Zymomonas mobilis (DSM 473, ATCC 29501, NCIB 8227)

Name: Zymomonas mobilis (DSM 473, ATCC 29501, NCIB 8227)
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BacDive ID 14288

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 473 ATCC 29501 NCIB 8227 CIP 102539 NCIMB 8227

NCBI tax ID(s) 542

Special Collections DSMZ CIP

History <- E.A. Dawes (Zymomonas anaerobia) <- NCIB <- H.J. Bunker CIP <- 1986, NCIB <- 1951, H.J. Bunker

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Zymomonas mobilis DSM 473 is an anaerobe bacterium that was isolated from Food, Beer spoilage.

anaerobe Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 264243

LMG 429,ATCC 29501,LMG 463,NCIB 8227,NRRL B-1960,NRRL B-4492,CIP 102539,NCIMB 8227,CECT 947,NCIM 2427,DSM 473

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:21:22

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Sphingomonadales

Family Zymomonadaceae

Genus Zymomonas

Species Zymomonas mobilis

Full scientific name Zymomonas mobilis corrig. (Lindner 1928) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

Zymomonas mobile
"Thermobacterium mobile"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Zymomonas mobilis** (7)	Type strain
14289	Z. mobilis pZM01 to pZM06, DSM 424, ATCC 10988, NCIB ... (type strain)
100099	Z. mobilis STI09675(IMET), IFO 14523, INA 2240, IMET ...
131031	Z. mobilis DSM 14017, PROIMI A1
132834	Z. mobilis UVS 51, DSM 12494
132835	Z. mobilis CU 1, DSM 12495
132836	Z. mobilis DSM 12496, CCUG 17860, CIP 102538, JCM 20722, ...
132837	Z. mobilis CU 1 Rif 2, DSM 12497

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
65	ZYMOMONAS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 10)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: ZYMOMONAS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 10) Composition: Glucose 20.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Yeast extract 10.0 g/l Bacto peptone 10.0 g/l Distilled water
40177	MEDIUM 77 - for Zymomonas mobilis		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Glucose (20.000 g);Yeast extract (5.000 g)
120992	CIP Medium 77	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
65	positive	growth	30
40177	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

120992

Sample typeFood, Beer spoilage

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
65	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
120992	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

GC content

GC-content (mol%)49.0

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Biotechnology	Zymomonas mobilis as an emerging biotechnological chassis for the production of industrially relevant compounds.	Braga A, Gomes D, Rainha J, Amorim C, Cardoso BB, Gudina EJ, Silverio SC, Rodrigues JL, Rodrigues LR.	Bioresour Bioprocess	10.1186/s40643-021-00483-2	2021
	The biology of Zymomonas.	Swings J, De Ley J.	Bacteriol Rev	10.1128/br.41.1.1-46.1977	1977
	Genome Sequence of Zymomonas mobilis subsp. mobilis NRRL B-1960.	Chacon-Vargas K, Chirino AA, Davis MM, Debler SA, Haimer WR, Wilbur JJ, Mo X, Worthing BW, Wainblat EG, Zhao S, Gibbons JG.	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomea.00562-17	2017
	Yeast-Free Doughs by Zymomonas mobilis: Evaluation of Technological and Fermentation Performances by Using a Metabolomic Approach.	Nissen L, Rollini M, Picozzi C, Musatti A, Foschino R, Gianotti A	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms8060792	2020
Metabolism	Simultaneous nitrogen fixation and ethanol production by Zymomonas mobilis.	Palamae S, Choorit W, Chatsungnoen T, Chisti Y	J Biotechnol	10.1016/j.jbiotec.2020.03.016	2020
Enzymology	Simultaneous enzymatic synthesis of gluconic acid and sorbitol: production, purification, and application of glucose-fructose oxidoreductase and gluconolactonase.	Nidetzky B, Furlinger M, Gollhofer D, Haug I, Haltrich D, Kulbe KD	Appl Biochem Biotechnol	10.1007/BF02920423	1997

References

#65	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 473
#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 )
#40177	; Curators of the CIP;
#120992	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 102539
#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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Zymomonas mobilis (DSM 473, ATCC 29501, NCIB 8227)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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