Aeribacillus pallidus (DSM 3670, ATCC 51176, LMG 19006)

Name: Aeribacillus pallidus (DSM 3670, ATCC 51176, LMG 19006)
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BacDive ID 1560

Type strain

Strain Designation H12

Culture col. no. DSM 3670 ATCC 51176 LMG 19006 H12

NCBI tax ID(s) 33936

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- R. Hensel

Links

Aeribacillus pallidus H12 is a bacterium that was isolated from waste water.

16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 1159

LMG 11159,ATCC 51176,DSM 3670,LMG 19006,KCTC 3564,KACC 11365

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:25:17

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Bacillaceae

Genus Aeribacillus

Species Aeribacillus pallidus

Full scientific name Aeribacillus pallidus (Scholz et al. 1988) Miñana-Galbis et al. 2010

Synonyms (2)

Geobacillus pallidus
Bacillus pallidus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Aeribacillus pallidus** (3)	Type strain
1561	A. pallidus E21, DSM 30876
130210	A. pallidus MS-X1, DSM 28917
139790	A. pallidus Yugo, Yugo 65, DSM 15447

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
1451	OTTOW MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 467)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: OTTOW MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 467) Composition: Peptone 7.5 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Meat extract 5.0 g/l Casamino acids 2.5 g/l Yeast extract 2.5 g/l Glucose 1.0 g/l Tap water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
1451	positive	growth	60

Physiology and metabolism

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	100	2 of 2
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	gallate degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	100	11 of 11
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	ethanol fermentation	100	2 of 2
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	taurine degradation	100	1 of 1
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	valine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	gluconeogenesis	100	8 of 8
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	93.75	15 of 16
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	92.86	13 of 14
66794	leucine metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	90	9 of 10
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
66794	allantoin degradation	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
66794	isoleucine metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	flavin biosynthesis	86.67	13 of 15
66794	heme metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	propanol degradation	85.71	6 of 7
66794	methionine metabolism	84.62	22 of 26
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	83.33	5 of 6
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	82.14	23 of 28
66794	threonine metabolism	80	8 of 10
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	80	4 of 5
66794	propionate fermentation	80	8 of 10
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	citric acid cycle	78.57	11 of 14
66794	photosynthesis	78.57	11 of 14
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
66794	NAD metabolism	77.78	14 of 18
66794	purine metabolism	76.6	72 of 94
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	phenol degradation	75	15 of 20
66794	alanine metabolism	72.41	21 of 29
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	71.43	5 of 7
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	glycolysis	70.59	12 of 17
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	70	7 of 10
66794	starch degradation	70	7 of 10
66794	urea cycle	69.23	9 of 13
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	68.89	31 of 45
66794	tryptophan metabolism	68.42	26 of 38
66794	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	66.67	8 of 12
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	66.67	10 of 15
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	65.93	60 of 91
66794	degradation of pentoses	64.29	18 of 28
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	62.5	10 of 16
66794	arginine metabolism	62.5	15 of 24
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	61.54	16 of 26
66794	sulfate reduction	61.54	8 of 13
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	glycogen metabolism	60	3 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	60	3 of 5
66794	histidine metabolism	58.62	17 of 29
66794	non-pathway related	57.89	22 of 38
66794	glutathione metabolism	57.14	8 of 14
66794	degradation of hexoses	55.56	10 of 18
66794	d-mannose degradation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	proline metabolism	54.55	6 of 11
66794	lysine metabolism	52.38	22 of 42
66794	lipid metabolism	51.61	16 of 31
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	toluene degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	50	5 of 10
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	50	2 of 4
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	cysteine metabolism	50	9 of 18
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	butanoate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	benzoyl-CoA degradation	42.86	3 of 7
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	hydrogen production	40	2 of 5
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	36.36	4 of 11
66794	d-xylose degradation	36.36	4 of 11
66794	tyrosine metabolism	35.71	5 of 14
66794	polyamine pathway	34.78	8 of 23
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	methanogenesis from CO2	33.33	4 of 12
66794	nitrate assimilation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	32.35	11 of 34
66794	degradation of sugar acids	32	8 of 25
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	30.77	4 of 13
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	28.57	2 of 7
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	27.78	5 of 18
66794	cholesterol biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	22.22	2 of 9

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Waste	#Wastewater

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
1451	waste water	Vilsbiburg	Germany	DEU	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence Z26930 (>99% sequence identity) for Aeribacillus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	1682
Soil Samples	1959
Animal Samples	5491
Plant Samples	654
Total Samples	9786

