Name: Aquabacterium citratiphilum B4
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 17925

Type strain:

Species: Aquabacterium citratiphilum

Strain Designation: B4

Culture col. no.: CCUG 53899, ATCC BAA-207, CIP 106985, DSM 11900, CCM 4956

Strain history: CIP <- 2001, W. Manz, Technische Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany: strain B4 <- S. Kalmbach

NCBI tax ID(s): 70582 (species)

SI-ID 49204

CIP 106985, DSM 11900, CCM 4956, NCIMB 13783, ATCC BAA-207, CCUG 53899

Special Collections

Section

Aquabacterium citratiphilum B4 is an aerobe, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from biofilm in drinking water pipe.

Gram-negative
rod-shaped
aerobe
16S sequence
Bacteria

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Pseudomonadota*
	Class	*Betaproteobacteria*
	Order	*Burkholderiales*
	Family	*Comamonadaceae*
	Genus	*Aquabacterium*
	Species	**Aquabacterium citratiphilum**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Aquabacterium citratiphilum Kalmbach et al. 1999

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #118292]	Gram stain	negative

[Ref.: #118292]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #118292]	Motility	no

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

PLATE COUNT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 464)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

MEDIUM R2A MODIFIED (DSMZ Medium 830a)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 372 - for Aquabacterium

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 372

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #4532]		growth	28 °C
[Ref.: #39629]		growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #60067]		growth	20-30 °C
[Ref.: #118292]		growth	22-30 °C
[Ref.: #118292]	no	growth	5 °C
[Ref.: #118292]	no	growth	10 °C
[Ref.: #118292]	no	growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #118292]	no	growth	41 °C

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #60067]

Oxygen tolerance

aerobe

	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #118292]	NaCl		growth	0	%
[Ref.: #118292]	NaCl	no	growth	2	%
[Ref.: #118292]	NaCl	no	growth	4	%
[Ref.: #118292]	NaCl	no	growth	6	%
[Ref.: #118292]	NaCl	no	growth	8	%

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #68369]	adipate ChEBI	+	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	arginine ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #118292]	citrate ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #68369]	D-glucose ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	D-glucose ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	D-mannitol ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	D-mannose ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	decanoate ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #118292]	esculin ChEBI	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #68369]	esculin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	gelatin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	gluconate ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #118292]	glucose ChEBI	-	fermentation
[Ref.: #68369]	L-arabinose ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #118292]	lactose ChEBI	+	fermentation
[Ref.: #68369]	malate ChEBI	+	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	maltose ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	N-acetylglucosamine ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #118292]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #68369]	nitrate ChEBI	+	reduction	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #118292]	nitrite ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #118292]	sodium thiosulfate ChEBI	-	builds gas from
[Ref.: #68369]	tryptophan ChEBI	-	energy source	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68369]	urea ChEBI	+	hydrolysis	* from API 20NE
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	Antibiotica	Metabolite	Antibiotic sensitivity	Antibiotic resistance
[Ref.: #118292]		0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)	no	yes

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #118292]		indole ChEBI	no
[Ref.: #68369]		indole ChEBI	no	* from API 20NE

	Metabolite	Voges-Proskauer-test	Methylred-test	Indole test
[Ref.: #118292]	acetoin ChEBI	-
[Ref.: #118292]	glucose ChEBI		+
[Ref.: #68369]	indole ChEBI			-	* from API 20NE

