Bacteriovorax stolpii (DSM 12778, ATCC 27052, DSM 50722)

Name: Bacteriovorax stolpii (DSM 12778, ATCC 27052, DSM 50722)
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BacDive ID 1574

Type strain

Strain Designation UKi2

Culture col. no. DSM 12778 ATCC 27052 DSM 50722 ICPB 3291 UKi2

NCBI tax ID(s) 960

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History <- ATCC <- M. P. Starr, ICPB <- S. F. Conti; UKi2

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Bacteriovorax stolpii UKi2 is a Gram-negative bacterium of the family Bacteriovoracaceae.

Gram-negative genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 45782

ATCC 27052,ATCC 27111,DSM 12778,DSM 50722

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:18:08

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Oligoflexia

Order Bacteriovoracales

Family Bacteriovoracaceae

Genus Bacteriovorax

Species Bacteriovorax stolpii

Full scientific name Bacteriovorax stolpii (Seidler et al. 1972) Baer et al. 2000

Synonyms (2)

Bdellovibrio stolpii
Bacteriolyticum stolpii

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
23067	negative
125439	negative	99
125438	negative	99.158

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
4813	BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 844)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 844) Composition: Agar 12.0 g/l Proteose peptone no. 3 1.0 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 0.6 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.3 g/l Yeast extract 0.3 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
4813	positive	growth	30
23067	positive	optimum	15.0-35.0

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate aerobe	91.1

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		98.4

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Metabolite
23067	17833	gentamicin
23067	6104	kanamycin
23067	6827	methicillin
23067	100147	nalidixic acid
23067	7507	neomycin
23067	17334	penicillin
23067	17076	streptomycin
23067	28001	vancomycin

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
23067	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
23067	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	100	8 of 8
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	100	5 of 5
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	aerobactin biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	ethanol fermentation	100	2 of 2
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	100	7 of 7
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	88.89	8 of 9
66794	gluconeogenesis	87.5	7 of 8
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	propionate fermentation	80	8 of 10
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	photosynthesis	78.57	11 of 14
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	methionine metabolism	76.92	20 of 26
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	75	21 of 28
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	alanine metabolism	72.41	21 of 29
66794	purine metabolism	72.34	68 of 94
66794	NAD metabolism	72.22	13 of 18
66794	propanol degradation	71.43	5 of 7
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	citric acid cycle	71.43	10 of 14
66794	glycolysis	70.59	12 of 17
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	68.89	31 of 45
66794	lipid metabolism	67.74	21 of 31
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	63.64	7 of 11
66794	non-pathway related	63.16	24 of 38
66794	isoleucine metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
66794	leucine metabolism	61.54	8 of 13
66794	tryptophan metabolism	57.89	22 of 38
66794	lysine metabolism	57.14	24 of 42
66794	glutathione metabolism	57.14	8 of 14
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	55.56	5 of 9
66794	d-mannose degradation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	valine metabolism	55.56	5 of 9
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	54.95	50 of 91
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	53.85	7 of 13
66794	flavin biosynthesis	53.33	8 of 15
66794	tyrosine metabolism	50	7 of 14
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	50	5 of 10
66794	catecholamine biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	50	5 of 10
66794	threonine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	kanosamine biosynthesis II	50	1 of 2
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	50	5 of 10
66794	proline metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	histidine metabolism	44.83	13 of 29
66794	cysteine metabolism	44.44	8 of 18
66794	heme metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
66794	benzoyl-CoA degradation	42.86	3 of 7
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	42.86	3 of 7
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	42.31	11 of 26
66794	glycogen metabolism	40	2 of 5
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	40	2 of 5
66794	starch degradation	40	4 of 10
66794	degradation of pentoses	39.29	11 of 28
66794	arginine metabolism	37.5	9 of 24
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	36.36	4 of 11
66794	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	35.29	6 of 17
66794	nitrate assimilation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	33.33	2 of 6
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	33.33	4 of 12
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	ascorbate metabolism	31.82	7 of 22
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	31.25	5 of 16
66794	urea cycle	30.77	4 of 13
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	30.77	4 of 13
66794	polyamine pathway	30.43	7 of 23
66794	glycine metabolism	30	3 of 10
66794	mevalonate metabolism	28.57	2 of 7
66794	degradation of hexoses	27.78	5 of 18
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	27.78	5 of 18
66794	chlorophyll metabolism	27.78	5 of 18
66794	d-xylose degradation	27.27	3 of 11
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	26.67	4 of 15
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8
66794	vitamin E metabolism	25	1 of 4
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	25	4 of 16
66794	biotin biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	sulfate reduction	23.08	3 of 13
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	22.73	5 of 22
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	22.22	2 of 9

