Weissella kandleri (DSM 20593, ATCC 51149, NCFB 2753)

Name: Weissella kandleri (DSM 20593, ATCC 51149, NCFB 2753)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 6846

Type strain

Strain Designation L250, L 250

Culture col. no. DSM 20593 ATCC 51149 NCFB 2753 CCUG 32237 L250 12 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1616

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP

History <- W.H. Holzapfel, L250 DSM 20593 <-- W. H. Holzapfel L 250. CIP <- 1987, DSM, Lactobacillus kandleri <- W.H. Hopzalfel: strain L 250

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Weissella kandleri L250 is an anaerobe, Gram-positive, oval-shaped bacterium that was isolated from desert spring.

Gram-positive oval-shaped anaerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 8912

LMG 14471,ATCC 51149,CCRC 14624,CIP 102809,DSM 20593,JCM 5817,LMG 18979,LMG 9481,NCFB 2753,NCIMB 702753,NCIB 2753,CCUG 32237,NCDO 2753,CECT 4307,KCTC 3610,BCRC 14624,CGMCC 1.2474

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:19:20

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Lactobacillales

Family Lactobacillaceae

Genus Weissella

Species Weissella kandleri

Full scientific name Weissella kandleri (Holzapfel and van Wyk 1983) Collins et al. 1994

Synonyms (1)

Lactobacillus kandleri

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
120376	positive	oval-shaped
125438			94.5
125438	positive		92.524

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
8941	MRS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 11)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: MRS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 11) Composition: Glucose 20.0 g/l Casein peptone 10.0 g/l Meat extract 10.0 g/l Na-acetate 5.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l (NH4)3 citrate 2.0 g/l K2HPO4 2.0 g/l Tween 80 1.0 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.2 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.05 g/l Distilled water
33659	MEDIUM 40- for Lactobacillus and Leuconostoc		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Man Rogosa Sharp agar (68.000 g)
120376	CIP Medium 40	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
8941	positive	growth	30
33659	positive	growth	30
50920	positive	growth	30-37
67770	positive	growth	30
120376	positive	growth	22-37
120376	negative	growth	10
120376	negative	growth	15
120376	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
50920	anaerobe
50920	microaerophile
120376	facultative anaerobe
125439	facultative anaerobe	98.1

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125438		90.564

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
120376	NaCl	positive	growth	0-4 %
120376	NaCl		growth	6 %
120376	NaCl		growth	8 %
120376	NaCl		growth	10 %

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
8941	A11.46	A3alpha L-Lys-L-Ala-Gly-L-Ala₂

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68381	40585 ChEBI	alpha-cyclodextrin	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	29016 ChEBI	arginine	+	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
120376	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	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
68381	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
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
68381	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
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
68381	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
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
68381	320055 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
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
120376	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
120376	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
120376	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
68381	27941 ChEBI	pullulan	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
120376	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68381	15688 ChEBI	acetoin		from API rID32STR
120376		polysaccharides

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
68381	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-	from API rID32STR
120376	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68381	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidase	-		from API rID32STR
120376	alcohol dehydrogenase	+	1.1.1.1
68381	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API rID32STR
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68381	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API rID32STR
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68381	arginine dihydrolase	+	3.5.3.6	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API rID32STR
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68381	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API rID32STR
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68381	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32STR
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68381	beta-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.25	from API rID32STR
120376	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
120376	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	-		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	-		from API zym
120376	gelatinase	-
68381	glycyl tryptophan arylamidase	-		from API rID32STR
68382	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
120376	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68381	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API rID32STR
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
120376	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
120376	oxidase	-
68381	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API rID32STR
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68381	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32STR
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

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
120376	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
8941	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+/-	+	+/-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	+/-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
50920	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
120376	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+/-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API rID32STR

@ref	ADH (Arg)	beta GLU	beta GAR	beta GUR	alpha GAL	PAL	RIB	MAN	SOR	LAC	TRE	RAF	SAC	LARA	DARL	Acid from alpha-cyclodextrinCDEX	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidaseAPPA	beta GAL	Pyrrolidonyl arylamidasePyrA	N-Acetyl-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	Glycyl-tryptophan arylamidaseGTA	HIP	GLYG	PUL	MAL	MEL	MLZ	Acidification of methyl beta-D-glucopyranosideMbeta DG	TAG	beta MAN	URE
50920	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Spring
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Desert

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
8941	desert spring		South Africa	ZAF	Africa
50920	Desert spring
67770	Desert spring		South West Africa
120376	Environment, Desert spring	Namib desert	Namibia	NAM	Africa

Taxonmaps

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Global distribution of 16S sequence LC071832 (>99% sequence identity) for Weissella kandleri subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	293
Soil Samples	122
Animal Samples	1969
Plant Samples	257
Total Samples	2641

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
8941	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
120376	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	ASM143870v1 assembly for Weissella kandleri DSM 20593	scaffold	GCA_001438705	1616.3	2700989265	1616	70.3

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Weissella kandleri strain DSM 20593 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	M23038	1526	1616
20218	Lactobacillus kandleri 16S ribosomal RNA	X52570	1515	1616
20218	Weissella kandleri gene for 16S rRNA, strain:NRIC 1628	AB022922	1454	1616
67770	Weissella kandleri gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 5817	LC071832	1510	1616

GC content

8941

GC-content (mol%)39.1

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Weissella kandleri DSM 20593
NCBI: GCA_001438705

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	86.80	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	73.40	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	86.20	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	98.10	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Weissella kandleri strain DSM 20593
PATRIC: 1616.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	92.52	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	83.65	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	90.56	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	94.35	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	93.58	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	94.50	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Enzymology	Variations of bacterial populations in human feces measured by fluorescent in situ hybridization with group-specific 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes.	Franks AH, Harmsen HJ, Raangs GC, Jansen GJ, Schut F, Welling GW.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.64.9.3336-3345.1998	1998
Phylogeny	Molecular diversity of Lactobacillus spp. and other lactic acid bacteria in the human intestine as determined by specific amplification of 16S ribosomal DNA.	Heilig HG, Zoetendal EG, Vaughan EE, Marteau P, Akkermans AD, de Vos WM.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.68.1.114-123.2002	2002
	The genus Weissella: taxonomy, ecology and biotechnological potential.	Fusco V, Quero GM, Cho GS, Kabisch J, Meske D, Neve H, Bockelmann W, Franz CM.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2015.00155	2015
	Nucleotide sequence of 16S ribosomal RNA from Lactobacillus kandleri and Lactobacillus minor.	Martinez-Murcia AJ, Collins MD.	Nucleic Acids Res	10.1093/nar/18.11.3401	1990

References

#8941	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 20593
#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 )
#33659	; Curators of the CIP;
#50920	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 32237
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68381	Automatically annotated from API rID32STR .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#120376	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 102809
#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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Weissella kandleri (DSM 20593, ATCC 51149, NCFB 2753)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Murein

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API 50CHac

API rID32STR

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_001438705

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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