Name: Sulfurospirillum arsenophilum MIT-13
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 2225

Type strain:

Species: Sulfurospirillum arsenophilum

Strain Designation: MIT-13

Culture col. no.: DSM 10659, ATCC 700056

Strain history: <- E. Falsen <- J. S. Blum, MIT-13 (Geospirillum arsenophilum)

NCBI tax ID(s): 56698 (species)

SI-ID 45396

ATCC 700056, DSM 10659

Section

Sulfurospirillum arsenophilum MIT-13 is an anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-negative bacterium that was isolated from anoxic freshwater sediment.

Gram-negative
motile
vibrio-shaped
anaerobe
mesophilic
16S sequence
Bacteria

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Pseudomonadota*
	Class	*Epsilonproteobacteria*
	Order	*Campylobacterales*
	Family	*Campylobacteraceae*
	Genus	*Sulfurospirillum*
	Species	**Sulfurospirillum arsenophilum**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Sulfurospirillum arsenophilum Stolz et al. 1999

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #23071]	Gram stain	negative

[Ref.: #23071]	Cell length	1.0-2.0 mm

[Ref.: #23071]	Cell width	0.3 µm

[Ref.: #23071]	Cell shape	vibrio-shaped
[Ref.: #23071]	Cell shape	spiral-shaped

[Ref.: #23071]	Motility	yes

[Ref.: #23071]	Flagellum arrangement	monotrichous, polar

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

SULFUROSPIRILLUM BARNESII MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 771)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #3998]		growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #23071]		growth	25.0 °C
[Ref.: #23071]		growth	30.0 °C
[Ref.: #23071]	no	growth	42.0 °C
[Ref.: #23071]		optimum	20.0 °C

[Ref.: #3998]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #23071]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #23071]	Temperature range	thermophilic
[Ref.: #23071]	Temperature range	psychrophilic

	pH	Kind of pH		pH
[Ref.: #23071]			optimum	7.5

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

anaerobe

	Halophily	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #23071]		NaCl	optimum	0.1	%

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #23071]	arsenate ChEBI	+	electron acceptor
[Ref.: #23071]	elemental sulfur ChEBI	+	electron acceptor
[Ref.: #23071]	formate ChEBI	+	electron donor
[Ref.: #23071]	fumarate ChEBI	+	electron acceptor
[Ref.: #23071]	fumarate ChEBI	+	electron donor
[Ref.: #23071]	fumarate ChEBI	+	fermentation
[Ref.: #23071]	fumarate ChEBI	+	growth
[Ref.: #23071]	lactate ChEBI	+	electron donor
[Ref.: #23071]	nitrate ChEBI	+	electron acceptor
[Ref.: #23071]	nitrate ChEBI	+	reduction
[Ref.: #23071]	nitrite ChEBI	+	electron acceptor
[Ref.: #23071]	pyruvate ChEBI	+	electron donor
[Ref.: #23071]	selenate ChEBI	-	electron acceptor
[Ref.: #23071]	thiosulfate ChEBI	+	electron acceptor
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Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #3998]	Sample type/isolated from	anoxic freshwater sediment
[Ref.: #3998]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Massachusetts, Aberjona watershed
[Ref.: #3998]	Country	USA
[Ref.: #3998]	Country ISO 3 Code	USA
[Ref.: #3998]	Continent	North America

[Ref.: #23071]	Sample type/isolated from	arsenic-contaminated freshwater sediments
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Isolation sources categories

#Engineered	#Contamination	#Heavy metal
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Freshwater
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Sediment

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Global distribution of 16S sequence U85964 (>99% sequence identity) for Sulfurospirillum arsenophilum from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	398
Soil Samples	82
Animal Samples	7
Plant Samples	3
Total Samples	490

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (German classification)
According to TRBA 466

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #3998]	Geospirillum arsenophilus 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	U85964	1321	ENA	56698 tax ID

[Ref.: #3998]	GC-content	40.9 mol%
[Ref.: #23071]	GC-content	40.9 mol%	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 10659, ATCC 700056

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SI-ID 45396

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Sulfurospirillum barnesii sp. nov. and Sulfurospirillum arsenophilum sp. nov., new members of the Sulfurospirillum clade of the epsilon Proteobacteria.	Stolz JF, Ellis DJ, Blum JS, Ahmann D, Lovley DR, Oremland RS	Int J Syst Bacteriol	10.1099/00207713-49-3-1177	1999	*

References

#3998

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 10659

#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 )

#23071

John F. Stolz,Debra J. Ellis,Jodi Switzer Blum,Dianne Ahmann,Derek R. Lovley,Ronald S. Oremland: Note: Sulfurospirillum barnesii sp. nov. and Sulfurospirillum arsenophilum sp. nov., new members of the Sulfurospirillum clade of the e-Proteobacteria. IJSEM 49: 1177 - 1180 1999 ( DOI 10.1099/00207713-49-3-1177 , PubMed 10425777 )

#69479

João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .

#71788

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID45396.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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