Halococcus morrhuae (DSM 1309, CCM 2226, 24)

Name: Halococcus morrhuae (DSM 1309, CCM 2226, 24)
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BacDive ID 5918

Type strain

Strain Designation 24

Culture col. no. DSM 1309 CCM 2226 24

NCBI tax ID(s) 2250

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- CCM <- H. Larsen, 24 (Sarcina morrhuae)

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Halococcus morrhuae 24 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from crude solar salt.

mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 47356

DSM 1309,CCM 2226,CGMCC 1.1961,CGMCC 1.2085

@ref 20215

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

Domain Archaea

Phylum Methanobacteriota

Class Halobacteria

Order Halobacteriales

Family Halococcaceae

Genus Halococcus

Species Halococcus morrhuae

Full scientific name Halococcus morrhuae (Farlow 1880) Kocur and Hodgkiss 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

"Sarcina morrhuae"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Halococcus morrhuae** (5)	Type strain
5916	H. morrhuae L.D. 3.1, DSM 1307, ATCC 17082, CCM 537, ... (type strain)
5917	H. morrhuae L.A. 7.2, DSM 1308, CCM 859
5919	H. morrhuae DSM 1310, CCM 2526, NCMB 778
162834	H. morrhuae JCM 20262, IAM 1711
162835	H. morrhuae JCM 20263, IAM 1712

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
507	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
507	HALOCOCCUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 146)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: HALOCOCCUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 146) Composition: NaCl 200.0 g/l Skim milk 50.0 g/l Agar 25.0 g/l Glycerol 10.0 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 10.0 g/l Neopeptone 5.0 g/l KNO3 2.0 g/l Fe(III) citrate Distilled water
507	HALOBACTERIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 97)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: HALOBACTERIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 97) Composition: NaCl 250.0 g/l Agar 20.0 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 20.0 g/l Yeast extract 10.0 g/l Casamino acids 7.5 g/l Na3-citrate 3.0 g/l KCl 2.0 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.05 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.0002 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
507	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Marine
#Condition	#Saline	-

Isolation

507

Sample typecrude solar salt

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
507	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

GC content

507

GC-content (mol%)57.1

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#507	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 1309
#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 )
#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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