Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Essex 6 | Type strain | DSM 642, ATCC 29577, NCIMB 8307, VKM B-1799, CCUG 34226, CIP 107039 | BacDiveID:4073

Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 4073

Type strain:

Species: Desulfovibrio desulfuricans

Strain Designation: Essex 6

Culture col. no.: DSM 642, ATCC 29577, NCIMB 8307, VKM B-1799, CCUG 34226, CIP 107039

Strain history: <- G. Gottschalk, Universität Göttingen, Germany <- NCIB <- M. E. Adams and K. R. Butlin, National Chemical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, U.K.; Essex 6 {1948}

NCBI tax ID(s): 1121445 (strain), 876 (species)

Other strains from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans

D. desulfuricans El Agheila Z, DSM 1926, NCIMB 8380
D. desulfuricans DSM 1924, NCIMB 9467
D. desulfuricans STp, DSM 4369, VKM B-1800
D. desulfuricans MB, DSM 6949, ATCC 27774
D. desulfuricans CSN, DSM 9104
D. desulfuricans IC1, DSM 12129
D. desulfuricans CCUG 55332
D. desulfuricans CCUG 64305
D. desulfuricans CCUG 67268

Section

Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Essex 6 is an anaerobe, mesophilic bacterium that was isolated from tar and sand mix around corroded gas main.

anaerobe
mesophilic
16S sequence
Bacteria
genome sequence

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

	Last LPSN update	07-12-2022 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Pseudomonadota*
	Class	*Deltaproteobacteria*
	Order	*Desulfovibrionales*
	Family	*Desulfovibrionaceae*
	Genus	*Desulfovibrio*
	Species	**Desulfovibrio desulfuricans**
	Full Scientific Name (PNU)	Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (Beijerinck 1895) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonym

"Spirillum desulfuricans"

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

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Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

DESULFOVIBRIO (POSTGATE) MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 63)

Culture medium growth

Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #342]			growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #51996]			growth	37 °C

[Ref.: #342]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #51996]	Temperature range	mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #342]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe
[Ref.: #51996]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

Reference

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C17:1 ω9c ISO	27.5	16.416
C15:0 ISO	25.2	14.621
C16:0	9.9	16
C14:0 ISO 3OH	8.8	15.117
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	4.6	17.724
C17:0 iso	4.1	16.629
C17:0 CYCLO	3.7	16.888
C17:1 ISO I/C16:0 DMA	2.9	16.481
C16:1 ω7c	2.5	15.819
C15:1 ω5c	1.4	14.904
unknown 13.566	1.4	13.566
C15:0	1.1	15
C15:0 ANTEISO	1.1	14.711
C15:1 ISO F	0.8	14.414
C17:0	0.7	17
Unidentified	0.7	17.103
C18:1 ω9c	0.5	17.769
Unidentified	0.5	15.399
C17:0 iso 3OH	0.4	18.161
C14:0	0.4	14
C16:1 ISO H	0.4	15.461
C18:0	0.4	18
unknown 14.966	0.4	14.966
C17:1 ω8c	0.3	16.792
Unidentified	0.3	16.288

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #342]	Sample type/isolated from	tar and sand mix around corroded gas main
[Ref.: #342]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Essex
[Ref.: #342]	Country	United Kingdom
[Ref.: #342]	Country ISO 3 Code	GBR
[Ref.: #342]	Continent	Europe

[Ref.: #51996]	Sample type/isolated from	Tar-sand mixture in waterlogged clay
[Ref.: #51996]	Country	United Kingdom
[Ref.: #51996]	Country ISO 3 Code	GBR
[Ref.: #51996]	Continent	Europe
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Isolation sources categories

#Engineered	#Industrial	#Engineered product
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Sandy

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Global distribution of 16S sequence M34113 (>99% sequence identity) for Desulfovibrio desulfuricans subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	1282
Soil Samples	63
Animal Samples	2617
Plant Samples	82
Total Samples	4044

