Alteromonas stellipolaris (DSM 15691, LMG 21861, ANT69a)

Name: Alteromonas stellipolaris (DSM 15691, LMG 21861, ANT69a)
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BacDive ID 447

Type strain

Strain Designation ANT69a, R-15466

Culture col. no. DSM 15691 LMG 21861 ANT69a R-15466 CIP 108513 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 233316

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Alteromonas stellipolaris ANT69a is an obligate aerobe, psychrophilic, Gram-negative prokaryote that forms circular colonies and has a brown pigmentation.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped colony-forming pigmented obligate aerobe psychrophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 28805

LMG 21861,DSM 15691,CIP 108513

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:46:51

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Alteromonadales

Family Alteromonadaceae

Genus Alteromonas

Species Alteromonas stellipolaris

Full scientific name Alteromonas stellipolaris Van Trappen et al. 2004

Synonyms (1)

Alteromonas addita

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Alteromonas stellipolaris** (1)	Type strain
446	A. stellipolaris R-15462, DSM 15672, LMG 21856

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Flagellum arrangement	Confidence
23288	negative	2.0-7.0 µm	0.4 µm	rod-shaped	monotrichous, polar
123306	negative			rod-shaped
125438	negative					99.469
125439	negative					97

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony size	Colony color	Colony shape	Incubation period	Medium used
23288	2-5 mm	creamy white, opaque	circular	3 days	Marine agar

Pigmentation

@ref	Production	Color
23288		brown

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
6058	BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514) Composition: NaCl 19.45 g/l MgCl2 5.9 g/l Bacto peptone 5.0 g/l Na2SO4 3.24 g/l CaCl2 1.8 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l KCl 0.55 g/l NaHCO3 0.16 g/l Fe(III) citrate 0.1 g/l KBr 0.08 g/l SrCl2 0.034 g/l H3BO3 0.022 g/l Na2HPO4 0.008 g/l Na-silicate 0.004 g/l NaF 0.0024 g/l (NH4)NO3 0.0016 g/l Distilled water
23288	Marine agar (MA)
23288	PYG agar
33972	Marine agar (MA)		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Marine agar (55.100 g)
123306	CIP Medium 13	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
6058	positive	growth	20	psychrophilic
23288	positive	growth	5-37
23288	negative	growth	>40
33972	positive	growth	25	mesophilic
123306	positive	growth	5-30
123306	negative	growth	37
123306	negative	growth	41

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
23288	positive	growth	6-9	alkaliphile
23288	positive	growth	7.0-8.5

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
23288	obligate aerobe
123306	facultative anaerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	99.4

