Ancylobacter aquaticus (DSM 2456, W)

Name: Ancylobacter aquaticus (DSM 2456, W)
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BacDive ID 17391

Type strain

Strain Designation W

Culture col. no. DSM 2456 W

NCBI tax ID(s) 100

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- J.T. Staley, strain W (Microcyclus sp.) <- A.E. Konopka

Links

Ancylobacter aquaticus W is a bacterium that was isolated from pulpmill oxidation pond.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 47616

DSM 2456

@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 aquaticus

Full scientific name Ancylobacter aquaticus (Ørskov 1928) Raj 1983

Synonyms (1)

Microcyclus aquaticus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Ancylobacter aquaticus** (4)	Type strain
17385	A. aquaticus DSM 101, ATCC 25396, CCM 1786, NCIB 9271, ... (type strain)
17382	A. aquaticus M, DSM 334, ATCC 27068, JCM 20515, CCM 2549, ...
17384	A. aquaticus B, DSM 2454, ATCC 27069, JCM 20517, CCM 2548, ...
17390	A. aquaticus H, DSM 2455

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
1084	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
1084	MINERAL MEDIUM FOR CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC GROWTH (H-3) (DSMZ Medium 81)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: MINERAL MEDIUM FOR CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC GROWTH (H-3) (DSMZ Medium 81) Composition: Agar 20.1005 g/l Na2HPO4 x 2 H2O 2.91457 g/l KH2PO4 2.31156 g/l NH4Cl 1.00503 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.502512 g/l Ferric ammonium citrate 0.0502513 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.0100503 g/l NaVO3 x H2O 0.00502512 g/l Calcium pantothenate 0.00251256 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 0.00251256 g/l Nicotinic acid 0.00251256 g/l Thiamine-HCl x 2 H2O 0.00251256 g/l H3BO3 0.00150754 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.00100503 g/l Riboflavin 0.000502513 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.000502513 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.000150754 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 0.000150754 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000100503 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 5.02513e-05 g/l Vitamin B12 5.02513e-05 g/l Folic acid 1.00503e-05 g/l Biotin 5.02513e-06 g/l Distilled water
1084	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)
1084	positive	growth	26

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Industrial	#Plant (Factory)
#Engineered	#Waste	#Wastewater
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Pond (small)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
1084	pulpmill oxidation pond	Washington, Everett, Weyerhauser Corporation	USA	USA	North America

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
1084	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

GC content

1084

GC-content (mol%)67.1

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#1084	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 2456
#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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