Streptomyces violascens (DSM 40183, ATCC 23968, CBS 951.68)

Name: Streptomyces violascens (DSM 40183, ATCC 23968, CBS 951.68)
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BacDive ID 16102

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 40183 ATCC 23968 CBS 951.68 IFO 12920 INA 3959/54 15 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 67381

Special Collections DSMZ JCM KCTC JMRC

History DSMZ <- E.B. Shirling, ISP <- T.P. Preobrazhenskya, INA JCM <-- KCC S-0424 <-- Y. Okami <-- ISP 5183 <-- INA 3959/54.

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Streptomyces violascens DSM 40183 is a bacterium that was isolated from soil.

genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 9652

ATCC 23968,IFO 12920,DSM 40183,JCM 4424,CCRC 12240,IMET 42061,NCIMB 9820,NRRL B-2700,VKM Ac-1275,CBS 951.68,CBS 266.66,CECT 3215,KCTC 9785,NBRC 12920,BCRC 12240,NCIB 9820,CGMCC 4.1923

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:28:42

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Kitasatosporales

Family Streptomycetaceae

Genus Streptomyces

Species Streptomyces violascens

Full scientific name Streptomyces violascens (Preobrazhenskaya and Sveshnikova 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

"Actinomyces violascens"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Streptomyces violascens** (2)	Type strain
16103	S. violascens DSM 41173, IMRU 3841
128649	S. violascens ST005178(HKI), INA872/54, IMET 40124

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Motility	Confidence	Gram stain
125439		95.506
125439		98.927	positive

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
9246	GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65) Composition: Agar 18.0 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

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
9246	positive	growth	28
67770	positive	growth	28

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	facultative anaerobe	96.429

Compound production

9246

Compoundnucleotide pyrophosphokinase

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

9246

Sample typesoil

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
9246	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM2052129v1 assembly for Streptomyces violascens NBRC 12920	contig	GCA_020521295	67381.10	8110410871	67381	68.9
66792	Streptomyces violascens strain NBRC 12920	contig		67381.8		67381	64.96
66792	Streptomyces violascens strain NBRC 12920	contig		67381.9		67381	64.96
66792	ASM1464995v1 assembly for Streptomyces violascens JCM 4424	scaffold	GCA_014649955	67381.4	8109526979	67381	58.86

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Streptomyces enissocaesilis gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: NRRL B-16365	AB915613	1458	332589
20218	Streptomyces violascens gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: ISP 5183	AB915618	946	67381
20218	Streptomyces violascens strain ISP 5183 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY999737	1449	67381
20218	Streptomyces violascens gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 4424	D44136	120	67381
20218	Streptomyces violascens gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 12920	AB184246	1474	67381
124043	Streptomyces violascens strain ISP 5183 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MG657243	1488	67381
124043	Streptomyces violascens strain JCM 4424 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MT760549	1380	67381

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM2052129v1 assembly for Streptomyces violascens NBRC 12920
NCBI: GCA_020521295

