Ancylobacter polymorphus (DSM 2453, M6)

Name: Ancylobacter polymorphus (DSM 2453, M6)
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BacDive ID 17383

Type strain

Strain Designation M6

Culture col. no. DSM 2453 M6

NCBI tax ID(s) 223390

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- J.T. Staley, strain M6 <- A.E. Konopka (deposited as Ancylobacter (Microcyclus) aquaticus)

Links

Ancylobacter polymorphus M6 is a bacterium of the family Xanthobacteraceae.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 47614

DSM 2453

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:29:00

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Hyphomicrobiales

Family Xanthobacteraceae

Genus Ancylobacter

Species Ancylobacter polymorphus

Full scientific name Ancylobacter polymorphus Xin et al. 2006

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Ancylobacter polymorphus** (11)	Type strain
17403	A. polymorphus Pla5, DSM 2457, CIP 109301, NCIB 10516, CCUG ... (type strain)
17389	A. polymorphus 407, DSM 1108
17392	A. polymorphus C-37, DSM 2667
17395	A. polymorphus DSM 3903, CCUG 30556
17396	A. polymorphus DSM 3910
17397	A. polymorphus DSM 3911
17398	A. polymorphus DSM 3912
17399	A. polymorphus DSM 3913
17400	A. polymorphus DSM 3914
17404	A. polymorphus NS03, DSM 18745, NEU 1210
17405	A. polymorphus NS04, DSM 19551

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
1081	HETEROTROPHIC MEDIUM H3P (DSMZ Medium 428)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: HETEROTROPHIC MEDIUM H3P (DSMZ Medium 428) Composition: Agar 19.802 g/l Na2HPO4 x 2 H2O 2.87129 g/l KH2PO4 2.27723 g/l D-Glucose 1.9802 g/l Na-lactate 0.990099 g/l Na-pyruvate 0.990099 g/l D-Mannitol 0.990099 g/l DL-Malate 0.990098 g/l Na-acetate 0.990098 g/l Yeast extract 0.990098 g/l NH4Cl 0.990098 g/l Disodium succinate 0.990098 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.495049 g/l Ferric ammonium citrate 0.049505 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.00990098 g/l NaVO3 x H2O 0.00495049 g/l Thiamine-HCl x 2 H2O 0.00247525 g/l Nicotinic acid 0.00247525 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 0.00247525 g/l Calcium pantothenate 0.00247525 g/l H3BO3 0.00148515 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000990099 g/l Riboflavin 0.00049505 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00049505 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.000148515 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 0.000148515 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 9.90099e-05 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 4.95049e-05 g/l Vitamin B12 4.95049e-05 g/l Folic acid 9.90099e-06 g/l Biotin 4.9505e-06 g/l Distilled water
1081	ANCYLOBACTER - SPIROSOMA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 7)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: ANCYLOBACTER - SPIROSOMA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 7) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Peptone 1.0 g/l Glucose 1.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
1081	positive	growth	26

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
1081	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

GC content

1081

GC-content (mol%)67.9

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#1081	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 2453
#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 )
#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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