Brevibacterium album (DSM 18261, CCTCC AB 206112, KCTC 19173)

Name: Brevibacterium album (DSM 18261, CCTCC AB 206112, KCTC 19173)
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BacDive ID 1868

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 18261 CCTCC AB 206112 KCTC 19173 YIM 90718 JCM 15617

NCBI tax ID(s) 1121122 417948

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History <- Shu-Kun Tang; YIM 90718 KCTC 19173 <-- W.-J. Li YIM 90718. <- S-K Tang, Yunnan Inst. Microbiol, China

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Brevibacterium album DSM 18261 is an aerobe, Gram-positive, motile bacterium that was isolated from saline alkali soil.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 397746

KCTC 19173,JCM 15617,DSM 18261

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:18:12

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Micrococcales

Family Brevibacteriaceae

Genus Brevibacterium

Species Brevibacterium album

Full scientific name Brevibacterium album Tang et al. 2008

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Confidence
32244	positive	4.5 µm	1.8 µm	rod-shaped
67771	positive
125438					90.5
125439	positive				93.5

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Incubation period	Medium used
19762	Ivory (1014)	10-14 days	ISP 2
19762	Ivory (1014)	10-14 days	ISP 3
19762	Ivory (1014)	10-14 days	ISP 4
19762	Ivory (1014)	10-14 days	ISP 5
19762	Ivory (1014)	10-14 days	ISP 6
19762	Ivory (1014)	10-14 days	ISP 7

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Forms multicellular complex	Medium name
19762		ISP 2
19762		ISP 3
19762		ISP 4
19762		ISP 5
19762		ISP 6
19762		ISP 7

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
7463	GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65) Composition: Agar 18.0 g/l Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l CaCO3 2.0 g/l Distilled water
19762	ISP 2		Name: ISP 2 / Yeast Malt Agar (5265); 5265 Composition Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Preparation: Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.0 Usage: Maintenance and Taxonomy Organisms: All Actinomycetes
19762	ISP 3		Name: ISP 3; 5315 Composition Dog oat flakes 20.0 g/l Trace element solution (5314) 2.5 ml/l Agar 18.0 g/l Preparation: Oat flakes are cooked for 20 minutes, trace element solution and agar are added (in the case of non rolled oat flakes the suspension has to bee filtrated). Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.8 Usage: Maintenance and taxonomy (e.g. SEM As liquid medium for metabolite production) Organisms: All Actinomycetes Trace element solution 5314 Name: Trace element solution 5314; 5314 Composition CaCl2 x H2O 3.0 g/l Fe-III-citrate 1.0 g/l MnSO4 0.2 g/l ZnCl2 0.1 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 0.025 g/l Sodium tetra borate 0.2 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.004 g/l Sodium molybdate 0.01 g/l Preparation: Use double destillated water. Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: Usage: Trace element solution for different media Organisms:
19762	ISP 4		Name: ISP 4; DSM 547 Solution I: Difco soluble starch, 10.0 g. Make a paste of the starch with a small amount of cold distilled water and bring to a volume of 500 ml. Solution II: CaCO3 2.0 g K2HPO4 (anhydrous) 1.0 g MgSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g NaCl 1.0 g (NH4)2SO4 2.0 g Distilled water 500.0 ml Trace salt solution (see below) 1.0 ml The pH should be between 7.0 and 7.4. Do not adjust if it is within this range. Mix solutions I and II together. Add 20.0 g agar. Liquify agar by steaming at 100°C for 10 to 20 min. Trace element solution: FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.1 g ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g Distilled water 100.0 ml
19762	ISP 5		Name: ISP 5 (5323) Composition L-Asparagine 1.0 g/l Glycerol 10.0 g/l K2HPO4 1.0 g/l Salt solution (see preparation) 1.0 ml/l Agar 20.0 g/l Preparation: Salt solution 1.0 g FeSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g MnCl2 x 4 H2O 1.0 g ZNSO4 x 7 H2O in 100 ml water Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.2 Usage: Maintenance and taxonomy Organisms: All Actinomycetes
19762	ISP 6		Name: ISP 6 (5318) Composition Peptone 15.0 g/l Proteose peptose 5.0 g/l Ferric ammonium citrate 0.5 g/l Sodium glycerophosphate 1.0 g/l Sodium thiosulfate 0.08 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: Usage: Production of melanoid pigments Organisms: All Actinomycetes
19762	ISP 7		Name: ISP 7 (5322) Composition Glycerol 15.0 g/l L-Tyrosine 0.5 g/l L-Asparagine 1.0 g/l K2HPO4 0.5 g/l NaCl 0.5 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.01 g/l Trace element solution 5343 1.0 ml/l Agar 20.0 Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.3 Usage: Production of melanoid pigments Organisms: All Actinomycetes

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
7463	positive	growth	34
19762	positive	optimum	34
32244	positive	growth	28-45
32244	positive	optimum	37
67770	positive	growth	37
67771	positive	growth	37

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH
32244	positive	optimum	7.5
32244	positive	growth	06-08

