Shimazuella alba (CGMCC 4.7616, JCM 33532, KC615)

Name: Shimazuella alba (CGMCC 4.7616, JCM 33532, KC615)
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BacDive ID 164598

Type strain

Strain Designation KC615, K C615

Culture col. no. CGMCC 4.7616 JCM 33532 KC615 DSM 119309 K C615

NCBI tax ID(s) 2690964

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Shimazuella alba KC615 is an aerobe, spore-forming, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from Desert soil from the Karakum Desert.

spore-forming Gram-positive aerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 285632

DSM 119309,JCM 33532

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:09:30

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Thermoactinomycetaceae

Genus Shimazuella

Species Shimazuella alba

Full scientific name Shimazuella alba Saygin et al. 2021

Morphology

Cell morphology

68285

Gram stainpositive

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Forms multicellular complex	Complex color	Further description
68285		Aerial mycelium is abundant and white	Single round spores formed on both aerial and substrate mycelia with sizes ranging from 0.6 to 0.9 µm

Multimedia

@ref:	125873
multimedia content:	DSM_119309.jpg
multimedia.multimedia content:	https://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/photos/DSM_119309.jpg
caption:	M.656, 28°C
intellectual property rights:	Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH
manual_annotation:	1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link
125873	SUCROSE-BENNETT´S AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1852)	Medium recipe provided by DSMZ
125873	YEAST-STARCH-AGAR(B) (DSMZ Medium 656)	Medium recipe at MediaDive
125873	ISP2 MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 987)	Medium recipe at MediaDive

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
67770	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
68285	positive	growth	28-37	mesophilic
68285	positive	optimum	30	mesophilic
125873	positive	growth	28

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH
68285	positive	optimum	7
68285	positive	growth	6-8

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

68285

Oxygen toleranceaerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore description	Spore formation
68285	Single round spores formed on both aerial and substrate mycelia with sizes ranging from 0.6 to 0.9 µm

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
68285	NaCl	positive	growth	0-1 %(w/v)

Observation

@ref	Observation
67770	quinones: MK-9(H₄) and MK-10(H₄)
68285	Forms aerial and substrate mycelia

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68285	16708 ChEBI	adenine	-	hydrolysis
68285	15676 ChEBI	allantoin	+	hydrolysis
68285	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	+	hydrolysis
68285		casein	-	hydrolysis
68285	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	carbon source
68285	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	energy source
68285	17029 ChEBI	chitin	-	hydrolysis
68285	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	carbon source
68285	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	energy source
68285	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	carbon source
68285	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	energy source
68285	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	-	carbon source
68285	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	-	energy source
68285	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	carbon source
68285	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	energy source
68285	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	carbon source
68285	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	energy source
68285	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	carbon source
68285	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	energy source
68285	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	carbon source
68285	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	energy source
68285	52071 ChEBI	dextran	-	carbon source
68285	52071 ChEBI	dextran	-	energy source
68285	23652 ChEBI	dextrin	-	carbon source
68285	23652 ChEBI	dextrin	-	energy source
68285	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
68285	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis
68285	15428 ChEBI	glycine	-	nitrogen source
68285	16235 ChEBI	guanine	-	hydrolysis
68285	24741 ChEBI	hydroxyproline	-	nitrogen source
68285	17368 ChEBI	hypoxanthine	+	hydrolysis
68285	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	carbon source
68285	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	energy source
68285	24898 ChEBI	isoleucine	-	nitrogen source
68285	16977 ChEBI	L-alanine	+	nitrogen source
68285	16467 ChEBI	L-arginine	+	nitrogen source
68285	17196 ChEBI	L-asparagine	-	nitrogen source
68285	17561 ChEBI	L-cysteine	+	nitrogen source
68285	18050 ChEBI	L-glutamine	+	carbon source
68285	18050 ChEBI	L-glutamine	+	energy source
68285	15971 ChEBI	L-histidine	-	nitrogen source
68285	16643 ChEBI	L-methionine	-	nitrogen source
68285	17295 ChEBI	L-phenylalanine	-	nitrogen source
68285	17203 ChEBI	L-proline	+	nitrogen source
68285	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	carbon source
68285	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	energy source
68285	17115 ChEBI	L-serine	+	nitrogen source
68285	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	carbon source
68285	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	energy source
68285	17895 ChEBI	L-tyrosine	-	nitrogen source
68285	16414 ChEBI	L-valine	+	nitrogen source
68285	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	carbon source
68285	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	energy source
68285	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	carbon source
68285	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	energy source
68285	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	carbon source
68285	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	energy source
68285	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	carbon source
68285	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	energy source
68285	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	carbon source
68285	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	energy source
68285	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
68285	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	carbon source
68285	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	energy source
68285	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	+	carbon source
68285	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	+	energy source
68285	63675 ChEBI	sodium succinate	+	carbon source
68285	63675 ChEBI	sodium succinate	+	energy source
68285	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	hydrolysis
68285	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	carbon source
68285	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	energy source
68285	53424 ChEBI	tween 20	-	hydrolysis
68285	53423 ChEBI	tween 40	+	hydrolysis
68285	53426 ChEBI	tween 80	+	hydrolysis
68285	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis
68285	15318 ChEBI	xanthine	-	hydrolysis
68285	37166 ChEBI	xylan	-	hydrolysis
68285	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	carbon source
68285	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	energy source
68285	18222 ChEBI	xylose	-	carbon source
68285	18222 ChEBI	xylose	-	energy source

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68285	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

68285

Fatty acid	Percentage
C15:0 anteiso	37.91
C20:0	15.83
C18:0	10.06
C15:0 iso	6.19
C14:0 iso	5.22
C17:0 anteiso	5.06
C19:0 iso	4.93
C19:0 anteiso	3.33
C17:0 iso	2.7
C18:0 iso	2.52
C16:0 iso	2.36
C16:0	1.66
C20:0 iso	1.16
C19:0	1.07

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
67770	Desert soil from the Karakum Desert	Turkmenistan	TKM	Asia
68285	desert soil	Turkmenistan	TKM	Asia
125873	Desert soil	Turkmenistan	TKM	Asia

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM983123v1 assembly for Shimazuella alba KC615	contig	GCA_009831235	2690964.3	2887698519	2690964	62.45

Genome browser: GCA_009831235

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
67770	Shimazuella alba strain personal::K C615 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	MG770674	1466		2070468

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
68285	38.5	genome sequence analysis

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Shimazuella alba KC615
NCBI: GCA_009831235.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	80.05	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	94.11	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	79.46	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	90.00	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	82.16	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	70.34	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Shimazuella alba sp. nov. isolated from desert soil and emended description of the genus Shimazuella Park et al. 2007.	Saygin H, Ay H, Sahin N	Arch Microbiol	10.1007/s00203-020-01894-z	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 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68285	Hayrettin Saygin, Hilal Ay & Nevzat Sahin: Shimazuella alba sp. nov. isolated from desert soil and emended description of the genus Shimazuella Park et al. 2007. Arch Microbiol 202: 1831 - 1838 2020 ( DOI 10.1007/s00203-020-01894-z )
#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 )
#125873	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 119309
#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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Shimazuella alba (CGMCC 4.7616, JCM 33532, KC615)

Name and taxonomic classification