Bacillus circulans (DSM 11, ATCC 4513, CCM 2048)

Name: Bacillus circulans (DSM 11, ATCC 4513, CCM 2048)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 642

Type strain

Strain Designation Ford 26, 26, 726

Culture col. no. DSM 11 ATCC 4513 CCM 2048 JCM 2504 LMG 13261 27 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1348626 1397 74308

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM KCTC CIP

History <- ATCC <- W.W. Ford, 26 CCM 2048 <-- R. E. Gordon. CIP <- 1952, R.E. Gordan, New Jersey Agri. Exper. Stat., New Brunswick, USA: strain 726 <- 1939, ATCC <- W.W. Ford: strain 26

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Bacillus circulans Ford 26 is an aerobe, spore-forming, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from soil.

spore-forming Gram-positive motile rod-shaped aerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 67365

LMG 13261,ATCC 24,ATCC 4513,ATCC 9140,CCM 2048,CCUG 7416,CECT 10,DSM 11,IAM 12462,IFO 13626,JCM 2504,LMG 17485,LMG 6926,NCFB 1775,NCIMB 9374,NCTC 2610,NRRL B-378,NRRL B-380,NRRL NRS-726,NBIMCC 1042,PCM 2229,NCIB 9374,NCDO 1775,CCRC 10605,VKM B-1242,VKM B-505,LMD 75.11,CCRC 11027,IMET 11259,KCTC 3347,NBRC 13626,NCCB 75011,BCRC 10605,HAMBI 1911,NBRC 3342,BCRC 11027,CCT 0026,CCT 0897,ATCC 9410,ICMP 12484,IAM 14175,KACC 10089,NRRL NRS-831,VTT E-95570,CIP 52.75

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Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:46:54

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Bacillaceae

Genus Bacillus

Species Bacillus circulans

Full scientific name Bacillus circulans Jordan 1890 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

Niallia circulans

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Bacillus circulans** (16)	Type strain
134969	B. circulans CIP 102802
135272	B. circulans CIP 53.60
135487	B. circulans CIP 106423, MAS 2
135496	B. circulans CIP 51.21
136102	B. circulans 491.86, CIP 102490
136599	B. circulans CIP A36
137248	B. circulans Mousset, CIP A49
138638	B. circulans NRS-760, CIP 52.76, ATCC 8384
143697	B. circulans CCUG 21053
145474	B. circulans CCUG 28639
148109	B. circulans CCUG 34825
148136	B. circulans CCUG 34885
148765	B. circulans CCUG 35915 A
152333	B. circulans CCUG 46461
153454	B. circulans CCUG 49659
155064	B. circulans CCUG 56355

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
118290	positive	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
37735	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
2018	CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CASO AGAR (Merck 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 15.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 5.0 g/l Distilled water
2018	NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water
118290	CIP Medium 3	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
2018	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
37735	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
44985	positive	growth	30-37	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
118290	positive	growth	22-55
118290	negative	growth	10

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH
118290	positive	growth	6

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
44985	aerobe
44985	anaerobe
118290	facultative anaerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
118290
125438		93.457
125439		97

