Methylophaga thalassica (DSM 9438, FERM P-4515, IAM 12459)

Name: Methylophaga thalassica (DSM 9438, FERM P-4515, IAM 12459)
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BacDive ID 157950

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 9438 FERM P-4515 IAM 12459 LMG 2877 NCMB 2161 2 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 40223

Special Collections DSMZ JCM

History DSMZ <- LMG; LMG 2877 JCM <-- IAM 12459 <-- K. Kouno YK 2031.

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Methylophaga thalassica DSM 9438 is a bacterium that was isolated from seawater.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 879

LMG 2877,IAM 12459,NCMB 2161,NCIMB 2161,JCM 20601,DSM 9438

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:43:51

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Beggiatoales

Family Piscirickettsiaceae

Genus Methylophaga

Species Methylophaga thalassica

Full scientific name Methylophaga thalassica Janvier et al. 1985

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Methylophaga thalassica** (6)	Type strain
11904	M. thalassica DSM 5690, ATCC 33146, IAM 12458, LMG 4055, ... (type strain)
137734	M. thalassica CIP 104726, ATCC 33145, IAM 12457, NCIMB ...
138075	M. thalassica CIP 104563, LMG 2878, NCIMB 2160
138076	M. thalassica 150, CIP 104564
138077	M. thalassica 1d, CIP 104565
138380	M. thalassica FERMP-3622, CIP 106896, NCIMB 2162, FERM ...

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
64522	ALTEROMONAS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 1434)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: ALTEROMONAS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 1434) Composition: NaCl 20.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Methanol 7.92 g/l (NH4)2SO4 2.0 g/l K2HPO4 2.0 g/l KH2PO4 1.0 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.3 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0014 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.00076 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00028 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 0.00025 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 0.00024 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.00024 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.00015 g/l Vitamin B12 1e-06 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
64522	positive	growth	20
67770	positive	growth	25

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Marine

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
64522	seawater	Kanagawa prefecture	Japan	JPN	Asia
67770	Coastal seawater	Kanagawa Pref.	Japan	JPN	Asia

Interaction and safety

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 )
#64522	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 9438
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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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