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Archangium sp. (Ar OU14)

Name: Archangium sp. (Ar OU14)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 18526

Type strain

Strain Designation Ar OU14

Culture col. no. Ar OU14

NCBI tax ID(s) 1872627

Special Collections Reichenbach collection

Ar OU14 is a prokaryote that builds a fruiting body and was isolated from soil with plant residues.

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

Ar OU14

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:51:22

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	Growth	Composition
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	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

18281

ObservationAbility for Yeast lysis

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil
#Host	#Plants	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
18281	soil with plant residues	1995-04-01	Heliopolis	Egypt	EGY	Africa

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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