Beijerinckia indica (DSM 724, ATCC 9037, IFO 3744)

Name: Beijerinckia indica (DSM 724, ATCC 9037, IFO 3744)
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BacDive ID 1664

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 724 ATCC 9037 IFO 3744 NBRC 3744 NCIB 8597

NCBI tax ID(s) 533

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- J. De Ley <- NCIB <- A.G. Lochhead

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Beijerinckia indica DSM 724 is a bacterium of the family Beijerinckiaceae.

16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 1223

LMG 3898,ATCC 9037,DSM 724,IFO 3744,LMG 3908,NCIB 8597,NCIMB 8597,NBRC 3744,NCIM 2096

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:25:18

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Hyphomicrobiales

Family Beijerinckiaceae

Genus Beijerinckia

Species Beijerinckia indica

Full scientific name Beijerinckia indica (Starkey and De 1939) Derx 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

"Azotobacter indicum"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Beijerinckia indica** (2)	Type strain
1665	B. indica DSM 1715, ATCC 9039, NCIB 8712 (type strain)
1663	B. indica B.102.C, DSM 591

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
370	BEIJERINCKIA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 111)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BEIJERINCKIA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 111) Composition: Agar 15.7895 g/l Glucose 10.5263 g/l K2HPO4 0.842105 g/l KH2PO4 0.210526 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.105263 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0210526 g/l ZnSO4 x 6 H2O 0.00526316 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 0.00526316 g/l CuSO4 x 6 H2O 0.00421053 g/l MnSO4 x 6 H2O 0.00210526 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

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

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB680127 (>99% sequence identity) for Beijerinckia from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	99
Soil Samples	101
Animal Samples	14
Plant Samples	9
Total Samples	223

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
370	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Beijerinckia indica subsp. indica gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 3744	AB680127	1412		31994

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Effects of salinity on acetylene reduction (nitrogen fixation) and respiration in a marine azotobacter.	Dicker HJ, Smith DW.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.42.4.740-744.1981	1981
Metabolism	High rate of N2 fixation by East Siberian cryophilic soil bacteria as determined by measuring acetylene reduction in nitrogen-poor medium solidified with gellan gum.	Hara S, Hashidoko Y, Desyatkin RV, Hatano R, Tahara S.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02660-08	2009
Metabolism	Crystal structure of a glycoside hydrolase family 68 beta-fructosyltransferase from Beijerinckia indica subsp. indica in complex with fructose.	Tonozuka T, Kitamura J, Nagaya M, Kawai R, Nishikawa A, Hirano K, Tamura K, Fujii T, Tochio T	Biosci Biotechnol Biochem	10.1080/09168451.2020.1804317	2020

References

#370	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 724
#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 )
#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 )
#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 .
#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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Beijerinckia indica (DSM 724, ATCC 9037, IFO 3744)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

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