Name: Geobacter metallireducens GS-15
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 5791

Type strain:

Species: Geobacter metallireducens

Strain Designation: GS-15

Culture col. no.: DSM 7210, ATCC 53774

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

NCBI tax ID(s): 28232 (species)

SI-ID 48383

DSM 7210, ATCC 53774

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DSMZ

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Geobacter metallireducens GS-15 is an anaerobe, mesophilic bacterium that was isolated from mud.

anaerobe
mesophilic
Bacteria
genome sequence

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

	Last LPSN update	09-12-2024 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	*Bacteria*
	Phylum	*Pseudomonadota*
	Class	*Deltaproteobacteria*
	Order	*Desulfuromonadales*
	Family	*Geobacteraceae*
	Genus	*Geobacter*
	Species	**Geobacter metallireducens**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Geobacter metallireducens Lovley et al. 1995

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #125438]	Gram stain	negative Confidence in %94.437
[Ref.: #125439]	Gram stain	negative Confidence in %95.4

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

GEOBACTER MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 579)

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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.: #3051]			growth	30 °C

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #3051]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe
[Ref.: #125439]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe Confidence in %99.7

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Ability of spore formation

no Confidence in %97.3

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Name of produced compound

magnetite

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

[Ref.: #3051]	Sample type/isolated from	mud
[Ref.: #3051]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Potomac River
[Ref.: #3051]	Country	USA
[Ref.: #3051]	Country ISO 3 Code	USA
[Ref.: #3051]	Continent	North America
* marker position based on {}

Isolation sources categories

#Environmental

#Terrestrial

#Mud (Sludge)

What are isolation sources categories?

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

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Geobacter metallireducens GS-15	GCA_000012925	complete	GenBank ENA	269799 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Geobacter metallireducens GS-15	269799.8	complete	PATRIC	269799 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Geobacter metallireducens GS-15	269799.19	plasmid	PATRIC	269799 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Geobacter metallireducens GS-15	637000119	complete	JGI IMG/M	269799 tax ID	*

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GC-content

59 mol%

sequence analysis

Data predicted using genome information as a basis Genome-based predictions

	Model	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Geobacter metallireducens GS-15 GS-15 NCBI: GCA_000012925.1
[Ref.: #125438]	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	94.437	no
[Ref.: #125438]	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	75.773	yes
[Ref.: #125438]	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	86.845	yes
[Ref.: #125438]	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	83.329	no
[Ref.: #125438]	thermophile	thermophilicⓘ	no	88.486	yes
[Ref.: #125438]	motile2+	flagellatedⓘ	yes	66.711	no

	Model	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %
	Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Geobacter metallireducens GS-15 PATRIC: 269799.8
[Ref.: #125439]	BacteriaNet	spore_formationⓘ	no	97.3
[Ref.: #125439]	BacteriaNet	motilityⓘ	no	54.8
[Ref.: #125439]	BacteriaNet	gram_stainⓘ	negative	95.4
[Ref.: #125439]	BacteriaNet	oxygen_toleranceⓘ	anaerobe	99.7

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 7210, ATCC 53774

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SI-ID 48383

Literature:

