Spiroplasma velocicrescens (DSM 23536, ATCC 35262, MQ4)

Name: Spiroplasma velocicrescens (DSM 23536, ATCC 35262, MQ4)
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BacDive ID 14366

Type strain

Strain Designation MQ4

Culture col. no. DSM 23536 ATCC 35262 MQ4

NCBI tax ID(s) 216947

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Spiroplasma velocicrescens MQ4 is a microaerophile, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from gut of wasp Monobia quadridens.

microaerophile mesophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 40955

DSM 23536,ATCC 35262

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:50:20

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Mycoplasmatota

Class Mollicutes

Order Mycoplasmatales

Family Spiroplasmataceae

Genus Spiroplasma

Species Spiroplasma velocicrescens

Full scientific name Spiroplasma velocicrescens Konai et al. 1995

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
17265	SP4-Z MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 1076b)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: SP4-Z MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 1076b) Composition: Agar 10.0 g/l Tryptone 10.0 g/l Bacto peptone 5.0 g/l PPLO broth 3.5 g/l Urea 2.0 g/l Glucose 1.0 g/l None 1.0 g/l Yeast extract 0.4 g/l DNA 0.2 g/l CMRL 1066 Fetal bovine serum Swine serum Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
17265	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

17265

Oxygen tolerancemicroaerophile

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Arthropoda	#Insecta
#Host Body-Site	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Stomach

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
17265	gut of wasp Monobia quadridens	Monobia quadridens	Maryland	USA	USA	North America

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AY189311 (>99% sequence identity) for Spiroplasma from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples
Soil Samples	1
Animal Samples	16
Plant Samples	1
Total Samples	18

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
17265	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
17265	Spiroplasma velocicrescens 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY189311	1515		216947

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Spiroplasma velocicrescens sp. nov., from the vespid wasp Monobia quadridens.	Konai M, Whitcomb RF, Tully JG, Rose DL, Carle P, Bove JM, Henegar RB, Hackett KJ, Clark TB, Williamson DL	Int J Syst Bacteriol	10.1099/00207713-45-2-203	1995

References

#17265	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 23536
#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 )
#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 .
#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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Spiroplasma velocicrescens (DSM 23536, ATCC 35262, MQ4)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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