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Herpetosiphon sp. (Hp g12)

Name: Herpetosiphon sp. (Hp g12)
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BacDive ID 18180

Type strain

Strain Designation Hp g12

Culture col. no. Hp g12

NCBI tax ID(s) 71864

Special Collections Reichenbach collection

Hp g12 is a prokaryote that was isolated from slimy mat of Chara sp. out of Birch Lake.

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

Hp g12

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:51:17

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Chloroflexota

Class Chloroflexia

Order Herpetosiphonales

Family Herpetosiphonaceae

Genus Herpetosiphon

Full scientific name Herpetosiphon Holt and Lewin 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Morphology

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Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Composition
18281	CHITIN 7 AGAR	Covering agar (thin layer): MgSO4 x 7H2O 0.1% K2HPO4 0.02% Agar 1.5% Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 After autoclaving add 30 mL of sterile Chitin suspension (22.5 g/L Chitin in H2O) to 100 mL of the medium and pour on w-agar plates
18281	CY-AGAR	Ingredients: Casitone(Difco) 0.3% yeast extract 0.1% CaCl2 0.1% Agar 1.5% Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 (KOH) autoclaved
18281	KAN 5 AGAR	Ingredients: Baker's yeast 0.5% (based on fresh weight) CaCl2 0.1% Agar 1.5% Vitamine B12 0.5 µg/ml Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 autoclaved Combine with 250 mg/L Kanamycin-sulfate (sterilized by filtration)
18281	Myx MEDIUM	Ingredients: Peptone (Difco) 1% Glucose 1% Yeast extract (Difco) 0.1% Phosphate buffer 0.01 M pH 6.5 Aerobacter aerogenes (sterilized with formalin) 500 mg/L (dry weight) as described by Kerr, N.S. (1963) The Growth of Myxamoebae of the True Slime Mould, Didymium nigripes, in Axenic Culture. J Gen Microbiol 32: 409-416.
18281	STAN 21 AGAR with Filter	Ingredients: 1. Agar 1% K2HPO4 0.1% Yeast extract (Difco) 0.002% 2. (NH4)2SO4 0.1% MgSO4 x 7H2O 0.1% CaCl2 x 2H2O 0.1% MnSO4 x H2O 0.01% FeCl3 x 6H2O 0.02% MnSO4 x 7H2O 0.01% FeCl3 0.02% Traceelement-solution 1ml to 100 ml Preparation / Remarks: 1. in 2/3 of the volume after autoclaving 1 + 2 together and pour plates. Hang up a sterile-filter paper
18281	KAN 7 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 Combine with 250 mg/L Kanamycin-sulfate, 250 mg/L Neomycin-sulfate and 250 mg/L Cycloheximide (each sterilized by filtration)

Physiology and metabolism

Observation

@ref	Observation
18281	Ability for chitin degradation
18281	Ability for Yeast lysis

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Metabolite	Is antibiotic	Is resistant	Resistance conc.
18281	6104	kanamycin			250 µg/mL

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Lake (large)
#Host	#Algae	#Green algae

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
18281	slimy mat of Chara sp. out of Birch Lake	Chara	Minnesota	USA	USA	North America

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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