Name: Acinetobacter mesopotamicus GC2
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 163942

Type strain:

Species: Acinetobacter mesopotamicus

Strain Designation: GC2

Culture col. no.: JCM 31073, DSM 26953

Strain history: <- K. Güven; <- O.Acer, Faculty Sci., Dicle Univ., Diyarbakir, Turkey; GC2

NCBI tax ID(s): 28090 (species)

SI-ID 398392

DSM 26953

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Acinetobacter mesopotamicus GC2 is an obligate aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-negative bacterium that forms circular colonies and was isolated from Oil-contaminated soil in Bozku? 1 petroleum station in Diyarbakir in the southeast of Turkey.

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

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	09-12-2024 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	*Bacteria*
	Phylum	*Pseudomonadota*
	Class	*Gammaproteobacteria*
	Order	*Pseudomonadales*
	Family	*Moraxellaceae*
	Genus	*Acinetobacter*
	Species	"Acinetobacter mesopotamicus"
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Acinetobacter mesopotamicus Acer et al. 2020

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #68311]	Gram stain	negative
[Ref.: #125438]	Gram stain	negative Confidence in %99

[Ref.: #68311]	Cell shape	coccus-shaped

[Ref.: #68311]	Motility	no

[Ref.: #68311]	Colony shape	circular
[Ref.: #68311]	Incubation period	2 days
[Ref.: #68311]	Cultivation medium used	NB-agar

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

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Culture medium

TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

		Temperature
[Ref.: #67770]	growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #68311]	growth	10-35 °C
[Ref.: #68311]	optimum	25-30 °C
[Ref.: #68383]	growth	28 °C

	pH	Kind of pH		pH
[Ref.: #68311]			optimum	6.5-10
[Ref.: #68311]			growth	6-11

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #68311]	Oxygen tolerance	obligate aerobe
[Ref.: #125438]	Oxygen tolerance	aerobe Confidence in %90.814
[Ref.: #125439]	Oxygen tolerance	obligate aerobe Confidence in %98.6

[Ref.: #68311]	Ability of spore formation	no
[Ref.: #125438]	Ability of spore formation	no Confidence in %94.653

	Halophily	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #68311]		NaCl		growth	0-3	%(w/v)

[Ref.: #67770]	Observation	quinones: Q-8
[Ref.: #68311]	Observation	growth in crude oil and long-chain hydrocarbons

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #68369]	adipate ChEBI	+	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	arginine ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68311]	citrate ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #68311]	D-fructose ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #68311]	D-glucose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #68311]	D-glucose ChEBI	+	energy source
[Ref.: #68369]	D-glucose ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	D-glucose ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	D-mannitol ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	D-mannose ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68311]	D-xylose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #68311]	D-xylose ChEBI	+	energy source
[Ref.: #68369]	decanoate ChEBI	+	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	esculin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68311]	galactose ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #68311]	gelatin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #68369]	gelatin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	gluconate ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68311]	L-arabinose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #68311]	L-arabinose ChEBI	+	energy source
[Ref.: #68369]	L-arabinose ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68311]	lactose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #68311]	lactose ChEBI	+	energy source
[Ref.: #68311]	maltose ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #68369]	maltose ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	N-acetylglucosamine ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68311]	starch ChEBI	+	assimilation
[Ref.: #68311]	sucrose ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #68311]	trehalose ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #68369]	tryptophan ChEBI	-	energy source	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68311]	tyrosine ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #68311]	urea ChEBI	+	assimilation
[Ref.: #68369]	urea ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20NE
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	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #68311]		indole ChEBI	no
[Ref.: #68369]		indole ChEBI	no	* from API 20NE

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Indole test
[Ref.: #68369]		indole ChEBI	-	* from API 20NE

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68369]	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68311]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #68311]	cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1
[Ref.: #68369]	gelatinase	-		* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	urease	-	3.5.1.5	* from API 20NE

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

Reference

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Fatty acid	Percentage
C16:0	36.51
C18:1 w9c	32.49
C16:1	20.38
C15:0 iso	3.52
C18:0	2.11
C14:0	1.96
C15:0 anteiso	1.41