Compound production

20216

CompoundCalcite crystals

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
118290	NaCl	positive	growth	0-6 %
118290	NaCl		growth	8 %
118290	NaCl		growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
118290	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
118290	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
118290	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API Coryne
118290	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
118290	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
118290	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
118290	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
118290	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
118290	17234 ChEBI	glucose		+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
118290	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68379	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	+	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68379	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-mannosidase	+	3.2.1.24	from API zym
118290	amylase	+
118290	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68379	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68379	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68379	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
118290	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
118290	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68379	catalase	+	1.11.1.6	from API Coryne
68382	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	from API zym
118290	DNase	+
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
118290	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
118290	gelatinase	-
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
118290	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
118290	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		from API zym
118290	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
118290	oxidase	-
68379	pyrazinamidase	+	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
118290	tween esterase	-
118290	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68379	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	100	2 of 2
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	100	11 of 11
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	threonine metabolism	100	10 of 10
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	teichoic acid biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	starch degradation	100	10 of 10
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	92.86	13 of 14
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	90	9 of 10
66794	purine metabolism	89.36	84 of 94
66794	valine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	87.5	14 of 16
66794	flavin biosynthesis	86.67	13 of 15
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	84.44	38 of 45
66794	NAD metabolism	83.33	15 of 18
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	83.33	5 of 6
66794	cellulose degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	allantoin degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	d-mannose degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	methionine metabolism	76.92	20 of 26
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	glycolysis	76.47	13 of 17
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	75	21 of 28
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	gluconeogenesis	75	6 of 8
66794	non-pathway related	73.68	28 of 38
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	72.73	8 of 11
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	71.43	5 of 7
66794	propanol degradation	71.43	5 of 7
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	propionate fermentation	70	7 of 10
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	70	7 of 10
66794	leucine metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	alanine metabolism	65.52	19 of 29
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	64.84	59 of 91
66794	degradation of sugar acids	64	16 of 25
66794	d-xylose degradation	63.64	7 of 11
66794	proline metabolism	63.64	7 of 11
66794	arginine metabolism	62.5	15 of 24
66794	urea cycle	61.54	8 of 13
66794	lipid metabolism	61.29	19 of 31
66794	degradation of hexoses	61.11	11 of 18
66794	cysteine metabolism	61.11	11 of 18
66794	degradation of pentoses	60.71	17 of 28
66794	tryptophan metabolism	60.53	23 of 38
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	60	3 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	60	3 of 5
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	ascorbate metabolism	59.09	13 of 22
66794	histidine metabolism	58.62	17 of 29
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	57.69	15 of 26
66794	glutathione metabolism	57.14	8 of 14
66794	citric acid cycle	57.14	8 of 14
66794	polyamine pathway	52.17	12 of 23
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	50	6 of 12
66794	lysine metabolism	50	21 of 42
66794	kanosamine biosynthesis II	50	1 of 2
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	sphingosine metabolism	50	3 of 6
66794	butanoate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	sulfate reduction	46.15	6 of 13
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	46.15	6 of 13
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	46.15	6 of 13
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	45.45	5 of 11
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	ginsenoside metabolism	43.75	7 of 16
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	42.86	3 of 7
66794	mevalonate metabolism	42.86	3 of 7
66794	tyrosine metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	40	4 of 10
66794	phenol degradation	40	8 of 20
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	38.89	7 of 18
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	37.5	6 of 16
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	35.29	12 of 34
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	sulfoquinovose degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	29.41	5 of 17
66794	cholesterol biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	catecholamine biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	biotin biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8

API coryne

@ref	Reduction of nitrateNIT	PYZ	PYRA	PAL	beta GUR	beta GAL	alpha GLU	beta NAG	ESC	URE	GEL	Control fermentationControl	GLU	RIB	XYL	MAN	MAL	LAC	SAC	GLYG	CAT
44985	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	not determinedn.d.	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
118290	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	-

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
118290	not determinedn.d.	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
118290	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
2018	soil
44985	Soil
67770	Soil
118290	Environment, Soil

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
2018	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
118290		1	Risk group (French 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	ASM159158v1 assembly for Niallia circulans NBRC 13626	contig	GCA_001591585	1348626.3	2731957657	1348626	62.54
67770	47406_E01 assembly for Niallia circulans NCTC2610	contig	GCA_900445325	1397.16	2814123177	1397

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Bacillus circulans 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY043084	1496	1397
20218	Bacillus circulans strain ATCC 4513 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY724690	1487	1397
20218	Bacillus circulans strain ATCC 4513 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	FJ560956	952	1397
20218	Bacillus circulans strain IAMI12462 DNA for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence	D78312	1431	1397
20218	Bacillus circulans gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB006923	273	1397
20218	Bacillus circulans gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB271747	1473	1397
20218	B.circulans 16S ribosomal RNA	X60613	1426	1397
124043	Bacillus circulans strain NBRC 13626 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MN526983	495	1397

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
2018	35.5	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
2018	35.4	Buoyant density centrifugation (BD)
67770	35

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Niallia circulans NBRC 13626
NCBI: GCA_001591585

