Name: Haloferax sulfurifontis M6
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 5936

Type strain:

Species: Haloferax sulfurifontis

Strain Designation: M6

Culture col. no.: DSM 16227, CCM 7217, CIP 108334, JCM 12327, CGMCC 1.6100, CGMCC 1.6246

Strain history: M. S. Elshahed M6.

NCBI tax ID(s): 662480 (strain), 255616 (species)

Section

Haloferax sulfurifontis M6 is a mesophilic archaeon that was isolated from microbial mats in a sulfur spring.

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 sulfurifontis**
	Full Scientific Name (PNU)	Haloferax sulfurifontis Elshahed et al. 2004

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

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Gram stain

negative Confidence in %99.979

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

HALOFERAX SULFURIFONTIS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 1018)

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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

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 204 - for Halorubrum, Marinococcus and Natrialba

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

		Temperature
[Ref.: #6342]	growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #33946]	growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #67770]	growth	37 °C

[Ref.: #6342]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #33946]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #67770]	Temperature range	mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #69481]	Ability of spore formation	no Confidence in %100
[Ref.: #69480]	Ability of spore formation	no Confidence in %99.939

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

[Ref.: #6342]	Sample type/isolated from	microbial mats in a sulfur spring
[Ref.: #6342]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Oklahoma
[Ref.: #6342]	Country	USA
[Ref.: #6342]	Country ISO 3 Code	USA
[Ref.: #6342]	Continent	North America

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Microbial mat at Zodletone Spring in southwestern Okulahoma
[Ref.: #67770]	Country	USA
[Ref.: #67770]	Country ISO 3 Code	USA
[Ref.: #67770]	Continent	North America
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Isolation sources categories

#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Spring
#Environmental	#Microbial community	#Microbial mat
#Condition	#Sulfuric	-

What are isolation sources categories?

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Global distribution of 16S sequence AB477973 (>99% sequence identity) for Haloferax from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	8
Soil Samples	2
Animal Samples
Plant Samples
Total Samples	10

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.: #6342]	Haloferax sulfurifontis 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY458601	1409	ENA	662480 tax ID
[Ref.: #20218]	Haloferax sulfurifontis gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 12327	AB477973	1434	ENA	662480 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Haloferax sulfurifontis gene for 16S rRNA, complete sequence, strain: JCM 12327	AB663382	1474	ENA	662480 tax ID	*

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #67770]	Haloferax sulfurifontis ATCC BAA-897 ATCC BAA-897	GCA_000337835	contig	GenBank	662480 tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Haloferax sulfurifontis CCM 7217	GCA_014635105	contig	GenBank	255616 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Haloferax sulfurifontis M6	2529293243	draft	JGI IMG/M	662480 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Haloferax sulfurifontis M6	2508501015	draft	JGI IMG/M	662480 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Haloferax sulfurifontis strain CCM 7217	255616.6	wgs	PATRIC	255616 tax ID	*

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GC-content

60.5 mol%

thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Data predicted using genome information as a basis Genome-based predictions

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from Diaspora project based on: Haloferax sulfurifontis CCM 7217 NCBI: GCA_014635105.1
[Ref.: #69480]	anaerobic	no	94.501	no
[Ref.: #69480]	spore-forming	no	99.939	no
[Ref.: #69480]	gram-positive	no	99.979	no
[Ref.: #69480]	thermophile	no	95.382	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	motile	yes	59.136	no

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 based on: Haloferax sulfurifontis CCM 7217 NCBI: GCA_014635105.1
[Ref.: #69481]	spore-forming	no	100	no

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 16227, CCM 7217, CIP 108334, JCM 12327, CGMCC 1.6100, CGMCC 1.6246

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Associated Passport(s) in StrainInfo

381770, 381768, 381769, 381771

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Haloferax sulfurifontis sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from a sulfide- and sulfur-rich spring.	Elshahed MS, Savage KN, Oren A, Gutierrez MC, Ventosa A, Krumholz LR	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.63211-0	2004	*

References

#6342

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 16227

#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 )

#33946 ; Curators of the CIP;

#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;

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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 .

#69480

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Predictions based on genome sequence made in the Diaspora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#69481

Xiao-Yin To, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Alice C. McHardy, Philipp C. Münch: Predictions based on the model GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 . ( DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2527258/v1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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