Sphingopyxis chilensis (DSM 14889, LMG 20986, S37)

Name: Sphingopyxis chilensis (DSM 14889, LMG 20986, S37)
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BacDive ID 14277

Type strain

Strain Designation S37

Culture col. no. DSM 14889 LMG 20986 S37

NCBI tax ID(s) 180400

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- M. Vancanneyt, LMG; S37 <- B. Rehm, Wilhelm Univ., Münster

Links

Sphingopyxis chilensis S37 is a bacterium that was isolated from superficial sediment of river contaminated with chlorophenolic compounds.

16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 85133

LMG 20986,DSM 14889,KCTC 12166

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:28:15

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Sphingomonadales

Family Sphingomonadaceae

Genus Sphingopyxis

Species Sphingopyxis chilensis

Full scientific name Sphingopyxis chilensis Godoy et al. 2003

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
5603	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

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
5603	positive	growth	28

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
5603	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+
5603	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Contamination	-
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#River (Creek)
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Sediment

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
5603	superficial sediment of river contaminated with chlorophenolic compounds	Biobio river	Chile	CHL	Middle and South America

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
5603	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
5603	Sphingomonas sp. S37 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF367204	1452		180400

GC content

5603

GC-content (mol%)65.5

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Sphingopyxis italica sp. nov., isolated from Roman catacombs.	Alias-Villegas C, Jurado V, Laiz L, Saiz-Jimenez C	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.046573-0	2012
Phylogeny	Sphingopyxis chilensis sp. nov., a chlorophenol-degrading bacterium that accumulates polyhydroxyalkanoate, and transfer of Sphingomonas alaskensis to Sphingopyxis alaskensis comb. nov.	Godoy F, Vancanneyt M, Martinez M, Steinbuchel A, Swings J, Rehm BHA	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.02375-0	2003

References

#5603	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 14889
#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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Sphingopyxis chilensis (DSM 14889, LMG 20986, S37)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API 20NE

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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