Dawidia cretensis (DSM 111596, PWu 7306, NCCB 100799)

Name: Dawidia cretensis (DSM 111596, PWu 7306, NCCB 100799)
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BacDive ID 174913

Type strain

Strain Designation PWu 7306, PWU 5

Culture col. no. DSM 111596 PWu 7306 NCCB 100799 PWU 5

NCBI tax ID(s) 2782350

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Dawidia cretensis PWu 7306 is a prokaryote that was isolated from sheep faeces with plant residues.

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 399159

NCCB:100799,DSM 111596

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:11:55

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Bacteroidota

Class Cytophagia

Order Cytophagales

Family Cytophagaceae

Genus Dawidia

Species Dawidia cretensis

Full scientific name Dawidia cretensis Octaviana et al. 2025

Morphology

Multimedia

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caption:	cells of DSM 111596 on medium 830 at 28 °C
intellectual property rights:	Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH
manual_annotation:	1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
124682	VY/2 AGAR (DSMZ Medium 9)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: VY/2 AGAR (DSMZ Medium 9) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Baker's yeast 5.0 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 1.36 g/l Vitamin B12 0.0005 g/l Distilled water
124682	CY-AGAR (DSMZ Medium 67)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CY-AGAR (DSMZ Medium 67) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casitone 3.0 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 1.36 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Distilled water
124682	TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Distilled water
124682	R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casamino acids 0.5 g/l Starch 0.5 g/l Glucose 0.5 g/l Proteose peptone 0.5 g/l Yeast extract 0.5 g/l K2HPO4 0.3 g/l Na-pyruvate 0.3 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.05 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
124682	positive	growth	28

Physiology and metabolism

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
68369	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API 20NE
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API 20NE

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68369	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
68369	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1	from API 20NE
68369	gelatinase	+		from API 20NE
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE

API 20NE

@ref	Reduction of nitratesNO3	TRP	GLU_ Ferm	ADH (Arg)	URE	ESC	GEL	PNPG	GLU_ Assim	ARA	MNE	MAN	NAG	MAL	GNT	CAP	ADI	MLT	CIT	PAC	OX
124682	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Latitude	Longitude
124682	sheep faeces with plant residues	Crete Island (35° 14' 46.68'' N, 25° 5' 49.20 E)	Greece	GRC	Europe	35.2463	25.0969 35.2463/25.0969

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Validation list no. 225: valid publication of new names and new combinations effectively published outside the IJSEM.	Oren A, Goker M.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006863	2025
Four new members of the family Cytophagaceae: Chryseosolibacter histidini gen. nov., sp. nov., Chryseosolibacter indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., Dawidia cretensis, gen. nov., sp. nov., and Dawidia soli, gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from diverse habitat.	Octaviana S, Lorenczyk S, Ackert F, Fenske L, Wink J.	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-022-01756-2	2022

References

#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 )
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#124682	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 111596
#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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Dawidia cretensis (DSM 111596, PWu 7306, NCCB 100799)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Multimedia

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API 20NE

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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