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68382]	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2	* from API zym
[Ref.: #118292]	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
[Ref.: #68382]	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	* from API zym
[Ref.: #118292]	amylase	-
[Ref.: #68369]	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68369]	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	* from API 20NE, API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API zym
[Ref.: #118292]	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
[Ref.: #118292]	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #68382]	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68369]	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #118292]	DNase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase (C 4)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #118292]	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
[Ref.: #118292]	gelatinase	-
[Ref.: #68369]	gelatinase	-		* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #118292]	lecithinase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #118292]	lipase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	lipase (C 14)	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #118292]	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
[Ref.: #68382]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #118292]	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
[Ref.: #118292]	oxidase	-
[Ref.: #118292]	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
[Ref.: #68382]	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	* from API zym
[Ref.: #118292]	tryptophan deaminase	-
[Ref.: #118292]	tween esterase	+
[Ref.: #118292]	urease	+	3.5.1.5
[Ref.: #68369]	urease	+	3.5.1.5	* from API 20NE
[Ref.: #68382]	valine arylamidase	-		* from API zym
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API® 20NE:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	Reduction of nitratesNO3	Indole productionTRP	Fermentation of D-glucoseGLU_ Ferm	Arginine dihydrolaseADH (Arg)	Urease/urea hydrolysisURE	Esculin hydrolysis/beta-GlucosidaseESC	Gelatinase/gelatin hydrolysisGEL	beta-GalactosidasePNPG	Assimilation of D-glucoseGLU_ Assim	Assimilation of L-arabinoseARA	Assimilation of D-mannoseMNE	Assimilation of D-mannitolMAN	Assimilation of N-acetyl-glucosamineNAG	Assimilation of maltoseMAL	Assimilation of gluconateGNT	Assimilation of capric acidCAP	Assimilation adipic acidADI	Assimilation of malic acidMLT	Assimilation of citric acidCIT	Assimilation of phenyl-acetic acidPAC	Cytochrome oxidaseOX
[Ref.: #4532]	24751	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+

API® Biotype100:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
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API® zym:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	Control	2-naphthyl phosphateAlkaline phosphatase	2-naphthyl butyrateEsterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	2-naphthyl myristateLipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-2-naphthylamideTrypsin	N-glutaryl-phenylalanine-2-naphthylamidealpha- Chymotrypsin	2-naphthyl phosphateAcid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-galactpyranosidealpha- Galactosidase	2-naphthyl-betaD-galactpyranosidebeta- Galactosidase	Naphthol-AS-BI-betaD-glucuronidebeta- Glucuronidase	2-naphthyl-alphaD-glucopyranosidealpha- Glucosidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-betaD-glucopyranosidebeta- Glucosidase	1-naphthyl-N-acetyl-betaD-glucosaminideN-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-mannopyranosidealpha- Mannosidase	2-naphthyl-alphaL-fucopyranosidealpha- Fucosidase
[Ref.: #118292]	9969	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #4532]	Sample type/isolated from	biofilm in drinking water pipe
[Ref.: #4532]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Berlin
[Ref.: #4532]	Country	Germany
[Ref.: #4532]	Country ISO 3 Code	DEU
[Ref.: #4532]	Continent	Europe

[Ref.: #60067]	Sample type/isolated from	Drinking water biofilm
[Ref.: #60067]	Sampling date	1996
[Ref.: #60067]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Berlin
[Ref.: #60067]	Country	Germany
[Ref.: #60067]	Country ISO 3 Code	DEU
[Ref.: #60067]	Continent	Europe

[Ref.: #118292]	Sample type/isolated from	Environment, Drinking water biofilms
[Ref.: #118292]	Country	Germany
[Ref.: #118292]	Country ISO 3 Code	DEU
[Ref.: #118292]	Continent	Europe
[Ref.: #118292]	Isolation date	1996
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Isolation sources categories

#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Freshwater
#Environmental	#Biofilm	-

What are isolation sources categories?

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Global distribution of 16S sequence AF035050 (>99% sequence identity) for Aquabacterium from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	694
Soil Samples	95
Animal Samples	614
Plant Samples	45
Total Samples	1448

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

[Ref.: #4532]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
[Ref.: #118292]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (French classification)

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #4532]	Beta proteobacterium B4 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF035050	1418	GenBank ENA	70582 tax ID

Availability in culture collections External links

[Ref.: #4532]

Culture collection no.

CCUG 53899, ATCC BAA-207, CIP 106985, DSM 11900, CCM 4956

[Ref.: #86914]

SI-ID 49204

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Aquabacterium soli sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from soil under the long-term application of bifenthrin.	Sun L, Chen W, Huang K, Lyu W, Gao X	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.004768	2021	*
Phylogeny	Aquabacterium gen. nov., with description of Aquabacterium citratiphilum sp. nov., Aquabacterium parvum sp. nov. and Aquabacterium commune sp. nov., three in situ dominant bacterial species from the Berlin drinking water system.	Kalmbach S, Manz W, Wecke J, Szewzyk U	Int J Syst Bacteriol	10.1099/00207713-49-2-769	1999	*

References

#4532

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 11900

#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 )

#39629 ; Curators of the CIP;
#60067 Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 53899

#68369

Automatically annotated from API 20NE .

#68382

Automatically annotated from API zym .

#69479

João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .

#86914

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID49204.1 )

#118292 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 106985
* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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