Salimicrobium album (DSM 20748, ATCC 49811, CCM 3517)

Name: Salimicrobium album (DSM 20748, ATCC 49811, CCM 3517)
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BacDive ID 1549

Type strain

Strain Designation HK 733), HK 733

Culture col. no. DSM 20748 ATCC 49811 CCM 3517 IAM 12845 JCM 2574 6 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 50717

Special Collections DSMZ JCM CIP

History <- CCM <- A. Ventosa (M.V. Hao, HK 733) M. V. Hao HK 733 <-- CCM 3517 <-- A. Ventosa 11 (Planococcus sp.). CIP <- 1996, JCM <- M.V. Hao: strain HK 733 <- CCM

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Salimicrobium album HK 733) is an obligate aerobe, Gram-positive, coccus-shaped bacterium that was isolated from solar saltern.

Gram-positive coccus-shaped obligate aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 14419

LMG 17430,ATCC 49811,CCM 3517,DSM 20748,IAM 12845,JCM 2574,CIP 104820,VKM Ac-1949,NBRC 102360

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:18:07

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Bacillaceae

Genus Salimicrobium

Species Salimicrobium album

Full scientific name Salimicrobium album (Hao et al. 1985) Yoon et al. 2007

Synonyms (1)

Marinococcus albus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Salimicrobium album** (3)	Type strain
100119	S. album ST033291(HKI),
163364	S. album JCM 2575, CCM 3522, IAM 13415
163365	S. album JCM 2576, CCM 3718, IAM 13416

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
116195	positive	coccus-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
9057	MARINOCOCCUS ALBUS - MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 434)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: MARINOCOCCUS ALBUS - MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 434) Composition: NaCl 81.0 g/l Yeast extract 10.0 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 9.6 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 7.0 g/l Proteose peptone no. 3 5.0 g/l KCl 2.0 g/l Glucose 1.0 g/l CaCl2 0.36 g/l NaHCO3 0.06 g/l NaBr 0.026 g/l Distilled water
38527	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
116195	CIP Medium 3	Medium recipe at CIP
116195	CIP Medium 9	Medium recipe at CIP
116195	CIP Medium 167	Medium recipe at CIP
116195	CIP Medium 234	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
9057	positive	growth	37
38527	positive	growth	30
67770	positive	growth	30
116195	positive	growth	15-37
116195	negative	growth	5
116195	negative	growth	41

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

116195

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		90.7

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
116195	NaCl	positive	growth	0-10 %

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
9057	A31	A1gamma m-Dpm-direct

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-7

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
116195	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
116195	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
116195	17234 ChEBI	glucose	-	fermentation
116195	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation
116195	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
116195	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
116195	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
116195	132112 ChEBI	sodium thiosulfate	-	builds gas from

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
116195	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
116195	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
116195	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
116195	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2	from API zym
116195	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
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
116195	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
116195	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
116195	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
116195	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
116195	gamma-glutamyltransferase	+	2.3.2.2
116195	gelatinase	-
116195	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API zym
116195	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
116195	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		from API zym
116195	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
116195	oxidase	+
116195	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
116195	protease	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
116195	tryptophan deaminase	-
116195	tween esterase	-
116195	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
116195	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2
#Condition	#Saline

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
9057	solar saltern
67770	Solar saltern
116195	Solar saltern

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
9057	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
116195	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 2617270835 annotated assembly for Salimicrobium album DSM 20748	scaffold	GCA_900107115	50717.3	2617270835	50717	72.46

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Marinococcus albus 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 20748	X90834	1489		50717
20218	Salimicrobium album gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 102360	AB681752	1494		50717

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
9057	44.9
67770	44.9	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
67770	50	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Salimicrobium album DSM 20748
NCBI: GCA_900107115

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	90.70	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	89.60	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	variable	86.30	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	88.70	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Salimicrobium album strain DSM 20748
PATRIC: 50717.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	78.18	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	96.77	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	50.66	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	80.77	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	88.14	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	66.18	no

Literature

Topic	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
Pathogenicity	Efficacy of alkyltrimethylammonium bromide for decontaminating salt-cured hides from the red heat causing moderately halophilic bacteria.	Hussain SA, Sarker MI, Yosief HO.	Lett Appl Microbiol	10.1111/lam.13250	2020
	[Resistance of microorganisms of coastal ecosystems of the Dead Sea to extremal factors].	Romanovskaia VA, Avdeeva LV, Gladka GV, Pritula IR, Kharkhota MA, Tashirev AB.	Mikrobiol Z		2013
Phylogeny	Reclassification of Marinococcus albus Hao et al. 1985 as Salimicrobium album gen. nov., comb. nov. and Bacillus halophilus Ventosa et al. 1990 as Salimicrobium halophilum comb. nov., and description of Salimicrobium luteum sp. nov.	Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Oh TK.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.65003-0	2007
Phylogeny	Salimicrobium jeotgali sp. nov., isolated from salted, fermented seafood.	Choi EJ, Jin HM, Kim KH, Jeon CO	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.062042-0	2014
Phylogeny	Salimicrobium salexigens sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from salted hides.	de la Haba RR, Yilmaz P, Sanchez-Porro C, Birbir M, Ventosa A	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1016/j.syapm.2011.04.002	2011

References

#9057	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 20748
#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 )
#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 )
#38527	; Curators of the CIP;
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#116195	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 104820
#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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Salimicrobium album (DSM 20748, ATCC 49811, CCM 3517)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Murein

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900107115

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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