Halococcus salifodinae (DSM 8989, ATCC 51437, JCM 9578)

Name: Halococcus salifodinae (DSM 8989, ATCC 51437, JCM 9578)
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BacDive ID 5924

Type strain

Strain Designation BIp

Culture col. no. DSM 8989 ATCC 51437 JCM 9578 BIp CGMCC 1.6995 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1227456 36738

Special Collections DSMZ JCM

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Halococcus salifodinae BIp is a prokaryote that was isolated from rock salt.

genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 42983

ATCC 51437,DSM 8989,JCM 9578,NCIMB 13398,VKM B-2108

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:48:11

Domain Methanobacteriati

Phylum Methanobacteriota

Class Halobacteria

Order Halobacteriales

Family Halococcaceae

Genus Halococcus

Species Halococcus salifodinae

Full scientific name Halococcus salifodinae Denner et al. 1994

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Halococcus salifodinae** (4)	Type strain
5925	H. salifodinae BG2/2, DSM 13045
5926	H. salifodinae DSM 13046, BR 3
5927	H. salifodinae N1, DSM 13070
5928	H. salifodinae H2, DSM 13071

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
3453	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)
3453	positive	growth	37-40
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-8(H₂), MK-8

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Geologic

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
3453	rock salt	Bad Ischl	Austria	AUT	Europe
67770	Salt mine near Bad Ischl		Austria	AUT	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB004877 (>99% sequence identity) for Halococcus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	165
Soil Samples	25
Animal Samples	43
Plant Samples
Total Samples	233

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
3453	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM5204386v1 assembly for Halococcus salifodinae DSM 8989	complete	GCA_052043865	36738	74.67
67770	ASM33693v1 assembly for Halococcus salifodinae DSM 8989	contig	GCA_000336935	1227456	48.81

Genome browser: GCA_052043865

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Halococcus salifodinae DNA for 16S rRNA	AB004877	1471	36738
20218	Halococcus salifodinae gene for 16S rRNA, complete sequence, strain: JCM 9578	AB663371	1474	36738
3453	Halococcus sp. 16S ribosomal RNA	Z28387	1302	36738

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	62	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: Halococcus salifodinae DSM 8989
NCBI: GCA_000336935

