Chromohalobacter marismortui (DSM 6770, ATCC 17056, CCM 3518)

Name: Chromohalobacter marismortui (DSM 6770, ATCC 17056, CCM 3518)
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BacDive ID 5994

Type strain

Strain Designation M.G.1.1

Culture col. no. DSM 6770 ATCC 17056 CCM 3518 IAM 14437 M.G.1.1 5 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 42055

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Chromohalobacter marismortui M.G.1.1 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from seawater.

mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 92196

LMG 3935,ATCC 17056,CCM 3518,DSM 6770,NCIB 8731,NCMB 2148,IAM 14437,NCIMB 2148,NCIMB 8731,JCM 21220,CGMCC 1.2321,NBRC 103155

@ref 20215

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

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Oceanospirillales

Family Halomonadaceae

Genus Chromohalobacter

Species Chromohalobacter marismortui

Full scientific name Chromohalobacter marismortui (ex Elazari-Volcani 1940) Ventosa et al. 1989

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125439	negative	99.7
125439		92.7
125438	negative	100

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
2809	MEDIUM 514 PLUS ADDITIONAL SALT (DSMZ Medium 514b)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: MEDIUM 514 plus additional salt (DSMZ Medium 514b) Composition: NaCl 19.45 g/l Agar 17.5 g/l MgCl2 5.9 g/l Bacto peptone 5.0 g/l Na2SO4 3.24 g/l CaCl2 1.8 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l KCl 0.55 g/l NaHCO3 0.16 g/l Fe(III) citrate 0.1 g/l KBr 0.08 g/l SrCl2 0.034 g/l H3BO3 0.022 g/l Na2HPO4 0.008 g/l Na-silicate 0.004 g/l NaF 0.0024 g/l (NH4)NO3 0.0016 g/l Distilled water
2809	MARINOCOCCUS ALBUS - MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 434)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: MARINOCOCCUS ALBUS - MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 434) Composition: NaCl 81.0 g/l Yeast extract 10.0 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 9.6 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 7.0 g/l Proteose peptone no. 3 5.0 g/l KCl 2.0 g/l Glucose 1.0 g/l CaCl2 0.36 g/l NaHCO3 0.06 g/l NaBr 0.026 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
2809	positive	growth	28	mesophilic
2809	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.5

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Marine

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
2809	seawater	Dead sea	Israel	ISR	Asia

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
2809	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM436431v1 assembly for Chromohalobacter marismortui DSM 6770	scaffold	GCA_004364315	42055.3	2754412941	42055	74.29

Genome browser: GCA_004364315

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	C.marismortui 16S rRNA gene, ATCC 17056-T strain	X87219	1423		42055
20218	Chromohalobacter marismortui gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 103155	AB681964	1463		42055

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	62.3	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Chromohalobacter marismortui DSM 6770
NCBI: GCA_004364315