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	97.00	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	88.50	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	variable	75.80	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	87.10	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Bacillus circulans NBRC 13626
PATRIC: 1348626.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	76.65	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	86.36	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	93.46	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	55.28	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	91.40	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	86.88	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Isolation and Characterization of a Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Bacteriophage JBA6 and Its Endolysin PlyJBA6.	Kim J, Kong M.	J Microbiol Biotechnol	10.4014/jmb.2502.02026	2025
	Anti-biofilm potential of some fish probiotics, alone and in combination with antibiotics against isolated aquaculture pathogens; A preliminary data.	Liaqat I, Qaiser I, Aftab MN, Ali S, Latif AA, Naseem S, Afzaal M, Khalid A.	Microb Pathog	10.1016/j.micpath.2025.107437	2025
	Bacterial endosymbionts of a nitrogen-fixing yeast Rhodotorula mucilaginosa JGTA-S1 - insights into a yet unknown micro-ecosystem.	Nag M, Pallavi J, Chakraborty S, Roychoudhury T, Mondal S, Ghosh A, Saha C, Banerjee M, Seal A.	Mol Omics	10.1039/d3mo00273j	2024
	Harnessing plant growth-promoting bacteria to combat watermelon mosaic virus in squash.	Bashandy SR, Mohamed OA, Abdalla OA, Elfarash A, Abd-Alla MH.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-025-92268-2	2025
	Combination of fluorescent reagents with 2-(4-aminophenyl) benzothiazole and safranin O was useful for analysis of spore structure, indicating the diversity of Bacillales species spores.	Kuwana R, Ito K, Takamatsu H.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2025.1603957	2025
Pathogenicity	First Attempt at Synthetic Microbial Communities Design for Rearing Gnotobiotic Black Soldier Fly Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus) Larvae	Auger L, Deschamps M, Vandenberg G, Derome N.	Insects		2025
	A comparative study of the biosynthesis of CuNPs by Niallia circulans G9 and Paenibacillus sp. S4c strains: characterization and application as antimicrobial agents.	Aziz NMA, Goda DA, Abdel-Meguid DI, El-Sharouny EE, Soliman NA.	Microb Cell Fact	10.1186/s12934-024-02422-0	2024
	Identification of microorganisms at different times in a bioleaching process for the recovery of gold and silver from minerals in oxide form.	Mora CC, Rojas Contreras JA, Rosales Villarreal MC, Urban Martinez JL, Delgado E, Medrano Roldan H, Hernandez Rodarte FS, Reyes Jaquez D.	Heliyon	10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e41878	2025
	Bombyx mori as a model for Niallia circulans pathogenicity.	Hossain MI, Saleh NUA, Numan A, Hossain MM, Uddin MA, Hossain MS.	Drug Discov Ther	10.5582/ddt.2022.01112	2023
Genetics	Genome-Scale Community Model-Guided Development of Bacterial Coculture for Lignocellulose Bioconversion.	Kundu P, Ghosh A.	Biotechnol Bioeng	10.1002/bit.28918	2025
Biotechnology	Production of indole-3-acetic acid by Bacillus circulans E9 in a low-cost medium in a bioreactor.	Sarmiento-Lopez LG, Lopez-Meyer M, Maldonado-Mendoza IE, Quiroz-Figueroa FR, Sepulveda-Jimenez G, Rodriguez-Monroy M.	J Biosci Bioeng	10.1016/j.jbiosc.2022.03.007	2022
Genetics	Characterization of the resistome and antibiotic-resistant bacteria in top soil improvers and irrigation waters devoted to food production: a case study from Italy.	Gigliucci F, Barbieri G, Veyrunes M, Chiani P, Marra M, Carollo M, Knijn A, Brambilla G, Morabito S.	Environ Sci Pollut Res Int	10.1007/s11356-025-36438-9	2025
	Enrichment of Aquatic Xylan-Degrading Microbial Communities.	Gaenssle ALO, Bertran-Llorens S, Deuss PJ, Jurak E.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms12081715	2024
Phylogeny	16S Ribosomal RNA Gene PCR and Sequencing for Pediatric Infection Diagnosis, United States, 2020-2023.	Li G, Reis CA, Kruc RM, Zhang Z, Streck NT, Ristagno EH, Mandrekar J, Wolf MJ, Gaensbauer JT, Patel R.	Emerg Infect Dis	10.3201/eid3113.241101	2025
