Name: Chryseobacterium reticulitermitis AB 2015431
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 140591

Type strain:

Species: Chryseobacterium reticulitermitis

Strain Designation: AB 2015431, Ra1

Culture col. no.: KCTC 52230, CCTCC AB 2015431

Strain history: <- Hong Yang, Central China Normal Univ.

NCBI tax ID(s): 1907530 (species)

Section

Chryseobacterium reticulitermitis AB 2015431 is an aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-negative bacterium that forms circular colonies and was isolated from gut of a wood-feeding lower termite, Reticulitermes aculabialis.

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

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Bacteroidota*
	Class	*Flavobacteriia*
	Order	*Flavobacteriales*
	Family	*Weeksellaceae*
	Genus	*Chryseobacterium*
	Species	**Chryseobacterium reticulitermitis**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Chryseobacterium reticulitermitis Zhao et al. 2017

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #43266]	Gram stain	negative
[Ref.: #67771]	Gram stain	negative

[Ref.: #43266]	Cell length	0.8-1.8 µm

[Ref.: #43266]	Cell width	0.5 µm

[Ref.: #43266]	Cell shape	rod-shaped
[Ref.: #67771]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #43266]	Motility	no
[Ref.: #67771]	Motility	no

[Ref.: #43266]	Colony color	transparent, non-yellow-pigmented
[Ref.: #43266]	Colony shape	circular
[Ref.: #43266]	Cultivation medium used	TSB agar

[Ref.: #43266]	Pigment production	yes
[Ref.: #43266]	Pigment name	flexirubin-type pigments

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

TSB agar

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium

1/3 TSB

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium

LB (Luria-Bertani) MEDIUM

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium

10 % egg yolk nutrient agar

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium

MacConkey agar

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Culture medium growth

		Temperature
[Ref.: #43266]	optimum	30 °C
[Ref.: #43266]	growth	15-45 °C
[Ref.: #67771]	growth	30 °C

[Ref.: #43266]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #67771]	Temperature range	mesophilic

	pH	Kind of pH		pH
[Ref.: #43266]			optimum	8
[Ref.: #43266]			growth	6.0-9.0

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #43266]	Oxygen tolerance	aerobe
[Ref.: #67771]	Oxygen tolerance	aerobe

[Ref.: #43266]	Type of spore	spore
[Ref.: #43266]	Ability of spore formation	no
[Ref.: #67771]	Ability of spore formation	no

	Halophily	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #43266]		NaCl		growth	0-2	%(w/v)
[Ref.: #43266]		NaCl		optimum	0	%

[Ref.: #43266]	Observation	capnophilic growth
[Ref.: #67771]	Observation	quinones: MK-6

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #43266]	2-dehydro-D-gluconate ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	5-dehydro-D-gluconate ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	adipate ChEBI	+	assimilation
[Ref.: #43266]	amygdalin ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	arabinose ChEBI	+	assimilation
[Ref.: #43266]	arbutin ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	casein	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43266]	cellobiose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	D-arabinose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	D-arabitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	D-fructose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	D-fucose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	D-galactose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	D-glucose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	D-lyxose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	D-mannitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	D-mannose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	D-ribose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	D-sorbitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	D-tagatose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	D-trehalose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	D-xylose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	decanoate ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #43266]	erythritol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	esculin ChEBI	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43266]	esculin ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	galactitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	gelatin ChEBI	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43266]	gentiobiose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	gluconate ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	glucose ChEBI	-	fermentation
[Ref.: #43266]	glucose ChEBI	+	assimilation
[Ref.: #43266]	glycerol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	glycogen ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	inulin ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	L-arabinose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	L-arabitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	L-fucose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	L-rhamnose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	L-sorbose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	L-xylose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	lactose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	malate ChEBI	+	assimilation
[Ref.: #43266]	maltose ChEBI	+	assimilation
[Ref.: #43266]	maltose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	mannitol ChEBI	+	assimilation
[Ref.: #43266]	mannose ChEBI	+	assimilation
[Ref.: #43266]	melezitose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	melibiose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	methyl alpha-D-mannoside ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	myo-inositol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	N-acetylgalactosamine ChEBI	+	assimilation
[Ref.: #43266]	N-acetylglucosamine ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #43266]	phenylacetate ChEBI	+	assimilation
[Ref.: #43266]	potassium gluconate ChEBI	+	assimilation
[Ref.: #43266]	raffinose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	ribitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	salicin ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	sodium citrate ChEBI	+	assimilation
[Ref.: #43266]	starch ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43266]	starch ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	sucrose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	turanose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43266]	tween 80 ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43266]	tyrosine ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43266]	xylitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
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	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #43266]	acetoin ChEBI	no
[Ref.: #43266]	hydrogen sulfide ChEBI	yes
[Ref.: #43266]	indole ChEBI	yes

