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Herpetosiphon sp. (Hp g230)

Name: Herpetosiphon sp. (Hp g230)
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BacDive ID 21870

Type strain

Strain Designation Hp g230

Culture col. no. Hp g230

NCBI tax ID(s) 71864

Special Collections Reichenbach collection

Hp g230 is a prokaryote that was isolated from loamy soil with plant residues.

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

Hp g230

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:52:15

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Chloroflexota

Class Chloroflexia

Order Herpetosiphonales

Family Herpetosiphonaceae

Genus Herpetosiphon

Full scientific name Herpetosiphon Holt and Lewin 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Composition
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	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	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.

Physiology and metabolism

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	loamy soil with plant residues	1992-04-01	near Zaros, Crete Island	Greece	GRC	Europe

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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