Name: Georgenia deserti DSM 104473
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 158396

Type strain:

Species: Georgenia deserti

Culture col. no.: DSM 104473, CGMCC 1.15793, KCTC 39987, SYSU D8004, JCM 33037

Strain history: CGMCC 1.15793 <-- W. N. Hozzein et al.; King Saud Univ, Saudi Arabia; SYSU D8004.

NCBI tax ID(s): 2093781 (species)

SI-ID 400665

DSM 104473

Section

Georgenia deserti DSM 104473 is an aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive bacterium that forms circular colonies and was isolated from desert.

coccus-shaped
colony-forming
Gram-positive
aerobe
mesophilic
16S sequence
Bacteria

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Actinomycetota*
	Class	*Actinomycetes*
	Order	*Micrococcales*
	Family	*Bogoriellaceae*
	Genus	*Georgenia*
	Species	**Georgenia deserti**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Georgenia deserti Hozzein et al. 2018

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #65540]	Gram stain	positive

[Ref.: #65540]	Cell length	0.6-0.9 µm

[Ref.: #65540]	Cell shape	coccus-shaped

[Ref.: #65540]	Motility	no

[Ref.: #65540]	Colony color	white
[Ref.: #65540]	Colony shape	circular
[Ref.: #65540]	Incubation period	5 days
[Ref.: #65540]	Cultivation medium used	R2A

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

Reasoner's 2A agar (R2A)

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Culture medium growth

		Temperature
[Ref.: #65072]	growth	28 °C
[Ref.: #65540]	growth	4-45 °C
[Ref.: #65540]	optimum	28-37 °C
[Ref.: #67770]	growth	28 °C
[Ref.: #67771]	growth	28 °C

[Ref.: #65072]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #65540]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #67770]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #67771]	Temperature range	mesophilic

	pH	Kind of pH		pH
[Ref.: #65540]			optimum	7
[Ref.: #65540]			growth	6.0-10.0

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #65540]	Oxygen tolerance	aerobe
[Ref.: #67771]	Oxygen tolerance	aerobe

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Ability of spore formation

	Halophily	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #65540]		NaCl		growth	0-17	%(w/v)

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Observation

quinones: MK-8(H₄)

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #65540]	alpha-D-glucose ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #65540]	amygdalin ChEBI	-	fermentation
[Ref.: #65540]	arabinose ChEBI	-	fermentation
[Ref.: #65540]	cellobiose ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #65540]	cellulose ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #65540]	citrate ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #65540]	D-arabitol ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #65540]	D-fructose ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #65540]	D-galactose ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #65540]	D-mannitol ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #65540]	D-mannose ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #65540]	D-sorbitol ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #65540]	gelatin ChEBI	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #65540]	glucose ChEBI	-	fermentation
[Ref.: #65540]	glycerol ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #65540]	inosine ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #65540]	L-fucose ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #65540]	L-rhamnose ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #65540]	lactose ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #65540]	mannitol ChEBI	-	fermentation
[Ref.: #65540]	melibiose ChEBI	+	fermentation
[Ref.: #65540]	myo-inositol ChEBI	-	fermentation
[Ref.: #65540]	myo-inositol ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #65540]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #65540]	pectin ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #65540]	rhamnose ChEBI	-	fermentation
[Ref.: #65540]	sorbitol ChEBI	+	fermentation
[Ref.: #65540]	starch ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #65540]	sucrose ChEBI	-	fermentation
[Ref.: #65540]	sucrose ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #65540]	trehalose ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #65540]	turanose ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #65540]	tween 20 ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #65540]	tween 40 ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #65540]	tween 60 ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #65540]	tween 80 ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
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	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #65540]	acetoin ChEBI	yes
[Ref.: #65540]	hydrogen sulfide ChEBI	no
[Ref.: #65540]	indole ChEBI	no

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Voges-Proskauer-test
[Ref.: #65540]		acetoin ChEBI	+

