Herpetosiphon gulosus (DSM 52871, NBRC 112829, HK 758)

Name: Herpetosiphon gulosus (DSM 52871, NBRC 112829, HK 758)
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Type strain

Strain Designation HK 758, Hp g472

Culture col. no. DSM 52871 NBRC 112829 HK 758 Hp g472

NCBI tax ID(s) 1973496

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Herpetosiphon gulosus HK 758 is an aerobe, Gram-negative, filament-shaped prokaryote that builds unbranched, multicellular filaments and was isolated from sand and plant residues collected at the beach.

Gram-negative filament-shaped aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 216008

NBRC 112829,DSM 52871

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:48:14

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Chloroflexota

Class Chloroflexia

Order Herpetosiphonales

Family Herpetosiphonaceae

Genus Herpetosiphon

Species Herpetosiphon gulosus

Full scientific name Herpetosiphon gulosus Pan et al. 2017

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape
43315	negative	1.2 µm	0.7 µm	filament-shaped

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Forms multicellular complex	Complex name
43315		unbranched, multicellular filaments

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
43315	CY agar		0.3 % (w/v) casitone, 0.3 % (w/v) yeast extract, 0.1 % (w/v) CaCl2.2H2O, 1.5 % (w/v) agar (pH 7.2)
43315	modified Pol medium		0.3 % (w/v) starch, 0.3 % (w/v) casitone, 0.05 % (w/v) CaCl2.2H2O, 0.2 % (w/v) MgSO4.7H2O, 1.19 % (w/v) HEPES (pH 7.2); supplemented with 1 ml/L trace elements solution (0.01 % (w/v) MnCl2. 4H2O, 0.002 % (w/v) CoCl2, 0.001 % (w/v) CuSO4, 0.001 % (w/v) Na2MoO4.2H2O, 0.002 % (w/v) ZnCl2, 0.0005 % (w/v) LiCl, 0.0005 % (w/v) SnCl2.2H2O, 0.001 % (w/v) H3BO3, 0.002 % (w/v) KBr, 0.002 % (w/v) KI, 0.0008 % (w/v) EDTA
43315	VY/2 AGAR		0,5 % (w/v) baker's yeast (fresh weight), 0.1 % (w/v) CaCl2.2H2O, 1.5 % (w/v) agar (pH 7.2); supplemented with 0.5 mg/L vitamin B12
14554	VY/2 AGAR (DSMZ Medium 9)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: VY/2 AGAR (DSMZ Medium 9) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Baker's yeast 5.0 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 1.36 g/l Vitamin B12 0.0005 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
14554	positive	growth	28	mesophilic
43315	positive	growth	20-37

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
43315	positive	growth	6-9	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

43315

Oxygen toleranceaerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
43315	NaCl	positive	maximum	2 %(w/v)

Observation

43315

Observationquinone MK-10

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
43315	29016 ChEBI	arginine	+	hydrolysis
43315	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	carbon source
43315	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from
43315	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+	carbon source
43315	28260 ChEBI	galactose	+	carbon source
43315	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis
43315	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	carbon source
43315	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	fermentation
43315	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	carbon source
43315	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	+	builds acid from
43315	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	carbon source
43315	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	+	carbon source
43315	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	carbon source
43315	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	carbon source
43315	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+	carbon source
43315	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from
43315	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	carbon source
43315	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	carbon source
43315	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	carbon source
43315	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	carbon source

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	ChEBI	Group ID	Metabolite	Sensitivity conc.	Resistance conc.
43315	2676	10	amoxicillin	20 µg (disc)
43315	28971	20	ampicillin	10 µg (disc)
43315	3393		carbenicillin
43315	209807		cefoxitin
43315	209807		cefoxitin		30 µg (disc)
43315	48947	10	clavulanic acid	10 µg (disc)
43315	17833		gentamicin	10 µg (disc)
43315	6104		kanamycin
43315	6472		lincomycin		2 µg (disc)
43315	6827		methicillin
43315	100147		nalidixic acid		30 µg (disc)
43315	7660		nystatin
43315	18208		penicillin g
43315	8309		polymyxin b
43315	9321	20	sulbactam	10 µg (disc)
43315	35358		sulfonamide		200 µg (disc)
43315	27902		tetracycline		30 µg (disc)

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
43315	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
43315	alpha-galactosidase	+/-	3.2.1.22
43315	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3
43315	esterase (C 4)	-
43315	esterase Lipase (C 8)	-
43315	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1
43315	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4
43315	valine arylamidase	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Coast
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Sandy
#Host	#Plants	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
14554	sand and plant residues collected at the beach	Poel Island	Germany	DEU	Europe
43315	sand and plant residues collected from the beach of Poel island, Germany	Poel island	Germany	DEU	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
14554	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM3954513v1 assembly for Herpetosiphon gulosus NBRC 112829	contig	GCA_039545135	1973496	60.92

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
14554	Herpetosiphon gulosus strain Hp g472 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KY689833	1453		1973496

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
14554	49.9	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Phylogenetic Revisit to a Review on Predatory Bacteria.	Kamada S, Wakabayashi R, Naganuma T.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms11071673	2023
Genetics	Genome Analysis, Metabolic Potential, and Predatory Capabilities of Herpetosiphon llansteffanense sp. nov.	Livingstone PG, Morphew RM, Cookson AR, Whitworth DE.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.01040-18	2018
Phylogeny	Herpetosiphon gulosus sp. nov., a filamentous predatory bacterium isolated from sandy soil and Herpetosiphon giganteus sp. nov., nom. rev.	Pan X, Kage H, Martin K, Nett M	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002141	2017

References

#14554	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 52871
#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 )
#43315	Xinli Pan, Hirokazu Kage, Karin Martin, Markus Nett: Herpetosiphon gulosus sp. nov., a filamentous predatory bacterium isolated from sandy soil and Herpetosiphon giganteus sp. nov., nom. rev.. IJSEM 67: 2476 - 2481 2017 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.002141 , PubMed 28741992 )
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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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Herpetosiphon gulosus (DSM 52871, NBRC 112829, HK 758)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Multicellular morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Enzymes

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_039545135

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

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