Prosthecobacter fusiformis (DSM 8960, ATCC 25309, FC4)

Name: Prosthecobacter fusiformis (DSM 8960, ATCC 25309, FC4)
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BacDive ID 157975

Type strain

Strain Designation FC4

Culture col. no. DSM 8960 ATCC 25309 FC4

NCBI tax ID(s) 48464

Special Collections DSMZ

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Prosthecobacter fusiformis FC4 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from Marl pond.

mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 38480

ATCC 25309,NCIMB 12778,DSM 8960

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:07:55

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Verrucomicrobiota

Class Verrucomicrobiia

Order Verrucomicrobiales

Family Verrucomicrobiaceae

Genus Prosthecobacter

Species Prosthecobacter fusiformis

Full scientific name Prosthecobacter fusiformis (ex Staley et al. 1976) Staley et al. 1980

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
64548	ANCALOMICROBIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 603)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: ANCALOMICROBIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 603) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.588119 g/l (NH4)2SO4 0.247525 g/l Glucose 0.247525 g/l Nitrilotriacetic acid 0.19802 g/l Na2HPO4 0.070297 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.0660396 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00108416 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00049505 g/l Na-EDTA 0.000247525 g/l (NH4)6Mo7O24 x 4 H2O 0.000183168 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.000152475 g/l Calcium pantothenate 4.95049e-05 g/l Nicotinamide 4.95049e-05 g/l Riboflavin 4.95049e-05 g/l Thiamine-HCl x 2 H2O 4.95049e-05 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 3.88119e-05 g/l Co(NO3)2 x 6 H2O 2.45545e-05 g/l Biotin 1.9802e-05 g/l Folic acid 1.9802e-05 g/l Na2B4O7 x 10 H2O 1.75248e-05 g/l Vitamin B12 9.90099e-07 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
64548	positive	growth	28	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate aerobe	92.8

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Geologic
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Pond (small)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
64548	Marl pond	Michigan	USA	USA	North America

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence U60015 (>99% sequence identity) for Prosthecobacter fusiformis from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	8
Soil Samples	5
Animal Samples	5
Plant Samples	7
Total Samples	25

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
64548	1	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM436434v1 assembly for Prosthecobacter fusiformis ATCC 25309	scaffold	GCA_004364345	48464.3	2588253518	48464	70.02

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
64548	Prosthecobacter fusiformis 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	U60015	1469		48464

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Prosthecobacter fusiformis ATCC 25309
NCBI: GCA_004364345

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	75.70	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	73.50	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	86.90	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	92.80	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Prosthecobacter fusiformis ATCC 25309
NCBI: GCA_004364345.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	88.46	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	88.87	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	79.44	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	81.12	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.23	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	59.89	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Genes for the cytoskeletal protein tubulin in the bacterial genus Prosthecobacter.	Jenkins C, Samudrala R, Anderson I, Hedlund BP, Petroni G, Michailova N, Pinel N, Overbeek R, Rosati G, Staley JT.	Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A	10.1073/pnas.012516899	2002
Phylogeny	Prosthecobacter algae sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge using algal metabolites.	Lee J, Park B, Woo SG, Lee J, Park J	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.052787-0	2013

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 )
#64548	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 8960
#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) .
#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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Prosthecobacter fusiformis (DSM 8960, ATCC 25309, FC4)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_004364345

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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