	Fiber-based food packaging materials in view of bacterial growth and survival capacities.	Schmid PJ, Maitz S, Plank N, Knaipp E, Polzl S, Kittinger C.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2023.1099906	2023
	Diversity and enzymatic activity of Polish beehive products microbiota, and characterization of a novel beta-galactosidase from Paenibacillus sp. 8.	Rosinska A, Wanarska M, Kozlowska-Tylingo K, Jurkowski M.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-025-02561-3	2025
	Identification of an Immunoglobulin Paratope Binding to Keratan Sulfate and Expression of a Single-Chain Derivative for Imaging.	Boyraz B, Tauber R, Dernedde J.	Biomolecules	10.3390/biom15020178	2025
Genetics	Genome characterization, pathogenicity, and evaluation of therapeutics of Klebsiella aerogenes in Bombyx larvae infection model.	Kabir T, Hossain MI, Jepu TA, Sarker M, Saleh NUA, Monir H, Nawaar N, Jene SA, Hossain MM, Uddin MA, Bari ML, Hossain MS.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/s12866-025-03942-4	2025
Metabolism	Diversity, metabolic potential and global distribution of the anaerobic fermentative bacteria Phylum Candidatus Cloacimonadota.	Liu Y, Yu M, Chen X, Ran L, Zhang XH.	Environ Microbiome	10.1186/s40793-025-00796-1	2025
Genetics	Deep culturing the fecal microbiota of healthy laying hens.	Feng Z, Lorenc N, O'Brien B, Sun G, Li Z, Jung D, Ronholm J.	Anim Microbiome	10.1186/s42523-025-00395-y	2025
	Characterization and structural analysis of the endo-1,4-beta-xylanase GH11 from the hemicellulose-degrading Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum useful for lignocellulose saccharification.	Kim IJ, Kim SR, Kim KH, Bornscheuer UT, Nam KH.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-023-44495-8	2023
	Identifying Root-Associated Endophytic Fungi and Bacteria in Festuca and Lolium Grasses from a Site in Lithuania.	Stakeliene V, Pasakinskiene I, Matijosiute S, Martunas J, Stukeniene G.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms13040799	2025
	The Distinctive Permutated Domain Structure of Periplasmic alpha-Amylase (MalS) from Glycoside Hydrolase Family 13 Subfamily 19.	An Y, Tran PL, Yoo MJ, Song HN, Park KH, Kim TJ, Park JT, Woo EJ.	Molecules	10.3390/molecules28103972	2023
	Molecular simulations of SSTR2 dynamics and interaction with ligands.	Gervasoni S, Guccione C, Fanti V, Bosin A, Cappellini G, Golosio B, Ruggerone P, Malloci G.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-023-31823-1	2023
	Characterization of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) microbiota at the time of initial surgical intervention for children with hydrocephalus.	Pandey S, Whitlock KB, Test MR, Hodor P, Pope CE, Limbrick DD, McDonald PJ, Hauptman JS, Hoffman LR, Simon TD, Cerebrospinal FLuId MicroBiota in Shunts (CLIMB) Study Group.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0280682	2023
	Heterologous Expression and Characterization of a pH-Stable Chitinase from Micromonospora aurantiaca with a Potential Application in Chitin Degradation.	Guo HZ, Wang D, Yang HT, Wu YL, Li YC, Xia GH, Zhang XY.	Mar Drugs	10.3390/md22060287	2024
Genetics	Genomically-selected antifungal Bacillaceae strains improve wheat yield and baking quality.	Casal A, Gizzi FO, Figueroa SA, Petitti TD, Ferragutti F, Gaido J, Manno MAT, Ceccoli G, Paoletti L, Dunlap C, Daurelio LD, Espariz M.	Appl Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s00253-025-13544-9	2025
	Assessment of microbial contamination in laser materials processing laboratories used for prototyping of biomedical devices.	Somorin YM, O'Connor GM.	Access Microbiol	10.1099/acmi.0.000494.v3	2023
Phylogeny	Diversity of Endolysin Domain Architectures in Bacteriophages Infecting Bacilli.	Koposova ON, Kazantseva OA, Shadrin AM.	Biomolecules	10.3390/biom14121586	2024
	Substrate recognition mode of a glycoside hydrolase family 42 beta-galactosidase from Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis (BiBga42A) revealed by crystallographic and mutational analyses.	Gotoh A, Hidaka M, Sakurama H, Nishimoto M, Kitaoka M, Sakanaka M, Fushinobu S, Katayama T.	Microbiome Res Rep	10.20517/mrr.2023.14	2023
