Ancylobacter polymorphus (DSM 3903, CCUG 30556)

Name: Ancylobacter polymorphus (DSM 3903, CCUG 30556)
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BacDive ID 17395

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 3903 CCUG 30556

NCBI tax ID(s) 223390

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG

History DSMZ <- M.J. Bailey <- S.E. Strand, strain PiF (deposited as Ancylobacter (Microcyclus) sp.)

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Ancylobacter polymorphus DSM 3903 is an aerobe bacterium that was isolated from aerobic waste water treatment pond of a kraft paper mill.

aerobe Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 47773

CCUG 30556,DSM 3903,VTT E-85236

@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)
17383	A. polymorphus M6, DSM 2453
17389	A. polymorphus 407, DSM 1108
17392	A. polymorphus C-37, DSM 2667
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
1503	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
1503	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)
1503	positive	growth	30
50147	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

50147

Oxygen toleranceaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Industrial	-
#Engineered	#Waste	#Industrial wastewater
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Pond (small)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
1503	aerobic waste water treatment pond of a kraft paper mill	Pacific northwest	USA	USA	North America
50147	Waste water treatment pond of a kraft paper mill	Pacific northwest	USA	USA	North America

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
1503	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#1503	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 3903
#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 )
#50147	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 30556
#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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