Thiococcus pfennigii (DSM 226, 8013)
Thiococcus pfennigii 8013 is an anaerobe bacterium that was isolated from salt marshes.
anaerobe 16S sequence BacteriaName and taxonomic classification
| @ref 20215 |
Last LPSN update
2026-05-29 08:25:28 |
| Domain Bacteria |
| Phylum Pseudomonadota |
| Class Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order Chromatiales |
| Family Chromatiaceae |
| Genus Thiococcus |
| Species Thiococcus pfennigii |
| Full scientific name Thiococcus pfennigii (Eimhjellen 1970) Imhoff et al. 1998 |
| Synonyms (1) |
| BacDive ID | Other strains from Thiococcus pfennigii (2) | Type strain |
|---|---|---|
| 2466 | T. pfennigii 8816, DSM 227 | |
| 2467 | T. pfennigii 9111, DSM 228 |
Culture and growth conditions
Culture medium
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | PFENNIG'S MEDIUM I (modified 1988, for purple sulfur bacteria) (DSMZ Medium 28) | Medium recipe at MediaDive  | Name: PFENNIG'S MEDIUM I (DSMZ Medium 28) Composition: NaHCO3 1.5 g/l Na2S x 9 H2O 0.592592 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.500001 g/l KCl 0.349999 g/l KH2PO4 0.349999 g/l Ammonium chloride 0.349999 g/l Pyruvic acid sodium salt 0.25 g/l Dextrose 0.25 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.25 g/l Yeast extract 0.25 g/l Ammonium acetate 0.25 g/l Na2-EDTA 0.003 g/l Resazurin 0.00225 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0011 g/l Vitamin B12 0.001 g/l H3BO3 0.0003 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.00019 g/l MnCl2 x 2 H2O 5e-05 g/l ZnCl2 4.2e-05 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 2.4e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 1.8e-05 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 2e-06 g/l Distilled water |
Culture temp
| @ref | Growth | Type | Temperature (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | positive | growth | 28 |
Isolation, sampling and environmental information
Isolation
| 54 | Sample typesalt marshes |
Taxonmaps
Global distribution of 16S sequence Y12373 (>99% sequence identity) for Thiococcus pfennigii from Microbeatlas 
 Aquatic Samples |
41 |
 Soil Samples |
12 |
 Animal Samples |
1 |
 Plant Samples |
0 |
| Total Samples | 54 |
Sequence information
Literature
Literature 
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phylogeny | Thioalkalicoccus limnaeus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium with bacteriochlorophyll b. | Bryantseva IA, Gorlenko VM, Kompantseva EI, Imhoff JF | Int J Syst Evol Microbiol | 10.1099/00207713-50-6-2157 | 2000 |  |
How to cite
If you want to cite this particular strain cite the following doi:
https://doi.org/10.13145/bacdive2465.20260601.11
When using BacDive for research please cite the following paper
BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain dataIsabel Schober, Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà Carbasse, Christian Ebeling, Marvin Leon Schmidt, Adam Podstawka, Rohit Gupta, Vinodh Ilangovan, Javad Chamanara, Jörg Overmann, Lorenz Christian Reimer
Nucleic Acids Research; database issue 2025.
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