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	83.60	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	50.60	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	76.20	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	aerobe	88.80	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Species Widely Distributed in Halophilic Archaea Exhibit Opsin-Mediated Inhibition of Bacterioruberin Biosynthesis.	Peck RF, Graham SM, Gregory AM.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.00576-18	2019
Metabolism	Dihydroxyacetone metabolism in Haloferax volcanii.	Ouellette M, Makkay AM, Papke RT.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2013.00376	2013
	Expression, purification, and enzymatic characterization of an extracellular protease from Halococcus salifodinae.	Hong T, Pan R, Ke J, Luo Y, Hao Y, Chen L, Tu D, Dai Y, Chen T, Chen S.	Braz J Microbiol	10.1007/s42770-023-01114-y	2023
	A hyperstable, low-salt adapted protease from halophilic archaeon with potential applications in salt-fermented foods.	Hou J, Zhang QK, Zhang RY, Li SY, Liu YY, Cui HL.	Food Res Int	10.1016/j.foodres.2024.114738	2024
	A hyperstable, low-salt adapted protease from halophilic archaeon with potential applications in salt-fermented foods	Hou J, Zhang QK, Zhang RY, Li SY, Liu YY, Cui HL.	Food Research International.		2024
	A novel halolysin without C-terminal extension from an extremely halophilic archaeon.	Hou J, Li SY, Zhao YJ, Cui HL.	Appl Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s00253-022-11903-4	2022
Enzymology	Biochemical characterization of a low salt-adapted extracellular protease from the extremely halophilic archaeon Halococcus salifodinae.	Hou J, Yin XM, Li Y, Han D, Lu B, Zhang JY, Cui HL.	Int J Biol Macromol	10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.02.081	2021
	Identification and characterization of the gene encoding an extracellular protease from haloarchaeon Halococcus salifodinae.	Hou J, Han D, Zhou Y, Li Y, Cui HL.	Microbiol Res	10.1016/j.micres.2020.126468	2020
	Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using Haloferax sp. NRS1: image analysis, characterization, in vitro thrombolysis and cytotoxicity.	Tag HM, Saddiq AA, Alkinani M, Hagagy N.	AMB Express	10.1186/s13568-021-01235-3	2021
	A TrmBL2-like transcription factor mediates the growth phase-dependent expression of halolysin SptA in a concentration-dependent manner in Natrinema gari J7-2.	Yin J, Liu Y, He D, Li P, Qiao M, Luo H, Qu X, Mei S, Wu Y, Sun Y, Gan F, Tang B, Tang X-F.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.00741-24	2024
	A novel structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC)-related protein family specific to Archaea.	Yoshinaga M, Nakayama T, Inagaki Y.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2022.913088	2022
	Culturable halophilic archaea at the initial and crystallization stages of salt production in a natural solar saltern of Goa, India.	Mani K, Salgaonkar BB, Braganca JM.	Aquat Biosyst	10.1186/2046-9063-8-15	2012
Genetics	A first insight into the Polish Bochnia Salt Mine metagenome.	Lach J, Krolikowska K, Baranowska M, Krupinska M, Strapagiel D, Matera-Witkiewicz A, Staczek P.	Environ Sci Pollut Res Int	10.1007/s11356-023-25770-7	2023
	Landscape of the gut archaeome in association with geography, ethnicity, urbanization, and diet in the Chinese population.	Bai X, Sun Y, Li Y, Li M, Cao Z, Huang Z, Zhang F, Yan P, Wang L, Luo J, Wu J, Fan D, Chen H, Zhi M, Lan P, Zeng Z, Wu X, Miao Y, Zuo T.	Microbiome	10.1186/s40168-022-01335-7	2022
Phylogeny	Very similar strains of Halococcus salifodinae are found in geographically separated permo-triassic salt deposits.	Stan-Lotter H, McGenity TJ, Legat A, Denner EBM, Glaser K, Stetter KO, Wanner G.	Microbiology (Reading)	10.1099/00221287-145-12-3565	1999
	Novel haloarchaeal 16S rRNA gene sequences from Alpine Permo-Triassic rock salt.	Radax C, Gruber C, Stan-Lotter H.	Extremophiles	10.1007/s007920100192	2001
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
	Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activity of the Biologically Synthesized Tellurium Nanorods; A Preliminary In vitro Study.	Shakibaie M, Adeli-Sardou M, Mohammadi-Khorsand T, ZeydabadiNejad M, Amirafzali E, Amirpour-Rostami S, Ameri A, Forootanfar H.	Iran J Biotechnol	10.15171/ijb.1580	2017
Phylogeny	Proposal to transfer Halococcus turkmenicus, Halobacterium trapanicum JCM 9743 and strain GSL-11 to Haloterrigena turkmenica gen. nov., comb. nov.	Ventosa A, Gutierrez MC, Kamekura M, Dyall-Smith ML.	Int J Syst Bacteriol	10.1099/00207713-49-1-131	1999
	Bacterial Growth in Chloride and Perchlorate Brines: Halotolerances and Salt Stress Responses of Planococcus halocryophilus.	Heinz J, Waajen AC, Airo A, Alibrandi A, Schirmack J, Schulze-Makuch D.	Astrobiology	10.1089/ast.2019.2069	2019
	Extremely halophilic archaea and the issue of long-term microbial survival.	Fendrihan S, Legat A, Pfaffenhuemer M, Gruber C, Weidler G, Gerbl F, Stan-Lotter H.	Rev Environ Sci Biotechnol	10.1007/s11157-006-0007-y	2006
	Sec-Dependent Secretion of Subtilase SptE in Haloarchaea Facilitates Its Proper Folding and Heterocatalytic Processing by Halolysin SptA Extracellularly.	Mei S, Li M, Sun Y, Deng X, Chen N, Liu Y, Yin J, Luo H, Wu Y, He D, Gan F, Tang B, Tang XF.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.00246-22	2022
	The heterotrophic eubacterial and archaeal co-inhabitants of the halophilic Dunaliella salina in solar salterns fed by Bay of Bengal along south eastern coast of India.	Keerthi S, Koduru UD, Nittala SS, Parine NR.	Saudi J Biol Sci	10.1016/j.sjbs.2015.10.019	2018
Metabolism	Biological synthesis of fluorescent nanoparticles by cadmium and tellurite resistant Antarctic bacteria: exploring novel natural nanofactories.	Plaza DO, Gallardo C, Straub YD, Bravo D, Perez-Donoso JM.	Microb Cell Fact	10.1186/s12934-016-0477-8	2016
	Phialosimplex salinarum, a new species of Eurotiomycetes from a hypersaline habitat.	Greiner K, Persoh D, Weig A, Rambold G.	IMA Fungus	10.5598/imafungus.2014.05.02.01	2014
Metabolism	Antibacterial efficacy of silver nanoparticles and ethyl acetate's metabolites of the potent halophilic (marine) bacterium, Bacillus cereus A30 on multidrug resistant bacteria.	Arul D, Balasubramani G, Balasubramanian V, Natarajan T, Perumal P.	Pathog Glob Health	10.1080/20477724.2017.1390829	2017
	Starvation-Survival in Haloarchaea.	Winters YD, Lowenstein TK, Timofeeff MN.	Life (Basel)	10.3390/life5041587	2015
	Properties of Halococcus salifodinae, an Isolate from Permian Rock Salt Deposits, Compared with Halococci from Surface Waters.	Legat A, Denner EB, Dornmayr-Pfaffenhuemer M, Pfeiffer P, Knopf B, Claus H, Gruber C, Konig H, Wanner G, Stan-Lotter H	Life (Basel)	10.3390/life3010244	2013
Metabolism	Identification of polyhydroxyalkanoates in Halococcus and other haloarchaeal species.	Legat A, Gruber C, Zangger K, Wanner G, Stan-Lotter H	Appl Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s00253-010-2611-6	2010
Phylogeny	Halococcus dombrowskii sp. nov., an archaeal isolate from a Permian alpine salt deposit.	Stan-Lotter H, Pfaffenhuemer M, Legat A, Busse HJ, Radax C, Gruber C.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-52-5-1807	2002
Phylogeny	Halococcus agarilyticus sp. nov., an agar-degrading haloarchaeon isolated from commercial salt.	Minegishi H, Echigo A, Shimane Y, Kamekura M, Itoh T, Ohkuma M, Usami R	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.000151	2015
Phylogeny	Halococcus qingdaonensis sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from a crude sea-salt sample.	Wang QF, Li W, Yang H, Liu YL, Cao HH, Dornmayr-Pfaffenhuemer M, Stan-Lotter H, Guo GQ	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.64673-0	2007

References

#3453	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 8989
#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 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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 .
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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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Halococcus salifodinae (DSM 8989, ATCC 51437, JCM 9578)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Observation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_052043865

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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