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Archangium sp. (Ar 2935)

Name: Archangium sp. (Ar 2935)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 18259

Type strain

Strain Designation Ar 2935

Culture col. no. Ar 2935

NCBI tax ID(s) 1872627

Special Collections Reichenbach collection

Ar 2935 is a prokaryote that builds a fruiting body and was isolated from soil.

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

Ar 2935

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:51:18

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

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Composition
18281	CHITIN 3 AGAR	Ingredients: Yeast extract (Difco) 0.05% MgSO4 x 7H2O 0.1% Agar 1.2% Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 After autoclaving add 10 mL of sterile Chitin suspension (100 g/L Chitin in H2O) to 100 mL of the medium and pour on cy-plates.
18281	CHITIN 4 AGAR	Ingredients: Yeast extract (Difco) 0.05% MgSO4 x 7H2O 0.1% Agar 1.2% Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 After autoclaving add 10 mL of sterile Chitin suspension (100 g/L Chitin in H2O) to 100 mL of the medium and pour on w-agar plates.
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	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	HP74 AGAR	Ingredients: Na-glutaminate 1% MgSO4x7H2O 0.2% Yeast extract (Difco) 0.2% Agar 1.5% Autoclave separately 1. glucose 1% 2. Phophate buffer in 100 ml: K2HPO4x3H2O 36 mg KH2PO4 47 mg and add to 400 mL medium
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	PROBION L AGAR	Ingredients: Probion L 600 (Hoechst) 0.8% MgSO4 x 7H2O 0.1% CaCl2 x 2H2O 0.1% Agar 1.5% Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 autoclaved
18281	SKIM MILK 1 AGAR	Ingredients: cy-Agar 300 ml Skim milk (Oxoid) 15g H2O 60 ml Preparation / Remarks: 300 ml cy-agar autoclaved. Separately 15 g skim milk (Oxoid) in 60 ml water and exactly 15 min autoclaving at 115 °C. Mix the two and pour a thin layer on cy-plates.
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	Strong ability to Yeast lysis
18281	Strong ability of bacterial lysis
18281	Ability for Yeast lysis
18281	Ability for E. coli lysis

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
18281	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
18281	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
18281	soil	1986-04-01	near Paphos	Cyprus	CYP	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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