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Voges-Proskauer-test
[Ref.: #43266]		acetoin ChEBI	-

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #43266]	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
[Ref.: #43266]	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1
[Ref.: #43266]	alpha-chymotrypsin	+	3.4.21.1
[Ref.: #43266]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51
[Ref.: #43266]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22
[Ref.: #43266]	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20
[Ref.: #43266]	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24
[Ref.: #43266]	arginine dihydrolase	+	3.5.3.6
[Ref.: #43266]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
[Ref.: #43266]	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21
[Ref.: #43266]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31
[Ref.: #43266]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #43266]	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3
[Ref.: #43266]	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
[Ref.: #43266]	esterase (C 4)	-
[Ref.: #43266]	esterase Lipase (C 8)	+
[Ref.: #43266]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1
[Ref.: #43266]	lipase (C 14)	-
[Ref.: #43266]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52
[Ref.: #43266]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
[Ref.: #43266]	phenylalanine deaminase	-	4.3.1.5
[Ref.: #43266]	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4
[Ref.: #43266]	urease	+	3.5.1.5
[Ref.: #43266]	valine arylamidase	+
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Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

Reference

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Fatty acid	Percentage
C15:0 iso	46.4
10-methyl C16:0 / iso-C17:1ω9c	14.3
C17:0 iso 3OH	11.6
C16:1ω6c / C16:1ω7c	11.5
C15:0 iso 3OH	4.3
C13:0 iso	1.4
C16:0	0.8
C16:0 3OH	0.6
C17:0 iso	0.5
C16:0 iso 3OH	0.4
C17:0 2OH	0.2
C18:0	0.2

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #43266]	Sample type/isolated from	gut of a wood-feeding lower termite, Reticulitermes aculabialis
[Ref.: #43266]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Wuzhi Mountain in Hainan, China
[Ref.: #43266]	Country	China
[Ref.: #43266]	Country ISO 3 Code	CHN
[Ref.: #43266]	Continent	Asia

[Ref.: #67771]	Sample type/isolated from	From gut of a wood-feeding lower termite, `Reticulitermes aculabialis`
[Ref.: #67771]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Hainan
[Ref.: #67771]	Country	China
[Ref.: #67771]	Country ISO 3 Code	CHN
[Ref.: #67771]	Continent	Asia
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Isolation sources categories

#Host	#Arthropoda	#Insecta
#Host Body-Site	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Stomach

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Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #43266]	16S rRNA gene sequences	KX752421	1481	ENA	1907530 tax ID

[Ref.: #43266]	GC-content	39.9 mol%	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
[Ref.: #67771]	GC-content	39.9 mol%

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

KCTC 52230, CCTCC AB 2015431

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Chryseobacterium reticulitermitis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of Reticulitermes aculabialis.	Zhao Y, Wang Y, Li DH, Deng Y, Yang H	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001848	2017	*

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 )

#43266

Yun Zhao, Yu Wang, Dan Hong Li, Yu Deng and Hong Yang: Chryseobacterium reticulitermitis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of Reticulitermes aculabialis. IJSEM 67: 1698 - 1702 2017 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.001848 , PubMed 28211309 )

#67771 Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC) ; Curators of the KCTC;
* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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