Malaciobacter canalis (CECT 8984, LMG 29148, F138-33)

Name: Malaciobacter canalis (CECT 8984, LMG 29148, F138-33)
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BacDive ID 158655

Type strain

Strain Designation F138-33

Culture col. no. CECT 8984 LMG 29148 F138-33 CIP 111615

NCBI tax ID(s) 1912871

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Malaciobacter canalis F138-33 is an aerobe, Gram-negative, motile prokaryote that forms circular colonies and was isolated from oysters exposed for 72 h to untreated urban sewage.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped colony-forming aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 413192

LMG 29148,CECT 8984,CIP 111615

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:08:04

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Epsilonproteobacteria

Order Campylobacterales

Family Arcobacteraceae

Genus Malaciobacter

Species Malaciobacter canalis

Full scientific name Malaciobacter canalis corrig. (Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2018) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019

Synonyms (2)

Malacobacter canalis
Arcobacter canalis

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Flagellum arrangement
65382	negative	1.2-2.8 µm	0.2-0.4 µm	rod-shaped	monotrichous, polar
125438	negative
125439	negative
117127	negative			rod-shaped

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony size	Colony color	Colony shape	Incubation period	Medium used
65382	2-4 mm	pale yellow to pale orange	circular	2 days	marine agar 2216

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth
65382	Marine agar (MA)
65382	minimal medium
65382	nutrient medium
65382	0.005 % basic fuchsine
65382	0.001 % brilliant green
65382	MacConkey agar
117127	CIP Medium 13
65382	blood agar
65382	campylobacter charcoal deoxycholate agar
65382	nutrient medium

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
65382	positive	growth	22-25
65382	positive	growth	30
65382	positive	growth	37
65382	positive	growth	42

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
65382	aerobe
65382	microaerophile
65382	anaerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation
65382
125438
125439

Observation

@ref	Observation
65382	Pigments are not produced in marine agar.
65382	After 48 h, colonies are smaller at 37 and 42°C than at room temperature or 30°C.

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
65382	casein	-	hydrolysis
65382	glucose	-	builds acid from
65382	indoxyl acetate	-	hydrolysis
65382	lecithin	-	hydrolysis
65382	nitrate	-	reduction
65382	starch	-	hydrolysis
65382	urea	-	hydrolysis

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Metabolite	Sensitivity conc.
65382	124991	cefalotin	0.03 µg/mL
65382	3493	cefoperazone	64000 µg/mL
65382	100147	nalidixic acid	0.03 µg/mL

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
65382	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
65382	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
65382	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Invertebrates (Other)	#Mollusca
#Engineered	#Waste	#Sewage sludge

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Latitude	Longitude	Enrichment culture	Enrichment culture composition	Enrichment culture temperature	Isolation procedure
65382	oysters exposed for 72 h to untreated urban sewage	Poble Nou canal, Catalonia	Spain	ESP	Europe	40.6418	0.6936 40.6418/0.6936	Arcobacter CAT (cefoperazone, amphotericin B and teicoplanin) broth	with 2.5% NaCl	30	The isolation protocol involved an enrichment step in Arcobacter CAT (cefoperazone, amphotericin B and teicoplanin) broth supplemented with 2.5 % NaCl, followed by sub-culturing on marine agar at 30°C under aerobic and microaerobic conditions
117127	Environment, Urban sewage	Sant Marti, Barcelona	Spain	ESP	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence MG015880 (>99% sequence identity) for Malaciobacter from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	585
Soil Samples	47
Animal Samples	254
Plant Samples	9
Total Samples	895

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
117127	1	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM800083v1 assembly for Malaciobacter canalis LMG 29148	complete	GCA_008000835	1912871.9	2888026065	1912871	98.45
66792	ASM272348v1 assembly for Malaciobacter canalis F138-33	contig	GCA_002723485	1912871.7	2899706915	1912871	66.69

Genome browser: GCA_008000835

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Database
65382	Malaciobacter canalis strain F138-33 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	MG015880

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
65382	27.5	genome sequence analysis

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Arcobacter canalis strain LMG 29148
PATRIC: 1912871.9

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	93.70	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	56.60	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	99.20	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	86.80	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Malaciobacter canalis LMG 29148
NCBI: GCA_008000835.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	96.98	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	56.90	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	55.66	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	90.52	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	88.45	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	83.12	yes

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Improved culture enrichment broth for isolation of Arcobacter-like species from the marine environment.	Rahman FU, Andree KB, Salas-Masso N, Fernandez-Tejedor M, Sanjuan A, Figueras MJ, Furones MD.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-020-71442-8	2020
Ecological Trait-Based Digital Categorization of Microbial Genomes for Denitrification Potential.	Isokpehi RD, Kim Y, Krejci SE, Trivedi VD.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms12040791	2024

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 )
#65382	Alba Pérez-Cataluña, Nuria Salas-Massó, María José Figueras: Arcobacter canalis sp. nov., isolated from a water canal contaminated with urban sewage. IJSEM 68: 1258 - 1264 2018 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.002662 , PubMed 29488868 )
#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 .
#117127	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 111615
#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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Malaciobacter canalis (CECT 8984, LMG 29148, F138-33)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Enzymes

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_008000835

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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