Halococcus morrhuae (DSM 1310, CCM 2526, NCMB 778)

Name: Halococcus morrhuae (DSM 1310, CCM 2526, NCMB 778)
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BacDive ID 5919

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 1310 CCM 2526 NCMB 778

NCBI tax ID(s) 2250

Special Collections DSMZ

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Halococcus morrhuae DSM 1310 is an archaeon of the family Halococcaceae.

Archaea

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 47357

DSM 1310,CCM 2526,NCMB 778,NCIMB 778

@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
5918	H. morrhuae 24, DSM 1309, CCM 2226
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
508	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
508	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
508	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)
508	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
508	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

GC content

508

GC-content (mol%)65.8

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#508	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 1310
#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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