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Thiobacillus sp. (DSM 612)

Name: Thiobacillus sp. (DSM 612)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 6144

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 612

NCBI tax ID(s) 194841

Special Collections DSMZ

DSM 612 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from acid sulfate soil.

mesophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

DSM 612

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:48:15

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Betaproteobacteria

Order Spirillales

Family Thiobacillaceae

Genus Thiobacillus

Full scientific name Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904 (Approved Lists 1980)

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
320	ACIDITHIOBACILLUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 35)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: ACIDITHIOBACILLUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 35; with strain-specific modifications) Composition: Sulfur 10.0 g/l KH2PO4 3.0 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.14 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 0.1 g/l NH4Cl 0.1 g/l Yeast extract 0.1 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
320	positive	growth	26	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil
#Condition	#Acidic	-
#Condition	#Sulfuric	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
320	acid sulfate soil	Mijdrecht	Netherlands	NLD	Europe

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Thiobacillus sp. DSM 612 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 612	AJ459802	1405		194841
20218	Thiobacillus thiooxidans (DSM 612) 16S rRNA sequence	M79401	1269		930

GC content

320

GC-content (mol%)62.0

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#320	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 612
#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 )

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