Pelosinus fermentans (DSM 17108, ATCC BAA-1133, R7)

Name: Pelosinus fermentans (DSM 17108, ATCC BAA-1133, R7)
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BacDive ID 17204

Type strain

Strain Designation R7, 10787

Culture col. no. DSM 17108 ATCC BAA-1133 R7 CIP 109631 10787

NCBI tax ID(s) 1122947 365349

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Pelosinus fermentans R7 is an anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-negative prokaryote that was isolated from kaolin deposit Zhuravlinii Log.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped anaerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 297292

ATCC BAA-1133,DSM 17108,CIP 109631

@ref 20215

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

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Negativicutes

Order Selenomonadales

Family Sporomusaceae

Genus Pelosinus

Species Pelosinus fermentans

Full scientific name Pelosinus fermentans Shelobolina et al. 2007

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
119309	negative	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
6762	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 D-Glucose 1.99005 g/l Casitone 1.99005 g/l Yeast extract 1.99005 g/l Na2CO3 0.995025 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.497512 g/l NH4Cl 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 Sodium resazurin 0.000497512 g/l NaOH 0.000497512 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000189055 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 9.95025e-05 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 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
37795	MEDIUM 20 - for Anaerobic bacteria		Agar (15.000 g);Glucose (5.000 g);Yeast extract (20.000 g);Tryptone (30.000 g);Cysteine hydrochloride (0.500 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml);Hemin solution -M00149 (25.000 ml)
119309	CIP Medium 20	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
6762	positive	growth	25	mesophilic
37795	positive	growth	25	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
6762	anaerobe
125439	facultative anaerobe	90

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
119309	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
119309	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
119309	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
119309	urease	-	3.5.1.5

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Geologic

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
6762	kaolin deposit Zhuravlinii Log	Plast, Chelyabinsk region	Russia	RUS	Asia
119309	Kaolin lenses		Russian Federation	RUS	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence LK391731 (>99% sequence identity) for Pelosinus fermentans from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	6344
Soil Samples	12100
Animal Samples	2930
Plant Samples	1999
Total Samples	23373

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
6762	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
119309	1	Risk group (French 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	Pelosinus fermentans DSM 17108_v1.1 assembly for Pelosinus fermentans DSM 17108 R7	contig	GCA_000271485	1122947.3	2529293099	1122947	76.43
66792	IMG-taxon 2642422525 annotated assembly for Pelosinus fermentans R7, DSM 17108	contig	GCA_900100555	365349.7	2642422525	365349	76.33

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
6762	Pelosinus fermentans DSM 17108 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	DQ145536	1404		1122947

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
6762	41	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Pelosinus fermentans R7, DSM 17108
NCBI: GCA_900100555

