Streptomyces zaomyceticus (DSM 40196, ATCC 27482, CBS 649.72)

Name: Streptomyces zaomyceticus (DSM 40196, ATCC 27482, CBS 649.72)
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BacDive ID 16134

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 40196 ATCC 27482 CBS 649.72 IFO 13348 ISP 5196 14 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 68286

Special Collections DSMZ JCM Wink compendium JMRC

History DSMZ <- E.B. Shirling, ISP <- N. Ishida, MTHU, N-187 JCM <-- KCC S-0179 <-- M. Mayama <-- Y. Hinuma N-187.

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Streptomyces zaomyceticus DSM 40196 is a spore-forming bacterium that builds an aerial mycelium and produces antibiotic compounds.

antibiotic compound production spore-forming genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 39023

ATCC 27482,IFO 13348,DSM 40196,JCM 4179,JCM 4864,NRRL B-2038,CCRC 12317,NCIMB 9850,VKM Ac-1192,CBS 649.72,IMET 43841,NBRC 13348,LMG 19853,BCRC 12317,NCIB 9850,CGMCC 4.1953

@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 zaomyceticus

Full scientific name Streptomyces zaomyceticus Hinuma 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Streptomyces zaomyceticus** (1)	Type strain
128339	S. zaomyceticus SF000069,

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125438	positive	92.238
125439		93.859
125439	positive	98.937

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Incubation period	Medium used
19422	Brown	10-14 days	ISP 2
19422	Ivory	10-14 days	ISP 3
19422	Ivory	10-14 days	ISP 4
19422	Ivory	10-14 days	ISP 5
19422	Ivory	10-14 days	ISP 6
19422	Brown	10-14 days	ISP 7

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Complex name	Complex color	Medium name
19422	Aerial Mycelium	White	ISP 2
19422	Aerial Mycelium	White	ISP 3
19422	Aerial Mycelium	White	ISP 4
19422	Aerial Mycelium	White	ISP 5
19422	Aerial Mycelium	White	ISP 6
19422			ISP 7

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
9257	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
19422	ISP 2		Name: ISP 2 / Yeast Malt Agar (5265); 5265 Composition Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Preparation: Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.0 Usage: Maintenance and Taxonomy Organisms: All Actinomycetes
19422	ISP 3		Name: ISP 3; 5315 Composition Dog oat flakes 20.0 g/l Trace element solution (5314) 2.5 ml/l Agar 18.0 g/l Preparation: Oat flakes are cooked for 20 minutes, trace element solution and agar are added (in the case of non rolled oat flakes the suspension has to bee filtrated). Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.8 Usage: Maintenance and taxonomy (e.g. SEM As liquid medium for metabolite production) Organisms: All Actinomycetes Trace element solution 5314 Name: Trace element solution 5314; 5314 Composition CaCl2 x H2O 3.0 g/l Fe-III-citrate 1.0 g/l MnSO4 0.2 g/l ZnCl2 0.1 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 0.025 g/l Sodium tetra borate 0.2 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.004 g/l Sodium molybdate 0.01 g/l Preparation: Use double destillated water. Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: Usage: Trace element solution for different media Organisms:
19422	ISP 4		Name: ISP 4; DSM 547 Solution I: Difco soluble starch, 10.0 g. Make a paste of the starch with a small amount of cold distilled water and bring to a volume of 500 ml. Solution II: CaCO3 2.0 g K2HPO4 (anhydrous) 1.0 g MgSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g NaCl 1.0 g (NH4)2SO4 2.0 g Distilled water 500.0 ml Trace salt solution (see below) 1.0 ml The pH should be between 7.0 and 7.4. Do not adjust if it is within this range. Mix solutions I and II together. Add 20.0 g agar. Liquify agar by steaming at 100°C for 10 to 20 min. Trace element solution: FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.1 g ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g Distilled water 100.0 ml
19422	ISP 5		Name: ISP 5 (5323) Composition L-Asparagine 1.0 g/l Glycerol 10.0 g/l K2HPO4 1.0 g/l Salt solution (see preparation) 1.0 ml/l Agar 20.0 g/l Preparation: Salt solution 1.0 g FeSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g MnCl2 x 4 H2O 1.0 g ZNSO4 x 7 H2O in 100 ml water Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.2 Usage: Maintenance and taxonomy Organisms: All Actinomycetes
19422	ISP 6		Name: ISP 6 (5318) Composition Peptone 15.0 g/l Proteose peptose 5.0 g/l Ferric ammonium citrate 0.5 g/l Sodium glycerophosphate 1.0 g/l Sodium thiosulfate 0.08 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: Usage: Production of melanoid pigments Organisms: All Actinomycetes
19422	ISP 7		Name: ISP 7 (5322) Composition Glycerol 15.0 g/l L-Tyrosine 0.5 g/l L-Asparagine 1.0 g/l K2HPO4 0.5 g/l NaCl 0.5 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.01 g/l Trace element solution 5343 1.0 ml/l Agar 20.0 Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.3 Usage: Production of melanoid pigments Organisms: All Actinomycetes

