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"Taxeobacter" sp. (Tx g2)

BacDive ID 21178

Type strain

Strain Designation Tx g2

Culture col. no. Tx g2

Special Collections Reichenbach collection

Tx g2 is a prokaryote of the family Cytophagales, not assigned to family.

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

Tx g2

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:52:04

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Bacteroidota

Class Cytophagia

Order Cytophagales

Family [Cytophagales, not assigned to family]

Genus "Taxeobacter"

Full scientific name Taxeobacter Reichenbach 1992

Synonyms (1)

"Taxeobacter"

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Composition
18281	CHITIN 6 AGAR	Ingredients: 1. Basal agar: Casitone (Difco) 0.1% Yeast extract (Difco) 0.05% MgSO4 x 7H2O 0.1% Agar 1.2% 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 2. 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
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	Myx MEDIUM	Ingredients: Peptone (Difco) 1% Glucose 1% Yeast extract (Difco) 0.1% Phosphate buffer 0.01 M pH 6.5 Aerobacter aerogenes (sterilized with formalin) 500 mg/L (dry weight) as described by Kerr, N.S. (1963) The Growth of Myxamoebae of the True Slime Mould, Didymium nigripes, in Axenic Culture. J Gen Microbiol 32: 409-416.
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
18281	TOLI AGAR Kan17	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 1 g/L Kanamycin-sulfate and 0.1% MgSO4 x 7H2O (sterilized by filtration) Pour the plates and streak autoclaved E.coli cells

Physiology and metabolism

Observation

@ref	Observation
18281	No ability for chitin degradation
18281	Ability for Yeast lysis

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Metabolite	Is antibiotic	Is resistant	Resistance conc.
18281	6104	kanamycin			1000 µg/mL

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

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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