Name: Maledivibacter halophilus M1
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 2740

Type strain:

Species: Maledivibacter halophilus

Strain Designation: M1

Culture col. no.: DSM 5387, ATCC 49637

Strain history: <- C. Fendrich, Universität Göttingen, Institut für Mikrobiologie, Germany; M1 <- C. Fendrich {1986}

NCBI tax ID(s): 1121317 (strain), 36842 (species)

SI-ID 42595

ATCC 49637, DSM 5387

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Maledivibacter halophilus M1 is an anaerobe, chemoorganotroph, mesophilic bacterium that was isolated from anoxic hypersaline sediment.

Gram-positive
motile
rod-shaped
anaerobe
chemoorganotroph
mesophilic
16S sequence
Bacteria
genome sequence

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

	Last LPSN update	09-12-2024 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	*Bacteria*
	Phylum	*Bacillota*
	Class	*Clostridia*
	Order	*Eubacteriales*
	Family	*Peptostreptococcaceae*
	Genus	*Maledivibacter*
	Species	**Maledivibacter halophilus**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Maledivibacter halophilus (Fendrich et al. 1991) Li et al. 2016

	Synonym	Clostridium halophilum
	Synonym	Clostridium halophilium

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #25020]	Gram stain	positive

[Ref.: #25020]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #25020]	Motility	yes

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

MALEDIVIBACTER MEDIUM (BETAINE) (DSMZ Medium 104d)

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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

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #2131]			growth	35 °C

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #2131]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe
[Ref.: #25020]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe
[Ref.: #125439]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe Confidence in %99.4

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Nutrition type

chemoorganotroph

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #25020]	2-oxobutanoate ChEBI	-	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	3-hydroxybutyrate ChEBI	-	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	arabinose ChEBI	-	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	cellobiose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	D-fructose ChEBI	-	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	D-mannitol ChEBI	-	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	D-mannose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	esculin ferric citrate	-	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	gelatin ChEBI	-	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	glucose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	glycerol 3-phosphate ChEBI	-	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	L-fucose ChEBI	-	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	L-glutamine ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	L-rhamnose ChEBI	-	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	L-threonine ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	melezitose ChEBI	-	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	methyl pyruvate ChEBI	-	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	palatinose ChEBI	-	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	pyruvate ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	sucrose ChEBI	-	carbon source
[Ref.: #25020]	trehalose ChEBI	+	carbon source
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	Antibiotica	Metabolite	Antibiotic resistance
[Ref.: #25020]		chloramphenicol ChEBI	yes

	Enzymes	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #25020]		catalase	-	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #25020]		cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1