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	96.43	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	98.93	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	95.51	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	78.95	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Streptomyces violascens JCM 4424
NCBI: GCA_014649955.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	87.71	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	97.31	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	86.27	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	88.75	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	97.49	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	86.10	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Unravelling the outcome of L-glutaminase produced by Streptomyces sp. strain 5 M as an anti-neoplasm activity.	Hassan MG, El-Sayyad GS, Abdel-Monem MO, Malash MN, Kishk MA, El Awady ME, El-Khonezy MI.	Microb Cell Fact	10.1186/s12934-024-02606-8	2025
	Biocontrol and plant growth promoting potential of phylogenetically new Streptomyces sp. MR14 of rhizospheric origin.	Kaur T, Rani R, Manhas RK.	AMB Express	10.1186/s13568-019-0849-7	2019
	Molecular modification of a GH84 beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase from Streptomyces violascens for synthesis of lacto-N-triose II using whey powder and chitin-derived N-acetyl chitobiose.	Cao Z, Li C, Jiang H, Secundo F, Mao X.	Food Chem	10.1016/j.foodchem.2025.143046	2025
	Biochemical characterization of two beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases from Streptomyces violascens for efficient production of N-acetyl-d-glucosamine.	Li J, Gao K, Secundo F, Mao X.	Food Chem	10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.130393	2021
	Biological control of citrus rust mite Phyllocoptruta oleivora by three bacterial species.	Al-Azzazy MM, Alhewairini SS, Rehan M.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-025-21182-4	2025
Metabolism	Identification of an alkaline lipase capable of better enrichment of EPA than DHA due to fatty acids selectivity and regioselectivity.	Gao K, Chu W, Sun J, Mao X.	Food Chem	10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127225	2020
	Physiological Basis of Plant Growth Promotion in Rice by Rhizosphere and Endosphere Associated Streptomyces Isolates from India.	Thenappan DP, Pandey R, Hada A, Jaiswal DK, Chinnusamy V, Bhattacharya R, Annapurna K.	Rice (N Y)	10.1186/s12284-024-00732-w	2024
Enzymology	Mechanisms underlying the biocontrol activity of Serratia marcescens YNAU-SM-1 against Phytophthora infestans in potato.	Liu C, Deng L, Dao J, Wang W, Huang X, Zhang Y, Yang Y, Lu S, Zhao J, Liu X.	BMC Plant Biol	10.1186/s12870-025-07218-x	2025
	Multiomics Reveals the Effect of Root Rot on Polygonati Rhizome and Identifies Pathogens and Biocontrol Strain.	Pang Z, Mao X, Xia Y, Xiao J, Wang X, Xu P, Liu G.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.02385-21	2022
Enzymology	Cytotoxic Fusicoccane-Type Diterpenoids from Streptomyces violascens Isolated from Ailuropoda melanoleuca Feces.	Zheng D, Han L, Qu X, Chen X, Zhong J, Bi X, Liu J, Jiang Y, Jiang C, Huang X.	J Nat Prod	10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00676	2017
	The in-silico study of the structural changes in the Arthrobacter globiformis choline oxidase induced by high temperature.	Kaushik S, Rameshwari R, Chapadgaonkar SS.	J Genet Eng Biotechnol	10.1016/j.jgeb.2023.100348	2024
Phylogeny	Optimized extraction and kinetic study of cholesterol oxidase from a newly isolated Escherichia fergusonii strain from local whey samples: insights through a combined experimental study and artificial neural network modeling.	Khataee S, Dehghan G, Rashtbari S, Marefat A, Jamei S, Farzi-Khajeh H.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/s12866-024-03728-0	2025
	A Novel Lipase from Streptomyces exfoliatus DSMZ 41693 for Biotechnological Applications.	Rodriguez-Alonso G, Toledo-Marcos J, Serrano-Aguirre L, Rumayor C, Pasero B, Flores A, Saborido A, Hoyos P, Hernaiz MJ, de la Mata I, Arroyo M.	Int J Mol Sci	10.3390/ijms242317071	2023
	Heterologous Expression and Characterization of a pH-Stable Chitinase from Micromonospora aurantiaca with a Potential Application in Chitin Degradation.	Guo HZ, Wang D, Yang HT, Wu YL, Li YC, Xia GH, Zhang XY.	Mar Drugs	10.3390/md22060287	2024
