Sphingomonas aerolata (CCUG 48435, DSM 14746, LMG 21376)

Name: Sphingomonas aerolata (CCUG 48435, DSM 14746, LMG 21376)
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BacDive ID 14233

Type strain

Strain Designation NW12

Culture col. no. CCUG 48435 DSM 14746 LMG 21376 NW12 CIP 108369

NCBI tax ID(s) 185951

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG CIP

History <- H.-J. Busse; NW12 <- O. Kim CIP <- 2004, P. Kämpfer, Giessen Univ., Giessen, Germany <- O. Kim: strain NW12

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Sphingomonas aerolata NW12 is an aerobe, Gram-negative, motile bacterium that was isolated from indoor air of the Sainsburry Center for Visal Art.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 86183

LMG 21376,DSM 14746,CCUG 48435,CIP 108369

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:21:21

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Sphingomonadales

Family Sphingomonadaceae

Genus Sphingomonas

Species Sphingomonas aerolata

Full scientific name Sphingomonas aerolata Busse et al. 2003

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Sphingomonas aerolata** (2)	Type strain
152916	S. aerolata CCUG 48002
159430	S. aerolata S61/4 orange, DSM 110888

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
116071	negative	rod-shaped
125439	negative		99.1
125438	negative		95.315

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
5441	R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casamino acids 0.5 g/l Starch 0.5 g/l Glucose 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 MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.05 g/l Distilled water
5441	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
5441	YEAST-PEPTONE-SUCCINATE MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 988)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: YEAST-PEPTONE-SUCCINATE MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 988) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 3.0 g/l Yeast extract 3.0 g/l Sodium succinate 2.3 g/l Distilled water
37431	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
116071	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP
116071	CIP Medium 566	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
5441	positive	growth	22
37431	positive	growth	22
58157	positive	growth	22
116071	positive	growth	10-25
116071	negative	growth	5
116071	negative	growth	30
116071	negative	growth	37
116071	negative	growth	41

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
58157	aerobe
125439	aerobe	95

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		95.2
125438		92.445

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
116071	NaCl	positive	growth	0 %
116071	NaCl		growth	2 %
116071	NaCl		growth	4 %
116071	NaCl		growth	6 %
116071	NaCl		growth	8 %
116071	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
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
116071	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	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
116071	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API 20NE
116071	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
116071	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE
116071	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
116071	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
116071	amylase	-
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
116071	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
116071	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
116071	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
116071	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
116071	gelatinase	-
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
116071	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
116071	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
116071	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
116071	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
116071	oxidase	-
116071	protease	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
116071	tryptophan deaminase	-
116071	tween esterase	-
116071	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

58157

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C18:1 ω7c /12t/9t	38.3	17.824
C16:1 ω7c	31.7	15.819
C16:0	9.8	16
C14:0 2OH	9.4	15.205
C16:1 ω5c	2.7	15.908
C14:0	1.6	14
11 methyl 18:1 ω7c	1.6	18.081
C17:1 ω6c	1.2	16.862
C18:1 ω5c	0.9	17.919
C16:1 2OH	0.9	17.047
C17:1 ω7c	0.6	16.818
C12:0 2OH	0.5	13.178
C16:0 iso 3OH	0.4	17.145
C15:0	0.2	15
unknown 18.555	0.2	18.555

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
116071	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-

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
5441	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+/-	+/-	-	+	+	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Built environment	-
#Environmental	#Air	#Indoor Air

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
5441	indoor air of the Sainsburry Center for Visal Art	Norwich			Europe
58157	Air	Norwich,Sainsbury Centre for Vis.Arts	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe
116071	Environment, Indoor air of Sainsburry Center for Visal Art	Norwich	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AJ429240 (>99% sequence identity) for Sphingomonas from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	7018
Soil Samples	6757
Animal Samples	12267
Plant Samples	9299
Total Samples	35341

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
5441	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
116071	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM304629v1 assembly for Sphingomonas aerolata NW12	scaffold	GCA_003046295	185951.4	2740892601	185951	78.03

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Sphingomonas aerolata partial 16S rRNA gene, strain NW12	AJ429240	1472		185951

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Sphingomonas aerolata NW12
NCBI: GCA_003046295

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	95.20	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	77.40	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	99.10	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	aerobe	95.00	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Sphingomonas aerolata NW12
NCBI: GCA_003046295.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	95.32	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	95.99	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	89.13	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	92.45	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	97.89	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	71.44	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Markerless gene deletion system for sphingomonads.	Kaczmarczyk A, Vorholt JA, Francez-Charlot A.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.07347-11	2012
Phylogeny	Sphingomonas aurantiaca sp. nov., Sphingomonas aerolata sp. nov. and Sphingomonas faeni sp. nov., air- and dustborne and Antarctic, orange-pigmented, psychrotolerant bacteria, and emended description of the genus Sphingomonas.	Busse HJ, Denner EBM, Buczolits S, Salkinoja-Salonen M, Bennasar A, Kampfer P	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.02461-0	2003

References

#5441	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 14746
#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 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#37431	; Curators of the CIP;
#58157	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 48435
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#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 .
#116071	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 108369
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#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 aerolata (CCUG 48435, DSM 14746, LMG 21376)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

Fatty acid profile

API zym

API 20NE

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_003046295

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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