Sphingobium xenophagum (DSM 11094, BA2)

Name: Sphingobium xenophagum (DSM 11094, BA2)
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BacDive ID 14209

Type strain

Strain Designation BA2

Culture col. no. DSM 11094 BA2

NCBI tax ID(s) 121428

Special Collections DSMZ

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Sphingobium xenophagum BA2 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from contaminated soil.

mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 49025

DSM 11094

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:50:17

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Sphingomonadales

Family Sphingomonadaceae

Genus Sphingobium

Species Sphingobium xenophagum

Full scientific name Sphingobium xenophagum (Stolz et al. 2000) Pal et al. 2006

Synonyms (2)

Sphingobium hydrophobicum
Sphingomonas xenophaga

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Sphingobium xenophagum** (6)	Type strain
14168	S. xenophagum BN6, BN 6, DSM 6383, CIP 107206 (type strain)
14169	S. xenophagum BN6C, DSM 6985
14170	S. xenophagum N,N, DSM 8566
14171	S. xenophagum SKN, DSM 14677
14172	S. xenophagum Bayram, YNB118, DSM 23828
24555	S. xenophagum QYY, DSM 28059

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
4195	CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CASO AGAR (Merck 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 15.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 5.0 g/l Distilled water
4195	PLATES WITH FLUORANTHENE (DSMZ Medium 462a)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: PLATES WITH FLUORANTHENE (DSMZ Medium 462a; with strain-specific modifications) Composition: Na2HPO4 2.44 g/l Fluoranthene 2.0 g/l KH2PO4 1.52 g/l (NH4)2SO4 0.5 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.2 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.05 g/l Yeast extract 0.05 g/l EDTA 0.005 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.002 g/l H3BO3 0.0003 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.0002 g/l Pyridoxamine 0.000125 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0001 g/l Vitamin B12 5e-05 g/l Nicotinic acid 5e-05 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 3e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 3e-05 g/l Thiamine-HCl x 2 H2O 2.5e-05 g/l p-Aminobenzoate 2.5e-05 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 2e-05 g/l Calcium pantothenate 1.25e-05 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 1e-05 g/l Biotin 5e-06 g/l Distilled water
4195	TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
4195	positive	growth	28	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
68369	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API 20NE
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE

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
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68369	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
68369	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1	from API 20NE
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE

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
4195	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Contamination	-
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
4195	contaminated soil	Hamburg	Germany	DEU	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
4195	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#4195	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 11094
#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 )
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#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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