Enzymology	Violapyrones A-G, alpha-pyrone derivatives from Streptomyces violascens isolated from Hylobates hoolock feces.	Zhang J, Jiang Y, Cao Y, Liu J, Zheng D, Chen X, Han L, Jiang C, Huang X.	J Nat Prod	10.1021/np4003417	2013
	Effects of Four Strains of Actinomycetes on the Content of Terpenoids in Baijiu.	Feng M, Huo Q, Gan L, Chen Y, Xiao D, Guo X.	Foods	10.3390/foods12071494	2023
	Characterisation of Streptomyces violascens OC125-8 lipase for oily wastewater treatment.	Boran R, Ugur A, Sarac N, Ceylan O.	3 Biotech	10.1007/s13205-018-1539-x	2019
	Assessment of lipid composition and eicosapentaenoic acid/docosahexaenoic acid bioavailability in fish oil obtained through different enrichment methods.	Song R, Li W, Deng S, Zhao Y, Tao N.	Front Nutr	10.3389/fnut.2023.1136490	2023
	Characterization of a New Thermostable and Organic Solution-Tolerant Lipase from Pseudomonas fluorescens and Its Application in the Enrichment of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids.	Hu Z, Jiao L, Xie X, Xu L, Yan J, Yang M, Yan Y.	Int J Mol Sci	10.3390/ijms24108924	2023
Pathogenicity	Bioactivity Assessment of Indian Origin-Mangrove Actinobacteria against Candida albicans.	Pavan Kumar JGS, Gomathi A, Gothandam KM, Vasconcelos V.	Mar Drugs	10.3390/md16020060	2018
	Streptomyces sp. JCK-6131 Protects Plants Against Bacterial and Fungal Diseases via Two Mechanisms.	Le KD, Kim J, Nguyen HT, Yu NH, Park AR, Lee CW, Kim JC.	Front Plant Sci	10.3389/fpls.2021.726266	2021
Enzymology	Purification, characterization and amino acid content of cholesterol oxidase produced by Streptomyces aegyptia NEAE 102.	El-Naggar NE, Deraz SF, Soliman HM, El-Deeb NM, El-Shweihy NM.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/s12866-017-0988-4	2017
	Comparative Lipidomics Profiling of Acylglycerol from Tuna Oil Selectively Hydrolyzed by Thermomyces Lanuginosus Lipase and Candida Antarctica Lipase A.	Xuan J, Wang Z, Xia Q, Luo T, Mao Q, Sun Q, Han Z, Liu Y, Wei S, Liu S.	Foods	10.3390/foods11223664	2022
	Activation of a plasmid-situated type III PKS gene cluster by deletion of a wbl gene in deepsea-derived Streptomyces somaliensis SCSIO ZH66.	Huang H, Hou L, Li H, Qiu Y, Ju J, Li W.	Microb Cell Fact	10.1186/s12934-016-0515-6	2016
Enzymology	Cloning, expression and biochemical characterization of the cholesterol oxidase CgChoA from Chryseobacterium gleum.	Reiss R, Faccio G, Thony-Meyer L, Richter M.	BMC Biotechnol	10.1186/1472-6750-14-46	2014
Enzymology	Some enzymatic properties of 3beta-hydroxysteroid oxidase produced by Streptomyces violascens.	Tomioka H, Kagawa M, Nakamura S.	J Biochem	10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a131158	1976
	Extracellular cholesterol oxidase production by Streptomyces aegyptia, in vitro anticancer activities against rhabdomyosarcoma, breast cancer cell-lines and in vivo apoptosis.	El-Naggar NE, Soliman HM, El-Shweihy NM.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-018-20786-3	2018
Metabolism	Metabolomic profiling and genomic study of a marine sponge-associated Streptomyces sp.	Viegelmann C, Margassery LM, Kennedy J, Zhang T, O'Brien C, O'Gara F, Morrissey JP, Dobson AD, Edrada-Ebel R.	Mar Drugs	10.3390/md12063323	2014
Phylogeny	Streptomyces atlanticus sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from marine sponge Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766).	Silva FS, Souza DT, Zucchi TD, Pansa CC, de Figueiredo Vasconcellos RL, Crevelin EJ, de Moraes LA, Melo IS	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-016-0748-8	2016

References

#9246	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 40183
#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 )
#20216	Curators of the JMRC: Jena Microbial Resource Collection (JMRC):
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#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) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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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Streptomyces violascens (DSM 40183, ATCC 23968, CBS 951.68)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Compound production

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_020521295

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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