Acidicapsa borealis (DSM 23886, LMG 25897, VKM B-2678)

Name: Acidicapsa borealis (DSM 23886, LMG 25897, VKM B-2678)
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BacDive ID 142

Type strain

Strain Designation KA1

Culture col. no. DSM 23886 LMG 25897 VKM B-2678 KA1

NCBI tax ID(s) 946336

Special Collections DSMZ Literature strains

History <- S. N. Dedysh, Winogradsky Inst. Microbiol., RAS, Moscow, Russia; KA1 <- L.A. Kirsanova <- I. S. Kulichevskaya

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Acidicapsa borealis KA1 is an aerobe, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the family Acidobacteriaceae.

Gram-negative rod-shaped aerobe 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 401081

LMG 25897,DSM 23886

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:17:48

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Acidobacteriota

Class Terriglobia

Order Terriglobales

Family Acidobacteriaceae

Genus Acidicapsa

Species Acidicapsa borealis

Full scientific name Acidicapsa borealis Kulichevskaya et al. 2012

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Motility
23352	negative	1.0-3.0 µm	0.6-0.9 µm	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

@ref	Incubation period	Colony color
17422	8-14 days
23352		pale pink

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
17422	R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830; with strain-specific modifications) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casamino acids 0.5 g/l Starch 0.5 g/l Proteose peptone 0.5 g/l Yeast extract 0.5 g/l K2HPO4 0.3 g/l Na-pyruvate 0.3 g/l Glucose 0.2 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.05 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
17422	positive	growth	20
23352	positive	maximum	33
23352	positive	minimum	10
23352	positive	optimum	22-28

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
23352	positive	maximum	7.3
23352	positive	minimum	3.5	acidophile
23352	positive	optimum	5.0-5.5

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

23352

Oxygen toleranceaerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
23352	NaCl		growth	>2.0 %(w/v)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
23352	30089 ChEBI	acetate	-	carbon source
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
23352	58187 ChEBI	alginate	-	carbon source
23352	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	+	hydrolysis
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
23352	16150 ChEBI	benzoate	-	carbon source
23352	73706 ChEBI	bromosuccinate	-	carbon source
23352	85146 ChEBI	carboxymethylcellulose	-	hydrolysis
23352		casein	-	hydrolysis
23352	57704 ChEBI	cationic chitosan	-	hydrolysis
23352	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	carbon source
23352	17029 ChEBI	chitin	-	hydrolysis
23352	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
23352	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	+	carbon source
23352	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	carbon source
23352	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	carbon source
23352	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	carbon source
23352	18024 ChEBI	D-galacturonic acid	+	carbon source
23352	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	carbon source
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
23352	15748 ChEBI	D-glucuronate	+	carbon source
68369	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
23352	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	carbon source
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
23352	63150 ChEBI	D-rhamnose	+	carbon source
23352	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	carbon source
23352	17317 ChEBI	D-sorbose	-	carbon source
23352	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	carbon source
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
23352	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
23352	16236 ChEBI	ethanol	-	carbon source
23352	5181 ChEBI	fucoidan	+	hydrolysis
23352	29806 ChEBI	fumarate	-	carbon source
23352	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	carbon source
23352	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	carbon source
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
23352	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	carbon source
23352	17120 ChEBI	hexanoate	-	carbon source
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
23352	24996 ChEBI	lactate	-	carbon source
23352	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	carbon source
23352	6359 ChEBI	lactulose	+	carbon source
23352	6364 ChEBI	laminarin	+	hydrolysis
23352	25115 ChEBI	malate	-	carbon source
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
23352	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	carbon source
68369	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
23352	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	-	carbon source
23352	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	+	carbon source
23352	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	carbon source
23352	17790 ChEBI	methanol	-	carbon source
23352	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	carbon source
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API 20NE
23352	30623 ChEBI	oxalate	-	carbon source
23352	17309 ChEBI	pectin	+	hydrolysis
23352	17272 ChEBI	propionate	-	carbon source
23352	27941 ChEBI	pullulan	-	hydrolysis
23352	15361 ChEBI	pyruvate	-	carbon source
23352	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	carbon source
23352	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	carbon source
23352	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	carbon source
23352	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	hydrolysis
23352	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	carbon source
23352	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	carbon source
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
23352	37166 ChEBI	xylan	-	hydrolysis

