Name: Blastococcus aggregatus B15
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 5810

Type strain:

Species: Blastococcus aggregatus

Strain Designation: B15

Culture col. no.: DSM 4725, ATCC 25902, JCM 12602, NBRC 107747, CCUG 61909, NCIMB 1849

Strain history: NCIMB 1849 <-- R. Ahrens B15.

NCBI tax ID(s): 38502 (species)

SI-ID 38713

ATCC 25902, DSM 4725, NCIMB 1849, JCM 12602

Other strains from Blastococcus aggregatus

B. aggregatus ST033415(HKI),

Section

Blastococcus aggregatus B15 is an aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive bacterium that has a pink pigmentation and was isolated from brackish water.

Gram-positive
pigmented
aerobe
mesophilic
16S sequence
Bacteria
genome sequence

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

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Actinomycetota*
	Class	*Actinomycetes*
	Order	*Geodermatophilales*
	Family	*Geodermatophilaceae*
	Genus	*Blastococcus*
	Species	**Blastococcus aggregatus**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Blastococcus aggregatus Ahrens and Moll 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #69480]	Gram stain	positive Confidence in %100

[Ref.: #24981]	Colony color	pink

[Ref.: #62730]	Incubation period	3 days

[Ref.: #24981]	Pigment production	yes
[Ref.: #24981]	Pigmentation color	pink

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

BLASTOCOCCUS AGGREGATUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 596)

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GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65)

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TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)

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GPHF-MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 553)

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		Temperature
[Ref.: #1731]	growth	28 °C
[Ref.: #62730]	growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #67770]	growth	25 °C

[Ref.: #1731]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #62730]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #67770]	Temperature range	mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

aerobe

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Ability of spore formation

no Confidence in %99.498

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Observation

quinones: MK-9(H₄), MK-9

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #24981]	3-hydroxybutyrate ChEBI	-	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	butyrate ChEBI	+	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	D-aspartate ChEBI	-	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	D-galacturonic acid ChEBI	-	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	D-glucarate ChEBI	-	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	D-gluconate ChEBI	-	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	D-mannitol ChEBI	-	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	D-sorbitol ChEBI	+/-	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	dextrin ChEBI	+	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	galactarate ChEBI	-	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	gelatin ChEBI	+	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	gentiobiose ChEBI	+	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	L-alanine ChEBI	+	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	L-arginine ChEBI	+	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	L-aspartate ChEBI	-	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	methyl D-glucoside ChEBI	+/-	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	N-acetylglucosamine ChEBI	+	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	n-acetylneuraminate ChEBI	+	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	pectin ChEBI	-	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	salicin ChEBI	-	oxidation
[Ref.: #24981]	sodium bromate ChEBI	+	oxidation
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	Enzymes	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #24981]		catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #24981]		cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1

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

[Ref.: #1731]	Sample type/isolated from	brackish water
[Ref.: #1731]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Baltic Sea

[Ref.: #62730]	Sample type/isolated from	Brackish water
[Ref.: #62730]	Country	Baltic Sea

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Seawater of the Baltic Sea
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Isolation sources categories

#Environmental

#Aquatic

#Brackish

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Global distribution of 16S sequence L40614 (>99% sequence identity) for Blastococcus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	249
Soil Samples	677
Animal Samples	701
Plant Samples	194
Total Samples	1821

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.: #1731]	Blastococcus aggregatus 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 4725T	AJ430193	1471	ENA	38502 tax ID
[Ref.: #20218]	Blastococcus aggregatus 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) gene	L40614	1441	ENA	38502 tax ID	*

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #67770]	Blastococcus aggregatus DSM 4725	GCA_900221005	contig	GenBank	38502 tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Blastococcus aggregatus strain DSM 4725	38502.3	wgs	PATRIC	38502 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Blastococcus aggregatus DSM 4725	2734482074	draft	JGI IMG/M	38502 tax ID	*

[Ref.: #1731]	GC-content	73.9 mol%
[Ref.: #67770]	GC-content	73.9 mol%	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

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

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 based on: Blastococcus aggregatus strain DSM 4725 PATRIC: 38502.3
[Ref.: #69481]	spore-forming	yes	58	no

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from Diaspora project based on: Blastococcus aggregatus strain DSM 4725 PATRIC: 38502.3
[Ref.: #69480]	gram-positive	yes	89.892	no
[Ref.: #69480]	anaerobic	no	98.592	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	halophile	no	93.082	no
[Ref.: #69480]	spore-forming	no	81.871	no
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-util	yes	84.517	no
[Ref.: #69480]	aerobic	yes	89.771	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	motile	yes	55.395	no
[Ref.: #69480]	flagellated	no	93.971	no
[Ref.: #69480]	thermophile	no	98.628	no
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-ferment	no	92.101	no

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 4725, ATCC 25902, JCM 12602, NBRC 107747, CCUG 61909, NCIMB 1849

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SI-ID 38713

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Blastococcus endophyticus sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from Camptotheca acuminata.	Zhu WY, Zhang JL, Qin YL, Xiong ZJ, Zhang DF, Klenk HP, Zhao LX, Xu LH, Li WJ	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.049239-0	2013	*
Phylogeny	Blastococcus jejuensis sp. nov., an actinomycete from beach sediment, and emended description of the genus Blastococcus Ahrens and Moll 1970.	Lee SD	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.64268-0	2006	*
Phylogeny	Blastococcus saxobsidens sp. nov., and emended descriptions of the genus Blastococcus Ahrens and Moll 1970 and Blastococcus aggregatus Ahrens and Moll 1970.	Urzi C, Salamone P, Schumann P, Rohde M, Stackebrandt E	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.02745-0	2004	*

References

#1731

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 4725

#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 )

#24981

K. L. Hezbri, Moussa,Nouioui, Imen,Gtari, Maher,Rohde, Manfred,Spröer, Cathrin,Schumann, Peter,Klenk, Hans-Peter,Ghodhbane-Gtari, Faten,Montero-Calasanz, Maria del Carmen: Blastococcus capsensis sp. nov., isolated from an archaeological Roman pool and emended description of the genus Blastococcus, B. aggregatus, B. saxobsidens, B. jejuensis and B. endophyticus. IJSEM 66: 4864 - 4872 2016 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.001443 , PubMed 27553620 )

#62730 Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 61909

#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) .

#67770 Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;

#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 .

#69480

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Predictions based on genome sequence made in the Diaspora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#69481

Xiao-Yin To, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Alice C. McHardy, Philipp C. Münch: Predictions based on the model GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 . ( DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2527258/v1 )

#75288

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-ID38713.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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