Desulfovibrio simplex (DSM 4141, JCM 16812, XVI)

Name: Desulfovibrio simplex (DSM 4141, JCM 16812, XVI)
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BacDive ID 4120

Type strain

Strain Designation XVI

Culture col. no. DSM 4141 JCM 16812 XVI

NCBI tax ID(s) 54565

Special Collections DSMZ JCM

History <- G. Zellner, XVI DSM 4141 <-- G. Zellner strain XVI.

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Desulfovibrio simplex XVI is an anaerobe bacterium that was isolated from mesophilic, anaerobic whey digestor.

anaerobe 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 47798

DSM 4141,JCM 16812

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:18:39

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Thermodesulfobacteriota

Class Desulfovibrionia

Order Desulfovibrionales

Family Desulfovibrionaceae

Genus Desulfovibrio

Species Desulfovibrio simplex

Full scientific name Desulfovibrio simplex Zellner et al. 1990

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
1602	DESULFOVIBRIO (POSTGATE) MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 63)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: DESULFOVIBRIO (POSTGATE) MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 63) Composition: MgSO4 x 7 H2O 2.0 g/l Na-DL-lactate 2.0 g/l NH4Cl 1.0 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Na2SO4 1.0 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.5 g/l K2HPO4 0.5 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.1 g/l Na-thioglycolate 0.1 g/l Ascorbic acid 0.1 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.0005 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
1602	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

1602

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Biodegradation	-
#Engineered	#Food production	#Dairy product
#Condition	#Anoxic (anaerobic)	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
1602	mesophilic, anaerobic whey digestor	Regensburg	Germany	DEU	Europe
67770	Anaerobic sour whey digester

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence FR733678 (>99% sequence identity) for Desulfovibrio simplex from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	688
Soil Samples	17
Animal Samples	256
Plant Samples	26
Total Samples	987

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
1602	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Desulfovibrio simplex gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 16812	AB603520	1502		54565
1602	Desulfovibrio simplex partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain DSM4141T	FR733678	1539		54565

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
1602	47.5
67770	47.5	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Lactobacillus acidophilus potentiates oncolytic virotherapy through modulating gut microbiota homeostasis in hepatocellular carcinoma.	Zhang J, Yang J, Luo J, Wu W, Luo H, Wei W, Lyu H, Wang Y, Yi H, Zhang Y, Fan Z, Lyu H, Kanakaveti VP, Qin B, Yuan P, Yang R, Zhang H, Zuo T, Felsher DW, Lee MH, Li K.	Nat Commun	10.1038/s41467-025-58407-z	2025
Metabolism	Oxidation of benzaldehydes to benzoic acid derivatives by three Desulfovibrio strains.	Zellner G, Kneifel H, Winter J.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.56.7.2228-2233.1990	1990
Metabolism	Evidence for a tungsten-stimulated aldehyde dehydrogenase activity of Desulfovibrio simplex that oxidizes aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes with flavins as coenzymes.	Zellner G, Jargon A	Arch Microbiol	10.1007/s002030050525	1997

References

#1602	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 4141
#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 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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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Desulfovibrio simplex (DSM 4141, JCM 16812, XVI)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

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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