Caulobacter mirabilis (DSM 21795, CCUG 55073, LMG 24261)

Name: Caulobacter mirabilis (DSM 21795, CCUG 55073, LMG 24261)
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BacDive ID 2338

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 21795 CCUG 55073 LMG 24261 FWC 38

NCBI tax ID(s) 69666

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG

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Caulobacter mirabilis DSM 21795 is an aerobe, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from activated sludge system of a secondary treatment facility.

aerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 309279

LMG 24261,CCUG 55073,DSM 21795

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:47:17

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Caulobacterales

Family Caulobacteraceae

Genus Caulobacter

Species Caulobacter mirabilis

Full scientific name Caulobacter mirabilis Abraham et al. 2008

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Caulobacter mirabilis** (1)	Type strain
23830	C. mirabilis G158, L6AS16, DSM 25118

Morphology

Colony morphology

60442

Incubation period2 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
15958	PYEM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 1157)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: PYEM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 1157) Composition: Yeast extract 2.0 g/l Peptone 2.0 g/l Glucose 1.0 g/l NH4Cl 0.5 g/l MgSO4 0.2 g/l CaCl2 0.1 g/l Riboflavin Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
15958	positive	growth	28	mesophilic
60442	positive	growth	30	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

60442

Oxygen toleranceaerobe

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	100	7 of 7
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	100	9 of 9
66794	taurine degradation	100	1 of 1
66794	quinate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	valine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	ethanol fermentation	100	2 of 2
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	glutathione metabolism	92.86	13 of 14
66794	leucine metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	90	9 of 10
66794	serine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	88.89	8 of 9
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	isoleucine metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	85.71	6 of 7
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	85.71	6 of 7
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	citric acid cycle	85.71	12 of 14
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	vitamin K metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	80	4 of 5
66794	propionate fermentation	80	8 of 10
66794	cellulose degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	threonine metabolism	80	8 of 10
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	80	4 of 5
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	alanine metabolism	79.31	23 of 29
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	78.57	22 of 28
66794	chorismate metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	NAD metabolism	77.78	14 of 18
66794	methionine metabolism	76.92	20 of 26
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	75	3 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	lactate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	75	6 of 8
66794	gluconeogenesis	75	6 of 8
66794	purine metabolism	74.47	70 of 94
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	72.73	8 of 11
66794	proline metabolism	72.73	8 of 11
66794	histidine metabolism	72.41	21 of 29
66794	cysteine metabolism	72.22	13 of 18
66794	tyrosine metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	propanol degradation	71.43	5 of 7
66794	heme metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	68.89	31 of 45
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	d-mannose degradation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	flavin biosynthesis	66.67	10 of 15
66794	tryptophan metabolism	65.79	25 of 38
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	63.64	7 of 11
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	63.64	7 of 11
66794	non-pathway related	63.16	24 of 38
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	61.54	16 of 26
66794	sulfate reduction	61.54	8 of 13
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	glycogen metabolism	60	3 of 5
66794	lysine metabolism	59.52	25 of 42
66794	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	58.82	10 of 17
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	58.33	7 of 12
66794	arginine metabolism	58.33	14 of 24
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	56.25	9 of 16
66794	lipid metabolism	54.84	17 of 31
66794	urea cycle	53.85	7 of 13
66794	glycolysis	52.94	9 of 17
66794	polyamine pathway	52.17	12 of 23
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	phenol degradation	50	10 of 20
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	50	3 of 6
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	50	9 of 18
66794	kanosamine biosynthesis II	50	1 of 2
66794	degradation of hexoses	50	9 of 18
66794	toluene degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	46.67	7 of 15
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	46.15	42 of 91
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	45.45	10 of 22
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	44.12	15 of 34
66794	benzoyl-CoA degradation	42.86	3 of 7
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	40	4 of 10
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	gallate degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	40	2 of 5
66794	D-cycloserine biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	37.5	6 of 16
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
66794	ascorbate metabolism	36.36	8 of 22
66794	degradation of pentoses	35.71	10 of 28
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	chlorophyll metabolism	33.33	6 of 18
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	nitrate assimilation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	aclacinomycin biosynthesis	28.57	2 of 7
66794	d-xylose degradation	27.27	3 of 11
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	alginate biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	catecholamine biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8
66794	degradation of sugar acids	24	6 of 25
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	23.08	3 of 13

