Cellulophaga lytica (DSM 2039, IFO 15985, NBRC 15985)

Name: Cellulophaga lytica (DSM 2039, IFO 15985, NBRC 15985)
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BacDive ID 5497

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 2039 IFO 15985 NBRC 15985 Cy l2

NCBI tax ID(s) 979

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- H. Reichenbach, Cy l2

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Cellulophaga lytica DSM 2039 is a bacterium that was isolated from sandy mud of beach.

16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 92688

LMG 1344,ATCC 23178,CIP 103822,DSM 7489,LMG 8371,NCIMB 1423,DSM 2039,IFO 15985,IAM 14306,JCM 8516,VKM B-1433,IFO 14961,NCMB 1423,CECT 5014,KCTC 2913,KCTC 2914,NBRC 14961,NBRC 15985

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:26:11

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacteroidota

Class Flavobacteriia

Order Flavobacteriales

Family Flavobacteriaceae

Genus Cellulophaga

Species Cellulophaga lytica

Full scientific name Cellulophaga lytica (Lewin 1969) Johansen et al. 1999

Synonyms (1)

Cytophaga lytica

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Cellulophaga lytica** (2)	Type strain
5499	C. lytica LIM -21, LIM 21, DSM 7489, ATCC 23178, IAM ... (type strain)
5498	C. lytica WFB -21, DSM 2040, ATCC 23169, IFO 15986, ...

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
682	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
682	CYTOPHAGA (marine) MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 172)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CYTOPHAGA (marine) MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 172) Composition: NaCl 24.7 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 6.3 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 4.6 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 1.2 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Tryptone 1.0 g/l KCl 0.7 g/l NaHCO3 0.2 g/l Distilled water
36876	MEDIUM 192 - for Alteromonas rubra		Distilled water make up to (250.000 ml);Agar (15.000 g);Yeast extract (3.000 g);Peptone (5.000 g);Synthetic sea solution - M0216 (750.000 ml)

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
682	positive	growth	25
36876	positive	growth	25

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Coast
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Mud (Sludge)
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Sandy

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
682	sandy mud of beach	Harwich, Eastern coast	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB681016 (>99% sequence identity) for Cellulophaga from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	3313
Soil Samples	208
Animal Samples	185
Plant Samples	82
Total Samples	3788

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
682	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Cellulophaga lytica gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 15985	AB681016	1445		979

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Glitter-like iridescence within the bacteroidetes especially Cellulophaga spp.: optical properties and correlation with gliding motility.	Kientz B, Ducret A, Luke S, Vukusic P, Mignot T, Rosenfeld E.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0052900	2012
Phylogeny	Iridescence of a marine bacterium and classification of prokaryotic structural colors.	Kientz B, Vukusic P, Luke S, Rosenfeld E.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.07339-11	2012
Phylogeny	Beta-subunit of ATP-synthase: a useful marker for studying the phylogenetic relationship of eubacteria.	Amann R, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH	J Gen Microbiol	10.1099/00221287-134-10-2815	1988

References

#682	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 2039
#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 )
#36876	; Curators of the CIP;
#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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Cellulophaga lytica (DSM 2039, IFO 15985, NBRC 15985)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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