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Metabolite	Resistance conc.	Sensitivity conc.
23352	28971	ampicillin	10 µg (disc)
23352	17698	chloramphenicol	30 µg (disc)
23352	17833	gentamicin		10 µg (disc)
23352	6104	kanamycin		30 µg (disc)
23352	6472	lincomycin		10 µg (disc)
23352	7507	neomycin	10 µg (disc)
23352	28368	novobiocin		30 µg (disc)
23352	17076	streptomycin	10 µg (disc)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API 20NE

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
23352	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
23352	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1
23352	alpha-chymotrypsin	+	3.4.21.1
23352	alpha-fucosidase	+	3.2.1.51
23352	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22
23352	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20
23352	alpha-mannosidase	+	3.2.1.24
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
23352	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
23352	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21
68369	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
23352	beta-glucuronidase	+	3.2.1.31
23352	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
23352	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3
23352	cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1
17422	cytochrome-c oxidase	-	1.9.3.1
23352	esterase	+
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
23352	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1
23352	lipase	-
23352	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52
23352	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE
23352	valine arylamidase	+

API 20NE

@ref	Reduction of nitratesNO3	TRP	GLU_ Ferm	ADH (Arg)	URE	ESC	GEL	PNPG	GLU_ Assim	ARA	MNE	MAN	NAG	MAL	GNT	CAP	ADI	MLT	CIT	PAC	OX
17422	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Wetland (Swamp)
#Host	#Plants	#Peat moss

Isolation

@ref	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Latitude	Longitude	Sample type
17422	Tver region (56° 34' N 32° 46' E)	Russia	RUS	Europe	56.5667	32.7667 56.5667/32.7667
23352							Katin Mokh Sphagnum peat bog

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence FR774763 (>99% sequence identity) for Acidicapsa borealis subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	72
Soil Samples	1202
Animal Samples	85
Plant Samples	166
Total Samples	1525

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
17422	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
17422	Acidicapsa borealis partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain DSM 23886T	FR774763	1411		946336

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
17422	54.1	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
23352	54.1	Thermal denaturation, fluorometry

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Acidobacteria strains from subdivision 1 act as plant growth-promoting bacteria.	Kielak AM, Cipriano MA, Kuramae EE.	Arch Microbiol	10.1007/s00203-016-1260-2	2016
Phylogeny	Enriching Beneficial Microbial Diversity of Indoor Plants and Their Surrounding Built Environment With Biostimulants.	Mahnert A, Haratani M, Schmuck M, Berg G.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2018.02985	2018
Phylogeny	Acidicapsa acidisoli sp. nov., from the acidic soil of a deciduous forest.	Matsuo H, Kudo C, Li J, Tonouchi A.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001688	2017
Phylogeny	Occallatibacter riparius gen. nov., sp. nov. and Occallatibacter savannae sp. nov., acidobacteria isolated from Namibian soils, and emended description of the family Acidobacteriaceae.	Foesel BU, Mayer S, Luckner M, Wanner G, Rohde M, Overmann J.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.000700	2016
Phylogeny	Acidicapsa borealis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Acidicapsa ligni sp. nov., subdivision 1 Acidobacteria from Sphagnum peat and decaying wood.	Kulichevskaya IS, Kostina LA, Valaskova V, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damste JS, de Boer W, Dedysh SN	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.034819-0	2011

References

#17422	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 23886
#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 )
#23352	Irina S. Kulichevskaya, Lilia A. Kostina, Vendula Valásková, W. Irene C. Rijpstra, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Wietse de Boer, Svetlana N. Dedysh: Acidicapsa borealis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Acidicapsa ligni sp. nov., subdivision 1 Acidobacteria from Sphagnum peat and decaying wood. IJSEM 62: 1512 - 1520 2012 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.034819-0 , PubMed 21856984 )
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#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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Acidicapsa borealis (DSM 23886, LMG 25897, VKM B-2678)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API 20NE

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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