API® 20NE:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	Reduction of nitratesNO3	Indole productionTRP	Fermentation of D-glucoseGLU_ Ferm	Arginine dihydrolaseADH (Arg)	Urease/urea hydrolysisURE	Esculin hydrolysis/beta-GlucosidaseESC	Gelatinase/gelatin hydrolysisGEL	beta-GalactosidasePNPG	Assimilation of D-glucoseGLU_ Assim	Assimilation of L-arabinoseARA	Assimilation of D-mannoseMNE	Assimilation of D-mannitolMAN	Assimilation of N-acetyl-glucosamineNAG	Assimilation of maltoseMAL	Assimilation of gluconateGNT	Assimilation of capric acidCAP	Assimilation adipic acidADI	Assimilation of malic acidMLT	Assimilation of citric acidCIT	Assimilation of phenyl-acetic acidPAC	Cytochrome oxidaseOX
[Ref.: #67770]	26974	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+/-	-	-	not determinedn.d.

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Oil-contaminated soil in Bozku? 1 petroleum station in Diyarbakir in the southeast of Turkey

[Ref.: #68311]	Sample type/isolated from	Bozkus 1 petroleum station
[Ref.: #68311]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Diyarbakir
[Ref.: #68311]	Country	Turkey
[Ref.: #68311]	Country ISO 3 Code	TUR
[Ref.: #68311]	Continent	Asia
[Ref.: #68311]	Enrichment culture	BSM
[Ref.: #68311]	Enrichment culture composition	supplemented with 1% crude oil
[Ref.: #68311]	Enrichment culture temperature	30 ̊C

[Ref.: #68383]	Sample type/isolated from	petroleum-contaminated soil
[Ref.: #68383]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Diyarbakir, Bozku? 1 petroleum station
[Ref.: #68383]	Country	Turkey
[Ref.: #68383]	Country ISO 3 Code	TUR
[Ref.: #68383]	Continent	Asia
* marker position based on {}

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Global distribution of 16S sequence KJ867435 (>99% sequence identity) for Acinetobacter from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	2946
Soil Samples	822
Animal Samples	6831
Plant Samples	348
Total Samples	10947

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (German classification)
According to TRBA 466

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #68311]	Acinetobacter lwoffii strain GC2 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KJ867435	1515	GenBank ENA	28090 tax ID

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #68311]	Acinetobacter lwoffii GC2	GCA_011058205	scaffold	GenBank ENA	28090 tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Acinetobacter sp. GC2	1538357.4	wgs	PATRIC	28090 tax ID	*

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GC-content

42.9 mol%

genome sequence analysis

Data predicted using genome information as a basis Genome-based predictions

	Model	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Acinetobacter sp. GC2 PATRIC: 1538357.4
[Ref.: #125438]	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	99	yes
[Ref.: #125438]	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	97.299	yes
[Ref.: #125438]	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	94.653	yes
[Ref.: #125438]	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	90.814	no
[Ref.: #125438]	thermophile	thermophilicⓘ	no	99.475	yes
[Ref.: #125438]	motile2+	flagellatedⓘ	no	80.166	yes

	Model	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %
	Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Acinetobacter lwoffii GC2 NCBI: GCA_011058205
[Ref.: #125439]	BacteriaNet	spore_formationⓘ	no	88.8
[Ref.: #125439]	BacteriaNet	motilityⓘ	no	51.6
[Ref.: #125439]	BacteriaNet	gram_stainⓘ	negative	68.7
[Ref.: #125439]	BacteriaNet	oxygen_toleranceⓘ	obligate aerobe	98.6

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

JCM 31073, DSM 26953

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SI-ID 398392

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Acinetobacter mesopotamicus sp. nov., Petroleum-degrading Bacterium, Isolated from Petroleum-Contaminated Soil in Diyarbakir, in the Southeast of Turkey.	Acer O, Guven K, Poli A, Di Donato P, Leone L, Buono L, Guven RG, Nicolaus B, Finore I	Curr Microbiol	10.1007/s00284-020-02134-9	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 )

#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;

#68311

Ömer Acer, Kemal Güven, Annarita Poli, Paola Di Donato, Luigi Leone, Lorena Buono, Reyhan Gül Güven, Barbara Nicolaus & Ilaria Finore: Acinetobacter mesopotamicus sp. nov., Petroleum-degrading Bacterium, Isolated from Petroleum-Contaminated Soil in Diyarbakir, in the Southeast of Turkey. Curr Microbiol 77: 3192 - 3200 2020 ( DOI 10.1007/s00284-020-02134-9 )

#68369

Automatically annotated from API 20NE .

#68383

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 26953

#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 .

#114145

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID398392.1 )

#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 .

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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