Sulfitobacter pontiacus (DSM 110278, SO254Ex20a)

Name: Sulfitobacter pontiacus (DSM 110278, SO254Ex20a)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 175019

Type strain

Strain Designation SO254Ex20a

Culture col. no. DSM 110278 SO254Ex20a

NCBI tax ID(s) 60137

History <- H. Freese, Leibniz-Institut DSMZ GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany; SO254Ex20a <- M. Wolterink, ICBM; SO254Ex20a <- H.-A. Giebel, ICBM; SO254Ex20a

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Sulfitobacter pontiacus SO254Ex20a is a prokaryote that was isolated from Seawater taken from 20 m depth during cruise SO254 with RV Sonne incubated within a mesocosm experiment with diatom exudates at 15°C in the dark for 8 days..

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 283396

DSM 110278

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:42:13

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Rhodobacterales

Family Roseobacteraceae

Genus Sulfitobacter

Species Sulfitobacter pontiacus

Full scientific name Sulfitobacter pontiacus Sorokin 1996

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Sulfitobacter pontiacus** (12)	Type strain
13791	S. pontiacus DSM 10014, CHLG 10, KCTC 32185, LMD 95.85, ... (type strain)
13792	S. pontiacus DSM 10015, CHLG 5, LMD 95.110
156317	S. pontiacus CCUG 61130
175012	S. pontiacus so17_113, DSM 109972
175013	S. pontiacus CS1_PS3a, DSM 109987
175014	S. pontiacus 3CS3_PS2, DSM 109989
175015	S. pontiacus 4CW3_PP3, DSM 109995
175016	S. pontiacus 3RW5_PP3a, DSM 110033
175017	S. pontiacus 1d3, DSM 110092
175018	S. pontiacus JAS_HD_35, DSM 110095
175020	S. pontiacus ASW_33_2_5, DSM 110733
175021	S. pontiacus ASW_330_10_3, DSM 110734

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
124790	BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514) Composition: NaCl 19.45 g/l MgCl2 5.9 g/l Bacto peptone 5.0 g/l Na2SO4 3.24 g/l CaCl2 1.8 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l KCl 0.55 g/l NaHCO3 0.16 g/l Fe(III) citrate 0.1 g/l KBr 0.08 g/l SrCl2 0.034 g/l H3BO3 0.022 g/l Na2HPO4 0.008 g/l Na-silicate 0.004 g/l NaF 0.0024 g/l (NH4)NO3 0.0016 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
124790	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	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	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
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68369	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		from API zym
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
124790	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
124790	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+/-	-	+	+/-	+/-	+	-	+	+	+	+/-	not determinedn.d.

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Latitude	Longitude
124790	Seawater taken from 20 m depth during cruise SO254 with RV Sonne incubated within a mesocosm experiment with diatom exudates at 15°C in the dark for 8 days.	South Pacific Ocean (45° 57' 0'' S, 179° 22' 48.00'' E)	New Zealand	NZL	Australia and Oceania	-45.95	179.38 -45.95/179.38

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
124790	1	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

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 .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#124790	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 110278
#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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