Streptomyces albus (DSM 40447, ATCC 25427, ATCC 618)

Name: Streptomyces albus (DSM 40447, ATCC 25427, ATCC 618)
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BacDive ID 14969

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 40447 ATCC 25427 ATCC 618 CBS 925.69 IFO 13015 12 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1888 67257

Special Collections DSMZ JCM KCTC Wink compendium

History <- S. A. Waksman <- A. J. Kluyver <- A. Krainsky KCC S-0451 <-- IFO 13015 <-- SAJ <-- ISP 5447 <-- ATCC 618 <-- S. A. Waksman <-- A. J. Kluyver <-- A. Krainsky.

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Streptomyces albus DSM 40447 is a bacterium that builds an aerial mycelium and was isolated from soil.

genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 92770

ATCC 618,ATCC 25427,IFO 3418,IFO 13015,DSM 40447,JCM 4451,CCRC 12098,HUT 6614,IMET 43380,NRRL B-1685,CBS 925.69,CBS 116.18,KCTC 9672,KCTC 9751,AS 4.1685,NBRC 13015,NBRC 3418,BCRC 12098,HAMBI 50,CGMCC 4.1685

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:21:33

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Kitasatosporales

Family Streptomycetaceae

Genus Streptomyces

Species Streptomyces albus

Full scientific name Streptomyces albus (Rossi Doria 1891) Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (10)

Streptomyces flocculus
Streptomyces rangoon
"Actinomyces almquisti"
"Actinomyces gibsonii"
"Actinomyces flocculus"
Streptomyces gibsonii
"Actinomyces rangoon"
Streptomyces almquistii
Streptomyces rangoonensis
"Streptotrix alba"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Streptomyces albus** (9)	Type strain
127165	S. albus STI07026(IMET),
127166	S. albus ST003381(HKI), 1401,
127882	S. albus ST028246(HKI), A88/200.2, FSU-3750, GT20046043,
127883	S. albus SF003750(FSU),
127977	S. albus ST028276(HKI), FSU-3731, GT20046027,
127978	S. albus SF003731(FSU),
142152	S. albus CCUG 11109
160963	S. albus JCM 10484, HUT 6624, NBRC 109902
162945	S. albus JCM 20474, IAM 12315

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125438	positive	91.985

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Incubation period	Medium used
19455	Honey yellow	10-14 days	ISP 2
19455	Honey yellow	10-14 days	ISP 3
19455	Brown beige	10-14 days	ISP 4
19455	Brown beige	10-14 days	ISP 5
19455	Brown beige	10-14 days	ISP 6
19455	Brown beige	10-14 days	ISP 7

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Complex name	Complex color	Medium name
19455	Aerial Mycelium	Cream	ISP 2
19455	Aerial Mycelium	Cream	ISP 3
19455	Aerial Mycelium	Cream	ISP 4
19455	Aerial Mycelium	Cream	ISP 5
19455	Aerial Mycelium	Cream	ISP 6
19455	Aerial Mycelium	Cream	ISP 7

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
9550	GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65) Composition: Agar 18.0 g/l Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l CaCO3 2.0 g/l Distilled water
19455	ISP 2		Name: ISP 2 / Yeast Malt Agar (5265); 5265 Composition Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Preparation: Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.0 Usage: Maintenance and Taxonomy Organisms: All Actinomycetes
19455	ISP 3		Name: ISP 3; 5315 Composition Dog oat flakes 20.0 g/l Trace element solution (5314) 2.5 ml/l Agar 18.0 g/l Preparation: Oat flakes are cooked for 20 minutes, trace element solution and agar are added (in the case of non rolled oat flakes the suspension has to bee filtrated). Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.8 Usage: Maintenance and taxonomy (e.g. SEM As liquid medium for metabolite production) Organisms: All Actinomycetes Trace element solution 5314 Name: Trace element solution 5314; 5314 Composition CaCl2 x H2O 3.0 g/l Fe-III-citrate 1.0 g/l MnSO4 0.2 g/l ZnCl2 0.1 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 0.025 g/l Sodium tetra borate 0.2 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.004 g/l Sodium molybdate 0.01 g/l Preparation: Use double destillated water. Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: Usage: Trace element solution for different media Organisms:
19455	ISP 4		Name: ISP 4; DSM 547 Solution I: Difco soluble starch, 10.0 g. Make a paste of the starch with a small amount of cold distilled water and bring to a volume of 500 ml. Solution II: CaCO3 2.0 g K2HPO4 (anhydrous) 1.0 g MgSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g NaCl 1.0 g (NH4)2SO4 2.0 g Distilled water 500.0 ml Trace salt solution (see below) 1.0 ml The pH should be between 7.0 and 7.4. Do not adjust if it is within this range. Mix solutions I and II together. Add 20.0 g agar. Liquify agar by steaming at 100°C for 10 to 20 min. Trace element solution: FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.1 g ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g Distilled water 100.0 ml
19455	ISP 5		Name: ISP 5 (5323) Composition L-Asparagine 1.0 g/l Glycerol 10.0 g/l K2HPO4 1.0 g/l Salt solution (see preparation) 1.0 ml/l Agar 20.0 g/l Preparation: Salt solution 1.0 g FeSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g MnCl2 x 4 H2O 1.0 g ZNSO4 x 7 H2O in 100 ml water Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.2 Usage: Maintenance and taxonomy Organisms: All Actinomycetes
19455	ISP 6		Name: ISP 6 (5318) Composition Peptone 15.0 g/l Proteose peptose 5.0 g/l Ferric ammonium citrate 0.5 g/l Sodium glycerophosphate 1.0 g/l Sodium thiosulfate 0.08 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: Usage: Production of melanoid pigments Organisms: All Actinomycetes
19455	ISP 7		Name: ISP 7 (5322) Composition Glycerol 15.0 g/l L-Tyrosine 0.5 g/l L-Asparagine 1.0 g/l K2HPO4 0.5 g/l NaCl 0.5 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.01 g/l Trace element solution 5343 1.0 ml/l Agar 20.0 Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.3 Usage: Production of melanoid pigments Organisms: All Actinomycetes

