Flavobacterium alvei (KACC 19407, JCM 32264, HR-AY)

Name: Flavobacterium alvei (KACC 19407, JCM 32264, HR-AY)
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BacDive ID 158819

Type strain

Strain Designation HR-AY

Culture col. no. KACC 19407 JCM 32264 HR-AY

NCBI tax ID(s) 2080416

Special Collections JCM Literature strains

History JCM <-- C. O. Jeon; Chung-Ang Univ., South Korea; HR-AY.

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Flavobacterium alvei HR-AY is an obligate aerobe, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that forms circular colonies and was isolated from freshwater river.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 133501

JCM 32264

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:44:03

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacteroidota

Class Flavobacteriia

Order Flavobacteriales

Family Flavobacteriaceae

Genus Flavobacterium

Species Flavobacterium alvei

Full scientific name Flavobacterium alvei Lee and Jeon 2018

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Confidence
65583	negative	1.0-1.3 µm	0.4-0.5 µm	rod-shaped
125438					93.5
125438	negative				96.727

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Colony shape	Medium used
65583	yellow	circular	R2A

Pigmentation

@ref	Production	Name
65583		flexirubin type pigments

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth
65583	Reasoner's 2A agar (R2A)

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
65583	positive	growth	5-30
65583	positive	optimum	20
67770	positive	growth	20

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
65583	positive	optimum	7
65583	positive	growth	5.0-9.0	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

65583

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125438		90.774

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
65583	NaCl	positive	growth	0 %

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-6

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
65583	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	assimilation
65583		casein	-	hydrolysis
65583	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	assimilation
65583	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	assimilation
65583	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	assimilation
65583	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation
65583	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
65583	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis
65583	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	fermentation
65583	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	assimilation
65583	25115 ChEBI	malate	-	assimilation
65583	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	assimilation
65583	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	assimilation
65583	18401 ChEBI	phenylacetate	-	assimilation
65583	32032 ChEBI	potassium gluconate	-	assimilation
65583	53258 ChEBI	sodium citrate	-	assimilation
65583	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	hydrolysis
65583	53424 ChEBI	tween 20	-	hydrolysis
65583	53426 ChEBI	tween 80	-	hydrolysis
65583	18186 ChEBI	tyrosine	-	hydrolysis

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
65583	17997 ChEBI	dinitrogen
65583	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
65583	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
65583	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1
65583	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1
65583	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51
65583	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22
65583	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20
65583	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24
65583	arginine dihydrolase	+	3.5.3.6
65583	beta-galactopyranosidase	+
65583	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
65583	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31
65583	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
65583	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3
65583	cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1
65583	esterase (C 4)	+
65583	esterase Lipase (C 8)	+
65583	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1
65583	lipase (C 14)	-
65583	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52
65583	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
65583	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4
65583	urease	-	3.5.1.5
65583	valine arylamidase	-