	Ropiness in Bread-A Re-Emerging Spoilage Phenomenon.	Pacher N, Burtscher J, Johler S, Etter D, Bender D, Fieseler L, Domig KJ.	Foods	10.3390/foods11193021	2022
	HiBC: a publicly available collection of bacterial strains isolated from the human gut.	Hitch TCA, Masson JM, Pauvert C, Bosch J, Nuchtern S, Treichel NS, Baloh M, Razavi S, Afrizal A, Kousetzi N, Aguirre AM, Wylensek D, Coates AC, Jennings SAV, Panyot A, Viehof A, Schmitz MA, Stuhrmann M, Deis EC, Bisdorf K, Chiotelli MD, Lissin A, Schober I, Witte J, Cramer T, Riedel T, Wende M, Winter KA, Amend L, Riva A, Trinh S, Mitchell L, Hartman J, Berry D, Seitz J, Bossert LC, Grognot M, Allers T, Strowig T, Pester M, Abt B, Reimer LC, Overmann J, Clavel T.	Nat Commun	10.1038/s41467-025-59229-9	2025
	Lysinabacillus fusiformis and Paenibacillus alvei Obtained from the Internal of Nasutitermes Termites Revealed Their Ability as Antagonist of Plant Pathogenic Fungi.	Fitriana Y, Tampubolon DAT, Suharjo R, Lestari P, Swibawa IG.	Plant Pathol J	10.5423/ppj.oa.03.2022.0031	2022
Phylogeny	Isolation of glucosidase and phospholipase positive Bacillus circulans on ALOA medium.	Serraino A, Giacometti F, Piva S, Florio D, Pizzamiglio V, Zanoni RG	Lett Appl Microbiol	10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03084.x	2011
Enzymology	Characterization of bacteriocin N15 produced by Enterococcus faecium N15 and cloning of the related genes.	Losteinkit C, Uchiyama K, Ochi S, Takaoka T, Nagahisa K, Shioya S	J Biosci Bioeng	10.1263/jbb.91.390	2001
Phylogeny	Genetic polymorphism by RAPD-PCR and phenotypic characteristics of isolated thermotolerant Bacillus strains from hot spring sources.	Hazem A, Manar A	New Microbiol		2003
Phylogeny	Comparative phylogeny of rrs and nifH genes in the Bacillaceae.	Achouak W, Normand P, Heulin T	Int J Syst Bacteriol	10.1099/00207713-49-3-961	1999
Phylogeny	[Taxonomy of Bacillus circulans].	Pichinoty F, Mandel M, Asselineau J	Ann Microbiol (Paris)		1983
Phylogeny	Niallia tiangongensis sp. nov., isolated from the China Space Station.	Yuan J, Zhang W, Dang L, Song Y, Yin Z, He Z, Xu K, Guo P, Yin H.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006693	2025
Phylogeny	Bacillus lumedeiriae sp. nov., a Gram-Positive, Spore-Forming Rod Isolated from a Pharmaceutical Facility Production Environment and Added to the MALDI Biotyper^® Database.	Costa LVD, Ramos JN, Albuquerque LS, Miranda RVDSL, Valadao TB, Veras JFC, Vieira EMD, Forsythe S, Brandao MLL, Vieira VV.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms12122507	2024
Phylogeny	Paenibacillus albicereus sp. nov. and Niallia alba sp. nov., isolated from digestive syrup.	Thorat V, Kirdat K, Tiwarekar B, Dhanavade P, Karodi P, Shouche Y, Sathe S, Lodha T, Yadav A	Arch Microbiol	10.1007/s00203-021-02749-x	2022
Phylogeny	Bacillus taxi sp. nov., a novel endophytic bacterium isolated from root of Taxus chinensis (Pilger) Rehd.	Tuo L, Liu F, Yan XR, Liu Y	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.003776	2020
Phylogeny	Bacillus oryzisoli sp. nov., isolated from rice rhizosphere.	Zhang XX, Gao JS, Zhang L, Zhang CW, Ma XT, Zhang J	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001215	2016
Phylogeny	Bacillus gottheilii sp. nov., isolated from a pharmaceutical manufacturing site.	Seiler H, Wenning M, Schmidt V, Scherer S	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.036277-0	2012

References

#2018	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 11
#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 )
#20216	Curators of the HKI: Collection Description Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI) . Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI):
#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 )
#37735	; Curators of the CIP;
#44985	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 7416
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#118290	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 52.75
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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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