Priestia megaterium (DSM 113760, J4)

Name: Priestia megaterium (DSM 113760, J4)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 169172

Type strain

Strain Designation J4

Culture col. no. DSM 113760 J4

NCBI tax ID(s) 1404

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- N. Lee, Umea University, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences; J4 <- B. Rehamnia, Universite Frere Mentouri, Constantine 1, Algeria;

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Priestia megaterium J4 is a bacterium that was isolated from cave sediments.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 400370

DSM 113760

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:46:32

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Bacillaceae

Genus Priestia

Species Priestia megaterium

Full scientific name Priestia megaterium (de Bary 1884) Gupta et al. 2020

Synonyms (1)

Bacillus megaterium

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Priestia megaterium** (44)	Type strain
733	P. megaterium 1060, 19, Ford 19, Gibson 1060, DSM 32, ATCC ... (type strain)
714	P. megaterium DSM 333
715	P. megaterium DSM 337
716	P. megaterium DSM 339
717	P. megaterium DSM 319
718	P. megaterium 1600, MC 2, DSM 321
719	P. megaterium DSM 322
720	P. megaterium DSM 344
721	P. megaterium DSM 509, CCM 1464, IFO 12109, NBRC 12109, ...
722	P. megaterium SF 96, DSM 510
723	P. megaterium DSM 786, NCIB 11251
724	P. megaterium DSM 1804, ATCC 12872, QM B 1551
725	P. megaterium DSM 1517, NRS 1241
726	P. megaterium Q 23, DSM 1668, ATCC 33167
727	P. megaterium Q 24, DSM 1669, ATCC 33168
728	P. megaterium Q 25, DSM 1670, ATCC 33169
729	P. megaterium Q 22, DSM 1671, ATCC 33166
730	P. megaterium DSM 2894, ATCC 10778, NCIB 8508, NRRL B-938
731	P. megaterium DSM 3228, BKM B-847, VKM B-847
732	P. megaterium APF84, DSM 3641, ATCC 25848, NRRL B-1368
734	P. megaterium 1598, 3, Bohlken 3, DSM 90
735	P. megaterium ES2-2c1, DSM 30587
736	P. megaterium ES2-11c1, DSM 30601
737	P. megaterium W11/5, DSM 30782
738	P. megaterium W18/6, DSM 30787
739	P. megaterium K1-8, DSM 30897
1291	P. megaterium FR1-40con, DSM 30722
23635	P. megaterium Ne10/00, DSM 17641
23636	P. megaterium D6.1, DSM 30967
131177	P. megaterium T4_17, DSM 100546
131628	P. megaterium Stev14, DSM 103050
131629	P. megaterium D31_2, DSM 103752
131643	P. megaterium Root147, DSM 102374
131644	P. megaterium Root239, DSM 102375
131646	P. megaterium Leaf75, DSM 102574
131649	P. megaterium DSM 102771, Soil 531
157594	P. megaterium K25-3, DSM 109492
158840	P. megaterium FH4_2, DSM 110117
162717	P. megaterium JCM 20055, IAM 1111
162737	P. megaterium JCM 20084, IAM 1166, NRRL B-939
162772	P. megaterium JCM 20126, IAM 1245
169171	P. megaterium SOS1, DSM 104036
169173	P. megaterium Turin11- W18, DSM 113930
176400	P. megaterium CT11-28, DSM 117377

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
68410	NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
68410	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Latitude	Longitude
68410	cave sediments	Bouira	Algeria	DZA	Africa	36.4692	4.1029 36.4692/4.1029

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
68410	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

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 )
#68410	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 113760
#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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