155

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:33:38

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacteroidota

Class Flavobacteriia

Order Flavobacteriales

Family Flavobacteriaceae

Genus Zeaxanthinibacter

Species Zeaxanthinibacter aestuarii

Full scientific name Zeaxanthinibacter aestuarii Lee et al. 2016

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Motility
43117	negative	2.5-6.0 µm	0.3-0.7 µm	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Colony shape	Medium used
43117	yellow	circular	marine agar (MA)

Pigmentation

@ref	Production	Color	Name
43117		orange-yellow	zeaxanthin (Carotenoid)

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth
43117	marine agar (MA)
43117	nutritient agar (NA)
43117	LB (Luria-Bertani) MEDIUM
43117	tryptic soy agar (TSA)
43117	Reasoner's 2A agar (R2A)

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
43117	positive	optimum	35-37
43117	positive	growth	15-43
67770	positive	growth	30

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
43117	positive	optimum	6.5-7.5
43117	positive	growth	5.5-9.0	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

43117

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
43117	NaCl	positive	growth	0-10 %(w/v)
43117	NaCl	positive	optimum	2 %(w/v)

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-6

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
43117	62064 ChEBI	2,3-butanediol	+	oxidation
43117	64552 ChEBI	2-hydroxybutyrate	+	oxidation
43117	16763 ChEBI	2-oxobutanoate	-	oxidation
43117	30916 ChEBI	2-oxoglutarate	+	oxidation
43117	28644 ChEBI	2-oxopentanoate	+	oxidation
43117	37054 ChEBI	3-hydroxybutyrate	+	oxidation
43117	18240 ChEBI	4-hydroxy-L-proline	-	oxidation
43117	16724 ChEBI	4-hydroxybutyrate	-	oxidation
43117	18101 ChEBI	4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid	-	oxidation
43117	30089 ChEBI	acetate	+	oxidation
43117	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	assimilation
43117	40585 ChEBI	alpha-cyclodextrin	+	oxidation
43117	17925 ChEBI	alpha-D-glucose	+	oxidation
43117	36219 ChEBI	alpha-lactose	-	oxidation
43117	73706 ChEBI	bromosuccinate	+	oxidation
43117	85146 ChEBI	carboxymethylcellulose	-	hydrolysis
43117		casein	-	hydrolysis
43117	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	oxidation
43117	17029 ChEBI	chitin	-	hydrolysis
43117	16383 ChEBI	cis-aconitate	+	oxidation
43117	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	oxidation
43117	15570 ChEBI	D-alanine	-	oxidation
43117	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	+	oxidation
43117	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	oxidation
43117	15895 ChEBI	D-galactonic acid lactone	-	oxidation
43117	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	oxidation
43117	18024 ChEBI	D-galacturonic acid	-	oxidation
43117	8391 ChEBI	D-gluconate	-	oxidation
43117	17784 ChEBI	D-glucosaminic acid	-	oxidation
43117	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	assimilation
43117	14314 ChEBI	D-glucose 6-phosphate	-	oxidation
43117	15748 ChEBI	D-glucuronate	+	oxidation
43117	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	assimilation
43117	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	oxidation
43117	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	assimilation
43117	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	oxidation
43117	27605 ChEBI	D-psicose	+	oxidation
43117	33801 ChEBI	D-saccharate	-	oxidation
43117	16523 ChEBI	D-serine	-	oxidation
43117	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	+	oxidation
43117	16551 ChEBI	D-trehalose	+	oxidation
43117	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation
43117	23652 ChEBI	dextrin	-	oxidation
43117	17126 ChEBI	DL-carnitine	+	oxidation
43117	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	+	oxidation
43117	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
43117	16000 ChEBI	ethanolamine	-	oxidation
43117	15740 ChEBI	formate	-	oxidation
43117	16865 ChEBI	gamma-aminobutyric acid	-	oxidation
43117	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis
43117	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	+	oxidation
43117	29042 ChEBI	glucose 1-phosphate	+	oxidation
43117	32323 ChEBI	glucuronamide	-	oxidation
43117	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	oxidation
43117	14336 ChEBI	glycerol 1-phosphate	+	oxidation
43117	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	oxidation
43117	73804 ChEBI	glycyl L-aspartic acid	+	oxidation
43117	73784 ChEBI	glycyl-l-glutamate	-	oxidation
43117	17596 ChEBI	inosine	-	oxidation
43117	17240 ChEBI	itaconate	-	oxidation
43117	21217 ChEBI	L-alaninamide	+	oxidation
43117	16977 ChEBI	L-alanine	-	oxidation
43117	73786 ChEBI	L-alanylglycine	-	oxidation
43117	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	assimilation
43117	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	oxidation
43117	17196 ChEBI	L-asparagine	+	oxidation
43117	29991 ChEBI	L-aspartate	+	oxidation
43117	28120 ChEBI	L-fructose	+	oxidation
43117	29985 ChEBI	L-glutamate	+	oxidation
43117	15971 ChEBI	L-histidine	+	oxidation
43117	15603 ChEBI	L-leucine	+	oxidation
43117	15729 ChEBI	L-ornithine	+	oxidation
43117	17295 ChEBI	L-phenylalanine	+	oxidation
43117	17203 ChEBI	L-proline	+	oxidation
43117	18183 ChEBI	L-pyroglutamic acid	-	oxidation
43117	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	+	oxidation
43117	17115 ChEBI	L-serine	-	oxidation
43117	16857 ChEBI	L-threonine	+	oxidation
43117	24996 ChEBI	lactate	+	oxidation
43117	6359 ChEBI	lactulose	+	oxidation
43117	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	assimilation
43117	15792 ChEBI	malonate	+	oxidation
43117	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	assimilation
43117	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	oxidation
43117	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	oxidation
43117	320055 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	+	oxidation
43117	51850 ChEBI	methyl pyruvate	+	oxidation
43117	75146 ChEBI	monomethyl succinate	-	oxidation
43117	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	oxidation
43117	28037 ChEBI	N-acetylgalactosamine	-	oxidation
43117	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	assimilation
43117	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	oxidation
43117	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
43117	18401 ChEBI	phenylacetate	-	assimilation
43117	50048 ChEBI	phenylethylamine	+	oxidation
43117	32032 ChEBI	potassium gluconate	+	assimilation
43117	17272 ChEBI	propionate	-	oxidation
43117	17148 ChEBI	putrescine	+	oxidation
43117	26490 ChEBI	quinate	-	oxidation
43117	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	oxidation
43117	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	oxidation
43117	41865 ChEBI	sebacic acid	-	oxidation
43117	53258 ChEBI	sodium citrate	+	assimilation
43117	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	hydrolysis
43117	143136 ChEBI	succinamate	-	oxidation
43117	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	oxidation
43117	17748 ChEBI	thymidine	+	oxidation
43117	32528 ChEBI	turanose	+	oxidation
43117	53424 ChEBI	tween 20	+	hydrolysis
43117	53423 ChEBI	tween 40	-	oxidation
43117	53426 ChEBI	tween 80	+	hydrolysis
43117	53426 ChEBI	tween 80	+	oxidation
43117	18186 ChEBI	tyrosine	+	hydrolysis
43117	16704 ChEBI	uridine	-	oxidation
43117	27248 ChEBI	urocanic acid	-	oxidation
43117	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	+	oxidation

