Rheinheimera salexigens (ATCC BAA-2715, CIP 111115, DSM 100018)

Name: Rheinheimera salexigens (ATCC BAA-2715, CIP 111115, DSM 100018)
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BacDive ID 158757

Type strain

Strain Designation KH87

Culture col. no. ATCC BAA-2715 CIP 111115 DSM 100018 KH87

NCBI tax ID(s) 1628148

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Rheinheimera salexigens KH87 is an obligate aerobe, halophilic, mesophilic prokaryote that forms circular colonies and was isolated from shark-fishing hook.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 413479

ATCC BAA-2715,CIP 111115

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:08:06

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Chromatiales

Family Chromatiaceae

Genus Rheinheimera

Species Rheinheimera salexigens

Full scientific name Rheinheimera salexigens Hayashi et al. 2018

Synonyms (1)

"Rheinheimera salexigens"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Rheinheimera salexigens** (1)	Type strain
158377	R. salexigens

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Flagellum arrangement	Confidence
65509	negative	1.6-2.2 µm	0.6-0.7 µm	rod-shaped	monopolar
125438	negative					99
122369	negative			rod-shaped

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony size	Colony color	Colony shape	Medium used
65509	1-2 mm	orange-beige	circular	MA

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
65053	BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514) Composition: NaCl 19.45 g/l MgCl2 5.9 g/l Bacto peptone 5.0 g/l Na2SO4 3.24 g/l CaCl2 1.8 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l KCl 0.55 g/l NaHCO3 0.16 g/l Fe(III) citrate 0.1 g/l KBr 0.08 g/l SrCl2 0.034 g/l H3BO3 0.022 g/l Na2HPO4 0.008 g/l Na-silicate 0.004 g/l NaF 0.0024 g/l (NH4)NO3 0.0016 g/l Distilled water
65509	Marine agar (MA)
65509	Reasoner's 2A agar (R2A)		with 0.5-7.5 %(w/v) NaCl
122369	CIP Medium 13	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
65053	positive	growth	28	mesophilic
65509	positive	growth	4-39
65509	positive	optimum	33-36	mesophilic

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH
65509	positive	optimum	6.5-7.5

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
65509	obligate aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	98.2

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		96.5

Halophily

@ref	Halophily level	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
65509	halophilic	NaCl	positive	growth	0.5-5.0 %(w/v)
65509		NaCl		growth	7.5 %(w/v)
65509		NaCl	positive	optimum	3 %(w/v)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
65509	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis
65509	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
65509	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	hydrolysis
65509	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
65509	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
65509	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1
65509	alpha-chymotrypsin	+	3.4.21.1
65509	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
65509	esterase (C 4)	+
65509	esterase Lipase (C 8)	+
65509	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1
65509	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
65509	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	gluconeogenesis	100	8 of 8
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	100	7 of 7
66794	denitrification	100	2 of 2
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	valine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	90.91	10 of 11
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	90	9 of 10
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	serine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
66794	isoleucine metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	glutathione metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	propanol degradation	85.71	6 of 7
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	85.71	24 of 28
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	citric acid cycle	85.71	12 of 14
66794	leucine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	NAD metabolism	83.33	15 of 18
66794	alanine metabolism	82.76	24 of 29
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	80	4 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	80	4 of 5
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	purine metabolism	75.53	71 of 94
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	flavin biosynthesis	73.33	11 of 15
66794	histidine metabolism	72.41	21 of 29
66794	tyrosine metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	propionate fermentation	70	7 of 10
66794	threonine metabolism	70	7 of 10
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	68.89	31 of 45
66794	lipid metabolism	67.74	21 of 31
66794	cysteine metabolism	66.67	12 of 18
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	d-mannose degradation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	methionine metabolism	65.38	17 of 26
66794	glycolysis	64.71	11 of 17
66794	proline metabolism	63.64	7 of 11
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	63.64	7 of 11
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	urea cycle	61.54	8 of 13
66794	non-pathway related	60.53	23 of 38
66794	tryptophan metabolism	60.53	23 of 38
66794	vitamin K metabolism	60	3 of 5
66794	arginine metabolism	58.33	14 of 24
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	58.33	7 of 12
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	57.69	15 of 26
66794	lysine metabolism	52.38	22 of 42
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	50	4 of 8
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	50	1 of 2
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	50	3 of 6
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	50	8 of 16
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	nitrate assimilation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	44.44	8 of 18
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	42.86	3 of 7
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	41.76	38 of 91
66794	glycogen metabolism	40	2 of 5
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	40	6 of 15
66794	gallate degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	40	2 of 5
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	polyamine pathway	39.13	9 of 23
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	38.46	5 of 13
66794	sulfate reduction	38.46	5 of 13
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	30.77	4 of 13
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	29.41	5 of 17
66794	ascorbate metabolism	27.27	6 of 22
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	27.27	3 of 11
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	25	4 of 16
66794	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	catecholamine biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	23.08	3 of 13
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	22.22	2 of 9
66794	degradation of hexoses	22.22	4 of 18
66794	degradation of pentoses	21.43	6 of 28

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Industrial	#Engineered product
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Marine

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Enrichment culture	Enrichment culture duration	Enrichment culture temperature	Isolation procedure	Isolation date
65053	shark-fishing hook	Oahu, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, 28 km north northeast of Kaneohe Bay	USA	USA	North America
65509	baited fishing hook in seawater	18km north-east of Kane'ohe Bay, O'ahu, Hawai'i	USA	USA	North America	MA	3 days	30	in the dark
122369	Fishing hook baited and suspended in seawater	18 km northeast of Kaneohe bay, Oahu, Hawaii, USA	United States of America	USA	North America					2013-04-16

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence KP026120 (>99% sequence identity) for Rheinheimera salexigens subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	252
Soil Samples	14
Animal Samples	87
Plant Samples	9
Total Samples	362

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
122369	1	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM175239v1 assembly for Rheinheimera salexigens KH87	scaffold	GCA_001752395	1628148	63.76

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
65509	Rheinheimera salexigens strain KH87 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KP026120	1523		1628148

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
65509	42	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Rheinheimera salexigens KH87
NCBI: GCA_001752395

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	96.50	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	59.70	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	79.40	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	98.20	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Rheinheimera salexigens KH87
NCBI: GCA_001752395.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	99.00	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	95.54	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	78.91	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	88.18	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	97.48	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	82.75	yes

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Rheinheimera salexigens sp. nov., isolated from a fishing hook, and emended description of the genus Rheinheimera.	Hayashi K, Busse HJ, Golke J, Anderson J, Wan X, Hou S, Chain PSG, Prescott RD, Donachie SP	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002412	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 )
#65053	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 100018
#65509	Kazukuni Hayashi, Hans-Jürgen Busse, Jan Golke, James Anderson, Xuehua Wan, Shaobin Hou, Patrick S. G. Chain, Rebecca D. Prescott and Stuart P. Donachie: Rheinheimera salexigens sp. nov., isolated from a fishing hook, and emended description of the genus Rheinheimera. IJSEM 68: 35 - 41 2018 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.002412 , PubMed 29111971 )
#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) .
#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 )
#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 .
#122369	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 111115
#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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Rheinheimera salexigens (ATCC BAA-2715, CIP 111115, DSM 100018)

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

Enzymes

Pathway annotation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_001752395

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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