Floricoccus tropicus (LMG 29833, JCM 31733, DF1)

Name: Floricoccus tropicus (LMG 29833, JCM 31733, DF1)
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BacDive ID 158537

Type strain

Strain Designation DF1

Culture col. no. LMG 29833 JCM 31733 DF1

NCBI tax ID(s) 1859473

Special Collections JCM Literature strains

History G. Rusul; Univ. Sains Malaysia, Malaysia; DF1.

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Floricoccus tropicus DF1 is a Gram-positive, coccus-shaped bacterium that forms circular colonies and was isolated from fresh flowers of durian tree.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 272867

LMG 29833,JCM 31733

@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 tropicus

Full scientific name Floricoccus tropicus Chuah et al. 2017

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Floricoccus tropicus** (2)	Type strain
164122	F. tropicus JCM 31734
164123	F. tropicus JCM 31736

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
65224	positive	coccus-shaped
125438			94.646
125438	positive		93.374

Colony morphology

@ref	Type of hemolysis	Hemolysis ability	Colony size	Colony color	Colony shape	Incubation period	Medium used
65224	alpha	1	1-3 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	obligate aerobe	93.2

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	+

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	acetate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	acetoin degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	ceramide biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	starch degradation	100	10 of 10
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	93.33	14 of 15
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	valine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	gluconeogenesis	87.5	7 of 8
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	81.82	9 of 11
66794	threonine metabolism	80	8 of 10
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	photosynthesis	78.57	11 of 14
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	NAD metabolism	72.22	13 of 18
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	glycolysis	70.59	12 of 17
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	purine metabolism	69.15	65 of 94
66794	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	66.67	6 of 9
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	serine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	64.44	29 of 45
66794	leucine metabolism	61.54	8 of 13
66794	methionine metabolism	61.54	16 of 26
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	60.44	55 of 91
66794	cellulose degradation	60	3 of 5
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	flavin biosynthesis	60	9 of 15
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	60	3 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	60	3 of 5
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	tryptophan metabolism	57.89	22 of 38
66794	non-pathway related	57.89	22 of 38
66794	d-mannose degradation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	proline metabolism	54.55	6 of 11
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	53.57	15 of 28
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	biotin biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	adipate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	citric acid cycle	50	7 of 14
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	50	5 of 10
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	50	7 of 14
66794	cysteine metabolism	50	9 of 18
66794	arginine metabolism	50	12 of 24
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	50	4 of 8
66794	lipid metabolism	48.39	15 of 31
66794	alanine metabolism	48.28	14 of 29
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	45.45	5 of 11
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	42.86	3 of 7
66794	propanol degradation	42.86	3 of 7
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	42.86	3 of 7
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	42.31	11 of 26
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	41.67	5 of 12
66794	O-antigen biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	40	2 of 5
66794	propionate fermentation	40	4 of 10
66794	glycine metabolism	40	4 of 10
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	urea cycle	38.46	5 of 13
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	36.36	4 of 11
66794	glutathione metabolism	35.71	5 of 14
66794	tyrosine metabolism	35.71	5 of 14
66794	lysine metabolism	35.71	15 of 42
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	33.33	2 of 6
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	octane oxidation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	31.25	5 of 16
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	29.41	10 of 34
66794	degradation of pentoses	28.57	8 of 28
66794	degradation of hexoses	27.78	5 of 18
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	27.78	5 of 18
66794	histidine metabolism	27.59	8 of 29
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	d-xylose degradation	27.27	3 of 11
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	sulfate reduction	23.08	3 of 13
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	22.22	2 of 9

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host Body-Site	#Plant	#Flower
#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 durian (Durio zibethinus) tree	2014-12-16	orchard in Teluk Bahang, 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 KX185706 (>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	ASM183290v1 assembly for Floricoccus tropicus DF1	contig	GCA_001832905	1859473.4	2788500173	1859473	70.92

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Database
65224	Floricoccus tropicus strain DF1 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KX185706

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
65224	33	genome sequence analysis

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Floricoccus tropicus DF1
NCBI: GCA_001832905

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	66.30	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	61.50	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	76.80	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	93.20	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Floricoccus tropicus strain DF1
PATRIC: 1859473.4

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	93.37	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	88.35	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	78.09	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	97.76	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	94.36	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	94.65	yes

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
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 )
#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 )
#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 tropicus (LMG 29833, JCM 31733, DF1)

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

Pathway annotation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_001832905

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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