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Archangium sp. (Ar OU2)

Name: Archangium sp. (Ar OU2)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 19636

Type strain

Strain Designation Ar OU2

Culture col. no. Ar OU2

NCBI tax ID(s) 1872627

Special Collections Reichenbach collection

Ar OU2 is a prokaryote that builds a fruiting body and was isolated from rotting wood.

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

Ar OU2

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:51:39

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	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	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

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host Body Product	#Plant	#Timber
#Host	#Plants	#Tree
#Host	#Plants	#Decomposing plant

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
18281	rotting wood	1990-04-01	Arizona	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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