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
1451	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Geobacillus pallidus strain DSM 3670 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer and tRNA-Ile gene, partial sequence; tRNA-Ala gene, complete sequence; and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	EU157948	336		33936
1451	B.pallidus gene for 16S ribosomal RNA	Z26930	1516		33936

GC content

1451

GC-content (mol%)39.9

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Draft Genome Sequence of Thermophilic Halotolerant Aeribacillus pallidus TD1, Isolated from Tao Dam Hot Spring, Thailand.	Yamprayoonswat W, Sittihan S, Jumpathong W, Yasawong M.	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/mra.00204-19	2019
	Genome Sequence of Aeribacillus pallidus W-12, a Thermophilic Bacterium Containing Possible Biodesulfurization and Biodenitrification Pathways.	Peng C, Zhang B, Wang W.	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/mra.01570-18	2019
Genetics	Functional Enrichment and Sequence-Based Discovery Identify Promiscuous and Efficient Poly Lactic Acid Degrading Enzymes.	Stojanovski G, Bawn M, Locks A, Ambrose-Dempster E, Ward JM, Jeffries JWE, Hailes HC.	Environ Sci Technol	10.1021/acs.est.4c07279	2025
	Draft Genome Sequence of Aeribacillus pallidus Strain 8m3, a Thermophilic Hydrocarbon-Oxidizing Bacterium Isolated from the Dagang Oil Field (China).	Poltaraus AB, Sokolova DS, Grouzdev DS, Ivanov TM, Malakho SG, Korshunova AV, Rozanov AS, Tourova TP, Nazina TN.	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomea.00500-16	2016
	New insights into valve-related intramural and intracellular bacterial diversity in infective endocarditis.	Oberbach A, Schlichting N, Feder S, Lehmann S, Kullnick Y, Buschmann T, Blumert C, Horn F, Neuhaus J, Neujahr R, Bagaev E, Hagl C, Pichlmaier M, Rodloff AC, Graber S, Kirsch K, Sandri M, Kumbhari V, Behzadi A, Behzadi A, Correia JC, Mohr FW, Friedrich M.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0175569	2017
	Bioremediation and Electricity Generation by Using Open and Closed Sediment Microbial Fuel Cells.	Abbas SZ, Rafatullah M, Khan MA, Siddiqui MR.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2018.03348	2018
Enzymology	Isolation and screening of thermophilic bacilli from compost for electrotransformation and fermentation: characterization of Bacillus smithii ET 138 as a new biocatalyst.	Bosma EF, van de Weijer AH, Daas MJ, van der Oost J, de Vos WM, van Kranenburg R.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.03640-14	2015
Phylogeny	Thermophilic bacteria in Moroccan hot springs, salt marshes and desert soils.	Aanniz T, Ouadghiri M, Melloul M, Swings J, Elfahime E, Ibijbijen J, Ismaili M, Amar M.	Braz J Microbiol	10.1590/s1517-838246220140219	2015
Enzymology	Purification and characterization of a noble thermostable algal starch liquefying alpha-amylase from Aeribacillus pallidus BTPS-2 isolated from geothermal spring of Nepal.	Timilsina PM, Pandey GR, Shrestha A, Ojha M, Karki TB	Biotechnol Rep (Amst)	10.1016/j.btre.2020.e00551	2020
Phylogeny	Characterization of thermophilic halotolerant Aeribacillus pallidus TD1 from Tao Dam Hot Spring, Thailand.	Yasawong M, Areekit S, Pakpitchareon A, Santiwatanakul S, Chansiri K	Int J Mol Sci	10.3390/ijms12085294	2011
Phylogeny	Reclassification of Geobacillus pallidus (Scholz et al. 1988) Banat et al. 2004 as Aeribacillus pallidus gen. nov., comb. nov.	Minana-Galbis D, Pinzon DL, Loren JG, Manresa A, Oliart-Ros RM	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.003699-0	2009
Stress	Mercury tolerance of thermophilic Bacillus sp. and Ureibacillus sp.	Glendinning KJ, Macaskie LE, Brown NL	Biotechnol Lett	10.1007/s10529-005-2723-8	2005
Phylogeny	Aeribacillus composti sp. nov., a thermophilic bacillus isolated from olive mill pomace compost.	Finore I, Gioiello A, Leone L, Orlando P, Romano I, Nicolaus B, Poli A	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002391	2017
Phylogeny	Bacillus alveayuensis sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from deep-sea sediments of the Ayu Trough.	Bae SS, Lee JH, Kim SJ	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.63424-0	2005

References

#1451	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 3670
#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 )
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#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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Aeribacillus pallidus (DSM 3670, ATCC 51176, LMG 19006)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Pathway annotation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

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