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Polyangium sp. (Pl 4943)

Name: Polyangium sp. (Pl 4943)
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BacDive ID 20185

Type strain

Strain Designation Pl 4943

Culture col. no. Pl 4943

NCBI tax ID(s) 3409587

Special Collections Reichenbach collection

Pl 4943 is a prokaryote that builds a fruiting body and was isolated from sandy soil.

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

Pl 4943

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:51:48

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Deltaproteobacteria

Order Polyangiales

Family Polyangiaceae

Genus Polyangium

Full scientific name Polyangium Link 1809 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

"Haploangium"
"Haploangium"

Morphology

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Forms multicellular complex	Complex name
18281		fruiting body

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	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
18281	TOLI AGAR	Ingredients: CaCl2 x 2 H2O1.3g Agar (Difco)15.0g Distilled water1000.0ml Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 (KOH) autoclaved Pour the plates and streak autoclaved E.coli cells

Physiology and metabolism

Observation

@ref	Observation
18281	Strong ability to Yeast lysis
18281	Ability for Yeast lysis
18281	Ability for E. coli lysis

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Sandy
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
18281	sandy soil	1989-11-01	near Ootjo	Namibia	NAM	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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