Blastococcus sp. (DSM 45753, AP3)

Name: Blastococcus sp. (DSM 45753, AP3)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 160528

Type strain

Strain Designation AP3

Culture col. no. DSM 45753 AP3

NCBI tax ID(s) 1873459

Special Collections DSMZ Cadoret human gut

Links

AP3 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from human feces.

mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 396653

DSM 45753

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:08:31

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Geodermatophilales

Family Geodermatophilaceae

Genus Blastococcus

Full scientific name Blastococcus Ahrens and Moll 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125439	positive	98.1

Multimedia

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caption:	Medium 535a 37°C
intellectual property rights:	© Leibniz-Institut DSMZ
manual_annotation:	1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
67436	GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65) Composition: Agar 20.0 g/l Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l CaCO3 2.0 g/l Distilled water
67436	TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Distilled water
67436	TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR+BLOOD (DSMZ Medium 535a)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR+BLOOD (DSMZ Medium 535a) Composition: None 50.0 g/l Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
67436	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate aerobe	99.7

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
67436	human feces	France	FRA	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence JX101684 (>99% sequence identity) for Candidatus Blastococcus massiliensis from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	59
Soil Samples	1007
Animal Samples	216
Plant Samples	3
Total Samples	1285

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	B.massiliensis assembly for Candidatus Blastococcus massiliensis AP3	scaffold	GCA_000582785	1211815.3	2600255077	1211815	55.72

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
67436	Candidatus Blastococcus massiliensis AP3 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	JX101684	1451		1211815

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Blastococcus sp. AP3
PATRIC: 1211815.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	99.70	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	98.10	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	58.60	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	68.30	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Blastococcus sp. AP3
PATRIC: 1211815.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	86.05	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	97.13	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	52.96	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	88.52	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	93.00	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	62.50	no

Literature

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 )
#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) .
#67436	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 45753
#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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