Terribacillus halophilus (DSM 21620, IAM 15310, JCM 21760)

Name: Terribacillus halophilus (DSM 21620, IAM 15310, JCM 21760)
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BacDive ID 1518

Type strain

Strain Designation 002-051

Culture col. no. DSM 21620 IAM 15310 JCM 21760 KCTC 13937 002-051 2 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 361279

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Terribacillus halophilus 002-051 is an aerobe, spore-forming, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from Field soil.

spore-forming Gram-positive rod-shaped aerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 297338

IAM 15310,KCTC 13937,JCM 21760,CIP 109484,DSM 21620

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:47:07

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Bacillaceae

Genus Terribacillus

Species Terribacillus halophilus

Full scientific name Terribacillus halophilus An et al. 2007

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape
31809	positive	3.8 µm	0.7 µm	rod-shaped
67771				rod-shaped
67771	positive
119819	positive			rod-shaped

Pigmentation

31809

Productionyes

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
15771	BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514) Composition: NaCl 19.45 g/l MgCl2 5.9 g/l Bacto peptone 5.0 g/l Na2SO4 3.24 g/l CaCl2 1.8 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l KCl 0.55 g/l NaHCO3 0.16 g/l Fe(III) citrate 0.1 g/l KBr 0.08 g/l SrCl2 0.034 g/l H3BO3 0.022 g/l Na2HPO4 0.008 g/l Na-silicate 0.004 g/l NaF 0.0024 g/l (NH4)NO3 0.0016 g/l Distilled water
40043	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
119819	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
15771	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
31809	positive	growth	05-45
31809	positive	optimum	25	mesophilic
40043	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
67771	positive	growth	25-30	mesophilic

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH
31809	positive	optimum	7.5
31809	positive	growth	05-10

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
31809	aerobe
67771	aerobe
119819	obligate aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation
31809
67771
125438

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
31809	NaCl	positive	growth	0-19 %
31809	NaCl	positive	optimum	01-05 %

Observation

@ref	Observation
67770	quinones: MK-7
67771	quinones: MK-7

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31809	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	+	carbon source
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31809	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	carbon source
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31809	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+	carbon source
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31809	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	carbon source
31809	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	carbon source
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31809	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	carbon source
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31809	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+	carbon source
31809	37684 ChEBI	mannose	+	carbon source
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31809	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	carbon source
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
119819	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
119819	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31809	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	+	carbon source
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31809	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	carbon source
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31809	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	carbon source
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
119819	35581 ChEBI	indole

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
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
31809	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
119819	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
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
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
119819	oxidase	-
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
119819	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

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
119819	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
119819	not determinedn.d.	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Agriculture	#Field
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
15771	Field soil	Tama City, Tokyo	Japan	JPN	Asia
67770	Field soil from Tama City	Tokyo	Japan	JPN	Asia
67771	From field soil in Japan		Japan	JPN	Asia
119819	Environment, Soil		Japan	JPN	Asia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB243849 (>99% sequence identity) for Terribacillus halophilus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	225
Soil Samples	498
Animal Samples	322
Plant Samples	395
Total Samples	1440

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
15771	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
119819	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
67770	IMG-taxon 2675903149 annotated assembly for Terribacillus halophilus DSM 21620	scaffold	GCA_900101385	361279.6	2675903149	361279	72.58

Genome browser: GCA_900101385

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
15771	Terribacillus halophilus rrs gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB243849	1514		361279

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)
67771	45.8
67770	45.8

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Terribacillus halophilus DSM 21620
NCBI: GCA_900101385

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	84.20	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	85.20	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	variable	82.00	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	93.10	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Terribacillus halophilus strain DSM 21620
PATRIC: 361279.6

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	84.85	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	94.67	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	90.94	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	78.22	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	95.40	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	81.89	no

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Diversity and Biotechnological Potential of Cultivable Halophilic and Halotolerant Bacteria from the "Los Negritos" Geothermal Area.	Guevara-Luna J, Arroyo-Herrera I, Tapia-Garcia EY, Estrada-de Los Santos P, Ortega-Nava AJ, Vasquez-Murrieta MS.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms12030482	2024
Acceleration of Polybutylene Succinate Biodegradation by Terribacillus sp. JY49 Isolated from a Marine Environment.	Kim SH, Cho JY, Cho DH, Jung HJ, Kim BC, Bhatia SK, Park SH, Park K, Yang YH.	Polymers (Basel)	10.3390/polym14193978	2022
Proposal for transfer of Pelagibacillus goriensis Kim et al. 2007 to the genus Terribacillus as Terribacillus goriensis comb. nov.	Krishnamurthi S, Chakrabarti T	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.65579-0	2008
Terribacillus aidingensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium.	Liu W, Jiang L, Guo C, Yang SS	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.017228-0	2010
Terribacillus saccharophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Terribacillus halophilus sp. nov., spore-forming bacteria isolated from field soil in Japan.	An SY, Asahara M, Goto K, Kasai H, Yokota A	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.64340-0	2007

References

#15771	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 21620
#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 )
#31809	Barberan A, Caceres Velazquez H, Jones S, Fierer N.: Hiding in Plain Sight: Mining Bacterial Species Records for Phenotypic Trait Information. mSphere 2: 2017 ( DOI 10.1128/mSphere.00237-17 , PubMed 28776041 ) - originally annotated from #28078 (see below)
#40043	; Curators of the CIP;
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#67771	Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC) ; Curators of the KCTC;
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#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 .
#119819	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 109484
#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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Terribacillus halophilus (DSM 21620, IAM 15310, JCM 21760)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Enzymes

API zym

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900101385

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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