Geobacillus stearothermophilus (DSM 2358, NCIB 10280, alpha 7)

Name: Geobacillus stearothermophilus (DSM 2358, NCIB 10280, alpha 7)
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BacDive ID 1416

Type strain

Strain Designation alpha 7

Culture col. no. DSM 2358 NCIB 10280 alpha 7

NCBI tax ID(s) 1422

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- NCIB (Bacillus coagulans) <- R.S.C. Aytoun, alpha 7

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Geobacillus stearothermophilus alpha 7 is a bacterium of the family Bacillaceae.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 47594

DSM 2358,NCIB 10280,NCIMB 10280,NRRL B-14318,LMD 80.9,NCCB 80009

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:18:06

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Bacillaceae

Genus Geobacillus

Species Geobacillus stearothermophilus

Full scientific name Geobacillus stearothermophilus (Donk 1920) Nazina et al. 2001

Synonyms (1)

Bacillus stearothermophilus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Geobacillus stearothermophilus** (22)	Type strain
1419	G. stearothermophilus R-35646, 26, DSM 22, ATCC 12980, CCM 2062, ... (type strain)
1410	G. stearothermophilus DSM 297, ATCC 12976, CCM 2183, NCIB 8919
1411	G. stearothermophilus L 32-65, DSM 456
1412	G. stearothermophilus L 33-65, R-32640, DSM 457
1413	G. stearothermophilus R-32765, S 65-67, DSM 458
1414	G. stearothermophilus DSM 494, NCTC 10003, CCUG 11734
1415	G. stearothermophilus R-32607, alpha 1, DSM 2357, NCIMB 10279
1417	G. stearothermophilus NRS-19, 1503, DSM 2027, ATCC 7954, NCIB 8924, ...
1418	G. stearothermophilus 186, DSM 2313, NCIB 10278
1420	G. stearothermophilus N.R. Smith T17, 1518, DSM 5934, ATCC 7953, ...
1421	G. stearothermophilus T15, DSM 6790, ATCC 10149, WDCM 00069, CCUG ...
1444	G. stearothermophilus 10, DSM 13240, CIP 106956
1448	G. stearothermophilus C953, CCUG 34144, HNCMB 101025, LMG 11163, ...
100611	G. stearothermophilus STH00420(ZIMET), CMI 98373, ACC 1829, HKI ...
134733	G. stearothermophilus CIP 57.16, NBIMCC 2329
142398	G. stearothermophilus CCUG 12317
149136	G. stearothermophilus CCUG 36912
151704	G. stearothermophilus CCUG 44677
154550	G. stearothermophilus CCUG 54374
156003	G. stearothermophilus CCUG 59982
161282	G. stearothermophilus JCM 12894
163708	G. stearothermophilus JCM 30104

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
753	NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
753	positive	growth	55

Physiology and metabolism

Compound production

753

Compoundalpha amylase

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
753	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

GC content

753

GC-content (mol%)52.8

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	S-layers: principles and applications.	Sleytr UB, Schuster B, Egelseer EM, Pum D.	FEMS Microbiol Rev	10.1111/1574-6976.12063	2014
Metabolism	Evidence that an N-terminal S-layer protein fragment triggers the release of a cell-associated high-molecular-weight amylase in Bacillus stearothermophilus ATCC 12980.	Egelseer EM, Schocher I, Sleytr UB, Sara M.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.178.19.5602-5609.1996	1996
Metabolism	The S-layer from Bacillus stearothermophilus DSM 2358 functions as an adhesion site for a high-molecular-weight amylase.	Egelseer E, Schocher I, Sara M, Sleytr UB	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.177.6.1444-1451.1995	1995

References

#753	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 2358
#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 )
#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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Geobacillus stearothermophilus (DSM 2358, NCIB 10280, alpha 7)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Compound production

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

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References

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