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
9257	positive	growth	28
19422	positive	optimum	30
67770	positive	growth	28

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate aerobe	98.29

Spore formation

@ref	Spore description	Spore formation	Confidence
19422	Formation of spore chains: rectiflixibilis, spore surface: smooth
125438			92.339

Compound production

@ref	Compound
9257	zaomycin
20216	Zaomycin
67770	Zaomycin

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
19422	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	+
68368	29016 ChEBI	arginine	+	hydrolysis	from API 20E
19422	62968 ChEBI	cellulose	-
68368	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	assimilation	from API 20E
19422	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+/-
68368	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20E
19422	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+
68368	25094 ChEBI	lysine	+	degradation	from API 20E
19422	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+/-
19422	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	+/-
68368	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	+	degradation	from API 20E
19422	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-
19422	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	-
19422	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+/-
68368	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20E
68368	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API 20E
19422	18222 ChEBI	xylose	+/-

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	from API 20E
68368	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide	from API 20E
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole	from API 20E

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Indole test
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+		from API 20E
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole		-	from API 20E

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68368	arginine dihydrolase	+	3.5.3.6	from API 20E
68368	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API 20E
68368	gelatinase	+		from API 20E
68368	lysine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.18	from API 20E
68368	ornithine decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.17	from API 20E
68368	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API 20E
68368	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API 20E

API 20E

@ref	ONPG	ADH (Arg)	LDC (Lys)	ODC	CIT	H2S productionH2S	URE	TDA (Trp)	IND	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	GEL	GLU	MAN	INO	Sor	RHA	SAC	MEL	AMY	ARA	OX	Nitrite productionNO2	Reduction to N2N2	MotilityMOB	Growth on MacConkey mediumMAC	OF-O	OF-F
19422	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
9257	soil		Japan	JPN	Asia
67770	Soil	Mt. Zao, Yamagata Pref.	Japan	JPN	Asia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence EF178685 (>99% sequence identity) for Streptomyces from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	336
Soil Samples	6254
Animal Samples	471
Plant Samples	2191
Total Samples	9252

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
9257	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
19422	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	ASM1465621v1 assembly for Streptomyces zaomyceticus JCM 4864	contig	GCA_014656215	68286.5	8109949599	68286	62.84

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Streptomyces zaomyceticus gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB122759	564	68286
20218	Streptomyces zaomyceticus gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 4864	D44414	120	68286
20218	Streptomyces zaomyceticus gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 13348	AB184346	1467	68286
20218	Streptomyces zaomyceticus strain NRRL B-2038 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	EF178685	1487	68286
124043	Streptomyces zaomyceticus strain JCM 4864 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MT760633	1382	68286

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM1465621v1 assembly for Streptomyces zaomyceticus JCM 4864
NCBI: GCA_014656215

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	98.94	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	98.29	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	93.86	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	89.35	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Streptomyces zaomyceticus strain JCM 4864
PATRIC: 68286.5