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
23288
125438		90.786

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration	Halophily level
23288	NaCl	positive	growth	1-10 %
23288					halophilic
123306	NaCl	positive	growth	4-8 %
123306	NaCl		growth	0 %
123306	NaCl		growth	2 %
123306	NaCl		growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
23288	17521 ChEBI	(-)-quinic acid	-	assimilation
23288	62064 ChEBI	2,3-butanediol	-	assimilation
23288	64552 ChEBI	2-hydroxybutyrate	-	assimilation
23288	16763 ChEBI	2-oxobutanoate	+/-	assimilation
23288	30916 ChEBI	2-oxoglutarate	-	assimilation
23288	28644 ChEBI	2-oxopentanoate	-	assimilation
23288	18240 ChEBI	4-hydroxy-L-proline	-	assimilation
23288	16724 ChEBI	4-hydroxybutyrate	-	assimilation
23288	18101 ChEBI	4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid	-	assimilation
23288	30089 ChEBI	acetate	+	assimilation
23288	58187 ChEBI	alginate	-	degradation
23288	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	+	builds acid from
23288	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	-	builds acid from
23288	8295 ChEBI	beta-hydroxybutyrate	+	assimilation
23288	73706 ChEBI	bromosuccinate	-	assimilation
23288	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	assimilation
23288	17029 ChEBI	chitin	-	degradation
23288	16383 ChEBI	cis-aconitate	-	assimilation
23288	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	assimilation
23288	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
23288	23456 ChEBI	cyclodextrin	+/-	assimilation
23288	15570 ChEBI	D-alanine	-	assimilation
23288	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	assimilation
23288	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	assimilation
23288	12931 ChEBI	D-galactonate	-	assimilation
23288	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	assimilation
23288	18024 ChEBI	D-galacturonic acid	+	assimilation
23288	8391 ChEBI	D-gluconate	+/-	assimilation
23288	17784 ChEBI	D-glucosaminic acid	-	assimilation
23288	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	assimilation
23288	14314 ChEBI	D-glucose 6-phosphate	-	assimilation
23288	15748 ChEBI	D-glucuronate	-	assimilation
23288	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	assimilation
23288	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	assimilation
23288	27605 ChEBI	D-psicose	+	assimilation
23288	16523 ChEBI	D-serine	-	assimilation
23288	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	assimilation
23288	16551 ChEBI	D-trehalose	+	assimilation
23288	23652 ChEBI	dextrin	+	assimilation
23288	17126 ChEBI	DL-carnitine	-	assimilation
23288	16991 ChEBI	dna	+	degradation
23288		egg yolk	+	assimilation
23288	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	assimilation
23288	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	degradation
123306	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
23288	16000 ChEBI	ethanolamine	-	assimilation
23288	15740 ChEBI	formate	-	assimilation
23288	16865 ChEBI	gamma-aminobutyric acid	-	assimilation
23288	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	degradation
23288	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	+	assimilation
23288	17234 ChEBI	glucose	-	builds acid from
23288	29042 ChEBI	glucose 1-phosphate	-	assimilation
23288	32323 ChEBI	glucuronamide	-	assimilation
23288	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+/-	assimilation
23288	14336 ChEBI	glycerol 1-phosphate	-	assimilation
23288	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	+	assimilation
23288	73804 ChEBI	glycyl L-aspartic acid	-	assimilation
23288	73784 ChEBI	glycyl-l-glutamate	+	assimilation
23288	17596 ChEBI	inosine	+/-	assimilation
23288	17240 ChEBI	itaconate	-	assimilation
23288	21217 ChEBI	L-alaninamide	+	assimilation
23288	16977 ChEBI	L-alanine	+/-	assimilation
23288	73786 ChEBI	L-alanylglycine	+	assimilation
23288	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation
23288	17196 ChEBI	L-asparagine	-	assimilation
23288	29991 ChEBI	L-aspartate	-	assimilation
23288	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	assimilation
23288	29985 ChEBI	L-glutamate	+	assimilation
23288	15971 ChEBI	L-histidine	-	assimilation
23288	15603 ChEBI	L-leucine	+/-	assimilation
23288	15729 ChEBI	L-ornithine	-	assimilation
23288	17295 ChEBI	L-phenylalanine	-	assimilation
23288	17203 ChEBI	L-proline	+/-	assimilation
23288	18183 ChEBI	L-pyroglutamic acid	-	assimilation
23288	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	assimilation
23288	16857 ChEBI	L-threonine	+/-	assimilation
23288	24996 ChEBI	lactate	-	assimilation
23288	25000 ChEBI	lactone	-	assimilation
23288	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	assimilation
23288	6359 ChEBI	lactulose	+	assimilation
23288	15792 ChEBI	malonate	-	assimilation
23288	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	assimilation
23288	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+/-	builds acid from
23288	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	assimilation
23288	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+/-	builds acid from
23288	51850 ChEBI	methyl pyruvate	-	assimilation
23288	75146 ChEBI	monomethyl succinate	-	assimilation
23288	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	assimilation
23288	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from
23288	28037 ChEBI	N-acetylgalactosamine	-	assimilation
23288	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	assimilation
23288	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
123306	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
123306	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
23288	50048 ChEBI	phenylethylamine	-	assimilation
23288	17272 ChEBI	propionate	+	assimilation
23288	17148 ChEBI	putrescine	-	assimilation
23288	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	assimilation
23288	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	-	builds acid from
23288	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	assimilation
23288	41865 ChEBI	sebacic acid	-	assimilation
123306	132112 ChEBI	sodium thiosulfate	-	builds gas from
23288	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from
23288	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	degradation
23288	143136 ChEBI	succinamate	-	assimilation
23288	30031 ChEBI	succinate	+/-	assimilation
23288	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	assimilation
23288	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+/-	builds acid from
23288	17748 ChEBI	thymidine	-	assimilation
23288	53423 ChEBI	tween 40	+	assimilation
23288	53426 ChEBI	tween 80	+	assimilation
23288	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis
23288	16704 ChEBI	uridine	+/-	assimilation
23288	27248 ChEBI	urocanic acid	-	assimilation
23288	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	assimilation

