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Brevibacterium sp. (JCM 6894)

Name: Brevibacterium sp. (JCM 6894)
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BacDive ID 165437

Type strain

Culture col. no. JCM 6894

NCBI tax ID(s) 1701

Special Collections JCM

History JCM <-- S. Nagata A505.

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JCM 6894 is a bacterium that was isolated from Seawater.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 64923

JCM 6894

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:45:39

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Micrococcales

Family Brevibacteriaceae

Genus Brevibacterium

Full scientific name Brevibacterium Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
67770	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-8(H₂)

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
67770	Seawater	Aburatsubo, Kanagawa Pref.	Japan	JPN	Asia

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	64.4	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Stress	Mitigation of Hyper KCl Stress at 42 masculineC with Externally Existing Sodium Glutamate to a Halotolerant Brevibacterium sp. JCM 6894.	Yin Y, Mimura H	Biocontrol Sci	10.4265/bio.25.139	2020
Metabolism	Growth enhancement of the halotolerant Brevibacterium sp. JCM 6894 by methionine externally added to a chemically defined medium.	Mimura H	Biocontrol Sci	10.4265/bio.19.151	2014
Pathogenicity	Efficient cyclic system to yield ectoine using Brevibacterium sp. JCM 6894 subjected to osmotic downshock.	Nagata S, Wang Y, Oshima A, Zhang L, Miyake H, Sasaki H, Ishida A	Biotechnol Bioeng	10.1002/bit.21619	2008
Pathogenicity	Supplementation effects of hydroxyectoine on proline uptake of downshocked Brevibacterium sp. JCM 6894.	Wang C, Zhu D, Nagata S	J Biosci Bioeng	10.1263/jbb.101.178	2006
Metabolism	Effect of duration of osmotic downshock and coexisting glutamate on survival and uptake of ectoine in halotolerant Brevibacterium sp. JCM 6894.	Nagata S, Wang C	J Biosci Bioeng	10.1263/jbb.101.57	2006
Metabolism	Efficient utilization of ectoine by halophilic Brevibacterium species and Escherichia coli subjected to osmotic downshock.	Nagata S, Wang C	J Biosci Bioeng	10.1263/jbb.99.61	2005
	Uptake and utilization of ectoine by halotolerant Brevibacterium sp. JCM 6894 subjected to osmotic downshock.	Wang YB, Ikeuchi T, Jin Y, Nagata S	J Biosci Bioeng	10.1016/s1389-1723(02)80222-5	2002
	Accumulation of ectoine in the halotolerant Brevibacterium sp. JCM 6894.	Nagata S, Wang YB	J Biosci Bioeng	10.1263/jbb.91.288	2001
Metabolism	Interrelation between synthesis and uptake of ectoine for the growth of the halotolerant Brevibacterium species JCM 6894 at high osmolarity.	Nagata S, Wang YB	Microbios		2001
	Intracellular changes in ions and organic solutes in halotolerant brevibacterium sp. Strain JCM 6894 after exposure to hyperosmotic shock	Nagata S, Adachi K, Sano H	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/AEM.64.10.3641-3647.1998	1998

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;
#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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Brevibacterium sp. (JCM 6894)

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Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Observation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

GC content

Genome-based predictions

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