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"Haloarcula californiae" (DSM 8905, ATCC 33799, BJGN-2)

BacDive ID 5901

Type strain

Strain Designation BJGN-2

Culture col. no. DSM 8905 ATCC 33799 BJGN-2

NCBI tax ID(s) 44098

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- ATCC <- W. Stoeckenius, BJGN-2 (Haloarcula californiae) <- B. Javor

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"Haloarcula californiae" BJGN-2 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from salt brine.

mesophilic genome sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 40695

ATCC 33799,DSM 8905,JCM 8912,IAM 13181,NCIMB 2267,CCM 3664,VKM B-1952

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:19:05

Domain Archaea

Phylum Methanobacteriota

Class Halobacteria

Order Halobacteriales

Family Haloarculaceae

Genus "Haloarcula"

Species "Haloarcula californiae"

Full scientific name Haloarcula californiae Javor et al. 1982

BacDive ID	Other strains from "Haloarcula californiae" (1)	Type strain
165969	". californiae" JCM 8912, IAM 13181

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125439	negative	91

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
3438	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)	Range
3438	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	aerobe	90.4

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2
#Condition	#Saline

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
3438	salt brine	Baja California	Mexico	MEX	North America

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	Haloarcula californiae BJGN-2, ATCC 33799	complete			2508501016	662475	63.13
66792	ASM33775v1 assembly for Haloarcula marismortui ATCC 33799	contig	GCA_000337755	662475.6	2531839655	662475	52.7

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Haloarcula californiae ATCC 33799
NCBI: GCA_000337755

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	89.00	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	53.90	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	91.00	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	aerobe	90.40	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Is there a common water-activity limit for the three domains of life?	Stevenson A, Cray JA, Williams JP, Santos R, Sahay R, Neuenkirchen N, McClure CD, Grant IR, Houghton JD, Quinn JP, Timson DJ, Patil SV, Singhal RS, Anton J, Dijksterhuis J, Hocking AD, Lievens B, Rangel DE, Voytek MA, Gunde-Cimerman N, Oren A, Timmis KN, McGenity TJ, Hallsworth JE.	ISME J	10.1038/ismej.2014.219	2015
	Growth Phase Dependent Cell Shape of Haloarcula.	Schwarzer S, Rodriguez-Franco M, Oksanen HM, Quax TEF.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms9020231	2021
	Exploring tRNA gene cluster in archaea.	Morgado SM, Vicente ACP.	Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz	10.1590/0074-02760180348	2019
	Evaluation of microbiota-induced changes in biochemical, sensory properties and volatile profile of kombucha produced by reformed microbial community.	Kilmanoglu H, Yigit Cinar A, Durak MZ.	Food Chem X	10.1016/j.fochx.2024.101469	2024
	Physiochemical characterization of a potential Klebsiella phage MKP-1 and analysis of its application in reducing biofilm formation.	Das S, Kaledhonkar S.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2024.1397447	2024
	Archaeal viruses multiply: temporal screening in a solar saltern.	Atanasova NS, Demina TA, Buivydas A, Bamford DH, Oksanen HM.	Viruses	10.3390/v7041902	2015
	Structural basis for assembly of vertical single beta-barrel viruses.	Santos-Perez I, Charro D, Gil-Carton D, Azkargorta M, Elortza F, Bamford DH, Oksanen HM, Abrescia NGA.	Nat Commun	10.1038/s41467-019-08927-2	2019
Transcriptome	Sequencing of seven haloarchaeal genomes reveals patterns of genomic flux.	Lynch EA, Langille MG, Darling A, Wilbanks EG, Haltiner C, Shao KS, Starr MO, Teiling C, Harkins TT, Edwards RA, Eisen JA, Facciotti MT.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0041389	2012
Phylogeny	Quantifying homologous replacement of loci between haloarchaeal species.	Williams D, Gogarten JP, Papke RT.	Genome Biol Evol	10.1093/gbe/evs098	2012
Metabolism	Dihydroxyacetone metabolism in Haloferax volcanii.	Ouellette M, Makkay AM, Papke RT.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2013.00376	2013
Phylogeny	Diverse antimicrobial interactions of halophilic archaea and bacteria extend over geographical distances and cross the domain barrier.	Atanasova NS, Pietila MK, Oksanen HM.	Microbiologyopen	10.1002/mbo3.115	2013
	Variable rRNA gene copies in extreme halobacteria.	Sanz JL, Marin I, Ramirez L, Abad JP, Smith CL, Amils R.	Nucleic Acids Res	10.1093/nar/16.16.7827	1988
	Susceptibility of halobacteria to heavy metals.	Nieto JJ, Ventosa A, Ruiz-Berraquero F.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.53.5.1199-1202.1987	1987
	Transformation of members of the genus Haloarcula with shuttle vectors based on Halobacterium halobium and Haloferax volcanii plasmid replicons.	Cline SW, Doolittle WF.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.174.3.1076-1080.1992	1992
Genetics	Genome-Based Reclassification of Two Haloarcula Species and Characterization of Haloarcula montana sp. nov.	Liu JQ, Zhu LR, Mao YL, Ma X, Hou J.	Biology (Basel)	10.3390/biology14060615	2025

References

#3438	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 8905
#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) .
#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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"Haloarcula californiae" (DSM 8905, ATCC 33799, BJGN-2)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000337755

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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