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	92.24	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	98.30	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	92.34	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	86.12	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.99	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	89.60	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Zinc-Solubilizing Streptomyces spp. as Bioinoculants for Promoting the Growth of Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill).	Suriyachadkun C, Chunhachart O, Srithaworn M, Tangchitcharoenkhul R, Tangjitjareonkun J.	J Microbiol Biotechnol	10.4014/jmb.2206.06058	2022
Metabolism	Characterization of Musty Odor-Producing Actinomycetes from Tropics and Effects of Temperature on the Production of Musty Odor Compounds.	Anuar NSS, Kassim AA, Utsumi M, Iwamoto K, Goto M, Shimizu K, Othman N, Zakaria Z, Sugiura N, Hara H.	Microbes Environ	10.1264/jsme2.me17109	2017
	The isolation of a novel Streptomyces zaomyceticus and its effects on disease resistance of Ctenopharyngodon idellus.	Jin D, Yu X, Qi H, Sun Y, Luo P, Liu X, Xia L, Sun Y.	Microb Pathog	10.1016/j.micpath.2025.107942	2025
	Streptomyces zaomycetitus strain GH90: a source of violet pigment with metabolic profiling and potential application in textile: in vitro supported by in silico studies and molecular docking.	El Sayed GH, Fadel M, Marzouk M, Ahmed HM, Diab NS, Hamed AA.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/s12866-025-04329-1	2025
Metabolism	Endophytic actinomycetes Streptomyces spp mediated biosynthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles as a promising tool for biotechnological applications.	Hassan SE, Fouda A, Radwan AA, Salem SS, Barghoth MG, Awad MA, Abdo AM, El-Gamal MS.	J Biol Inorg Chem	10.1007/s00775-019-01654-5	2019
	Antimicrobial, Antioxidant and Larvicidal Activities of Spherical Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized by Endophytic Streptomyces spp.	Fouda A, Hassan SE, Abdo AM, El-Gamal MS.	Biol Trace Elem Res	10.1007/s12011-019-01883-4	2020
	Effects of actinomycetes on the growth, antioxidant and genes expression in Fritillaria taipaiensis P. Y. li.	Kong X, Han L, Yang L, Shi Z, Lang J, Ye M, Xiao B, Chen X, Zhou N.	Heliyon	10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34846	2024
	Application Potential of Trichoderma in the Degradation of Phenolic Acid-Modified Chitosan.	Swiontek Brzezinska M, Kaczmarek-Szczepanska B, Dabrowska GB, Michalska-Sionkowska M, Dembinska K, Richert A, Pejchalova M, Kumar SB, Kalwasinska A.	Foods	10.3390/foods12193669	2023
	In vitro antifungal activities of Actinomyces species isolated from soil samples against Trichophyton mentagrophytes.	Keikha N, Ayatollahi Mousavi SA, Shahidi Bonjar GH, Fouladi B, Izadi AR.	Curr Med Mycol	10.18869/acadpub.cmm.1.3.33	2015
	Advancements in Plant and Microbe-Based Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles and Their Antimicrobial Activity against Plant Pathogens.	Ali MA, Ahmed T, Wu W, Hossain A, Hafeez R, Islam Masum MM, Wang Y, An Q, Sun G, Li B.	Nanomaterials (Basel)	10.3390/nano10061146	2020
	Characterization of Antibacterial Strains against Kiwifruit Bacterial Canker Pathogen.	Kim MJ, Chae DH, Cho G, Kim DR, Kwak YS.	Plant Pathol J	10.5423/ppj.oa.05.2019.0154	2019
	Methodologies to Assess the Biodegradability of Bio-Based Polymers-Current Knowledge and Existing Gaps.	Pires JRA, Souza VGL, Fucinos P, Pastrana L, Fernando AL.	Polymers (Basel)	10.3390/polym14071359	2022
Metabolism	Novel marine actinobacteria from emerald Andaman & Nicobar Islands: a prospective source for industrial and pharmaceutical byproducts.	Meena B, Rajan LA, Vinithkumar NV, Kirubagaran R.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/1471-2180-13-145	2013
	Endophytic Nanotechnology: An Approach to Study Scope and Potential Applications.	Meena M, Zehra A, Swapnil P, Harish, Marwal A, Yadav G, Sonigra P.	Front Chem	10.3389/fchem.2021.613343	2021

References

#9257	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 40196
#19422	Wink, J.: Compendium of Actinobacteria. HZI-Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig .
#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;
#68368	Automatically annotated from API 20E .
#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 .
#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 zaomyceticus (DSM 40196, ATCC 27482, CBS 649.72)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Multicellular morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Compound production

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API 20E

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_014656215

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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