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.50	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	92.70	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	99.70	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	aerobe	69.60	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Chromohalobacter marismortui strain DSM 6770
PATRIC: 42055.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	100.00	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	97.47	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	89.00	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	83.36	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	97.30	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	80.04	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Whole-genome sequencing and genome-scale metabolic modeling of Chromohalobacter canadensis 85B to explore its salt tolerance and biotechnological use.	Enuh BM, Nural Yaman B, Tarzi C, Aytar Celik P, Mutlu MB, Angione C.	Microbiologyopen	10.1002/mbo3.1328	2022
Genetics	Osmotic Adaptation and Compatible Solute Biosynthesis of Phototrophic Bacteria as Revealed from Genome Analyses.	Imhoff JF, Rahn T, Kunzel S, Keller A, Neulinger SC.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms9010046	2020
	Characterization of the basic replicon of pCM1, a narrow-host-range plasmid from the moderate halophile Chromohalobacter marismortui.	Mellado E, Asturias JA, Nieto JJ, Timmis KN, Ventosa A.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.177.12.3443-3450.1995	1995
	Biology of moderately halophilic aerobic bacteria.	Ventosa A, Nieto JJ, Oren A.	Microbiol Mol Biol Rev	10.1128/mmbr.62.2.504-544.1998	1998
	Amorphous Ca-phosphate precursors for Ca-carbonate biominerals mediated by Chromohalobacter marismortui.	Rivadeneyra MA, Martin-Algarra A, Sanchez-Roman M, Sanchez-Navas A, Martin-Ramos JD.	ISME J	10.1038/ismej.2010.17	2010
Enzymology	Major outer membrane proteins in moderately halophilic eubacteria of genera Chromohalobacter and Halomonas.	Tokunaga H, Mitsuo K, Kamekura M, Tokunaga M.	J Basic Microbiol	10.1002/jobm.200310343	2004
Genetics	Competition-cooperation in the chemoautotrophic ecosystem of Movile Cave: first metagenomic approach on sediments.	Chiciudean I, Russo G, Bogdan DF, Levei EA, Faur L, Hillebrand-Voiculescu A, Moldovan OT, Banciu HL.	Environ Microbiome	10.1186/s40793-022-00438-w	2022
Metabolism	Barium bioaccumulation by bacterial biofilms and implications for Ba cycling and use of Ba proxies.	Martinez-Ruiz F, Jroundi F, Paytan A, Guerra-Tschuschke I, Abad MDM, Gonzalez-Munoz MT.	Nat Commun	10.1038/s41467-018-04069-z	2018
	In Situ Growth of Halophilic Bacteria in Saline Fracture Fluids from 2.4 km below Surface in the Deep Canadian Shield.	Wilpiszeski RL, Sherwood Lollar B, Warr O, House CH.	Life (Basel)	10.3390/life10120307	2020
Phylogeny	Phylogeny of the family Halomonadaceae based on 23S and 165 rDNA sequence analyses.	Arahal DR, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH, Ventosa A.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-52-1-241	2002
Phylogeny	Transfer of Halomonas canadensis and Halomonas israelensis to the genus Chromohalobacter as Chromohalobacter canadensis comb. nov. and Chromohalobacter israelensis comb. nov..	Arahal DR, Garcia MT, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH, Ventosa A.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-51-4-1443	2001
Metabolism	Organophosphonate metabolism by a moderately halophilic bacterial isolate.	Hayes VE, Ternan NG, McMullan G.	FEMS Microbiol Lett	10.1111/j.1574-6968.2000.tb09099.x	2000
	Construction of novel shuttle vectors for use between moderately halophilic bacteria and Escherichia coli.	Mellado E, Nieto JJ, Ventosa A.	Plasmid	10.1006/plas.1995.0001	1995
Phylogeny	Phylogenetic inferences and taxonomic consequences of 16S ribosomal DNA sequence comparison of Chromohalobacter marismortui, Volcaniella eurihalina, and Deleya salina and reclassification of V. eurihalina as Halomonas eurihalina comb. nov.	Mellado E, Moore ER, Nieto JJ, Ventosa A.	Int J Syst Bacteriol	10.1099/00207713-45-4-712	1995
Metabolism	Physiological and genetic characterization of calcium phosphate precipitation by Pseudomonas species.	Fishman MR, Giglio K, Fay D, Filiatrault MJ.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-018-28525-4	2018
Enzymology	Biodegradation of polyether algal toxins--isolation of potential marine bacteria.	Shetty KG, Huntzicker JV, Rein KS, Jayachandran K.	J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng	10.1080/10934529.2010.520510	2010
Metabolism	Bioprecipitation of Calcium Carbonate Crystals by Bacteria Isolated from Saline Environments Grown in Culture Media Amended with Seawater and Real Brine.	Silva-Castro GA, Uad I, Gonzalez-Martinez A, Rivadeneyra A, Gonzalez-Lopez J, Rivadeneyra MA.	Biomed Res Int	10.1155/2015/816102	2015
Enzymology	Potential for plant growth promotion of rhizobacteria associated with Salicornia growing in Tunisian hypersaline soils.	Mapelli F, Marasco R, Rolli E, Barbato M, Cherif H, Guesmi A, Ouzari I, Daffonchio D, Borin S.	Biomed Res Int	10.1155/2013/248078	2013
	Interspecific variability in sensitivity to UV radiation and subsequent recovery in selected isolates of marine bacteria.	Arrieta JM, Weinbauer MG, Herndl GJ.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.66.4.1468-1473.2000	2000
Pathogenicity	Salt-inducible multidrug efflux pump protein in the moderately halophilic bacterium Chromohalobacter sp.	Tokunaga H, Mitsuo K, Ichinose S, Omori A, Ventosa A, Nakae T, Tokunaga M.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.70.8.4424-4431.2004	2004
	Recombineering with tolC as a selectable/counter-selectable marker: remodeling the rRNA operons of Escherichia coli.	DeVito JA.	Nucleic Acids Res	10.1093/nar/gkm1084	2008
Phylogeny	Pistricoccus aurantiacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a shark.	Xu ZX, Liang QY, Lu DC, Chen GJ, Du ZJ	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-016-0760-z	2016
Phylogeny	Chromohalobacter japonicus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a Japanese salty food.	Sanchez-Porro C, Tokunaga H, Tokunaga M, Ventosa A	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.65212-0	2007
Phylogeny	Chromohalobacter salexigens sp. nov., a moderately halophilic species that includes Halomonas elongata DSM 3043 and ATCC 33174.	Arahal DR, Garcia MT, Vargas C, Canovas D, Nieto JJ, Ventosa A	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-51-4-1457	2001

References

#2809	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 6770
#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;
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#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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Chromohalobacter marismortui (DSM 6770, ATCC 17056, CCM 3518)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_004364315

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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