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Polyangium sp. (Pl 6911)

Name: Polyangium sp. (Pl 6911)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 20858

Type strain

Strain Designation Pl 6911

Culture col. no. Pl 6911

NCBI tax ID(s) 3409587

Special Collections Reichenbach collection

Pl 6911 is a prokaryote that builds a fruiting body and was isolated from soil with plant residues.

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

Pl 6911

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:51:59

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	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	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	CY-AGAR	Ingredients: Casitone(Difco) 0.3% yeast extract 0.1% CaCl2 0.1% Agar 1.5% Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 (KOH) autoclaved
18281	PROBION L AGAR	Ingredients: Probion L 600 (Hoechst) 0.8% MgSO4 x 7H2O 0.1% CaCl2 x 2H2O 0.1% Agar 1.5% Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 autoclaved
18281	SKIM MILK 4 AGAR	Solution 1 Ingredients: Yeast extract (Difco) 0.05 % MgSO4 x 7H2O 0.1 % CaCl2 x 2H2O 0.1 % Vitamine B12 0.1 mg/L Agar 1.5 % Preparation / Remarks: Solve in 90 % of the water. pH 7.2 autoclaved Solution 2 Ingredients: Skim milk (Oxoid) 15g Preparation / Remarks: Solve in 10 % of the the water pH 7.2 Autoclave exactly 15 min at 115 °C. Mix the two solutions and pour plates.
18281	SKIM MILK 5 AGAR	Solution 1 Ingredients: Yeast extract (Difco) 0.05 % MgSO4 x 7H2O 0.1 % CaCl2 x 2H2O 0.1 % Vitamine B12 0.1 mg/L Agar 1.5 % Preparation / Remarks: Solve in 90 % of the water. pH 7.2 autoclaved Solution 2 Ingredients: Skim milk (Oxoid) 0.2 % Preparation / Remarks: Solve in 10 % of the the water pH 7.2 Autoclave exactly 15 min at 115 °C. Mix the two solutions and pour 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
18281	XYLAN 4 AGAR	Ingredients: Xylan (oat hulls 95%) 0.5% (NH4)2SO4 0.1% Agar 1% Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 Xylan (Serva pure molecular weight 25000) Pour after autoclaving as a thin layer on standard cy-agar oat hulls (Fa. Roth, Karlsruhe)
18281	KAN 5 AGAR	Ingredients: Baker's yeast 0.5% (based on fresh weight) CaCl2 0.1% Agar 1.5% Vitamine B12 0.5 µg/ml Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 autoclaved Combine with 250 mg/L Kanamycin-sulfate (sterilized by filtration)
18281	XYLAN 5 AGAR	Ingredients: Xylan (birch) 0.5% (NH4)2SO4 0.1% Agar 1% Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 Xylan (Serva pure molecular weight 25000) Pour after autoclaving as a thin layer on standard cy-agar birch (Fa. Roth, Karlsruhe)

Physiology and metabolism

Observation

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

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

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

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
18281	soil with plant residues	1991-03-01	Cuba	CUB	Middle and South 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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