Bacillus coagulans (DSM 2350, NRRL NRS-2012, U)

Name: Bacillus coagulans (DSM 2350, NRRL NRS-2012, U)
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BacDive ID 645

Type strain

Strain Designation U

Culture col. no. DSM 2350 NRRL NRS-2012 U

NCBI tax ID(s) 1398

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- NRRL <- R.E. Gordon <- E. Olsen, Sugar Refining Lab., Copenhagen, strain U (Lactobacillus cereale)

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Bacillus coagulans U is a bacterium that produces lactate.

lactate production Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 47590

DSM 2350

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:25:04

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Bacillaceae

Genus Bacillus

Species Bacillus coagulans

Full scientific name Bacillus coagulans Hammer 1915 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

Weizmannia coagulans
Heyndrickxia coagulans

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Bacillus coagulans** (4)	Type strain
136030	B. coagulans 963.85, CIP 102020
137618	B. coagulans CIP 51.34, CN 2821
140654	B. coagulans 36D1, ATCC 5827
147772	B. coagulans CCUG 34203

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
747	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

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
747	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Compound production

747

CompoundL(+) lactic acid

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
747	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

GC content

747

GC-content (mol%)46.7

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#747	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 2350
#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 )
#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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