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AJ288899 (>99% sequence identity) for Bacteriovorax stolpii subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	39
Soil Samples	7
Animal Samples	168
Plant Samples	5
Total Samples	219

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
4813	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM287241v1 assembly for Bacteriovorax stolpii DSM 12778	complete	GCA_002872415	960.3	2802429278	960	91.45
66792	ASM436263v1 assembly for Bacteriovorax stolpii DSM 12778	scaffold	GCA_004362635	960.4	2756170350	960	73.6

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus 16S rRNA gene, partial cds	M61239	752		960
4813	Bdellovibrio stolpii 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 12778	AJ288899	1371		960

GC content

23067

GC-content (mol%)41.8

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Bacteriovorax stolpii UKi2
IMG: 2802429278

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	98.40	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	61.90	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	99.00	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	91.10	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Bacteriovorax stolpii DSM 12778
NCBI: GCA_002872415.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	99.16	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	79.32	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	70.59	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	85.71	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	91.61	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	53.34	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Acquisition of novel antibiotic resistance genes by the bacterial predator Bacteriovorax sp. As-1.	Kohadie FB, Heo YU, Mun W, Choi S, Park S, Lee Y, Kim DH, Mitchell RJ.	ISME J	10.1093/ismejo/wraf245	2025
Genetics	Comparative genomics of obligate predatory bacteria belonging to phylum Bdellovibrionota highlights distribution and predicted functions of lineage-specific protein families.	Davis SC, Cerra J, Williams LE.	mSphere	10.1128/msphere.00680-24	2024
	Potential of Predatory Bacteria to Colonize the Duckweed Microbiome and Change Its Structure: A Model Study Using the Obligate Predatory Bacterium, Bacteriovorax sp. HI3.	Inoue D, Nakamura S, Sugiyama T, Ike M.	Microbes Environ	10.1264/jsme2.me23040	2023
	An inventory of early branch points in microbial phosphonate biosynthesis.	Li S, Horsman GP.	Microb Genom	10.1099/mgen.0.000781	2022
	Predatory bacteria as natural modulators of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus in seawater and oysters.	Richards GP, Fay JP, Dickens KA, Parent MA, Soroka DS, Boyd EF.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.01594-12	2012
Enzymology	Prey range characterization, ribotyping, and diversity of soil and rhizosphere Bdellovibrio spp. isolated on phytopathogenic bacteria.	Jurkevitch E, Minz D, Ramati B, Barel G.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.66.6.2365-2371.2000	2000
Proteome	Bacterial predators possess unique membrane lipid structures.	Muller FD, Beck S, Strauch E, Linscheid MW	Lipids	10.1007/s11745-011-3614-5	2011
	Chemical structure of Bacteriovorax stolpii lipid A.	Beck S, Muller FD, Strauch E, Brecker L, Linscheid MW	Lipids	10.1007/s11745-010-3383-6	2010
Phylogeny	Bacteriovorax antarcticus sp. nov., a bacterial predator isolated from near Potter Cove on King George Island, Antarctica.	Mun W, Choi SY, Park D, Park S, Lee HS, Choi S, Lee JH, Mitchell RJ.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006607	2024

References

#4813	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 12778
#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 )
#23067	M. L. Baer,J. Ravel,J. Chun,R. T. Hill,H. N. Williams: A proposal for the reclassification of Bdellovibrio stolpii and Bdellovibrio starrii into a new genus, Bacteriovorax gen. nov. as Bacteriovorax stolpii comb. nov. and Bacteriovorax starrii comb. nov., respectively.. IJSEM 50: 219 - 224 2000 ( DOI 10.1099/00207713-50-1-219 , PubMed 10826807 )
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#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 .
#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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Bacteriovorax stolpii (DSM 12778, ATCC 27052, DSM 50722)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Antibiotic resistance

Enzymes

Pathway annotation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_002872415

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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