Bacillus circulans (DSM 103998, 2a_C20)

Name: Bacillus circulans (DSM 103998, 2a_C20)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 157591

Type strain

Strain Designation 2a_C20

Culture col. no. DSM 103998 2a_C20

NCBI tax ID(s) 1397

Special Collections DSMZ ESA

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Bacillus circulans 2a_C20 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from cleanroom facility, Airbus Defence and Space.

mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 399881

DSM 103998

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:07:49

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Bacillaceae

Genus Bacillus

Species Bacillus circulans

Full scientific name Bacillus circulans Jordan 1890 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

Niallia circulans

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Bacillus circulans** (16)	Type strain
134969	B. circulans CIP 102802
135272	B. circulans CIP 53.60
135487	B. circulans CIP 106423, MAS 2
135496	B. circulans CIP 51.21
136102	B. circulans 491.86, CIP 102490
136599	B. circulans CIP A36
137248	B. circulans Mousset, CIP A49
138638	B. circulans NRS-760, CIP 52.76, ATCC 8384
143697	B. circulans CCUG 21053
145474	B. circulans CCUG 28639
148109	B. circulans CCUG 34825
148136	B. circulans CCUG 34885
148765	B. circulans CCUG 35915 A
152333	B. circulans CCUG 46461
153454	B. circulans CCUG 49659
155064	B. circulans CCUG 56355

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
64160	CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CASO AGAR (Merck 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 15.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 5.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
64160	positive	growth	28	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	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	pentose phosphate pathway	100	11 of 11
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	threonine metabolism	100	10 of 10
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	teichoic acid biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	starch degradation	100	10 of 10
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	92.86	13 of 14
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	90	9 of 10
66794	purine metabolism	89.36	84 of 94
66794	valine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	87.5	14 of 16
66794	flavin biosynthesis	86.67	13 of 15
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	84.44	38 of 45
66794	NAD metabolism	83.33	15 of 18
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	83.33	5 of 6
66794	cellulose degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	allantoin degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	d-mannose degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	methionine metabolism	76.92	20 of 26
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	glycolysis	76.47	13 of 17
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	75	21 of 28
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	gluconeogenesis	75	6 of 8
66794	non-pathway related	73.68	28 of 38
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	72.73	8 of 11
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	71.43	5 of 7
66794	propanol degradation	71.43	5 of 7
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	propionate fermentation	70	7 of 10
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	70	7 of 10
66794	leucine metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	alanine metabolism	65.52	19 of 29
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	64.84	59 of 91
66794	degradation of sugar acids	64	16 of 25
66794	d-xylose degradation	63.64	7 of 11
66794	proline metabolism	63.64	7 of 11
66794	arginine metabolism	62.5	15 of 24
66794	urea cycle	61.54	8 of 13
66794	lipid metabolism	61.29	19 of 31
66794	degradation of hexoses	61.11	11 of 18
66794	cysteine metabolism	61.11	11 of 18
66794	degradation of pentoses	60.71	17 of 28
66794	tryptophan metabolism	60.53	23 of 38
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	60	3 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	60	3 of 5
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	ascorbate metabolism	59.09	13 of 22
66794	histidine metabolism	58.62	17 of 29
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	57.69	15 of 26
66794	glutathione metabolism	57.14	8 of 14
66794	citric acid cycle	57.14	8 of 14
66794	polyamine pathway	52.17	12 of 23
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	50	6 of 12
66794	lysine metabolism	50	21 of 42
66794	kanosamine biosynthesis II	50	1 of 2
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	sphingosine metabolism	50	3 of 6
66794	butanoate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	sulfate reduction	46.15	6 of 13
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	46.15	6 of 13
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	46.15	6 of 13
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	45.45	5 of 11
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	ginsenoside metabolism	43.75	7 of 16
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	42.86	3 of 7
66794	mevalonate metabolism	42.86	3 of 7
66794	tyrosine metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	40	4 of 10
66794	phenol degradation	40	8 of 20
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	38.89	7 of 18
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	37.5	6 of 16
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	35.29	12 of 34
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	sulfoquinovose degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	29.41	5 of 17
66794	cholesterol biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	catecholamine biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	biotin biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Built environment	#Clean room

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
64160	cleanroom facility, Airbus Defence and Space	Stevenage	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
64160	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#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 )
#64160	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 103998
#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 )
#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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