Sporomusa termitida (DSM 4440, ATCC 49683, JSN-2)

Name: Sporomusa termitida (DSM 4440, ATCC 49683, JSN-2)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 17198

Type strain

Strain Designation JSN-2

Culture col. no. DSM 4440 ATCC 49683 JSN-2

NCBI tax ID(s) 2377

Special Collections DSMZ

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Sporomusa termitida JSN-2 is an anaerobe, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from intestinal contents of termite Nasutitermes nigriceps.

anaerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 46889

ATCC 49683,DSM 4440

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:51:02

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Negativicutes

Order Selenomonadales

Family Sporomusaceae

Genus Sporomusa

Species Sporomusa termitida

Full scientific name Sporomusa termitida Breznak et al. 1990

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
1592	SPOROMUSA ACIDOVORANS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 311c)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: SPOROMUSA ACIDOVORANS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 311c; with strain-specific modifications) Composition: NaCl 2.23881 g/l Yeast extract 1.99005 g/l Casitone 1.99005 g/l Betaine 1.34328 g/l Na2CO3 0.995025 g/l NH4Cl 0.497512 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.497512 g/l K2HPO4 0.348259 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.248756 g/l KH2PO4 0.228856 g/l DL-Dithiothreitol 0.149254 g/l HCl 0.00248756 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00199005 g/l FeCl2 x 4 H2O 0.00149254 g/l NaOH 0.000497512 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.000497512 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000189055 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 9.95025e-05 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 9.95025e-05 g/l ZnCl2 6.96517e-05 g/l p-Aminobenzoic acid 4.97512e-05 g/l (DL)-alpha-Lipoic acid 4.97512e-05 g/l Nicotinic acid 4.97512e-05 g/l Riboflavin 4.97512e-05 g/l Thiamine HCl 4.97512e-05 g/l Calcium D-(+)-pantothenate 4.97512e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 3.58209e-05 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 2.38806e-05 g/l Folic acid 1.99005e-05 g/l Biotin 1.99005e-05 g/l H3BO3 5.97015e-06 g/l Na2WO4 x 2 H2O 3.9801e-06 g/l Na2SeO3 x 5 H2O 2.98507e-06 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 1.99005e-06 g/l Vitamin B12 9.95025e-07 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
1592	positive	growth	30	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

1592

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	100	8 of 8
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	100	7 of 7
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	threonine metabolism	100	10 of 10
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	100	8 of 8
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	gluconeogenesis	100	8 of 8
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	91.18	31 of 34
66794	alanine metabolism	89.66	26 of 29
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	89.29	25 of 28
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	valine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	serine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	isoleucine metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	80	8 of 10
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	hydrogen production	80	4 of 5
66794	histidine metabolism	79.31	23 of 29
66794	photosynthesis	78.57	11 of 14
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	NAD metabolism	77.78	14 of 18
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	d-mannose degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	77.78	35 of 45
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
66794	leucine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	purine metabolism	74.47	70 of 94
66794	lysine metabolism	73.81	31 of 42
66794	flavin biosynthesis	73.33	11 of 15
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	72.73	8 of 11
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	propanol degradation	71.43	5 of 7
66794	glycolysis	70.59	12 of 17
66794	starch degradation	70	7 of 10
66794	propionate fermentation	70	7 of 10
66794	methionine metabolism	69.23	18 of 26
66794	urea cycle	69.23	9 of 13
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	66.67	4 of 6
66794	cysteine metabolism	66.67	12 of 18
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	66.67	4 of 6
66794	citric acid cycle	64.29	9 of 14
66794	glutathione metabolism	64.29	9 of 14
66794	proline metabolism	63.64	7 of 11
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	62.64	57 of 91
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	62.5	10 of 16
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	61.54	16 of 26
66794	tryptophan metabolism	60.53	23 of 38
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	60	3 of 5
66794	arginine metabolism	58.33	14 of 24
66794	lipid metabolism	58.06	18 of 31
66794	degradation of sugar acids	56	14 of 25
66794	allantoin degradation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	nitrate assimilation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	phenol degradation	55	11 of 20
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	54.55	6 of 11
66794	sulfate reduction	53.85	7 of 13
66794	non-pathway related	52.63	20 of 38
66794	polyamine pathway	52.17	12 of 23
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	50	4 of 8
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	50	6 of 12
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	50	5 of 10
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	tyrosine metabolism	50	7 of 14
66794	1,4-dihydroxy-6-naphthoate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	toluene degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	lactate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	46.15	6 of 13
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	45.45	5 of 11
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	degradation of hexoses	44.44	8 of 18
66794	benzoyl-CoA degradation	42.86	3 of 7
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	40	4 of 10
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	carnitine metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	33.33	5 of 15
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	methane metabolism	33.33	1 of 3
66794	methanogenesis from CO2	33.33	4 of 12
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	aclacinomycin biosynthesis	28.57	2 of 7
66794	degradation of pentoses	28.57	8 of 28
66794	catecholamine biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	25	4 of 16
66794	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	23.53	4 of 17
66794	ascorbate metabolism	22.73	5 of 22

