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Archangium sp. (Ar 9903)

Name: Archangium sp. (Ar 9903)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 18158

Type strain

Strain Designation Ar 9903

Culture col. no. Ar 9903

NCBI tax ID(s) 1872627

Special Collections Reichenbach collection

Ar 9903 is a prokaryote that builds a fruiting body and was isolated from soil with faeces of goat and rotting twiggs and other plant material.

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

Ar 9903

@ref 20215

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

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Deltaproteobacteria

Order Myxococcales

Family Archangiaceae

Genus Archangium

Full scientific name Archangium Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

Angiococcus

Morphology

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Forms multicellular complex	Complex name
18281		fruiting body

Multimedia

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Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Composition
18281	AMP AGAR	Ingredients: Baker's yeast 0.5% (based on fresh weight) CaCl2 0.1% Agar 1.5% Cyanocobalamin 0.5 g/ml Ampicillin 0.05 mg/mL Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 autoclaved add Na-salt sterilized by filtration
18281	COLE AGAR	Ingredients: CaCl2 x 2 H2O 1.3g Agar (Difco) 15.0g Distilled water 1000.0ml Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 (KOH) autoclaved Pour the plates and streak living E.coli cells
18281	TOLI AGAR	Ingredients: CaCl2 x 2 H2O1.3g Agar (Difco)15.0g Distilled water1000.0ml Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 (KOH) autoclaved Pour the plates and streak autoclaved E.coli cells
18281	TOLI AGAR Kan4	Ingredients: Agar (Difco) 1.5% CaCl2 0.1% Cycloheximide 2.5 mg per 100 ml Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 (KOH) autoclaved w-agar with 2.5 mg of cycloheximide per 100 ml, the antibiotic is filter sterilized and added to the agar just before pouring Cycloheximide does not seem to affect growth of myxobakteria, whereas fungi and amoebae are often inhibited. Combine with 250 mg/L Kanamycin-sulfate (sterilized by filtration) Pour the plates and streak autoclaved E.coli cells
18281	VY/2 AGAR	Ingredients: Baker's yeast 0.5% (based on fresh weight) CaCl2 0.1% Agar 1.5% Vitamin B12 0.05 % Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 autoclaved

Physiology and metabolism

Observation

@ref	Observation
18281	Ability for Yeast lysis
18281	Ability for E. coli lysis

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Metabolite	Resistance conc.
18281	28971	ampicillin	50 µg/mL
18281	27641	cycloheximide	25 µg/mL
18281	6104	kanamycin	250 µg/mL

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil
#Host	#Mammals	#Caprinae (Sheep/Goat)
#Host Body-Site	#Plant	#Stem (Branch)
#Host Body Product	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Feces (Stool)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
18281	soil with faeces of goat and rotting twiggs and other plant material	1996-04-01	Gran Canaria Island	Spain	ESP	Europe

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#18281	Reichenbach, H.: Collection description and documentation of myxobacteria by H. Reichenbach, HZI (formerly GBF); Collection curr. located at the DSMZ . Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH:
#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 )

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