Name: Confluentibacter lentus KCTC 42777
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 140916

Type strain:

Species: Confluentibacter lentus

Culture col. no.: KCTC 42777, NBRC 111588, HJM 3

NCBI tax ID(s): 1699412 (species)

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Confluentibacter lentus KCTC 42777 is an aerobe, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that forms circular colonies and was isolated from The place where the ocean and a freshwater lake meet at Hwajinpo on the East Sea.

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

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

	Last LPSN update	09-12-2024 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	*Bacteria*
	Phylum	*Bacteroidota*
	Class	*Flavobacteriia*
	Order	*Flavobacteriales*
	Family	*Flavobacteriaceae*
	Genus	*Confluentibacter*
	Species	**Confluentibacter lentus**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Confluentibacter lentus Park et al. 2016

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #43782]	Gram stain	negative

[Ref.: #43782]	Cell length	0.3-2 µm

[Ref.: #43782]	Cell width	0.2-0.4 µm

[Ref.: #43782]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #43782]	Motility	no

[Ref.: #43782]	Colony size	0.7-1 mm
[Ref.: #43782]	Colony color	Strong yellow
[Ref.: #43782]	Colony shape	circular
[Ref.: #43782]	Incubation period	7 days
[Ref.: #43782]	Cultivation medium used	MA agar

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

Marine agar (MA)

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Culture medium growth

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #43782]			growth	15-37 °C
[Ref.: #43782]			optimum	30-35 °C

	pH	Kind of pH		pH
[Ref.: #43782]			optimum	7-7.5
[Ref.: #43782]			growth	4.5-7.5

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

aerobe

	Halophily	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #43782]		NaCl		growth	0-4	%(w/v)
[Ref.: #43782]		NaCl		optimum	1-2	%(w/v)

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #43782]	casein	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43782]	cellobiose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43782]	D-fructose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43782]	D-galactose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43782]	D-glucose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43782]	D-mannitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43782]	D-mannose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43782]	D-ribose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43782]	D-sorbitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43782]	D-xylose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43782]	esculin ChEBI	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43782]	gelatin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43782]	hypoxanthine ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43782]	L-arabinose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43782]	L-rhamnose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43782]	L-tyrosine ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43782]	lactose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43782]	magnesium(2+) ChEBI	-	required for growth
[Ref.: #43782]	maltose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43782]	melezitose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43782]	melibiose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43782]	myo-inositol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43782]	nitrate ChEBI	+	reduction
[Ref.: #43782]	raffinose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43782]	starch ChEBI	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43782]	sucrose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43782]	trehalose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43782]	tween 80 ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43782]	urea ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43782]	xanthine ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
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	Metabolite	Antibiotic sensitivity	Concentration		Antibiotic resistance	Concentration
[Ref.: #43782]	ampicillin ChEBI				yes	10	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43782]	carbenicillin ChEBI	yes	100	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43782]	cefalotin ChEBI				yes	30	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43782]	chloramphenicol ChEBI	yes	100	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43782]	gentamicin ChEBI				yes	30	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43782]	kanamycin ChEBI				yes	30	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43782]	lincomycin ChEBI	yes	15	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43782]	neomycin ChEBI				yes	30	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43782]	novobiocin ChEBI	yes	5	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43782]	oleandomycin ChEBI	yes	15	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43782]	penicillin g ChEBI				yes	20	Unit (disc)
[Ref.: #43782]	polymyxin b ChEBI				yes	100	Unit (disc)
[Ref.: #43782]	streptomycin ChEBI				yes	50	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43782]	tetracycline ChEBI				yes	30	µg (disc)
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	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #43782]	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
[Ref.: #43782]	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1
[Ref.: #43782]	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1
[Ref.: #43782]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51
[Ref.: #43782]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22
[Ref.: #43782]	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20
[Ref.: #43782]	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24
[Ref.: #43782]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
[Ref.: #43782]	beta-glucosidase	+/-	3.2.1.21
[Ref.: #43782]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31
[Ref.: #43782]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #43782]	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3
[Ref.: #43782]	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
[Ref.: #43782]	esterase (C 4)	+
[Ref.: #43782]	esterase Lipase (C 8)	+
[Ref.: #43782]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1
[Ref.: #43782]	lipase (C 14)	-
[Ref.: #43782]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52
[Ref.: #43782]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
[Ref.: #43782]	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4
[Ref.: #43782]	valine arylamidase	+
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Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

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Fatty acid	Percentage
C15:0 iso	16.7
C15:1 iso G	12.7
C17:0 iso 3OH	11.6
C16:1ω7c / C16:1ω6c	10.5
C15:0 iso 3OH	8.5
C16:0 3OH	5.8
C15:0 anteiso	5.5
C16:0	5.4
C15:0 3OH	4.8
C15:1ω6c	3.6
C17:0 2OH	2.8
C15:0 2OH	2.8
C15:1 anteiso A	1.7
C16:0 iso 3OH	1.6
C17:0 3OH	1.6
C14:0	1.1

Metadata FA analysis

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Fatty acid	Percentage
C15:0 iso	14.1
C15:1 iso G	12.5
C17:0 iso 3OH	11.3
C16:1ω7c / C16:1ω6c	10.3
C15:0 iso 3OH	7.9
C16:0 3OH	7.2
C15:0 anteiso	6.7
C16:0	4.9
C15:0 3OH	4.6
C17:0 2OH	4
C15:1ω6c	3.1
C15:0 2OH	2.6
C15:1 anteiso A	2.2
C16:0 iso 3OH	1.7
C13:0 iso 3OH	1.4
C17:0 3OH	1.4

Metadata FA analysis

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Fatty acid	Percentage
C15:0 iso	17.3
C17:0 iso 3OH	11.4
C15:1 iso G	10.4
C16:1ω7c / C16:1ω6c	10.3
C15:0 iso 3OH	9.6
C15:0 anteiso	6.6
C16:0 3OH	6.2
C15:0 3OH	5.5
C16:0	4.7
C15:0 2OH	3.1
C17:0 2OH	3
C15:1ω6c	2.5
C16:0 iso 3OH	1.9
C15:1 anteiso A	1.6
C17:0 3OH	1.4
C14:0	1.2

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

[Ref.: #43782]	Sample type/isolated from	The place where the ocean and a freshwater lake meet at Hwajinpo on the East Sea
[Ref.: #43782]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	East Sea, South Korea
[Ref.: #43782]	Country	Republic of Korea
[Ref.: #43782]	Country ISO 3 Code	KOR
[Ref.: #43782]	Continent	Asia
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Isolation sources categories

#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Freshwater
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Lake (large)
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Marine

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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.: #43782]	Confluentibacter lentus strain HJM-3 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KT282005		GenBank ENA

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GC-content

34.7 mol%

high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

KCTC 42777, NBRC 111588, HJM 3

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Confluentibacter lentus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater lake.	Park S, Kim S, Jung YT, Park JM, Yoon JH	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.000804	2015	*

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 )

#43782

Sooyeon Park, Sona Kim, Yong-Taek Jung, Jin-Min Park, Jung-Hoon Yoon: Confluentibacter lentus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater lake. IJSEM 66: 868 - 873 2016 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.000804 , PubMed 26611791 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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