	Pathway	Enzyme coverage	Annotated reactions
	Pathway annotation	Computationally determined by
[Ref.: #66794]	propanol degradation	100	7 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	lipoate biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	100	7 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
[Ref.: #66794]	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	L-lactaldehyde degradation	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	ribulose monophosphate pathway	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	cellulose degradation	100	5 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	cardiolipin biosynthesis	100	7 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
[Ref.: #66794]	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
[Ref.: #66794]	threonine metabolism	100	10 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	isoleucine metabolism	100	8 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of sugar alcohols	93.75	15 of 16
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B1 metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	pyrimidine metabolism	91.11	41 of 45
[Ref.: #66794]	propionate fermentation	90	9 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	alanine metabolism	89.66	26 of 29
[Ref.: #66794]	purine metabolism	89.36	84 of 94
[Ref.: #66794]	d-mannose degradation	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	valine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	flavin biosynthesis	86.67	13 of 15
[Ref.: #66794]	citric acid cycle	85.71	12 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	ubiquinone biosynthesis	85.71	6 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	85.71	24 of 28
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B12 metabolism	85.29	29 of 34
[Ref.: #66794]	urea cycle	84.62	11 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	83.33	5 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	NAD metabolism	83.33	15 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	glycolysis	82.35	14 of 17
[Ref.: #66794]	pentose phosphate pathway	81.82	9 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	hydrogen production	80	4 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	Entner Doudoroff pathway	80	8 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	80	4 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	methylglyoxal degradation	80	4 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	factor 420 biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	starch degradation	80	8 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	glycine betaine biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
[Ref.: #66794]	tryptophan metabolism	78.95	30 of 38
[Ref.: #66794]	photosynthesis	78.57	11 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylalanine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	75	6 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	phenol degradation	75	15 of 20
[Ref.: #66794]	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	histidine metabolism	72.41	21 of 29
[Ref.: #66794]	arginine metabolism	70.83	17 of 24
[Ref.: #66794]	methionine metabolism	69.23	18 of 26
[Ref.: #66794]	non-pathway related	68.42	26 of 38
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of sugar acids	68	17 of 25
[Ref.: #66794]	selenocysteine biosynthesis	66.67	4 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	serine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	66.67	8 of 12
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of hexoses	66.67	12 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	methane metabolism	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	oxidative phosphorylation	64.84	59 of 91
[Ref.: #66794]	glutathione metabolism	64.29	9 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of pentoses	64.29	18 of 28
[Ref.: #66794]	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	64.29	9 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	heme metabolism	64.29	9 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	d-xylose degradation	63.64	7 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	gluconeogenesis	62.5	5 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	ketogluconate metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	leucine metabolism	61.54	8 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	isoprenoid biosynthesis	61.54	16 of 26
[Ref.: #66794]	lipid metabolism	61.29	19 of 31
[Ref.: #66794]	cysteine metabolism	61.11	11 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	60	3 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	creatinine degradation	60	3 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	glycogen metabolism	60	3 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	myo-inositol biosynthesis	60	6 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	60	6 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	lysine metabolism	59.52	25 of 42
[Ref.: #66794]	nitrate assimilation	55.56	5 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	proline metabolism	54.55	6 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B6 metabolism	54.55	6 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	53.85	7 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	tyrosine metabolism	50	7 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	toluene degradation	50	2 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	lactate fermentation	50	2 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	coenzyme M biosynthesis	50	5 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	metabolism of disaccharids	45.45	5 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	allantoin degradation	44.44	4 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	polyamine pathway	43.48	10 of 23
[Ref.: #66794]	ascorbate metabolism	40.91	9 of 22
[Ref.: #66794]	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	3-chlorocatechol degradation	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	3-phenylpropionate degradation	40	6 of 15
[Ref.: #66794]	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	gallate degradation	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	38.46	5 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	37.5	3 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	androgen and estrogen metabolism	31.25	5 of 16
[Ref.: #66794]	sulfate reduction	30.77	4 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	benzoyl-CoA degradation	28.57	2 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	methanogenesis from CO2	25	3 of 12
[Ref.: #66794]	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	alginate biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	22.22	2 of 9
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Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #2131]	Sample type/isolated from	anoxic hypersaline sediment
[Ref.: #2131]	Country	Maldives
[Ref.: #2131]	Country ISO 3 Code	MDV
[Ref.: #2131]	Continent	Asia
* marker position based on {}

Isolation sources categories

#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Sediment
#Condition	#Anoxic (anaerobic)	-
#Condition	#Saline	-

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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.: #2131]	Clostridium halophilum 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 5387	X77837	1480	GenBank ENA	36842 tax ID

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Maledivibacter halophilus ATCC 49637	2524614863	draft	JGI IMG/M	1121317 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Maledivibacter halophilus M1	GCA_900167445	scaffold	GenBank ENA	36842 tax ID	*

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GC-content

27.0 mol%

Data predicted using genome information as a basis Genome-based predictions

	Model	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %
	Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Maledivibacter halophilus M1 NCBI: GCA_900167445
[Ref.: #125439]	BacteriaNet	spore_formationⓘ	yes	74.7
[Ref.: #125439]	BacteriaNet	motilityⓘ	yes	75.7
[Ref.: #125439]	BacteriaNet	gram_stainⓘ	variable	69.3
[Ref.: #125439]	BacteriaNet	oxygen_toleranceⓘ	anaerobe	99.4

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 5387, ATCC 49637

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SI-ID 42595

References

#2131

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 5387

#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 )

#25020

G. Z. Li, X.,Liu, X.,Zhang, X.,Shao, Z.: Wukongibacter baidiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from hydrothermal sulfides, and proposal for the reclassification of the closely related Clostridium halophilum and Clostridium caminithermale within Maledivibacter gen. nov. and Paramaledivibacter gen. nov., respectively. IJSEM 66: 4355 - 4361 2016 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.001355 , PubMed 27473553 )

#66792

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#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 )

#72269

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-ID42595.1 )

#125439

Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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