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Waste	#Activated sludge

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
15958	activated sludge system of a secondary treatment facility	Las Vegas, Nevada	USA	USA	North America
60442	Activated sludge	Nevada,Las Vegas	USA	USA	North America

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AJ227774 (>99% sequence identity) for Caulobacter mirabilis from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	39
Soil Samples	65
Animal Samples	42
Plant Samples	6
Total Samples	152

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
15958	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM274961v1 assembly for Caulobacter mirabilis FWC 38	complete	GCA_002749615	69666.3	2775506948	69666	92.08

Genome browser: GCA_002749615

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
15958	Caulobacter mirabilis partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain FWC 38T	AJ227774	1435		69666
124043	Caulobacter mirabilis strain FWC 38 16S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence.	M83805	1312		69666

GC content

15958

GC-content (mol%)68.0

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Complete Genome Sequence of Phenylobacterium Strain NIBR 498073, Isolated from the Sediment of a Tidal Flat.	Kim G, Park JY, Kim JN, Yu J, Kim B.	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/mra.00080-23	2023
Blood microbial signatures associated with mortality in patients with sepsis: A pilot study.	Chen H, Liu W, Coker OO, Qin N, Chen H, Wang Y, Liu X, Zhang L, Choi GYS, Wong WT, Leung CCH, Ling L, Hui M, Gin T, Wong SH, Chan MTV, Wu WKK.	Heliyon	10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29572	2024
Olive Fruit Fly Symbiont Population: Impact of Metamorphosis.	Campos C, Gomes L, Rei FT, Nobre T.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2022.868458	2022
Bacterial Degraders of Coexisting Dichloromethane, Benzene, and Toluene, Identified by Stable-Isotope Probing.	Yoshikawa M, Zhang M, Kurisu F, Toyota K.	Water Air Soil Pollut	10.1007/s11270-017-3604-1	2017
De novo Transcriptome of the Non-saxitoxin Producing Alexandrium tamutum Reveals New Insights on Harmful Dinoflagellates.	Vingiani GM, Stalberga D, De Luca P, Ianora A, De Luca D, Lauritano C.	Mar Drugs	10.3390/md18080386	2020
First Record of Microbiomes of Sponges Collected From the Persian Gulf, Using Tag Pyrosequencing.	Najafi A, Moradinasab M, Nabipour I.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2018.01500	2018
Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria.	Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468	2020
Caulobacter inopinatus sp. nov., from seawater off O'ahu, Hawai'i, and emended description of the genus Caulobacter.	Onouye CT, Dubord A, Prescott RD, La THA, Saito JA, Sadones M, Norris MH, Donachie SP.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006932	2025
Phenylobacterium montanum sp. nov., an oligotrophic, slightly acidophilic mesophile isolated from sandy soil.	Tang Y, Huang J, Huang B, Du J, Zhang C, Long Q, Li Y, Guo Z, Liu Q.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006463	2024
Brevundimonas abyssalis sp. nov., a dimorphic prosthecate bacterium isolated from deep-subsea floor sediment.	Tsubouchi T, Shimane Y, Usui K, Shimamura S, Mori K, Hiraki T, Tame A, Uematsu K, Maruyama T, Hatada Y.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.043364-0	2013
Caulobacter profunda sp. nov., isolated from deep freshwater sediment.	Jin L, La HJ, Lee HG, Lee JJ, Lee S, Ahn CY, Oh HM	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.057240-0	2013
Caulobacter daechungensis sp. nov., a stalked bacterium isolated from a eutrophic reservoir.	Jin L, Lee HG, Kim HS, Ahn CY, Oh HM	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.048884-0	2012
Caulobacter ginsengisoli sp. nov., a novel stalked bacterium isolated from ginseng cultivating soil.	Liu QM, Ten LN, Im WT, Lee ST, Yoon MH	J Microbiol Biotechnol	JMB020-01-02	2010
Phylogeny by a polyphasic approach of the order Caulobacterales, proposal of Caulobacter mirabilis sp. nov., Phenylobacterium haematophilum sp. nov. and Phenylobacterium conjunctum sp. nov., and emendation of the genus Phenylobacterium.	Abraham WR, Macedo AJ, Lunsdorf H, Fischer R, Pawelczyk S, Smit J, Vancanneyt M	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.65567-0	2008

References

#15958	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 21795
#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 )
#60442	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 55073
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#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 .
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Caulobacter mirabilis (DSM 21795, CCUG 55073, LMG 24261)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Pathway annotation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_002749615

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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