Sphingomonas melonis (DSM 14445, LMG 19485, DAPP-PG 228)

Name: Sphingomonas melonis (DSM 14445, LMG 19485, DAPP-PG 228)
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BacDive ID 14231

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 14445 LMG 19485 DAPP-PG 228 CIP 107881

NCBI tax ID(s) 152682

Special Collections DSMZ CIP

History <- R. Buonaurio; DAPP-PG 228 CIP <- 2003, R. Buonaurio, Perugia, Italy: strain DAPP-PG 228

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Sphingomonas melonis DSM 14445 is an obligate aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-negative plant pathogen that was isolated from fruit of yellow spanish melons .

Gram-negative rod-shaped obligate aerobe mesophilic plant pathogen

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 13323

ICMP 16931,LMG 19485,DSM 14445,CIP 107881,NCPPB 4319

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:50:18

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Sphingomonadales

Family Sphingomonadaceae

Genus Sphingomonas

Species Sphingomonas melonis

Full scientific name Sphingomonas melonis Buonaurio et al. 2002

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Sphingomonas melonis** (3)	Type strain
14230	S. melonis EY 4350, DSM 14444, LMG 19484, DAPP-PG 224, ... (type strain)
24559	S. melonis C3, DSM 24957
24560	S. melonis Fr1, DSM 24958

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
120889	negative	rod-shaped

Pigmentation

@ref	Production	Name
120889		Pyocyanin

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
5358	REACTIVATION WITH LIQUID MEDIUM 1 (DSMZ Medium 1a)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: REACTIVATION WITH LIQUID MEDIUM 1 (DSMZ Medium 1a) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water
36661	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
120889	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
5358	positive	growth	28	mesophilic
36661	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
120889	positive	growth	25-37	mesophilic
120889	negative	growth	5
120889	negative	growth	10
120889	negative	growth	41

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

120889

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
120889	NaCl	positive	growth	0 %
120889	NaCl		growth	2 %
120889	NaCl		growth	4 %
120889	NaCl		growth	6 %
120889	NaCl		growth	8 %
120889	NaCl		growth	10 %

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
120889	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
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
120889	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
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
120889	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
120889	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API 20NE
120889	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
120889	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE
120889	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

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

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
120889	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
120889	amylase	-
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
120889	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68369	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
120889	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
120889	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68369	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1	from API 20NE
120889	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
120889	gelatinase	-
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
120889	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
120889	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
120889	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
120889	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
120889	oxidase	-
120889	protease	-
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
120889	tryptophan deaminase	-
120889	tween esterase	-
120889	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
120889	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-

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
5358	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	+

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
120889	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Plants	#Herbaceous plants (Grass,Crops)
#Host Body-Site	#Plant	#Fruit (Seed)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
5358	fruit of yellow spanish melons (Cucumis melo var. inodorus)	Cucumis melo var. inodorus	Almeria	Spain	ESP	Europe
120889	Yellow Spanish melon fruits			Spain	ESP	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity plant	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
5358		1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
120889		1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Sphingomonas melonis sp. nov., a novel pathogen that causes brown spots on yellow Spanish melon fruits.	Buonaurio R, Stravato VM, Kosako Y, Fujiwara N, Naka T, Kobayashi K, Cappelli C, Yabuuchi E	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-52-6-2081	2002

References

#5358	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 14445
#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 )
#36661	; Curators of the CIP;
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#120889	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 107881
#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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Sphingomonas melonis (DSM 14445, LMG 19485, DAPP-PG 228)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API 20NE

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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