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Herpetosiphon sp. (Hp g140)

Name: Herpetosiphon sp. (Hp g140)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 22214

Type strain

Strain Designation Hp g140

Culture col. no. Hp g140

NCBI tax ID(s) 71864

Special Collections Reichenbach collection

Hp g140 is a prokaryote that was isolated from lateritic soil.

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

Hp g140

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:52:20

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	CHITIN 3 AGAR	Ingredients: Yeast extract (Difco) 0.05% MgSO4 x 7H2O 0.1% Agar 1.2% Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 After autoclaving add 10 mL of sterile Chitin suspension (100 g/L Chitin in H2O) to 100 mL of the medium and pour on cy-plates.
18281	CHITIN 4 AGAR	Ingredients: Yeast extract (Difco) 0.05% MgSO4 x 7H2O 0.1% Agar 1.2% Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 After autoclaving add 10 mL of sterile Chitin suspension (100 g/L Chitin in H2O) to 100 mL of the medium and pour on w-agar plates.
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	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	Ability for casein degradation
18281	Ability for chitin degradation
18281	Ability for Yeast lysis

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
18281	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
18281	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Geologic
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
18281	lateritic soil	1986-02-01	Nairobi	Kenya	KEN	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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