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
23288	15688 ChEBI	acetoin
23288	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide
23288	35581 ChEBI	indole
123306	35581 ChEBI	indole
23288	53388 ChEBI	polyhydroxybutyrate

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Citrate test
23288	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
23288	16947 ChEBI	citrate		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
23288	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
123306	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
23288	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
23288	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
23288	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
23288	alpha-galactosidase	+/-	3.2.1.22
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
23288	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
123306	amylase	+
23288	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6
23288	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
123306	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
23288	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
123306	caseinase	+	3.4.21.50
23288	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
123306	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
23288	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
23288	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
123306	DNase	+
23288	esterase (C 4)	+/-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
23288	esterase lipase (C 8)	+/-
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
123306	gelatinase	+
123306	lecithinase	+
23288	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
123306	lipase	+
23288	lipase (C 14)	+/-
68382	lipase (C 14)	+		from API zym
23288	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
123306	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
23288	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
23288	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
123306	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
123306	oxidase	+
123306	protease	+
23288	trypsin	+/-	3.4.21.4
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
23288	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1
123306	tryptophan deaminase	-
123306	tween esterase	+
123306	urease	-	3.5.1.5
23288	valine arylamidase	+/-
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
123306	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Marine

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Continent	Latitude	Longitude	Country	Isolation date
6058	seawater	66°20.0'S, 08°53.4'E	Australia and Oceania	-66.3333	8.89 -66.3333/8.89
123306	Environment, Sea water					Antarctic Ocean	1990

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AJ295715 (>99% sequence identity) for Alteromonas from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	653
Soil Samples
Animal Samples	2
Plant Samples
Total Samples	655

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
6058	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
123306	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM156211v1 assembly for Alteromonas stellipolaris LMG 21861	complete	GCA_001562115	233316.3	2687453500	233316	97.79

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
23288	Alteromonas stellipolaris partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain LMG 21861T	AJ295715	1485		233316

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
23288	43.3	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Alteromonas stellipolaris LMG 21861
IMG: 2687453500

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	87.90	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	66.90	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	97.00	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	99.40	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Alteromonas stellipolaris strain LMG 21861
PATRIC: 233316.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	99.47	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	97.56	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	90.79	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	72.12	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	97.97	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	81.67	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Oceanospirillales containing the DMSP lyase DddD are key utilisers of carbon from DMSP in coastal seawater.	Liu J, Xue CX, Wang J, Crombie AT, Carrion O, Johnston AWB, Murrell JC, Liu J, Zheng Y, Zhang XH, Todd JD.	Microbiome	10.1186/s40168-022-01304-0	2022
	A persistent and diverse airway microbiota present during chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations.	Huang YJ, Kim E, Cox MJ, Brodie EL, Brown R, Wiener-Kronish JP, Lynch SV.	OMICS	10.1089/omi.2009.0100	2010
Phylogeny	Isolation and characterization of an agarase-producing bacterial strain, Alteromonas sp. GNUM-1, from the West Sea, Korea.	Kim J, Hong SK	J Microbiol Biotechnol	10.4014/jmb.1209.08087	2012
Metabolism	Alteromonas halophila sp. nov., a new moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a sea anemone.	Chen YG, Xiao HD, Tang SK, Zhang YQ, Borrathybay E, Cui XL, Li WJ, Liu YQ.	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-009-9341-8	2009
Phylogeny	Salinimonas sediminis sp. nov., a piezophilic bacterium isolated from a deep-sea sediment sample from the New Britain Trench.	Cao J, Lai Q, Liu P, Wei Y, Wang L, Liu R, Fang J	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.003055	2018
Phylogeny	Alteromonas stellipolaris sp. nov., a novel, budding, prosthecate bacterium from Antarctic seas, and emended description of the genus Alteromonas.	Van Trappen S, Tan TL, Yang J, Mergaert J, Swings J	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.02862-0	2004

References

#6058	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 15691
#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 )
#23288	Stefanie Van Trappen, Tjhing-Lok Tan, Jifang Yang, Joris Mergaert, Jean Swings: Alteromonas stellipolaris sp. nov., a novel, budding, prosthecate bacterium from Antarctic seas, and emended description of the genus Alteromonas. IJSEM 54: 1157 - 1163 2004 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.02862-0 , PubMed 15280285 )
#33972	; Curators of the CIP;
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#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 .
#123306	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 108513
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#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 .
#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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Alteromonas stellipolaris (DSM 15691, LMG 21861, ANT69a)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_001562115

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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