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	100	8 of 8
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	gluconeogenesis	100	8 of 8
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	teichoic acid biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	denitrification	100	2 of 2
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	photosynthesis	92.86	13 of 14
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	threonine metabolism	90	9 of 10
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	heme metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	85.71	6 of 7
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	NAD metabolism	83.33	15 of 18
66794	lipid metabolism	80.65	25 of 31
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	starch degradation	80	8 of 10
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	80	8 of 10
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	cellulose degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	degradation of hexoses	77.78	14 of 18
66794	valine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	d-mannose degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	leucine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	glycolysis	76.47	13 of 17
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	purine metabolism	71.28	67 of 94
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	71.11	32 of 45
66794	degradation of sugar acids	68	17 of 25
66794	cysteine metabolism	66.67	12 of 18
66794	flavin biosynthesis	66.67	10 of 15
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	66.67	6 of 9
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	histidine metabolism	65.52	19 of 29
66794	citric acid cycle	64.29	9 of 14
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	64.29	18 of 28
66794	lysine metabolism	64.29	27 of 42
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	63.64	7 of 11
66794	d-xylose degradation	63.64	7 of 11
66794	proline metabolism	63.64	7 of 11
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	62.5	10 of 16
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	alanine metabolism	62.07	18 of 29
66794	degradation of pentoses	60.71	17 of 28
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	propionate fermentation	60	6 of 10
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	60	3 of 5
66794	O-antigen biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	60	3 of 5
66794	non-pathway related	57.89	22 of 38
66794	methionine metabolism	57.69	15 of 26
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	57.69	15 of 26
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
66794	propanol degradation	57.14	4 of 7
66794	tryptophan metabolism	55.26	21 of 38
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	54.55	6 of 11
66794	arginine metabolism	54.17	13 of 24
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	50	4 of 8
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	50	5 of 10
66794	kanosamine biosynthesis II	50	1 of 2
66794	lactate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	tyrosine metabolism	50	7 of 14
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	46.15	6 of 13
66794	sulfate reduction	46.15	6 of 13
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	46.15	42 of 91
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	45.45	10 of 22
66794	nitrate assimilation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	42.86	3 of 7
66794	glutathione metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	41.67	5 of 12
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	40	2 of 5
66794	gallate degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
66794	glycine metabolism	40	4 of 10
66794	polyamine pathway	39.13	9 of 23
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	38.46	5 of 13
66794	urea cycle	38.46	5 of 13
66794	phenol degradation	35	7 of 20
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	33.33	6 of 18
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	33.33	2 of 6
66794	octane oxidation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	mevalonate metabolism	28.57	2 of 7
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	ascorbate metabolism	27.27	6 of 22
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	26.67	4 of 15
66794	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	catecholamine biosynthesis	25	1 of 4

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

65583

Fatty acid	Percentage
C16:1ω7c / C16:1ω6c	27.2
C15:0 anteiso	15.3
C15:0 iso	13.3
C16:0	5.8
C16:0 3OH	4.5
C15:0 iso 3OH	3.7
C17:0 iso 3OH	3.3
C13:0 iso	1.8
C13:1	1.6
C13:0 anteiso	1.6
C12:0	1.5
C17:1 anteiso ω9c	1.4
C14:0 iso	1.4
C17:0 2OH	1.3
C14:0 3OH / C16:1 iso I	1.3
C18:1ω7c / C18:1ω6c	1.3
C15:1 iso G	1.2
C15:1 anteiso A	1.2
10-methyl C16:0 / iso-C17:1ω9c	1.1
C15:0 2OH	1

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Freshwater
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#River (Creek)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Latitude	Longitude	Enrichment culture	Enrichment culture duration	Enrichment culture temperature	Isolation procedure
65583	freshwater river	Han River, Seoul	Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia	37.5094	126.965 37.5094/126.965	R2A	5 days	25	sample was serially diluted in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and 100 µl of each dilution was spread on R2A
67770	Water sample of the Han River		Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM292089v1 assembly for Flavobacterium alvei HR-AY	contig	GCA_002920895	2080416.3	2958491779	2080416	73.95

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Database
65583	Flavobacterium alvei strain HR-AY 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	MF685248

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	34.4	genome sequence analysis

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Flavobacterium alvei HR-AY
NCBI: GCA_002920895.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	96.73	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	94.25	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	75.44	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	90.77	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	97.55	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	93.50	yes

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Flavobacterium alvei sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater river.	Lee Y, Jeon CO	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002768	2018
Phylogeny	Flavobacterium undicola sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake.	Chen WM, Xie YR, Kwon SW, Sheu SY	Arch Microbiol	10.1007/s00203-020-02096-3	2020

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 )
#65583	Yunho Lee and Che Ok Jeon: Flavobacterium alvei sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater river. IJSEM 68: 1919 - 1924 2018 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.002768 , PubMed 29676721 )
#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;
#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 )
#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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Flavobacterium alvei (KACC 19407, JCM 32264, HR-AY)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Enzymes

Pathway annotation

Fatty acid profile

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_002920895

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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