Halogeometricum borinquense (DSM 11551, ATCC 700274, PR3)

Name: Halogeometricum borinquense (DSM 11551, ATCC 700274, PR3)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 5873

Type strain

Strain Designation PR3

Culture col. no. DSM 11551 ATCC 700274 PR3 KCTC 4070 CGMCC 1.6168 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 469382 60847

Special Collections DSMZ JCM KCTC

History <- R. Montalvo-Rodríguez; PR3 ATCC 700274 <-- R. Montalvo-Rodríguez PR3.

Links

Halogeometricum borinquense PR3 is an archaeon that was isolated from solar salterns.

genome sequence 16S sequence Archaea

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 43858

ATCC 700274,JCM 10706,DSM 11551

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:19:04

Domain Archaea

Phylum Methanobacteriota

Class Halobacteria

Order Halobacteriales

Family Haloferacaceae

Genus Halogeometricum

Species Halogeometricum borinquense

Full scientific name Halogeometricum borinquense Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 1998

Morphology

Multimedia

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Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
4413	HALOBACTERIA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 372)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: HALOBACTERIA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 372) Composition: NaCl 200.0 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 20.0 g/l Agar 20.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l Casamino acids 5.0 g/l Na3-citrate 3.0 g/l KCl 2.0 g/l Na glutamate 1.0 g/l FeCl2 x 4 H2O 0.036 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.00036 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
4413	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		92.2

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	flavin biosynthesis	100	15 of 15
66794	denitrification	100	2 of 2
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	100	6 of 6
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	citric acid cycle	92.86	13 of 14
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	starch degradation	90	9 of 10
66794	propionate fermentation	90	9 of 10
66794	threonine metabolism	90	9 of 10
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	isoleucine metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	87.5	7 of 8
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	propanol degradation	85.71	6 of 7
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	80	4 of 5
66794	gallate degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	80	8 of 10
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	80	4 of 5
66794	photosynthesis	78.57	11 of 14
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	78.57	22 of 28
66794	NAD metabolism	77.78	14 of 18
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	valine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	75	6 of 8
66794	gluconeogenesis	75	6 of 8
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	biotin biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	73.33	33 of 45
66794	purine metabolism	72.34	68 of 94
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	glutathione metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	70.59	24 of 34
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	70	7 of 10
66794	leucine metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	histidine metabolism	68.97	20 of 29
66794	tryptophan metabolism	68.42	26 of 38
66794	lipid metabolism	67.74	21 of 31
66794	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	serine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	66.67	4 of 6
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	66.67	4 of 6
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	alanine metabolism	65.52	19 of 29
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	64.84	59 of 91
66794	glycolysis	64.71	11 of 17
66794	heme metabolism	64.29	9 of 14
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	63.64	7 of 11
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	arginine metabolism	62.5	15 of 24
66794	methionine metabolism	61.54	16 of 26
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	60	3 of 5
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	cellulose degradation	60	3 of 5
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	57.14	4 of 7
66794	tyrosine metabolism	57.14	8 of 14
66794	lysine metabolism	57.14	24 of 42
66794	cysteine metabolism	55.56	10 of 18
66794	d-mannose degradation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	d-xylose degradation	54.55	6 of 11
66794	cholesterol biosynthesis	54.55	6 of 11
66794	degradation of sugar acids	52	13 of 25
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	50	1 of 2
66794	kanosamine biosynthesis II	50	1 of 2
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	resorcinol degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	butanoate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	non-pathway related	50	19 of 38
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	50	8 of 16
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	50	5 of 10
66794	vitamin E metabolism	50	2 of 4
66794	sulfate reduction	46.15	6 of 13
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	46.15	12 of 26
66794	proline metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	44.44	8 of 18
66794	nitrate assimilation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	43.75	7 of 16
66794	aclacinomycin biosynthesis	42.86	3 of 7
66794	mevalonate metabolism	42.86	3 of 7
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	42.86	3 of 7
66794	methanogenesis from CO2	41.67	5 of 12
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	41.67	5 of 12
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	40.91	9 of 22
66794	phenol degradation	40	8 of 20
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	40	4 of 10
66794	creatinine degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	hydrogen production	40	2 of 5
66794	degradation of pentoses	39.29	11 of 28
66794	urea cycle	38.46	5 of 13
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	36.36	4 of 11
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	sulfoquinovose degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	30.77	4 of 13
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	ascorbate metabolism	27.27	6 of 22
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	27.27	3 of 11
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	26.67	4 of 15
66794	polyamine pathway	26.09	6 of 23
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	alginate biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	catecholamine biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	degradation of hexoses	22.22	4 of 18

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2
#Condition	#Saline

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
4413	solar salterns	Cabor Rojo	Puerto Rico	PRI	Middle and South America
67770	Solar saltern	Cabo Rojo	Puerto Rico	PRI	North America

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
4413	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	ASM17299v2 assembly for Halogeometricum borinquense DSM 11551 PR 3	complete	GCA_000172995	469382.18	649633053	469382	98.46
67770	ASM33785v1 assembly for Halogeometricum borinquense DSM 11551	contig	GCA_000337855	469382.19	2537561588	469382	68.07

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
67770	Halogeometricum borinquense 16S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence	AF002984	1451		469382
124043	Halogeometricum borinquense gene for 16S rRNA, complete sequence, strain: JCM 10706.	AB663384	1472		469382

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
4413	59.0
67770	59	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Halogeometricum borinquense DSM 11551
NCBI: GCA_000172995

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	92.20	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	54.00	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	77.80	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	aerobe	74.70	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Halogeometricum borinquense DSM 11551 PR 3
NCBI: GCA_000172995.2

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	74.97	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	81.46	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	73.51	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	82.68	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	82.74	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	85.53	no

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References

#4413	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 11551
#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 )
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#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
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#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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 .
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