Desulfobacter postgatei (DSM 2034, ATCC 33911, VKM B-1643)

Name: Desulfobacter postgatei (DSM 2034, ATCC 33911, VKM B-1643)
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BacDive ID 3957

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 2034 ATCC 33911 VKM B-1643 Dangast (2ac9)

NCBI tax ID(s) 879212 2293

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- F. Widdel, Universität Konstanz, Fakultät für Biologie, Konstanz, Germany; Dangast (2ac9) <- F. Widdel; {1976}

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Desulfobacter postgatei DSM 2034 is an anaerobe bacterium that was isolated from brackish water ditch.

anaerobe 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 40759

ATCC 33911,DSM 2034,VKM B-1643

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:25:49

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Thermodesulfobacteriota

Class Desulfobacteria

Order Desulfobacterales

Family Desulfobacteraceae

Genus Desulfobacter

Species Desulfobacter postgatei

Full scientific name Desulfobacter postgatei Widdel 1981

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Desulfobacter postgatei** (1)	Type strain
3958	D. postgatei D.A41, DSM 2553

Morphology

Colony morphology

679

Incubation period2-3 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
679	DESULFOBACTER MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 193)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: DESULFOBACTER MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 193) Composition: NaCl 6.97906 g/l Na2SO4 2.99102 g/l Na-acetate x 3 H2O 2.49252 g/l Na2CO3 1.49551 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 1.29611 g/l KCl 0.498505 g/l Na2S x 9 H2O 0.398804 g/l NH4Cl 0.299102 g/l KH2PO4 0.199402 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.149552 g/l HCl 0.00249252 g/l FeCl2 x 4 H2O 0.00149551 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.000498505 g/l NaOH 0.000498504 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000189432 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 9.97009e-05 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 9.97009e-05 g/l ZnCl2 6.97906e-05 g/l p-Aminobenzoic acid 4.98504e-05 g/l (DL)-alpha-Lipoic acid 4.98504e-05 g/l Thiamine HCl 4.98504e-05 g/l Calcium D-(+)-pantothenate 4.98504e-05 g/l Riboflavin 4.98504e-05 g/l Nicotinic acid 4.98504e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 3.58923e-05 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 2.39282e-05 g/l Biotin 1.99402e-05 g/l Folic acid 1.99402e-05 g/l H3BO3 5.98205e-06 g/l Na2WO4 x 2 H2O 3.98804e-06 g/l Na2SeO3 x 5 H2O 2.99103e-06 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 1.99402e-06 g/l Vitamin B12 9.97009e-07 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
679	positive	growth	32

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

679

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	valine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	100	8 of 8
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	90.91	20 of 22
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	85.71	6 of 7
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	threonine metabolism	80	8 of 10
66794	vitamin K metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
66794	d-mannose degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	NAD metabolism	77.78	14 of 18
66794	alanine metabolism	75.86	22 of 29
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	75.56	34 of 45
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	75	21 of 28
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	gluconeogenesis	75	6 of 8
66794	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	purine metabolism	74.47	70 of 94
66794	flavin biosynthesis	73.33	11 of 15
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	72.73	8 of 11
66794	photosynthesis	71.43	10 of 14
66794	leucine metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	lipid metabolism	67.74	21 of 31
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	67.65	23 of 34
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	serine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
66794	nitrate assimilation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	lysine metabolism	66.67	28 of 42
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	66.67	4 of 6
66794	glycolysis	64.71	11 of 17
66794	heme metabolism	64.29	9 of 14
66794	citric acid cycle	64.29	9 of 14
66794	proline metabolism	63.64	7 of 11
66794	glycogen metabolism	60	3 of 5
66794	hydrogen production	60	3 of 5
66794	starch degradation	60	6 of 10
66794	histidine metabolism	58.62	17 of 29
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	57.69	15 of 26
66794	propanol degradation	57.14	4 of 7
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	56.25	9 of 16
66794	sulfate reduction	53.85	7 of 13
66794	non-pathway related	52.63	20 of 38
66794	polyamine pathway	52.17	12 of 23
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	propionate fermentation	50	5 of 10
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	50	6 of 12
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	tryptophan metabolism	50	19 of 38
66794	denitrification	50	1 of 2
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	50	5 of 10
66794	lactate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	methionine metabolism	50	13 of 26
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	49.45	45 of 91
66794	urea cycle	46.15	6 of 13
66794	arginine metabolism	45.83	11 of 24
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	45.45	5 of 11
66794	daunorubicin biosynthesis	44.44	4 of 9
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	42.86	3 of 7
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	40	2 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	40	2 of 5
66794	glycine metabolism	40	4 of 10
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	40	4 of 10
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	cysteine metabolism	38.89	7 of 18
66794	degradation of hexoses	38.89	7 of 18
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
66794	tyrosine metabolism	35.71	5 of 14
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	sulfoquinovose degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	33.33	2 of 6
66794	degradation of pentoses	32.14	9 of 28
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	benzoyl-CoA degradation	28.57	2 of 7
66794	glutathione metabolism	28.57	4 of 14
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	27.27	3 of 11
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	vitamin E metabolism	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	alginate biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	methanogenesis from CO2	25	3 of 12
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	23.08	3 of 13

