Floricoccus penangensis (LMG 29831, JCM 31735, HibF3)

Name: Floricoccus penangensis (LMG 29831, JCM 31735, HibF3)
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BacDive ID 158536

Type strain

Strain Designation HibF3

Culture col. no. LMG 29831 JCM 31735 HibF3

NCBI tax ID(s) 1859475

Special Collections JCM Literature strains

History G. Rusul; Univ. Sains Malaysia, Malaysia; HibF3.

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Floricoccus penangensis HibF3 is a Gram-positive, coccus-shaped bacterium that forms circular colonies and was isolated from fresh flowers of Hibiscus .

Gram-positive coccus-shaped colony-forming genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 272843

LMG 29831,JCM 31735

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:38:21

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Lactobacillales

Family Streptococcaceae

Genus Floricoccus

Species Floricoccus penangensis

Full scientific name Floricoccus penangensis Chuah et al. 2017

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
65224	positive	coccus-shaped
125438			94.5
125438	positive		92.73

Colony morphology

@ref	Type of hemolysis	Hemolysis ability	Colony size	Colony color	Colony shape	Incubation period	Medium used
65224	alpha	1	1-2 mm	cream-white	circular	1-2 days	all purpose Tween medium

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Composition
65224	all purpose Tween medium	with 1 % (w/v) sodium pyruvate
65224	brain-heart infusion broth	with 0.1 % (w/v) bromocresol purple
65224	bile aesculin agar
65224	brain-heart infusion agar
65224	blood agar base	with 5 % (v/v) sheep blood
65224	MRS
65224	M17 lactose agar

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
65224	positive	growth	15-40
65224	positive	optimum	30-37
65224	negative	growth	7
65224	negative	growth	45
67770	positive	growth	30

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
65224	positive	growth	5
65224	positive	growth	6
65224	positive	growth	7.5
65224	positive	growth	9	alkaliphile
65224		growth	3

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	microaerophile	93.3

Spore formation

@ref	Type of spore	Spore formation
65224	endospore

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Tested relation	Concentration
65224	NaCl	growth	4 %
65224	NaCl	growth	5 %
65224	NaCl	growth	6.5 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
65224		2-oxogluconate	-	builds acid from
65224	58143 ChEBI	5-dehydro-D-gluconate	-	builds acid from
65224	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from
65224	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	+	builds acid from
65224	29016 ChEBI	arginine	+	hydrolysis
65224	71422 ChEBI	beta-gentiobiose	-	builds acid from
65224	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	builds acid from
65224	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	assimilation
65224	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from
65224	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from
65224	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from
65224	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from
65224	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from
65224	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from
65224	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from
65224	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from
65224	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from
65224	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from
65224	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from
65224	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from
65224	28260 ChEBI	galactose	-	builds acid from
65224	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis
65224	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from
65224	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	builds acid from
65224	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	builds gas from
65224	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	fermentation
65224	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from
65224	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	+	builds acid from
65224	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
65224	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from
65224	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from
65224	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from
65224	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from
65224	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from
65224	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from
65224	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from
65224	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from
65224	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+	builds acid from
65224	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	+	builds acid from
65224	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from
65224	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from
65224	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from
65224	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from
65224		milk	-	builds acid from
65224	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from
65224	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	builds acid from
65224	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from
65224	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	-	builds acid from
65224	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from
65224	33942 ChEBI	ribose	-	builds acid from
65224	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	builds acid from
65224	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from
65224	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from
65224	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from
65224	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from
65224	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
65224	15688 ChEBI	acetoin

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
65224	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+
65224	17234 ChEBI	glucose		+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
65224	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2
65224	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1
65224	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1
65224	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51
65224	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22
65224	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20
65224	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24
65224	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6
65224	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
65224	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21
65224	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31
65224	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
65224	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3
65224	cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1
65224	esterase (C 4)	-
65224	esterase Lipase (C 8)	-
65224	leucine aminopeptidase	-	3.4.1.1
65224	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1
65224	lipase (C 14)	-
65224	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52
65224	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
65224	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3
65224	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4
65224	valine arylamidase	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host Body-Site	#Plant	#Flower
#Host	#Plants	#Shrub (Scrub)
#Host	#Plants	#Tree

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Enrichment culture	Enrichment culture composition	Enrichment culture duration	Enrichment culture temperature	Host species
65224	fresh flowers of Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.)	2014-12-16	campus ground of Universiti Sains Malaysia, in Penang	Malaysia	MYS	Asia	all purpose Tween media	with 1 % sodium pyruvate	1-2 days	30
67770	Fresh flowers of durian (Durio zibethinus) in an orchard in Teluk Bahang		Penang	Malaysia	MYS	Asia					Durio zibethinus

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence KX185708 (>99% sequence identity) for Floricoccus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	684
Soil Samples	203
Animal Samples	8061
Plant Samples	218
Total Samples	9166

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM183288v1 assembly for Floricoccus penangensis HibF3	contig	GCA_001832885	1859475.4	2788500174	1859475	70.19

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Database
65224	Floricoccus penangensis strain HibF3 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KX185708

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	33.1	genome sequence analysis

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Floricoccus penangensis HibF3
NCBI: GCA_001832885

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	50.50	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	56.10	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	84.00	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	microaerophile	93.30	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Floricoccus penangensis strain HibF3
PATRIC: 1859475.4

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	92.73	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	85.11	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	84.56	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	94.46	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	93.67	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	94.50	yes

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Partial rpoB Gene Sequencing Identification and Probiotic Potential of Floricoccus penangensis ML061-4 Isolated from Assam Tea (Camellia sinensis var. assamica).	Rungsirivanich P, Inta A, Tragoolpua Y, Thongwai N	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-019-52979-9	2019
Phylogeny	Floricoccus tropicus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Floricoccus penangensis sp. nov. isolated from fresh flowers of durian tree and hibiscus.	Chuah LO, Yap KP, Shamila-Syuhada AK, Thong KL, Ahmad R, Liong MT, Rusul G	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002386	2017

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 )
#65224	Li-Oon Chuah, Kien-Pong Yap, Ahamed Kamal Shamila-Syuhada, Kwai Lin Thong, Rosma Ahmad, Min Tze Liong, Gulam Rusul: Floricoccus tropicus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Floricoccus penangensis sp. nov. isolated from fresh flowers of durian tree and hibiscus. IJSEM 67: 4979 - 4985 2017 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.002386 , PubMed 29034853 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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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Floricoccus penangensis (LMG 29831, JCM 31735, HibF3)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_001832885

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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