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
9550	positive	growth	28
19455	positive	optimum	28
67770	positive	growth	28

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125438		92.095

Compound production

20216

CompoundHydantionase

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
19455	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	-
68368	29016 ChEBI	arginine	+	hydrolysis	from API 20E
19455	62968 ChEBI	cellulose	+
68368	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	assimilation	from API 20E
19455	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+
68368	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20E
19455	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+
68368	25094 ChEBI	lysine	+	degradation	from API 20E
19455	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+
19455	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	+
68368	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	+	degradation	from API 20E
19455	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+
19455	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	+
19455	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+
68368	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20E
68368	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API 20E
19455	18222 ChEBI	xylose	-

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	from API 20E
68368	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide	from API 20E
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole	from API 20E

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Indole test
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-		from API 20E
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole		-	from API 20E

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
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
68368	arginine dihydrolase	+	3.5.3.6	from API 20E
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68368	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API 20E
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68382	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68368	gelatinase	+		from API 20E
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	+		from API zym
68368	lysine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.18	from API 20E
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
68368	ornithine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.17	from API 20E
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68368	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API 20E
68368	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API 20E
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

API 20E

@ref	ONPG	ADH (Arg)	LDC (Lys)	ODC	CIT	H2S productionH2S	URE	TDA (Trp)	IND	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	GEL	GLU	MAN	INO	Sor	RHA	SAC	MEL	AMY	ARA	OX	Nitrite productionNO2	Reduction to N2N2	MotilityMOB	Growth on MacConkey mediumMAC	OF-O	OF-F
19455	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.

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
19455	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

9550

Sample typesoil

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB184771 (>99% sequence identity) for Streptomyces albus subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	8
Soil Samples	170
Animal Samples	22
Plant Samples	4
Total Samples	204

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
9550	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
19455	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID
67770	ASM141812v1 assembly for Streptomyces albus NRRL B-1685	scaffold	GCA_001418125	2657245540	1888

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Streptomyces almquistii gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 13015	AB184258	1471	67270
9550	Streptomyces albus subsp. albus gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 3418	AB184771	1482	67257
124043	Streptomyces almquistii gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 4451.	D44148	121	1888
124043	Streptomyces almquistii strain NRRL B-1685 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	AY999782	1494	1888

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Streptomyces albus NRRL B-1685
NCBI: GCA_001418125.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	91.99	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	97.98	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	89.29	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	92.10	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	93.50	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	88.01	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Proposal to designate strain ATCC 3004 (IMRU 3004) as the neotype strain of Streptomyces albus (Rossi-Doria) Waksman and Henrici.	LYONS AJ, PRIDHAM TG.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.83.2.370-380.1962	1962
	Streptomyces albus (Rossi-Doria) Waksman et Henrici: taxonomic study of strains labeled Streptomyces albus.	Pridham TG, Lyons AJ.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.81.3.431-441.1961	1961
Phylogeny	Genetic homologies among Streptomyces violaceoruber strains.	Monson AM, Bradley SG, Enquist LW, Cruces G.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.99.3.702-706.1969	1969
	Electron microscopy of Streptomyces spore morphology and its role in species differentiation.	TRESNER HD, DAVIES MC, BACKUS EJ.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.81.1.70-80.1961	1961
	Characterization of deoxyribonucleic acids from streptomycetes and nocardiae.	Tewfik EM, Bradley SG.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.94.6.1994-2000.1967	1967
	Reexamination of the association between melting point, buoyant density, and chemical base composition of deoxyribonucleic acid.	De Ley J.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.101.3.738-754.1970	1970
	Metabolic and genomic analysis deciphering biocontrol potential of endophytic Streptomyces albus RC2 against crop pathogenic fungi.	Quach NT, Vu THN, Nguyen TTA, Le PC, Do HG, Nguyen TD, Thao PTH, Nguyen TTL, Chu HH, Phi QT.	Braz J Microbiol	10.1007/s42770-023-01134-8	2023
Phylogeny	Taxonomic evaluation of Streptomyces albus and related species using multilocus sequence analysis and proposals to emend the description of Streptomyces albus and describe Streptomyces pathocidini sp. nov.	Labeda DP, Doroghazi JR, Ju KS, Metcalf WW	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.058107-0	2013
Phylogeny	Streptomyces panacagri sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field.	Cui Y, Baek SH, Wang L, Lee HG, Cui C, Lee ST, Im WT	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.029942-0	2011

References

#9550	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 40447
#19455	Wink, J.: Compendium of Actinobacteria. HZI-Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig .
#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 )
#20216	Curators of the HKI: Collection Description Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI) . Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI):
#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 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68368	Automatically annotated from API 20E .
#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 .
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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 )
#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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Streptomyces albus (DSM 40447, ATCC 25427, ATCC 618)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Multicellular morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

Compound production

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API 20E

API zym

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_001418125

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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