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Brackish
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Tidal flat

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
679	brackish water ditch	North Sea, near Jadebusen	Germany	DEU	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AF418180 (>99% sequence identity) for Desulfobacter postgatei subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	4872
Soil Samples	335
Animal Samples	261
Plant Samples	56
Total Samples	5524

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
679	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
679	Desulfobacter postgatei DSM 2034 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF418180	1523		879212

GC content

679

GC-content (mol%)45.9

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Application of recognition of individual genes-fluorescence in situ hybridization (RING-FISH) to detect nitrite reductase genes (nirK) of denitrifiers in pure cultures and environmental samples.	Pratscher J, Stichternoth C, Fichtl K, Schleifer KH, Braker G.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.01992-08	2009
Phylogeny	Functionally stable and phylogenetically diverse microbial enrichments from microbial fuel cells during wastewater treatment.	Ishii S, Suzuki S, Norden-Krichmar TM, Nealson KH, Sekiguchi Y, Gorby YA, Bretschger O.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0030495	2012
Enzymology	Characterization of microbial community structure in Gulf of Mexico gas hydrates: comparative analysis of DNA- and RNA-derived clone libraries.	Mills HJ, Martinez RJ, Story S, Sobecky PA.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.71.6.3235-3247.2005	2005
	Nested PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis approach to determine the diversity of sulfate-reducing bacteria in complex microbial communities.	Dar SA, Kuenen JG, Muyzer G.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.71.5.2325-2330.2005	2005
	Application of antisera raised against sulfate-reducing bacteria for indirect immunofluorescent detection of immunoreactive bacteria in sediment from the German Baltic Sea.	Lillebaek R.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.61.9.3436-3442.1995	1995
Metabolism	Demethylation of dimethylsulfoniopropionate to 3-S-methylmercaptopropionate by marine sulfate-reducing bacteria.	van der Maarel MJ, Jansen M, Haanstra R, Meijer WG, Hansen TA.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.62.11.3978-3984.1996	1996
Metabolism	Degradative capacities and 16S rRNA-targeted whole-cell hybridization of sulfate-reducing bacteria in an anaerobic enrichment culture utilizing alkylbenzenes from crude oil.	Rabus R, Fukui M, Wilkes H, Widdle F.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.62.10.3605-3613.1996	1996
Phylogeny	Phylogenetic analysis of the bacterial communities in marine sediments.	Gray JP, Herwig RP.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.62.11.4049-4059.1996	1996
	Compilation of small ribosomal subunit RNA structures.	Neefs JM, Van de Peer Y, De Rijk P, Chapelle S, De Wachter R.	Nucleic Acids Res	10.1093/nar/21.13.3025	1993
	Estimation of bacterial cell numbers in humic acid-rich salt marsh sediments with probes directed to 16S ribosomal DNA	Edgcomb VP, McDonald JH, Devereux R, Smith DW.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.65.4.1516-1523.1999	1999
Enzymology	Kinetics of Sulfate and Acetate Uptake by Desulfobacter postgatei.	Ingvorsen K, Zehnder AJ, Jorgensen BB	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.47.2.403-408.1984	1984

References

#679	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 2034
#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 )
#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 .
#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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Desulfobacter postgatei (DSM 2034, ATCC 33911, VKM B-1643)

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

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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