Geobacter metallireducens GS-15 | Type strain | DSM 7210, ATCC 53774

Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 5791

Type strain:

Species: Geobacter metallireducens

Strain Designation: GS-15

Section

Name and taxonomic classification
Morphology and physiology
Culture and growth conditions
Isolation, sampling and environmental information
Application and interaction
Molecular biology
Strain availability

External links

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

[Ref.: #3051]	Domain	Bacteria
[Ref.: #3051]	Phylum	Proteobacteria
[Ref.: #3051]	Class	Deltaproteobacteria
[Ref.: #3051]	Order	Desulfuromonadales
[Ref.: #3051]	Family	Geobacteraceae
[Ref.: #3051]	Genus	Geobacter
[Ref.: #3051]	Species	Geobacter metallireducens
[Ref.: #3051]	Full Scientific Name	Geobacter metallireducens Lovley et al. 1995
[Ref.: #3051]	Strain Designation	GS-15
[Ref.: #3051]	Type strain

		Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date (PNU)	Taxonomical status	Literature reference
	Last PNU update	13-08-2019 (DD-MM-YYYY)
[Ref.: #20215]	Domain	Bacteria
[Ref.: #20215]	Phylum	Proteobacteria
[Ref.: #20215]	Class	Deltaproteobacteria		Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52:7*
[Ref.: #20215]	Family	Geobacteraceae		Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54:1591*
[Ref.: #20215]	Genus	Geobacter	gen. nov. (VL)	Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 45:619
[Ref.: #20215]	Species	Geobacter metallireducens	sp. nov. (VL)	Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 45:619
[Ref.: #20215]	Full Scientific Name	Geobacter metallireducens Lovley et al. 1995

Information on morphological and physiological propertiesMorphology and physiology

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Name of produced compound

magnetite

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Oxygen tolerance

anaerobe

Information on culture and growth conditionsCulture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

GEOBACTER MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 579), 30°C, anaerobic

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

medium recipe provided by DSMZ

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #3051]			growth	30 ̊C

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Temperature range

mesophilic

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditionsIsolation, sampling and environmental information

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Sample type/isolated from

mud

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Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)

Potomac River

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Country

USA

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Continent

North America

Isolation sources categories

#Environmental

#Terrestrial

#Mud (Sludge)

What are isolation sources categories?

* marker position based on {}

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hostsApplication and interaction

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Biosafety level

Risk group (German classification)

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databassMolecular biology

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GC-content

59 mol%

sequence analysis

Sequence information:

	Sequence database	Sequence accession description	Sequence accession number	Sequence type	Sequence length (bp)	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #3051]	GenBank Genome project data	Geobacter metallireducens GS-15 plasmid, complete genome	CP000149	WGS	13762	269799
[Ref.: #3051]	GenBank Genome project data	Geobacter metallireducens GS-15, complete genome	CP000148	WGS	3997420	269799

Availability in culture collectionsStrain availability

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Culture collection no.

DSM 7210, ATCC 53774

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Strain history

<- D. R. Lovley, US Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, USA; GS-15 <- D. R. Lovley {1987}

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Associated Passport(s) in StrainInfo

160619, 160620

References

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Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 7210

#20215

Leibniz Institute DSMZ D.Gleim, M.Kracht, N.Weiss et. al.: Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date - compilation of all names of Bacteria and Archaea, validly published according to the Bacteriological Code since 1. Jan. 1980, and validly published nomenclatural changes since .

#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 )

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