Name: Haloferax gibbonsii Ma 2.38
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 5931

Type strain:

Species: Haloferax gibbonsii

Strain Designation: Ma 2.38

Culture col. no.: DSM 4427, ATCC 33959, NCMB 2188, JCM 8863, CCM 3603, IAM 13646, NBRC 102184, NCIMB 2188, VKM B-1756

Strain history: M. Kamekura <-- ATCC 33959 <-- G. Juez Ma-2.38.

NCBI tax ID(s): 1227459 (strain), 35746 (species)

Other strains from Haloferax gibbonsii

H. gibbonsii LR2-5, DSM 112399

Section

Haloferax gibbonsii Ma 2.38 is a mesophilic archaeon that was isolated from solar saltern.

mesophilic
16S sequence
Archaea
genome sequence

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	07-12-2022 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Archaea"
	Phylum	"Euryarchaeota"
	Class	Halobacteria
	Order	*Haloferacales*
	Family	*Haloferacaceae*
	Genus	*Haloferax*
	Species	**Haloferax gibbonsii**
	Full Scientific Name (PNU)	Haloferax gibbonsii Juez et al. 1986

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

HALOBACTERIA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 372)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #1666]			growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #67770]			growth	37 °C

[Ref.: #1666]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #67770]	Temperature range	mesophilic

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #1666]	Sample type/isolated from	solar saltern
[Ref.: #1666]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Alicante
[Ref.: #1666]	Country	Spain
[Ref.: #1666]	Country ISO 3 Code	ESP
[Ref.: #1666]	Continent	Europe

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Solar saltern near Alicante
[Ref.: #67770]	Country	Spain
[Ref.: #67770]	Country ISO 3 Code	ESP
[Ref.: #67770]	Continent	Europe
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Isolation sources categories

#Condition

#Saline

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Global distribution of 16S sequence AB663376 (>99% sequence identity) for Haloferax from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	7
Soil Samples	1
Animal Samples
Plant Samples
Total Samples	8

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (German classification)
According to TRBA 466

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #20218]	Haloferax gibbonsii gene for 16S rRNA	D13378	1470	ENA	35746 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Haloferax gibbonsii gene for 16S rRNA, complete sequence, strain: JCM 8863	AB663376	1473	ENA	35746 tax ID	*

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #67770]	Haloferax gibbonsii ATCC 33959 ATCC 33959	GCA_000336775	contig	GenBank	1227459 tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Haloferax gibbonsii ATCC 33959	2554235501	draft	JGI IMG/M	1227459 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Haloferax gibbonsii ATCC 33959	1227459.3	wgs	PATRIC	1227459 tax ID	*

[Ref.: #1666]	GC-content	61.8 mol%
[Ref.: #67770]	GC-content	61.8 mol%	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 4427, ATCC 33959, NCMB 2188, JCM 8863, CCM 3603, IAM 13646, NBRC 102184, NCIMB 2188, VKM B-1756

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Associated Passport(s) in StrainInfo

158784, 109983, 158785

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	The structure of the exocellular polysaccharide produced by the Archaeon Haloferax gibbonsii (ATCC 33959).	Paramonov NA, Parolis LA, Parolis H, Boan IF, Anton J, Rodriguez-Valera F	Carbohydr Res	10.1016/s0008-6215(98)00102-5	1998	*

References

#1666

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 4427

#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 )

#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) .

#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 .

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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