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	90.00	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	78.40	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	74.30	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	78.40	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Pelosinus fermentans DSM 17108
PATRIC: 1122947.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	79.75	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	82.36	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	66.45	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	90.92	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	93.08	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	75.56	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Microorganisms and enzymes involved in polybutylene adipate terephthalate biodegradation.	Fernandes M, Vicente AA, Salvador AF.	Appl Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s00253-025-13565-4	2025
	Efficient Degradation of Consumer-Grade PLA by Commercial Savinase: Optimized Conditions and Molecular Dynamics Insights.	Nenadovic M, Ponjavic M, Pantelic B, Guzik M, Majka TM, Sourkouni G, Marsavelski A, Nikodinovic-Runic J.	ACS Sustain Chem Eng	10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c03378	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
Metabolism	Draft genome sequence of Pelosinus fermentans JBW45, isolated during in situ stimulation for Cr(VI) reduction.	Bowen De Leon K, Young ML, Camilleri LB, Brown SD, Skerker JM, Deutschbauer AM, Arkin AP, Fields MW.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.01224-12	2012
	Metal Transformation by a Novel Pelosinus Isolate From a Subsurface Environment.	Ray AE, Connon SA, Neal AL, Fujita Y, Cummings DE, Ingram JC, Magnuson TS.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2018.01689	2018
Genetics	A Case Study into Microbial Genome Assembly Gap Sequences and Finishing Strategies.	Utturkar SM, Klingeman DM, Hurt RA, Brown SD.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2017.01272	2017
Metabolism	Microbial community succession during lactate amendment and electron acceptor limitation reveals a predominance of metal-reducing Pelosinus spp.	Mosher JJ, Phelps TJ, Podar M, Hurt RA, Campbell JH, Drake MM, Moberly JG, Schadt CW, Brown SD, Hazen TC, Arkin AP, Palumbo AV, Faybishenko BA, Elias DA.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.07165-11	2012
Metabolism	Crystal Structure of Hypothetical Fructose-Specific EIIB from Escherichia coli.	Park J, Kim MS, Joo K, Jhon GJ, Berry EA, Lee J, Shin DH.	Mol Cells	10.14348/molcells.2016.0055	2016
Metabolism	Development and Validation of Broad-Range Qualitative and Clade-Specific Quantitative Molecular Probes for Assessing Mercury Methylation in the Environment.	Christensen GA, Wymore AM, King AJ, Podar M, Hurt RA, Santillan EU, Soren A, Brandt CC, Brown SD, Palumbo AV, Wall JD, Gilmour CC, Elias DA.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.01271-16	2016
Phylogeny	A genomic update on clostridial phylogeny: Gram-negative spore formers and other misplaced clostridia.	Yutin N, Galperin MY.	Environ Microbiol	10.1111/1462-2920.12173	2013
Metabolism	Microbial and Genetic Resources for Cobalamin (Vitamin B12) Biosynthesis: From Ecosystems to Industrial Biotechnology.	Balabanova L, Averianova L, Marchenok M, Son O, Tekutyeva L.	Int J Mol Sci	10.3390/ijms22094522	2021
	Characterization and evolutionary implications of the triad Asp-Xxx-Glu in group II phosphopantetheinyl transferases.	Wang YY, Li YD, Liu JB, Ran XX, Guo YY, Ren NN, Chen X, Jiang H, Li YQ.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0103031	2014
Metabolism	Sustainable growth of Dehalococcoides mccartyi 195 by corrinoid salvaging and remodeling in defined lactate-fermenting consortia.	Men Y, Seth EC, Yi S, Allen RH, Taga ME, Alvarez-Cohen L.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.03477-13	2014
Enzymology	Characterization of a poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate)- hydrolyzing lipase from Pelosinus fermentans.	Biundo A, Hromic A, Pavkov-Keller T, Gruber K, Quartinello F, Haernvall K, Perz V, Arrell MS, Zinn M, Ribitsch D, Guebitz GM	Appl Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s00253-015-7031-1	2016
Genetics	Draft genome sequences for two metal-reducing Pelosinus fermentans strains isolated from a Cr(VI)-contaminated site and for type strain R7.	Brown SD, Podar M, Klingeman DM, Johnson CM, Yang ZK, Utturkar SM, Land ML, Mosher JJ, Hurt RA Jr, Phelps TJ, Palumbo AV, Arkin AP, Hazen TC, Elias DA	J Bacteriol	10.1128/JB.01174-12	2012
Phylogeny	Geobacter pickeringii sp. nov., Geobacter argillaceus sp. nov. and Pelosinus fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from subsurface kaolin lenses.	Shelobolina ES, Nevin KP, Blakeney-Hayward JD, Johnsen CV, Plaia TW, Krader P, Woodard T, Holmes DE, VanPraagh CG, Lovley DR	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.64221-0	2007
Phylogeny	Pelosinus defluvii sp. nov., isolated from chlorinated solvent-contaminated groundwater, emended description of the genus Pelosinus and transfer of Sporotalea propionica to Pelosinus propionicus comb. nov.	Moe WM, Stebbing RE, Rao JU, Bowman KS, Nobre MF, da Costa MS, Rainey FA	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.033753-0	2011

References

#6762	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 17108
#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 )
#37795	; Curators of the CIP;
#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) .
#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 .
#119309	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 109631
#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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Pelosinus fermentans (DSM 17108, ATCC BAA-1133, R7)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Enzymes

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000271485

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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