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
32244	aerobe
67771	aerobe

Spore formation

32244

Spore formationno

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
32244	NaCl	positive	growth	0-10 %
32244	NaCl	positive	optimum	2.5 %

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
7463	A31	A1gamma m-Dpm-direct

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-8(H₂), MK-7(H₂)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
32244	16449 ChEBI	alanine	+	carbon source
68379	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
32244	33984 ChEBI	fucose	+	carbon source
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
32244	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	carbon source
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
32244	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	carbon source
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
32244	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+	carbon source
32244	37684 ChEBI	mannose	+	carbon source
32244	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	+	carbon source
32244	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	carbon source
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API Coryne
32244	17148 ChEBI	putrescine	+	carbon source
32244	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	carbon source
32244	30031 ChEBI	succinate	+	carbon source
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
32244	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	carbon source
32244	53426 ChEBI	tween 80	+	carbon source
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
32244	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
32244	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68379	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68379	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68379	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68379	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68379	beta-glucuronidase	+	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
32244	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
32244	gelatinase	+
68379	gelatinase	+		from API Coryne
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		from API zym
32244	pyrazinamidase	+	3.5.1.B15
68379	pyrazinamidase	-	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	+	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68379	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

API coryne

@ref	Reduction of nitrateNIT	PYZ	PYRA	PAL	beta GUR	beta GAL	alpha GLU	beta NAG	ESC	URE	GEL	Control fermentationControl	GLU	RIB	XYL	MAN	MAL	LAC	SAC	GLYG	CAT
19762	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
19762	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil
#Condition	#Alkaline	-
#Condition	#Saline	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
7463	saline alkali soil	Xinjiang Province	China	CHN	Asia
67770	Saline soil	Xinjiang	China	CHN	Asia
67771	From saline-alkali soil	Xinjiang Province	China	CHN	Asia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence EF158852 (>99% sequence identity) for Brevibacterium album subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	167
Soil Samples	197
Animal Samples	683
Plant Samples	46
Total Samples	1093

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
19762	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
7463	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM42644v1 assembly for Brevibacterium album DSM 18261	scaffold	GCA_000426445	1121122.3	2524614662	1121122	70.94

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
7463	Brevibacterium album strain YIM 90718 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	EF158852	1532		1121122

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
7463	70
67770	70	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Brevibacterium album DSM 18261 DSM 18261
NCBI: GCA_000426445

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	72.70	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	59.80	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	93.50	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	85.40	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Brevibacterium album DSM 18261
PATRIC: 1121122.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	87.52	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	98.57	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	76.22	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	84.16	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	92.93	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	90.50	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Draft genome sequence of a new carotenoid-producing strain Brevibacterium sp. XU54, isolated from radioactive soil in Xinjiang, China.	Zhang Z, Huang C, Du B, Xie C, Jiang L, Tang S, Xu X.	3 Biotech	10.1007/s13205-022-03366-1	2022
Phylogeny	Salimicrobium jeotgali sp. nov., isolated from salted, fermented seafood.	Choi EJ, Jin HM, Kim KH, Jeon CO.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.062042-0	2014
Phylogeny	Salimicrobium salexigens sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from salted hides.	de la Haba RR, Yilmaz P, Sanchez-Porro C, Birbir M, Ventosa A.	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1016/j.syapm.2011.04.002	2011
	Brevibacterium pityocampae sp. nov., isolated from caterpillars of Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera, Thaumetopoeidae).	Kati H, Ince IA, Demir I, Demirbag Z.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.006692-0	2010
Phylogeny	Brevibacterium daeguense sp. nov., a nitrate-reducing bacterium isolated from a 4-chlorophenol enrichment culture.	Cui Y, Kang MS, Woo SG, Jin L, Kim KK, Park J, Lee M, Lee ST	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.038141-0	2012
Phylogeny	Brevibacterium salitolerans sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from salt-lake sediment.	Guan TW, Zhao K, Xiao J, Liu Y, Xia ZF, Zhang XP, Zhang LL	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.020214-0	2010
Phylogeny	Brevibacterium album sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a saline soil in China.	Tang SK, Wang Y, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E, Lou K, Jiang CL, Xu LH, Li WJ	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.65183-0	2008

References

#7463	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 18261
#19762	Wink, J.: Compendium of Actinobacteria. HZI-Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig .
#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 )
#28485	IJSEM 574 2008 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.65183-0 , PubMed 18319457 )
#32244	Barberan A, Caceres Velazquez H, Jones S, Fierer N.: Hiding in Plain Sight: Mining Bacterial Species Records for Phenotypic Trait Information. mSphere 2: 2017 ( DOI 10.1128/mSphere.00237-17 , PubMed 28776041 ) - originally annotated from #28485
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#67771	Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC) ; Curators of the KCTC;
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Brevibacterium album (DSM 18261, CCTCC AB 206112, KCTC 19173)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Multicellular morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Murein

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Enzymes

API coryne

API zym

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000426445

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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