Thioalkalispira microaerophila (DSM 14786, UNIQEM 212, ALEN 1)

Name: Thioalkalispira microaerophila (DSM 14786, UNIQEM 212, ALEN 1)
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BacDive ID 17845

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 14786 UNIQEM 212 ALEN 1

NCBI tax ID(s) 200624

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- D. Y. Sorokin; ALEN1

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Thioalkalispira microaerophila DSM 14786 is a bacterium that was isolated from soda lake Fazdah.

16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 100500

DSM 14786

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:29:06

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Chromatiales

Family Thioalkalispiraceae

Genus Thioalkalispira

Species Thioalkalispira microaerophila

Full scientific name Thioalkalispira microaerophila Sorokin et al. 2002

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
5540	ALKALIPHILIC SULPHUR RESPIRING STRAINS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 925)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: ALKALIPHILIC SULPHUR RESPIRING STRAINS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 925) Composition: Na2CO3 20.0 g/l NaHCO3 10.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l K2HPO4 1.0 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 0.2 g/l H3BO3 0.0006 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.0004 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0002 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 6e-05 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 6e-05 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 4e-05 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 2e-05 g/l EDTA 1e-05 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 4e-06 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
5540	positive	growth	28

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Lake (large)
#Condition	#Alkaline	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
5540	soda lake Fazdah	Egypt	EGY	Africa

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
5540	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
5540	Thioalkalispira microaerophila strain ALEN 1 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF481118	1433		200624

GC content

5540

GC-content (mol%)59

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Enzymology	Specific bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryotic communities in tidal-flat sediments along a vertical profile of several meters.	Wilms R, Sass H, Kopke B, Koster J, Cypionka H, Engelen B.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.72.4.2756-2764.2006	2006
Phylogeny	Thioalkalispira microaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel lithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a soda lake.	Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Sjollema KA, Kuenen JG	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-52-6-2175	2002

References

#5540	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 14786
#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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Thioalkalispira microaerophila (DSM 14786, UNIQEM 212, ALEN 1)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

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