Geodermatophilus telluris (DSM 45421, CCUG 62764, MTCC 11415)

Name: Geodermatophilus telluris (DSM 45421, CCUG 62764, MTCC 11415)
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BacDive ID 5822

Type strain

Strain Designation CF9/1/1

Culture col. no. DSM 45421 CCUG 62764 MTCC 11415 CF9/1/1

NCBI tax ID(s) 1190417

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Geodermatophilus telluris CF9/1/1 is an aerobe, spore-forming, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from arid desert sand.

spore-forming Gram-positive motile aerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 403329

MTCC 11415,DSM 45421,CCUG 62764

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:48:10

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Geodermatophilales

Family Geodermatophilaceae

Genus Geodermatophilus

Species Geodermatophilus telluris

Full scientific name Geodermatophilus telluris Montero-Calasanz et al. 2013

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Motility	Confidence
30889	positive
125439	positive		98.5

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Medium used	Incubation period
62897			3-4 days
69393	Jet black (9005), green brown (8000)	ISP 7
69393	Jet black (9005), olive grey (7002)	ISP 4
69393	Jet black (9005), yellow olive (6014)	ISP 2
69393	Jet black (9005), yellow olive (6014)	ISP 3
69393	Khaki grey (7008)	suter with tyrosine
69393	Olive grey (7002), yellow olive (6014)	ISP 5
69393	Yellow olive (6014)	ISP 6
69393	Yellow olive (6014), grey olive (6006)	suter without tyrosine

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Complex name	Medium name
69393	Aerial mycelium	ISP 2
69393	Aerial mycelium	ISP 3
69393	Aerial mycelium	ISP 4
69393	Aerial mycelium	ISP 5
69393	Aerial mycelium	ISP 6
69393	Aerial mycelium	ISP 7
69393	Aerial mycelium	suter with tyrosine
69393	Aerial mycelium	suter without tyrosine

Pigmentation

@ref	Production	Name
30889
69393		Melanin
69393		soluble pigment

Multimedia

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caption:	electron microscopic image
intellectual property rights:	© HZI/Manfred Rohde
manual_annotation:	1

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caption:	electron microscopic image
intellectual property rights:	© HZI/Manfred Rohde
manual_annotation:	1

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caption:	electron microscopic image
intellectual property rights:	© HZI/Manfred Rohde
manual_annotation:	1

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caption:	electron microscopic image
intellectual property rights:	© HZI/Manfred Rohde
manual_annotation:	1

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caption:	electron microscopic image
intellectual property rights:	© HZI/Manfred Rohde
manual_annotation:	1

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caption:	Plates (65, ISP2, ISP3, ISP4, ISP5, ISP7)
intellectual property rights:	Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH
manual_annotation:	1

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caption:	Plates (65, ISP2, ISP3, ISP4, ISP5, ISP7)
intellectual property rights:	Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH
manual_annotation:	1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
17318	GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65) Composition: Agar 18.0 g/l Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l CaCO3 2.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
17318	positive	growth	28	mesophilic
30889	positive	growth	15-40
62897	positive	growth	30-37	mesophilic

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
30889	positive	growth	6-8.5	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
30889	aerobe
62897	aerobe
125438	aerobe	90.481
125439	obligate aerobe	99.9

Spore formation

30889

Spore formationyes

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
30889	NaCl	positive	growth	0-4 %
69393	NaCl	positive	growth	0-10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
30889	30089 ChEBI	acetate	+	carbon source
69393	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	+	growth
30889	29016 ChEBI	arginine	+	carbon source
30889	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	carbon source
69393	62968 ChEBI	cellulose	+	growth
68379	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
30889	23652 ChEBI	dextrin	+	carbon source
30889	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
69393	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+	growth
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
30889	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	carbon source
69393	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	growth
30889	29987 ChEBI	glutamate	+	carbon source
30889	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	carbon source
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
69393	17268 ChEBI	inositol	-	growth
30889	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	+	carbon source
30889	24996 ChEBI	lactate	+	carbon source
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
30889	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	carbon source
30889	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	carbon source
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
30889	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+	carbon source
69393	37684 ChEBI	mannose	+	growth
30889	51850 ChEBI	methyl pyruvate	+	carbon source
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API Coryne
30889	17272 ChEBI	propionate	+	carbon source
30889	26490 ChEBI	quinate	+	carbon source
69393	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	growth
69393	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	+	growth
30889	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	carbon source
30889	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	+	carbon source
30889	30031 ChEBI	succinate	+	carbon source
30889	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	carbon source
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
69393	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	growth
30889	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	carbon source
30889	53423 ChEBI	tween 40	+	carbon source
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
69393	18222 ChEBI	xylose	+	growth

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
30889	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
30889	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68379	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	+	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68379	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68379	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68379	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
68382	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68379	gelatinase	+		from API Coryne
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
68379	pyrazinamidase	+	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68379	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

API coryne

@ref	Reduction of nitrateNIT	PYZ	PYRA	PAL	beta GUR	beta GAL	alpha GLU	beta NAG	ESC	URE	GEL	Control fermentationControl	GLU	RIB	XYL	MAN	MAL	LAC	SAC	GLYG	CAT
69393	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
69393	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+/-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Sandy
#Climate	#Hot	#Arid

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
17318	arid desert sand		Saharan desert, near Vers Ourba	Chad	TCD	Africa
62897	Sand,desert	2007	near Ourba	Chad	TCD	Africa

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence HE815469 (>99% sequence identity) for Geodermatophilus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	3
Soil Samples	84
Animal Samples	18
Plant Samples	2
Total Samples	107

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
17318	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	IMG-taxon 2602042050 annotated assembly for Geodermatophilus telluris DSM 45421	scaffold	GCA_900102745	1190417.3	2602042050	1190417	74.8

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
17318	Geodermatophilus telluris partial 16S rRNA gene, culture collection DSM:45421, type strain CF 9/1/1T	HE815469	1528		1190417

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
17318	75.4	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
30889	75.4

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Geodermatophilus telluris DSM 45421
NCBI: GCA_900102745

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	99.90	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	98.50	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	60.60	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	65.90	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Geodermatophilus telluris DSM 45421
NCBI: GCA_900102745.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	88.86	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	97.32	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	90.48	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	61.62	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	94.91	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	62.83	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Geodermatophilus maliterrae sp. nov., a member of the Geodermatophilaceae isolated from badland surfaces in the Red Desert, Wyoming, USA.	Ben Tekaya S, Nouioui I, Flores GM, Neumann-Schaal M, Bredoire F, Basile F, van Diepen LTA, Ward NL.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006603	2024
Phylogeny	Geodermatophilus telluris sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from Saharan desert sand.	Montero-Calasanz MDC, Goker M, Potter G, Rohde M, Sproer C, Schumann P, Klenk HP, Gorbushina AA	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.046888-0	2012

References

#17318	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 45421
#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 )
#30889	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 #27219 (see below)
#62897	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 62764
#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) .
#66793	Mukherjee et al.: GEBA: 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. 35: 676 - 683 2017 ( DOI 10.1038/nbt.3886 , PubMed 28604660 )
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#69393	Wink, J.: Compendium of Actinobacteria. HZI-Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig .
#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 .
#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 )
#125439	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 .
#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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Geodermatophilus telluris (DSM 45421, CCUG 62764, MTCC 11415)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Multicellular morphology

Pigmentation

Multimedia

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Enzymes

API coryne

API zym

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900102745

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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