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Cystobacter velatus (Cb v35)

Name: Cystobacter velatus (Cb v35)
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BacDive ID 20162

Type strain

Strain Designation Cb v35

Culture col. no. Cb v35

NCBI tax ID(s) 394094

Special Collections Reichenbach collection

Cystobacter velatus Cb v35 is a bacterium that builds a fruiting body and was isolated from soil with plant residues.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

Cb v35

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:22:56

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Deltaproteobacteria

Order Myxococcales

Family Archangiaceae

Genus Cystobacter

Species Cystobacter velatus

Full scientific name Cystobacter velatus Reichenbach 2007

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Cystobacter velatus** (27)	Type strain
3372	C. velatus Cb v34, DSM 14718, CIP 109132, JCM 12628 (type strain)
3373	C. velatus Cb v37, DSM 14719
3374	C. velatus Cb v11, DSM 52738
3375	C. velatus Cb v15, DSM 52739
3376	C. velatus Cb v16, DSM 52740
3377	C. velatus Cb v17, DSM 52741
3378	C. velatus Cb v19, DSM 52742
3379	C. velatus Cb v24, DSM 52743
3380	C. velatus Cb v28, DSM 52744
3381	C. velatus Cb v29, DSM 52745
3382	C. velatus Cb v31, DSM 52746
3383	C. velatus Cb v36, DSM 52747
3384	C. velatus Cb v38, DSM 52748
3385	C. velatus Cb v40, DSM 52749
3386	C. velatus Cb v41, DSM 52750
3387	C. velatus Cb v42, DSM 52751
3388	C. velatus Cb v43, DSM 52752
3389	C. velatus Cb v45, DSM 52753
3390	C. velatus Pl v2, DSM 53723
18178	C. velatus Cb v25,
20127	C. velatus Cb v18,
20136	C. velatus Cb v23,
20137	C. velatus Cb v26,
20161	C. velatus Cb v39,
20163	C. velatus Cb v33,
20164	C. velatus Cb v30,
20172	C. velatus Cb v44,

Morphology

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Forms multicellular complex	Complex name
18281		fruiting body

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	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	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 of chitin decomposition
18281	Ability for chitin degradation
18281	Ability 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	1994-12-01	near Gizeh	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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