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

Biosafety level

1

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.: #20218]	Desulfovibrio desulfuricans subsp. desulfuricans strain Essex 6 16S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence	AF192153	1542	ENA	115117 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Desulfovibrio desulfuricans subsp. desulfuricans Essex 6 16S-23S internal transcribed spacer region, partial sequence	AY033879	427	ENA	115117 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #342]	Desulfovibrio desulfuricans strain ATCC 27774 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	M34113	1551	ENA	525146 tax ID

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Desulfovibrio desulfuricans DSM 642 DSM 642	GCA_000420465	contig	GenBank	1121445 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Desulfovibrio desulfuricans subsp. desulfuricans DSM 642	1121445.4	wgs	PATRIC	1121445 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Desulfovibrio desulfuricans desulfuricans DSM 642	2524614548	draft	JGI IMG/M	1121445 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Candidatus Sulcia muelleri SMMAGTRE	GCA_001272615	complete	PATRIC	336810 tax ID	*

GC-content

57.4 mol%

sequence analysis

Availability in culture collections External links

Culture collection no.

DSM 642, ATCC 29577, NCIMB 8307, VKM B-1799, CCUG 34226, CIP 107039

Associated Passport(s) in StrainInfo

8936, 8933, 107031, 133187

Literature:

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Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Enzymology	Cloning and characterization of the flavodoxin gene from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans.	Helms LR, Swenson RP	Biochim Biophys Acta	10.1016/0167-4781(91)90190-w	1991	*
Phylogeny	Diversity and origin of Desulfovibrio species: phylogenetic definition of a family.	Devereux R, He SH, Doyle CL, Orkland S, Stahl DA, LeGall J, Whitman WB	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.172.7.3609-3619.1990	1990	*
Genetics	1H and 15N NMR resonance assignments and solution secondary structure of oxidized Desulfovibrio desulfuricans flavodoxin.	Pollock JR, Swenson RP, Stockman BJ	J Biomol NMR	10.1007/BF00202039	1996	*
Pathogenicity	Intraspecies variability of cellular fatty acids among soil and intestinal strains of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans.	Dzierzewicz Z, Cwalina B, Kurkiewicz S, Chodurek E, Wilczok T	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.62.9.3360-3365.1996	1996	*
Metabolism	Physiologic studies with the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans: evaluation for use in a biofuel cell.	Cooney MJ, Roschi E, Marison IW, Comninellis C, von Stockar U	Enzyme Microb Technol	10.1016/0141-0229(95)00132-8	1996	*
Phylogeny	Isolation of Desulfovibrio intestinalis sp. nov. from the hindgut' of the lower termite Mastotermes darwiniensis.	Frohlich J, Sass H, Babenzien HD, Kuhnigk T, Varma A, Saxena S, Nalepa C, Pfeiffer P, Konig H	Can J Microbiol	10.1139/w98-222	1999	*
Enzymology	Dissimilatory sulfite reductase (desulfoviridin) of the taurine-degrading, non-sulfate-reducing bacterium Bilophila wadsworthia RZATAU contains a fused DsrB-DsrD subunit.	Laue H, Friedrich M, Ruff J, Cook AM	J Bacteriol	10.1128/JB.183.5.1727-1733.2001	2001	*
Metabolism	Volatile sulfur production by pig cecal bacteria in batch culture and screening inhibitors of sulfate reducing bacteria.	Arakawa T, Ishikawa Y, Ushida K	J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo)	10.3177/jnsv.46.193	2000	*
Genetics	Spectroscopic investigation and determination of reactivity and structure of the tetraheme cytochrome c3 from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Essex 6.	Einsle O, Foerster S, Mann K, Fritz G, Messerschmidt A, Kroneck PM	Eur J Biochem	10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02195.x	2001	*
Phylogeny	Reclassification of the only species of the genus Desulfomonas, Desulfomonas pigra, as Desulfovibrio piger comb. nov.	Loubinoux J, Valente FM, Pereira IA, Costa A, Grimont PA, Le Faou AE	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-52-4-1305	2002	*
