Exiguobacterium aurantiacum (DSM 6209, NCDO 2322, BL 77/2)

Name: Exiguobacterium aurantiacum (DSM 6209, NCDO 2322, BL 77/2)
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BacDive ID 18106

Type strain

Strain Designation BL 77/2

Culture col. no. DSM 6209 NCDO 2322 BL 77/2

NCBI tax ID(s) 33987

Special Collections DSMZ

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Exiguobacterium aurantiacum BL 77/2 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from alkaline effluent of potato washing.

mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 48124

DSM 6209,NCDO 2322,NCIMB 702322

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:51:15

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Bacillaceae

Genus Exiguobacterium

Species Exiguobacterium aurantiacum

Full scientific name Exiguobacterium aurantiacum Collins et al. 1984

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Exiguobacterium aurantiacum** (6)	Type strain
18105	E. aurantiacum BL 77/1, DSM 6208, ATCC 35652, NCDO 2321, ... (type strain)
18104	E. aurantiacum BL 77/4, DSM 6203, NCDO 2323
103187	E. aurantiacum STI09714(IMET), V-60,
137992	E. aurantiacum CIP 102442
139099	E. aurantiacum LRA 143 06 89, CIP 103729, ATCC 49676, CCUG ...
155172	E. aurantiacum CCUG 56748

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
2535	EXIGUOBACTERIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 468)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: EXIGUOBACTERIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 468) Composition: Nutrient broth No. 2 25.0 g/l Glucose 5.0 g/l Yeast extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
2535	positive	growth	28	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
2535	A11.01	A3alpha L-Lys-Gly

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Waste	#Wastewater
#Host	#Plants	#Herbaceous plants (Grass,Crops)
#Condition	#Alkaline	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
2535	alkaline effluent of potato washing	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
2535	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

GC content

2535

GC-content (mol%)53.2

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#2535	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 6209
#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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