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
43117	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
43117	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
43117	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1
43117	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1
43117	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51
43117	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22
43117	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20
43117	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24
43117	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6
43117	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
43117	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21
43117	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31
43117	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
43117	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3
43117	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
43117	esterase (C 4)	+
43117	esterase Lipase (C 8)	+
43117	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1
43117	lipase (C 14)	-
43117	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52
43117	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
43117	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4
43117	urease	-	3.5.1.5
43117	valine arylamidase	+

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

43117

Fatty acid	Percentage
C15:0 iso	33.7
C17:0 iso 3OH	17.1
C16:1ω7c / C16:1ω6c	14
C15:1 iso G	13.1
C15:0 iso 3OH	6.5
C17:1 iso ω9c / C16:0 10-methyl	4
C15:1ω6c	2.5
C16:0	1.5
iso-C17:1 I/anteiso-C17:1 B	1.4
C17:1ω6c	1.1

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Estuary
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Sediment

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Latitude	Longitude	Enrichment culture	Enrichment culture duration	Enrichment culture temperature	Isolation procedure
43117	estuary sediment sample	Asan	Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia	36	126 36/126	marine agar 2216 (MA; BD)	5 days	30	serial dilution plating method
67770	Estuary sediment		Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence KU667250 (>99% sequence identity) for Zeaxanthinibacter aestuarii subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	91
Soil Samples	53
Animal Samples
Plant Samples
Total Samples	144

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
43117	Zeaxanthinibacter aestuarii strain S2-22 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KU667250	1448		1796906

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
43117	45.5	Thermal denaturation, fluorometry
67770	45.5	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Zeaxanthinibacter aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from estuary sediment and emended description of the genus Zeaxanthinibacter Asker et al. 2007.	Lee Y, Jeong HI, Jeong SE, Jeon CO	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001185	2016

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 )
#43117	Yunhee Lee, Hye Im Jeong, Sang Eun Jeong, Che Ok Jeon: Zeaxanthinibacter aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from estuary sediment and emended description of the genus Zeaxanthinibacter Asker et al. 2007. IJSEM 66: 3264 - 3269 2016 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.001185 , PubMed 27220982 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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 .
#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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Zeaxanthinibacter aestuarii (KACC 18503, JCM 31155, S2-22)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Enzymes

Fatty acid profile

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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