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Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Geobacter benzoatilyticus sp. nov., a novel benzoate-oxidizing, iron-reducing bacterium isolated from petroleum contaminated soil.	Yang G, Li Y, Lin A, Zhuang L	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.005281	2022	*
Metabolism	Design of a Microbial Remediation Inoculation Program for Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contaminated Sites Based on Degradation Pathways.	Li X, He W, Du M, Zheng J, Du X, Li Y	Int J Environ Res Public Health	10.3390/ijerph18168794	2021	*
Metabolism	Combined Biotic-Abiotic 2,4-Dinitroanisole Degradation in the Presence of Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine.	Niedzwiecka JB, McGee K, Finneran KT	Environ Sci Technol	10.1021/acs.est.0c02363	2020	*
Metabolism	Mercury methylation by Geobacter metallireducens GS-15 in the presence of Skeletonema costatum.	Ding LY, Zhang YY, Zhang LJ, Fang F, He NN, Liang P, Wu SC, Wong MH, Tao HC	Sci Total Environ	10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.222	2019	*
Enzymology	Isolation and characterization of a heterologously expressed bacterial laccase from the anaerobe Geobacter metallireducens.	Berini F, Verce M, Ausec L, Rosini E, Tonin F, Pollegioni L, Mandic-Mulec I	Appl Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s00253-018-8785-z	2018	*
Metabolism	Electron Transfer Strategies Regulate Carbonate Mineral and Micropore Formation.	Zeng Z, Tice MM	Astrobiology	10.1089/ast.2016.1560	2017	*
Metabolism	Geobacter sp. SD-1 with enhanced electrochemical activity in high-salt concentration solutions.	Sun D, Call D, Wang A, Cheng S, Logan BE	Environ Microbiol Rep	10.1111/1758-2229.12193	2014	*
Metabolism	Constraint-based modeling of carbon fixation and the energetics of electron transfer in Geobacter metallireducens.	Feist AM, Nagarajan H, Rotaru AE, Tremblay PL, Zhang T, Nevin KP, Lovley DR, Zengler K	PLoS Comput Biol	10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003575	2014	*
Enzymology	Structure determination and biochemical characterization of a putative HNH endonuclease from Geobacter metallireducens GS-15.	Xu SY, Kuzin AP, Seetharaman J, Gutjahr A, Chan SH, Chen Y, Xiao R, Acton TB, Montelione GT, Tong L	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0072114	2013	*
Metabolism	Electron shuttle-mediated biotransformation of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine adsorbed to granular activated carbon.	Millerick K, Drew SR, Finneran KT	Environ Sci Technol	10.1021/es401641s	2013	*
Metabolism	Arsenic dissolution from Japanese paddy soil by a dissimilatory arsenate-reducing bacterium Geobacter sp. OR-1.	Ohtsuka T, Yamaguchi N, Makino T, Sakurai K, Kimura K, Kudo K, Homma E, Dong DT, Amachi S	Environ Sci Technol	10.1021/es400231x	2013	*
Proteome	Complete genome, catabolic sub-proteomes and key-metabolites of Desulfobacula toluolica Tol2, a marine, aromatic compound-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium.	Wohlbrand L, Jacob JH, Kube M, Mussmann M, Jarling R, Beck A, Amann R, Wilkes H, Reinhardt R, Rabus R	Environ Microbiol	10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02885.x	2012	*
Genetics	The methylomes of six bacteria.	Murray IA, Clark TA, Morgan RD, Boitano M, Anton BP, Luong K, Fomenkov A, Turner SW, Korlach J, Roberts RJ	Nucleic Acids Res	10.1093/nar/gks891	2012	*
Metabolism	Identification of the Geobacter metallireducens bamVW two-component system, involved in transcriptional regulation of aromatic degradation.	Juarez JF, Zamarro MT, Barragan MJ, Blazquez B, Boll M, Kuntze K, Garcia JL, Diaz E, Carmona M	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/AEM.02255-09	2009	*
Enzymology	Identification of the electron transfer flavoprotein as an upregulated enzyme in the benzoate utilization of Desulfotignum balticum.	Habe H, Kobuna A, Hosoda A, Kosaka T, Endoh T, Tamura H, Yamane H, Nojiri H, Omori T, Watanabe K	Biosci Biotechnol Biochem	10.1271/bbb.90160	2009	*
Metabolism	Phenol degradation in the strictly anaerobic iron-reducing bacterium Geobacter metallireducens GS-15.	Schleinitz KM, Schmeling S, Jehmlich N, von Bergen M, Harms H, Kleinsteuber S, Vogt C, Fuchs G	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/AEM.01525-08	2009	*
Metabolism	Plutonium(V/VI) Reduction by the Metal-Reducing Bacteria Geobacter metallireducens GS-15 and Shewanella oneidensis MR-1.	Icopini GA, Lack JG, Hersman LE, Neu MP, Boukhalfa H	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/AEM.00022-09	2009	*
Metabolism	Polar lipid fatty acids, LPS-hydroxy fatty acids, and respiratory quinones of three Geobacter strains, and variation with electron acceptor.	Hedrick DB, Peacock AD, Lovley DR, Woodard TL, Nevin KP, Long PE, White DC	J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s10295-008-0486-7	2008	*
Metabolism	Flux analysis of central metabolic pathways in Geobacter metallireducens during reduction of soluble Fe(III)-nitrilotriacetic acid.	Tang YJ, Chakraborty R, Martin HG, Chu J, Hazen TC, Keasling JD	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/AEM.02986-06	2007	*
Metabolism	Novel reduction of mercury (II) by mercury-sensitive dissimilatory metal reducing bacteria.	Wiatrowski HA, Ward PM, Barkay T	Environ Sci Technol	10.1021/es061046g	2006	*
Metabolism	Sustained and complete hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) degradation in zero-valent iron simulated barriers under different microbial conditions.	Shrout JD, Larese-Casanova P, Scherer MM, Alvarez PJ	Environ Technol	10.1080/09593332608618474	2005	*
Metabolism	Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine transformation by biologically reduced ferrihydrite: evolution of Fe mineralogy, surface area, and reaction rates.	Williams AG, Gregory KB, Parkin GF, Scherer MM	Environ Sci Technol	10.1021/es0490525	2005	*
Metabolism	Formation of tabular single-domain magnetite induced by Geobacter metallireducens GS-15.	Vali H, Weiss B, Li YL, Sears SK, Kim SS, Kirschvink JL, Zhang CL	Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A	10.1073/pnas.0404040101	2004	*
Metabolism	Reduction kinetics of Fe(III), Co(III), U(VI), Cr(VI), and Tc(VII) in cultures of dissimilatory metal-reducing bacteria.	Liu C, Gorby YA, Zachara JM, Fredrickson JK, Brown CF	Biotechnol Bioeng	10.1002/bit.10430	2002	*
Phylogeny	Geobacter hydrogenophilus, Geobacter chapellei and Geobacter grbiciae, three new, strictly anaerobic, dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducers.	Coates JD, Bhupathiraju VK, Achenbach LA, Mclnerney MJ, Lovley DR	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-51-2-581	2001	*
Metabolism	Degradation of Monochlorinated and Nonchlorinated Aromatic Compounds under Iron-Reducing Conditions.	Kazumi J, Haggblom MM, Young LY	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.61.11.4069-4073.1995	1995	*
Phylogeny	Geobacter metallireducens gen. nov. sp. nov., a microorganism capable of coupling the complete oxidation of organic compounds to the reduction of iron and other metals.	Lovley DR, Giovannoni SJ, White DC, Champine JE, Phillips EJ, Gorby YA, Goodwin S	Arch Microbiol	10.1007/BF00290916	1993	*
	Fe(III) reduction-mediated phosphate removal as vivianite (Fe3(PO4)28H2O) in septic system wastewater.	Azam HM, Finneran KT	Chemosphere	10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.09.032	2013	*
	Abiotic reduction of 4-chloronitrobenzene to 4-chloroaniline in a dissimilatory iron-reducing enrichment culture.	Heijman CG, Holliger C, Glaus MA, Schwarzenbach RP, Zeyer J	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.59.12.4350-4353.1993	1993	*

References

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

#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 )

#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) .

#75270

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-ID48383.1 )

#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 )

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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 .

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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