Microbulbifer elongatus (DSM 6810, ATCC 10144, LMG 2182)

Name: Microbulbifer elongatus (DSM 6810, ATCC 10144, LMG 2182)
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BacDive ID 464

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 6810 ATCC 10144 LMG 2182 NCIB 1141 CIP 108580 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 86173

Special Collections DSMZ CIP

History DSMZ <- NCIMB <- ATCC <- H.S. Levinson <- H. Humm CIP <- 2004, DSMZ <- NCIMB <- ATCC <- H.S. Levinson <- H. Humm.

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Microbulbifer elongatus DSM 6810 is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from liquefies agar.

Gram-negative rod-shaped genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 265483

LMG 2182,ATCC 10144,NCMB 1141,DSM 6810,NCIB 1141,NCIMB 1141,NRRL B-762,CIP 108580

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:25:02

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Cellvibrionales

Family Microbulbiferaceae

Genus Microbulbifer

Species Microbulbifer elongatus

Full scientific name Microbulbifer elongatus (Humm 1946) Yoon et al. 2003

Synonyms (1)

Pseudomonas elongata

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
119018	negative	rod-shaped
125439	negative		95.661
125438	negative		98.5

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
2834	SEA WATER AGAR (DSMZ Medium 246)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: SEA WATER AGAR (DSMZ Medium 246) Composition: Agar 20.0 g/l Peptone 10.0 g/l Beef extract 10.0 g/l Tap water Sea water
34962	MEDIUM 609 - for Microbulbifer elongatus		Agar (20.000 g);Peptone (10.000 g);Beef extract (10.000 g);Tap water(250.000 ml);Synthetic sea solution - M01068 (750.000 ml)
119018	CIP Medium 609	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
2834	positive	growth	20
34962	positive	growth	25
119018	positive	growth	25-37
119018	negative	growth	5
119018	negative	growth	10
119018	negative	growth	41

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125438		94.221
125439		99.859

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
119018	NaCl	positive	growth	4-6 %
119018	NaCl		growth	0 %
119018	NaCl		growth	2 %
119018	NaCl		growth	8 %
119018	NaCl		growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68368	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
119018	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	degradation
68368	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	assimilation	from API 20E
119018	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	degradation
68376	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API LIST
119018	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	degradation
119018	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	degradation
68368	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20E
119018	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	degradation
68376	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from	from API LIST
68376	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API LIST
68376	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API LIST
119018	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	degradation
68376	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API LIST
119018	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
68368	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68376	29042 ChEBI	glucose 1-phosphate	-	builds acid from	from API LIST
68376	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from	from API LIST
68368	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	fermentation	from API 20E
119018	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	degradation
68368	25094 ChEBI	lysine	-	degradation	from API 20E
119018	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	degradation
68368	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68376	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API LIST
68368	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	fermentation	from API 20E
119018	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
68368	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API 20E
119018	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68368	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	-	degradation	from API 20E
119018	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	degradation
68368	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	fermentation	from API 20E
119018	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	degradation
68368	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68368	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20E
68368	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
119018	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	from API 20E
68368	17997 ChEBI	dinitrogen	from API 20E
68368	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide	from API 20E
119018	35581 ChEBI	indole
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole	from API 20E
68368	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	from API 20E

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Indole test
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-		from API 20E
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole		-	from API 20E

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
119018	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68376	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API LIST
119018	amylase	+
68368	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20E
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
119018	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68368	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API 20E
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68376	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API LIST
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
119018	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
119018	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
119018	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
119018	gelatinase	+
68368	gelatinase	-		from API 20E
119018	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
119018	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
119018	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68368	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18	from API 20E
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
119018	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
68368	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	from API 20E
119018	oxidase	+
119018	protease	+
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
119018	tryptophan deaminase	-
68368	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API 20E
119018	tween esterase	-
119018	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68368	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20E
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

API 20E

@ref	ONPG	ADH (Arg)	LDC (Lys)	ODC	CIT	H2S productionH2S	URE	TDA (Trp)	IND	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	GEL	GLU	MAN	INO	Sor	RHA	SAC	MEL	AMY	ARA	OX	Nitrite productionNO2	Reduction to N2N2	MotilityMOB	Growth on MacConkey mediumMAC	OF-O	OF-F
119018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	-	-	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.

