Name: Anoxybacillus contaminans R-16222
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 554

Type strain:

Species: Anoxybacillus contaminans

Strain Designation: R-16222

Culture col. no.: DSM 15866, LMG 21881

Strain history: <- D. Janssens, LMG <- E. De Clerck, Univ. Ghent, Belgium; R-16222

NCBI tax ID(s): 225988 (species)

SI-ID 89484

LMG 21881, DSM 15866, BCRC 17610, CCRC 17610

Section

Anoxybacillus contaminans R-16222 is a facultative anaerobe, spore-forming, thermophilic bacterium that was isolated from gelatin.

Gram-variable
motile
rod-shaped
spore-forming
facultative anaerobe
thermophilic
16S sequence
Bacteria

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

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Bacillota*
	Class	*Bacilli*
	Order	*Caryophanales*
	Family	*Bacillaceae*
	Genus	*Anoxybacillus*
	Species	**Anoxybacillus contaminans**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Anoxybacillus contaminans De Clerck et al. 2004

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #30118]	Gram stain	variable

[Ref.: #30118]	Cell length	7 µm

[Ref.: #30118]	Cell width	0.85 µm

[Ref.: #30118]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #30118]	Motility	yes

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Pigment production

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #6128]			growth	50 °C
[Ref.: #30118]			optimum	50 °C

[Ref.: #6128]	Temperature range	thermophilic
[Ref.: #30118]	Temperature range	thermophilic

	pH	Kind of pH		pH
[Ref.: #30118]			optimum	7
[Ref.: #30118]			growth	4.5-9.5

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

facultative anaerobe

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Ability of spore formation

yes

	Halophily	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #30118]		NaCl		growth	<5	%

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Observation

aggregates in chains

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #30118]	arabinose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #30118]	esculin ChEBI	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #30118]	fructose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #30118]	galactose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #30118]	gelatin ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #30118]	glucose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #30118]	glycerol ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #30118]	glycogen ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #30118]	maltose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #30118]	mannose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #30118]	methyl D-glucoside ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #30118]	N-acetylglucosamine ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #30118]	nitrate ChEBI	+	reduction
[Ref.: #30118]	raffinose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #30118]	ribose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #30118]	sucrose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #30118]	trehalose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #30118]	xylose ChEBI	+	carbon source
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	Enzymes	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #30118]		catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #30118]		gelatinase	+

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

[Ref.: #6128]	Sample type/isolated from	gelatin
[Ref.: #6128]	Country	France
[Ref.: #6128]	Country ISO 3 Code	FRA
[Ref.: #6128]	Continent	Europe
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Isolation sources categories

#Engineered

#Industrial

#Engineered product

What are isolation sources categories?

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Global distribution of 16S sequence AJ551330 (>99% sequence identity) for Anoxybacillus contaminans subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	98
Soil Samples	196
Animal Samples	184
Plant Samples	19
Total Samples	497

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

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Biosafety level

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.: #30118]	Anoxybacillus contaminans partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain LMG 21881T	AJ551330	1541	GenBank	225988 tax ID

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GC-content

44.4 mol%

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 15866, LMG 21881

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SI-ID 89484

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Anoxybacillus contaminans sp. nov. and Bacillus gelatini sp. nov., isolated from contaminated gelatin batches.	De Clerck E, Rodriguez-Diaz M, Vanhoutte T, Heyrman J, Logan NA, De Vos P	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.02960-0	2004	*

References

#6128

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 15866

#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 )

#30118

Barberan A, Caceres Velazquez H, Jones S, Fierer N.: Hiding in Plain Sight: Mining Bacterial Species Records for Phenotypic Trait Information. mSphere 2: 2017 ( DOI 10.1128/mSphere.00237-17 , PubMed 28776041 ) - originally annotated from #26473 (see below)

#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 .

#70232

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID89484.1 )

#26473

IJSEM 941 2004 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.02960-0 , PubMed 15143046 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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