Sphaerotilus mobilis (DSM 10617, FeOx-1)

Name: Sphaerotilus mobilis (DSM 10617, FeOx-1)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 17930

Type strain

Strain Designation FeOx-1

Culture col. no. DSM 10617 FeOx-1

NCBI tax ID(s) 47994

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- S. Spring, Univ. München, Feox-1

Links

Sphaerotilus mobilis FeOx-1 is a bacterium that was isolated from freshwater sediment.

genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 14432

LMG 17066,DSM 10617

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:22:20

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Betaproteobacteria

Order Burkholderiales

Family Sphaerotilaceae

Genus Sphaerotilus

Species Sphaerotilus mobilis

Full scientific name Sphaerotilus mobilis (Spring et al. 1997) Liu et al. 2023

Synonyms (1)

Leptothrix mobilis

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125439	negative	94.9
125438	negative	98.494

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
3987	SPHAEROTILUS-LEPTOTHRIX MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 803)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: SPHAEROTILUS-LEPTOTHRIX MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 803) Composition: Agar 20.0 g/l Peptone 1.5 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Ferric ammonium citrate 0.5 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.2 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.05 g/l CaCl2 0.05 g/l FeCl3 x 6 H2O 0.01 g/l Tap water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
3987	positive	growth	25

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate aerobe	97.2

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		94.7
125438		90.251

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	cellulose degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	threonine metabolism	100	10 of 10
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	photosynthesis	100	14 of 14
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	100	2 of 2
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	butanoate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	valine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	100	10 of 10
66794	gallate degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	denitrification	100	2 of 2
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	100	5 of 5
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	100	9 of 9
66794	citric acid cycle	92.86	13 of 14
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	gluconeogenesis	87.5	7 of 8
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	86.67	13 of 15
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	85.71	6 of 7
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	85.71	6 of 7
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	leucine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	83.33	5 of 6
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	82.14	23 of 28
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	81.82	9 of 11
66794	phenol degradation	80	16 of 20
66794	hydrogen production	80	4 of 5
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	80	4 of 5
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	methanofuran biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	purine metabolism	78.72	74 of 94
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
66794	d-mannose degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	NAD metabolism	77.78	14 of 18
66794	glycolysis	76.47	13 of 17
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	75	6 of 8
66794	arginine metabolism	75	18 of 24
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	methanogenesis from CO2	75	9 of 12
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	lipid metabolism	74.19	23 of 31
66794	non-pathway related	73.68	28 of 38
66794	tryptophan metabolism	73.68	28 of 38
66794	proline metabolism	72.73	8 of 11
66794	alanine metabolism	72.41	21 of 29
66794	chlorophyll metabolism	72.22	13 of 18
66794	degradation of sugar acids	72	18 of 25
66794	glutathione metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	degradation of pentoses	71.43	20 of 28
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	propionate fermentation	70	7 of 10
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	70	7 of 10
66794	urea cycle	69.23	9 of 13
66794	sulfate reduction	69.23	9 of 13
66794	methionine metabolism	69.23	18 of 26
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	68.75	11 of 16
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	68.13	62 of 91
66794	nitrate assimilation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	flavin biosynthesis	66.67	10 of 15
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	66.67	4 of 6
66794	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
66794	IAA biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	cysteine metabolism	66.67	12 of 18
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	66.67	8 of 12
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	64.44	29 of 45
66794	tyrosine metabolism	64.29	9 of 14
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	63.64	7 of 11
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	62.5	10 of 16
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	degradation of hexoses	61.11	11 of 18
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	60	6 of 10
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	starch degradation	60	6 of 10
66794	vitamin K metabolism	60	3 of 5
66794	lysine metabolism	59.52	25 of 42
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	57.69	15 of 26
66794	propanol degradation	57.14	4 of 7
66794	allantoin degradation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	histidine metabolism	55.17	16 of 29
66794	d-xylose degradation	54.55	6 of 11
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	kanosamine biosynthesis II	50	1 of 2
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	resorcinol degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	lactate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	polyamine pathway	47.83	11 of 23
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	45.45	5 of 11
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	45.45	10 of 22
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	44.12	15 of 34
66794	ascorbate metabolism	40.91	9 of 22
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	40	2 of 5
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	cholesterol biosynthesis	36.36	4 of 11
66794	sulfoquinovose degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	33.33	6 of 18
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	30.77	4 of 13
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	29.41	5 of 17
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	biotin biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	vitamin E metabolism	25	1 of 4
66794	alginate biosynthesis	25	1 of 4

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Sediment
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Freshwater

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
3987	freshwater sediment	Bavaria, Chiemsee	Germany	DEU	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence X97071 (>99% sequence identity) for Leptothrix mobilis subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	136
Soil Samples	30
Animal Samples	41
Plant Samples	14
Total Samples	221

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
3987	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM421656v1 assembly for Sphaerotilus mobilis DSM 10617	scaffold	GCA_004216565	47994.5	2802428809	47994	76.13

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	L.mobilis 16S rRNA gene	X97071	1521		47994

GC content

3987

GC-content (mol%)68

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Leptothrix mobilis DSM 10617
NCBI: GCA_004216565

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	94.70	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	79.90	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	94.90	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	97.20	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Leptothrix mobilis DSM 10617
NCBI: GCA_004216565.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.49	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	91.63	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	78.60	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	90.25	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	92.74	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	79.07	no

Literature

References

#3987	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 10617
#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 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#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 .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#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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