Metabolism	Bioreduction and biocrystallization of palladium by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans NCIMB 8307.	Yong P, Rowson NA, Farr JP, Harris IR, Macaskie LE	Biotechnol Bioeng	10.1002/bit.10369	2002	*
Metabolism	Reduction of Cr(VI) by "palladized" biomass of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 29577.	Mabbett AN, Yong P, Farr JP, Macaskie LE	Biotechnol Bioeng	10.1002/bit.20105	2004	*
Biotechnology	Biorecovered precious metals from industrial wastes: single-step conversion of a mixed metal liquid waste to a bioinorganic catalyst with environmental application.	Mabbett AN, Sanyahumbi D, Yong P, Macaskie LE	Environ Sci Technol	10.1021/es0509836	2006	*
Metabolism	Chromate reduction by immobilized palladized sulfate-reducing bacteria.	Humphries AC, Mikheenko IP, Macaskie LE	Biotechnol Bioeng	10.1002/bit.20814	2006	*
Enzymology	Succinate dehydrogenase functioning by a reverse redox loop mechanism and fumarate reductase in sulphate-reducing bacteria.	Zaunmuller T, Kelly DJ, Glockner FO, Unden G	Microbiology (Reading)	10.1099/mic.0.28849-0	2006	*
Metabolism	Reduction of molybdate by sulfate-reducing bacteria.	Biswas KC, Woodards NA, Xu H, Barton LL	Biometals	10.1007/s10534-008-9198-8	2009	*
Metabolism	Pseudosymmetry, high copy number and twinning complicate the structure determination of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (ATCC 29577) flavodoxin.	Guelker M, Stagg L, Wittung-Stafshede P, Shamoo Y	Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr	10.1107/S0907444909010075	2009	*
Pathogenicity	Susceptibilities of 23 Desulfovibrio isolates from humans.	Nakao K, Tanaka K, Ichiishi S, Mikamo H, Shibata T, Watanabe K	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/AAC.00630-09	2009	*
Pathogenicity	First isolation of Desulfovibrio from the human vaginal flora.	Ichiishi S, Tanaka K, Nakao K, Izumi K, Mikamo H, Watanabe K	Anaerobe	10.1016/j.anaerobe.2010.02.002	2010	*
Enzymology	Hydrogenase activity of mineral-associated and suspended populations of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Essex 6.	Reardon CL, Magnuson TS, Boyd ES, Leavitt WD, Reed DW, Geesey GG	Microb Ecol	10.1007/s00248-013-0308-y	2013	*
Phylogeny	Pseudodesulfovibrio indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a piezophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from the Indian Ocean and reclassification of four species of the genus Desulfovibrio.	Cao J, Gayet N, Zeng X, Shao Z, Jebbar M, Alain K	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001286	2016	*
Metabolism	A glycyl radical enzyme enables hydrogen sulfide production by the human intestinal bacterium Bilophila wadsworthia.	Peck SC, Denger K, Burrichter A, Irwin SM, Balskus EP, Schleheck D	Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A	10.1073/pnas.1815661116	2019	*
	Mutual influences of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Desulfovibrio desulfuricans on their adhesion to stainless steel.	Medilanski E, Wick LY, Wanner O, Harms H	Biofouling	10.1080/0892701021000030133	2003	*
	Characterization of intracellular palladium nanoparticles synthesized by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans and Bacillus benzeovorans.	Omajali JB, Mikheenko IP, Merroun ML, Wood J, Macaskie LE	J Nanopart Res	10.1007/s11051-015-3067-5	2015	*

References

#342	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 642

#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 )

#20218

Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )

#51996 Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 34226

#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) .

#66793

Mukherjee et al.: GEBA: 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. 35: 676 - 683 2017 ( DOI 10.1038/nbt.3886 , PubMed 28604660 )

#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 .

#69480

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Predictions based on genome sequence made in the Diaspora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

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