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Arthropoda	#Insecta
#Host Body-Site	#Gastrointestinal tract	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
1592	intestinal contents of termite Nasutitermes nigriceps	Nasutitermes nigriceps	Jamaica	JAM	Middle and South America

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
1592	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM764125v1 assembly for Sporomusa termitida DSM 4440	complete	GCA_007641255	2377.3	2989309576	2377	96.13

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
1592	Sporomusa termitida partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain DSM 4440T, clone 1	HE582744	1642	2377
1592	Sporomusa termitida partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain DSM 4440T, clone 3	HE582746	1541	2377
1592	Sporomusa termitida partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain DSM 4440T, clone 4	HE582747	1642	2377

GC content

1592

GC-content (mol%)48.6

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Sporomusa termitida strain DSM 4440
PATRIC: 2377.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	68.10	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	68.80	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	59.00	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	79.20	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Sporomusa termitida DSM 4440
NCBI: GCA_007641255.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	84.88	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	77.73	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	88.17	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	63.16	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	92.12	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	75.18	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Enzymology	Unveiling 14 novel 2-hydroxy acid racemization and epimerization reactions in the lactate racemase superfamily.	Urdiain-Arraiza J, Vandenberghe A, Dimitrova G, Desguin B.	J Biol Chem	10.1016/j.jbc.2024.108069	2025
Genetics	Tartrate fermentation with H₂ production by a new member of Sporomusaceae enriched from rice paddy soil.	Pereira-Mora L, Guerrero LD, Erijman L, Fernandez-Scavino A.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02351-23	2024
Enzymology	Carbonic anhydrase in Acetobacterium woodii and other acetogenic bacteria.	Braus-Stromeyer SA, Schnappauf G, Braus GH, Gossner AS, Drake HL.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.179.22.7197-7200.1997	1997
Metabolism	Using gas mixtures of CO, CO₂ and H₂ as microbial substrates: the do's and don'ts of successful technology transfer from laboratory to production scale.	Takors R, Kopf M, Mampel J, Bluemke W, Blombach B, Eikmanns B, Bengelsdorf FR, Weuster-Botz D, Durre P.	Microb Biotechnol	10.1111/1751-7915.13270	2018
Phylogeny	Functional gene analysis suggests different acetogen populations in the bovine rumen and tammar wallaby forestomach.	Gagen EJ, Denman SE, Padmanabha J, Zadbuke S, Al Jassim R, Morrison M, McSweeney CS.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.01679-10	2010
Enzymology	Recovery and analysis of formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase gene sequences from natural populations of acetogenic bacteria.	Leaphart AB, Lovell CR.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.67.3.1392-1395.2001	2001
Metabolism	Hydrogen-dependent oxygen reduction by homoacetogenic bacteria isolated from termite guts.	Boga HI, Brune A.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.69.2.779-786.2003	2003
Metabolism	Characterization of the H2- and CO-dependent chemolithotrophic potentials of the acetogens Clostridium thermoaceticum and Acetogenium kivui.	Daniel SL, Hsu T, Dean SI, Drake HL.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.172.8.4464-4471.1990	1990
Genetics	Complete Genome Sequence of Sporomusa termitida DSM 4440(T).	Poehlein A, Hollensteiner J, Dreyer A, Gavrilova I, Daniel R	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/MRA.00046-20	2020

References

#1592	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 4440
#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) .
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#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 .
#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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Sporomusa termitida (DSM 4440, ATCC 49683, JSN-2)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Pathway annotation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_007641255

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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