Name: Exiguobacterium mexicanum 8N
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 18117

Type strain:

Species: Exiguobacterium mexicanum

Strain Designation: 8N

Culture col. no.: DSM 16483, CIP 108859, CCUG 55490

Strain history: CIP <- 2005, DSMZ <- A. Lopez-Cortes: strain 8N

NCBI tax ID(s): 340146 (species)

SI-ID 297182

DSM 16483, CIP 108859, VTT E-072722, LMG 26404, CCUG 55490

Other strains from Exiguobacterium mexicanum

E. mexicanum CCUG 55000
E. mexicanum CCUG 58714

Section

Exiguobacterium mexicanum 8N is an aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive bacterium that was isolated from cysts of A. franciscana.

Gram-positive
rod-shaped
aerobe
mesophilic
16S sequence
Bacteria
genome sequence

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

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Bacillota*
	Class	*Bacilli*
	Order	*Caryophanales*
	Family	*Bacillaceae*
	Genus	*Exiguobacterium*
	Species	**Exiguobacterium mexicanum**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Exiguobacterium mexicanum López-Cortés et al. 2006

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #120930]	Gram stain	positive

[Ref.: #120930]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #120930]	Motility	no

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514)

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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

Marine agar (MA)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 13

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

		Temperature
[Ref.: #6468]	growth	28 °C
[Ref.: #38344]	growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #60608]	growth	30-37 °C
[Ref.: #120930]	growth	10-41 °C

[Ref.: #6468]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #38344]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #60608]	Temperature range	mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

aerobe

	Halophily	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #120930]		NaCl		growth	2-10	%
[Ref.: #120930]		NaCl	no	growth	0	%

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #68368]	arginine ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #120930]	cellobiose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #68371]	cellobiose ChEBI	+	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #120930]	citrate ChEBI	-	carbon source
[Ref.: #68368]	citrate ChEBI	-	assimilation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #120930]	D-arabinose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #68371]	D-arabinose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	D-arabitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid, API LIST
[Ref.: #120930]	D-fructose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #68371]	D-fructose ChEBI	+	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	D-fucose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	D-galactose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #120930]	D-glucose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #68371]	D-glucose ChEBI	+	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68368]	D-glucose ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68371]	D-lyxose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	D-mannitol ChEBI	+	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #120930]	D-mannose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #68371]	D-mannose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	D-ribose ChEBI	+	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68376]	D-ribose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API LIST
[Ref.: #68371]	D-sorbitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	D-tagatose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid, API LIST
[Ref.: #120930]	D-xylose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #68371]	D-xylose ChEBI	+	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68376]	D-xylose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API LIST
[Ref.: #68371]	erythritol ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #120930]	esculin ChEBI	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #68376]	esculin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API LIST
[Ref.: #68371]	galactitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68368]	gelatin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68376]	glucose 1-phosphate ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API LIST
[Ref.: #68371]	glycogen ChEBI	+	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #120930]	hippurate ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #68371]	inulin ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	L-arabinose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	L-arabitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	L-fucose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	L-rhamnose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid, API LIST
[Ref.: #68368]	L-rhamnose ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68371]	L-sorbose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	L-xylose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #120930]	lactose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #68371]	lactose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68368]	lysine ChEBI	-	degradation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #120930]	maltose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #68371]	maltose ChEBI	+	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	melezitose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	melibiose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68368]	melibiose ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68376]	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API LIST
[Ref.: #68371]	methyl alpha-D-mannoside ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	myo-inositol ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68368]	myo-inositol ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68371]	N-acetylglucosamine ChEBI	+	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #120930]	nitrate ChEBI	+	reduction
[Ref.: #120930]	nitrate ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #68368]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #120930]	nitrite ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #68368]	ornithine ChEBI	-	degradation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68371]	Potassium 2-ketogluconate ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	raffinose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	ribitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #120930]	salicin ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #68371]	salicin ChEBI	+	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68368]	sorbitol ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68371]	starch ChEBI	+	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #120930]	sucrose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #68371]	sucrose ChEBI	+	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68368]	sucrose ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68371]	trehalose ChEBI	+	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68368]	tryptophan ChEBI	-	energy source	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68371]	turanose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68368]	urea ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68371]	xylitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
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	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #120930]	indole ChEBI	no
[Ref.: #68368]	acetoin ChEBI	no	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	dinitrogen ChEBI	no	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	hydrogen sulfide ChEBI	no	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	indole ChEBI	no	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	nitrite ChEBI	no	* from API 20E

	Metabolite	Voges-Proskauer-test	Methylred-test	Indole test
[Ref.: #120930]	acetoin ChEBI	-
[Ref.: #120930]	glucose ChEBI		+
[Ref.: #68368]	acetoin ChEBI	-			* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68368]	indole ChEBI			-	* from API 20E

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68382]	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	* from API zym
[Ref.: #120930]	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.: #68376]	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	* from API LIST, API zym
[Ref.: #120930]	amylase	-
[Ref.: #68368]	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #120930]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
[Ref.: #68368]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	* from API 20E, API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68376]	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	* from API LIST
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API zym
[Ref.: #120930]	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
[Ref.: #120930]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #68382]	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase (C 4)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #120930]	gamma-glutamyltransferase	+	2.3.2.2
[Ref.: #120930]	gelatinase	+/-
[Ref.: #68368]	gelatinase	-		* from API 20E
[Ref.: #120930]	lecithinase	+
[Ref.: #68382]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #120930]	lipase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	lipase (C 14)	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #120930]	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
[Ref.: #68368]	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68382]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #120930]	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
[Ref.: #68368]	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #120930]	oxidase	+
[Ref.: #120930]	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
[Ref.: #120930]	protease	+
[Ref.: #68382]	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	* from API zym
[Ref.: #120930]	tryptophan deaminase	-
[Ref.: #68368]	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #120930]	tween esterase	-
[Ref.: #120930]	urease	-	3.5.1.5
[Ref.: #68368]	urease	-	3.5.1.5	* from API 20E
[Ref.: #68382]	valine arylamidase	-		* from API zym
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