Name: Fermentibacillus polygoni IEB3
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 141069

Type strain:

Species: Fermentibacillus polygoni

Strain Designation: IEB3

Culture col. no.: JCM 30817, NCIMB 14984

Strain history: I. Yumoto; Bioprod. Res. Inst., AIST, Japan; IEB3.

NCBI tax ID(s): 1652104 (species)

Section

Fermentibacillus polygoni IEB3 is a facultative anaerobe, spore-forming, Gram-positive bacterium that forms circular colonies and was isolated from indigo reducing strains from a fermented Polygonum indigo liquor sample.

colony-forming
Gram-positive
motile
rod-shaped
spore-forming
facultative anaerobe
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	*Bacillota*
	Class	*Bacilli*
	Order	*Caryophanales*
	Family	*Bacillaceae*
	Genus	*Fermentibacillus*
	Species	**Fermentibacillus polygoni**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Fermentibacillus polygoni Hirota et al. 2016

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #43955]	Gram stain	positive

[Ref.: #43955]	Cell length	1.3-4.5 µm

[Ref.: #43955]	Cell width	0.6-1.0 µm

[Ref.: #43955]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #43955]	Motility	yes

[Ref.: #43955]	Colony size	0.5-2.0 mm
[Ref.: #43955]	Colony color	creamy white
[Ref.: #43955]	Colony shape	circular
[Ref.: #43955]	Cultivation medium used	Peptone/yeast/glucose agar

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

Peptone/yeast/glucose agar

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

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		Temperature
[Ref.: #43955]	growth	12-40 °C
[Ref.: #43955]	optimum	30-33 °C
[Ref.: #67770]	growth	28 °C

[Ref.: #43955]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #67770]	Temperature range	mesophilic

	pH	Kind of pH		pH
[Ref.: #43955]			optimum	10
[Ref.: #43955]			growth	7.5-12

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

facultative anaerobe

[Ref.: #43955]	Spore description	Ellipsoidal endospores at the subterminal to central position in not swollen sporangia
[Ref.: #43955]	Type of spore	endospore
[Ref.: #43955]	Ability of spore formation	yes

	Halophily	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #43955]		NaCl		growth	0-5	%(w/v)
[Ref.: #43955]		NaCl		optimum	0	%(w/v)

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Observation

quinones: MK-7

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #43955]	casein	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43955]	cellobiose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	cellulose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	cellulose ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43955]	D-arabinose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	D-arabitol ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	D-fructose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	D-fucose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	D-galactose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	D-glucose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	D-lyxose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	D-mannose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	D-ribose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	D-trehalose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	D-xylose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	dna ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43955]	erythritol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	esculin ferric citrate	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	galactitol ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	gelatin ChEBI	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43955]	glycerol 3-phosphate ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	L-arabinose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	L-arabitol ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	L-fucose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	L-sorbose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	L-xylose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	lactose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	maltose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	mannitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	melibiose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	methyl alpha-D-mannoside ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	myo-inositol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #43955]	rhamnose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	ribitol ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	sorbitol ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	starch ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43955]	sucrose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	turanose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #43955]	tween 20 ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43955]	tween 40 ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43955]	tween 60 ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43955]	tween 80 ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43955]	xylan ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43955]	xylitol ChEBI	+	builds acid from
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	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #43955]		acetoin ChEBI	no
[Ref.: #43955]		hydrogen sulfide ChEBI	no

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Voges-Proskauer-test
[Ref.: #43955]		acetoin ChEBI	-

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #43955]	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
[Ref.: #43955]	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1
[Ref.: #43955]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51
[Ref.: #43955]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22
[Ref.: #43955]	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20
[Ref.: #43955]	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24
[Ref.: #43955]	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6
[Ref.: #43955]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
[Ref.: #43955]	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21
[Ref.: #43955]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31
[Ref.: #43955]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #43955]	chymotrypsin	+	3.4.4.5
[Ref.: #43955]	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3
[Ref.: #43955]	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
[Ref.: #43955]	esterase (C 4)	+
[Ref.: #43955]	esterase Lipase (C 8)	+
[Ref.: #43955]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1
[Ref.: #43955]	lipase (C 14)	-
[Ref.: #43955]	lysine decarboxylase		4.1.1.18
[Ref.: #43955]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52
[Ref.: #43955]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
[Ref.: #43955]	ornithine decarboxylase		4.1.1.17
[Ref.: #43955]	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4
[Ref.: #43955]	urease	-	3.5.1.5
[Ref.: #43955]	valine arylamidase	+
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Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #43955]	Sample type/isolated from	indigo reducing strains from a fermented Polygonum indigo (Polygonum tinctorium Lour) liquor sample
[Ref.: #43955]	Enrichment culture composition	indigo fermentation liqour as medium component

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Fermented Polygonum indigo (Polygonum tinctorium Lour) liquor sample
[Ref.: #67770]	Country	Japan
[Ref.: #67770]	Country ISO 3 Code	JPN
[Ref.: #67770]	Continent	Asia
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Isolation sources categories

#Host

#Plants

#Herbaceous plants (Grass,Crops)

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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.: #43955]	16S rRNA gene sequence	LC054227		GenBank

[Ref.: #43955]	GC-content	49.1 mol%	genome sequence analysis
[Ref.: #67770]	GC-content	39 mol%	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

JCM 30817, NCIMB 14984

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Fermentibacillus polygoni gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkaliphile that reduces indigo dye.	Hirota K, Aino K, Yumoto I	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001015	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 )

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Kikue Hirota, Kenichi Aino, Isao Yumoto: Fermentibacillus polygoni gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkaliphile that reduces indigo dye. IJSEM 66: 2247 - 2253 2016 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.001015 , PubMed 26971318 )

#67770 Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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