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #65540]	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
[Ref.: #65540]	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1
[Ref.: #65540]	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1
[Ref.: #65540]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22
[Ref.: #65540]	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20
[Ref.: #65540]	alpha-mannosidase	+	3.2.1.24
[Ref.: #65540]	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6
[Ref.: #65540]	beta-D-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.38
[Ref.: #65540]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
[Ref.: #65540]	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21
[Ref.: #65540]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31
[Ref.: #65540]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #65540]	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3
[Ref.: #65540]	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
[Ref.: #65540]	esterase (C 4)	+
[Ref.: #65540]	esterase Lipase (C 8)	+
[Ref.: #65540]	gelatinase	+
[Ref.: #65540]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1
[Ref.: #65540]	lipase (C 14)	-
[Ref.: #65540]	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
[Ref.: #65540]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52
[Ref.: #65540]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
[Ref.: #65540]	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
[Ref.: #65540]	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4
[Ref.: #65540]	tryptophan decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.27
[Ref.: #65540]	urease	-	3.5.1.5
[Ref.: #65540]	valine arylamidase	-
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Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

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Fatty acid	Percentage
C15:0 anteiso	43.8
C15:0 iso	11.8
C14:0	11
C14:0 iso	5.7
C15:1 anteiso A	5
C16:0 N-OH	4.1
C19:0 anteiso	3.9
C16:0	3.2
C17:0 anteiso	1.6
C16:0 iso	1.4
C13:0 iso	1
C18:0	1
C18:1 2OH	1

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #65072]	Sample type/isolated from	desert
[Ref.: #65072]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Riyadh
[Ref.: #65072]	Country	Saudi Arabia
[Ref.: #65072]	Country ISO 3 Code	SAU
[Ref.: #65072]	Continent	Asia

[Ref.: #65540]	Sample type/isolated from	sand samples from a desert area
[Ref.: #65540]	Country	Saudi Arabia
[Ref.: #65540]	Country ISO 3 Code	SAU
[Ref.: #65540]	Continent	Asia
[Ref.: #65540]	Geographic location	24.2012°/38.2642°
[Ref.: #65540]	Enrichment culture	R2A
[Ref.: #65540]	Enrichment culture duration	5 days
[Ref.: #65540]	Enrichment culture temperature	28 ̊C

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Sand from a desert area located in the western part of Saudi Arabia

[Ref.: #67771]	Sample type/isolated from	From desert
[Ref.: #67771]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Riyadh
[Ref.: #67771]	Country	Saudi Arabia
[Ref.: #67771]	Country ISO 3 Code	SAU
[Ref.: #67771]	Continent	Asia
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Isolation sources categories

#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Desert
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Sandy

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Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #65072]	Georgenia deserti strain SYSU D8004 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	MF347941	1470	ENA	2093781 tax ID

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GC-content

72.2 mol%

high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 104473, CGMCC 1.15793, KCTC 39987, SYSU D8004, JCM 33037

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SI-ID 400665

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Georgenia alba sp. nov., a novel halotolerant actinobacterium isolated from a desert sand sample.	Li LY, Yang ZW, Asem MD, Salam N, Xiao M, Alkhalifah DHM, Hozzein WN, Nie GX, Li WJ	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-018-1145-2	2018	*
Phylogeny	Georgenia deserti sp. nov., a halotolerant actinobacterium isolated from a desert sample.	Hozzein WN, Yang ZW, Alharbi SA, Alsakkaf WAA, Asem MD, Xiao M, Salam N, Li WJ	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002640	2018	*

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 )

#65072

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 104473

#65540

Wael N. Hozzein, Zi-Wen Yang, Sulaiman Ali Alharbi, Waleed A. A. Alsakkaf, Mipeshwaree Devi Asem, Min Xiao, Nimaichand Salam and Wen-Jun Li: Georgenia deserti sp. nov., a halotolerant actinobacterium isolated from a desert sample. IJSEM 68: 1135 - 1139 2018 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.002640 , PubMed 29458503 )

#67770 Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#67771 Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC) ; Curators of the KCTC;

#111200

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID400665.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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