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
119018	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-

API LIST

@ref	Differentiation L. innocura(+)/ L.monoytogenes(-)DIM	ESC	alpha MAN	DARL	XYL	RHA	Acid from methyl-alpha-D-glucopyranosideMDG	RIB	G1P	TAG	beta hemolysis presentbeta HEM
119018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
119018	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Laboratory	#Lab enrichment

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
2834	liquefies agar
119018	Liquefies agar

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AF500006 (>99% sequence identity) for Microbulbifer elongatus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	265
Soil Samples	2
Animal Samples	3
Plant Samples	1
Total Samples	271

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
2834	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
119018	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
66792	ASM2116593v1 assembly for Microbulbifer elongatus DSM 6810	complete	GCA_021165935	86173.18	8066966837	86173	99.17
66792	ASM2255410v1 assembly for Microbulbifer elongatus DSM 6810	scaffold	GCA_022554105	86173.22	8066970356	86173	71.17

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Microbulbifer elongatus gene for 16S rRNA, strain: ATCC 10144	AB021368	1514		86173
2834	Pseudomonas elongata strain DSM 6810 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF500006	1491		86173

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM2116593v1 assembly for Microbulbifer elongatus DSM 6810
BV-BRC: 86173.18

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	aerobe	79.50	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	95.66	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	79.44	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.86	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Microbulbifer elongatus DSM 6810
NCBI: GCA_021165935.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.50	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	97.24	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	84.66	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	94.22	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	98.78	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	71.11	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Genome Analysis of a Polysaccharide-Degrading Bacterium Microbulbifer sp. HZ11 and Degradation of Alginate.	Liu X, Zhao W, Li Y, Sun Z, Lu C, Sun L.	Mar Drugs	10.3390/md22120569	2024
Phylogeny	Evaluation of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry in comparison to 16S rRNA gene sequencing for species identification of nonfermenting bacteria.	Mellmann A, Cloud J, Maier T, Keckevoet U, Ramminger I, Iwen P, Dunn J, Hall G, Wilson D, Lasala P, Kostrzewa M, Harmsen D.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.00157-08	2008
Genetics	Draft genome sequence of Microbulbifer elongatus strain HZ11, a brown seaweed-degrading bacterium with potential ability to produce bioethanol from alginate.	Sun C, Chen YJ, Zhang XQ, Pan J, Cheng H, Wu M	Mar Genomics	10.1016/j.margen.2014.05.009	2014
Phylogeny	Characterization of Microbulbifer strain CMC-5, a new biochemical variant of Microbulbifer elongatus type strain DSM6810T isolated from decomposing seaweeds.	Jonnadula R, Verma P, Shouche YS, Ghadi SC	Curr Microbiol	10.1007/s00284-009-9480-1	2009
Phylogeny	Transfer of Pseudomonas elongata Humm 1946 to the genus Microbulbifer as Microbulbifer elongatus comb. nov.	Yoon JH, Kim H, Kang KH, Oh TK, Park YH	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.02464-0	2003
Phylogeny	Microbulbifer mangrovi sp. nov., a polysaccharide-degrading bacterium isolated from an Indian mangrove.	Vashist P, Nogi Y, Ghadi SC, Verma P, Shouche YS	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.042978-0	2012

References

#2834	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 6810
#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 )
#34962	; Curators of the CIP;
#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) .
#68368	Automatically annotated from API 20E .
#68376	Automatically annotated from API LIST .
#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 .
#119018	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 108580
#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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Microbulbifer elongatus (DSM 6810, ATCC 10144, LMG 2182)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API 20E

API zym

API LIST

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_021165935

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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