Bacillus licheniformis (DSM 30620, ES2-W2c2)

Name: Bacillus licheniformis (DSM 30620, ES2-W2c2)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 705

Type strain

Strain Designation ES2-W2c2

Culture col. no. DSM 30620 ES2-W2c2

NCBI tax ID(s) 1402

Special Collections DSMZ ESA

History <- European Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands; ES2-W2c2 <- P. Rettberg and S. Barczyk, DLR, Köln, Germany

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Bacillus licheniformis ES2-W2c2 is a bacterium that was isolated from spacecraft-associated clean room class ISO 8, Herschel Space Observatory.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 407416

DSM 30620

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:17:56

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Bacillaceae

Genus Bacillus

Species Bacillus licheniformis

Full scientific name Bacillus licheniformis (Weigmann 1898) Chester 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

"Clostridium licheniforme"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Bacillus licheniformis** (119)	Type strain
689	B. licheniformis Gibson 46, 46, 1264, DSM 13, ATCC 14580, ... (type strain)
684	B. licheniformis III, CCUG 26007, LMG 7561, DSM 392
685	B. licheniformis IV, DSM 394
686	B. licheniformis Tracy I, DSM 603, ATCC 10716, CCM 2181, IFO ...
687	B. licheniformis DSM 1913, ATCC 21733
688	B. licheniformis DSM 1969, ATCC 21424
690	B. licheniformis C, DSM 15
691	B. licheniformis DSM 7259, NRRL NRS-1263
692	B. licheniformis 2, DSM 7459
693	B. licheniformis 749/c, DSM 8782, ATCC 25972, DSM 46217, IMET ...
694	B. licheniformis AMNH 723, BU 171, CCDB b-30, Ford 1, Hankey ...
695	B. licheniformis SUD K2, DSM 11258
696	B. licheniformis SUD K3, DSM 11259
697	B. licheniformis 1.1B, 1.1.B, DSM 12369, CIP 108208
698	B. licheniformis 51.1, DSM 12370, CIP 108209
699	B. licheniformis ES2-W12c1, DSM 30654
700	B. licheniformis ES1-140-3, DSM 30523
701	B. licheniformis ES1-182-4, DSM 30535
702	B. licheniformis ES2-W1c2, DSM 30615
703	B. licheniformis ES1-188-4, DSM 30542
704	B. licheniformis ES1-417-1, DSM 30585
706	B. licheniformis ES2-W3c1, DSM 30624
707	B. licheniformis ES2-W7c2, DSM 30643
708	B. licheniformis FR1-89con, DSM 30724
709	B. licheniformis ES-MS4, DSM 30766
710	B. licheniformis ES-MS18, DSM 30769
711	B. licheniformis W6/2, DSM 30778
712	B. licheniformis W7/3, DSM 30779
713	B. licheniformis E11, DSM 30865
130860	B. licheniformis P-11, DSM 100655
130859	B. licheniformis P-9, DSM 100653
130858	B. licheniformis D2411, DSM 28591
22912	B. licheniformis P8/2_1, DSM 30926
23615	B. licheniformis T5a, DSM 30959
23616	B. licheniformis T5c, DSM 30961
130163	B. licheniformis 3G1B1, DSM 26543
130164	B. licheniformis SHG10, DSM 28096
130165	B. licheniformis T5b, DSM 30960
130166	B. licheniformis G9, DSM 31019
130167	B. licheniformis T2_2, DSM 30976
131627	B. licheniformis Stev55, DSM 103059
134785	B. licheniformis CIP A156, NCTC 6816
134876	B. licheniformis 664.81, As-16-3, CIP 81.50
134877	B. licheniformis 665.81, BS3, CIP 81.51
134893	B. licheniformis 719.86, CIP 102707
134938	B. licheniformis 10.87, CIP 102759
135271	B. licheniformis CIP 58.29
135464	B. licheniformis 6.87, CIP 102755
135707	B. licheniformis 666.81, CIP 81.52, UC 8
135960	B. licheniformis 2151, CIP 51.26
136046	B. licheniformis 379-86, CIP 102384
136103	B. licheniformis 506.86, CIP 102497
136170	B. licheniformis CIP A42
136411	B. licheniformis BS 3, CIP 105462
136987	B. licheniformis KG9, CIP 109282
137211	B. licheniformis 380-86, CIP 102385
137758	B. licheniformis 662.85, CIP 101825
137932	B. licheniformis 201-86, CIP 102229
137933	B. licheniformis 202-86, CIP 102230
138681	B. licheniformis 897.85, CIP 101950
138743	B. licheniformis 681.86, CIP 102681
139208	B. licheniformis 1265, 601, CIP 52.72
139405	B. licheniformis CIP 53.172, ATCC 8187, NCTC 2120, NRRL NRS-778, ...
143606	B. licheniformis CCUG 20568
143631	B. licheniformis CCUG 20661
144640	B. licheniformis CCUG 26008, LMG 7626
145068	B. licheniformis CCUG 27592
145354	B. licheniformis CCUG 28267 A
145378	B. licheniformis CCUG 28324
145530	B. licheniformis CCUG 28771
146513	B. licheniformis CCUG 31354
146881	B. licheniformis CCUG 32353
147252	B. licheniformis CCUG 33204
147366	B. licheniformis CCUG 33464
147902	B. licheniformis CCUG 34458
148398	B. licheniformis CCUG 35363
149019	B. licheniformis CCUG 36735
149287	B. licheniformis CCUG 37423
149599	B. licheniformis CCUG 38039
150186	B. licheniformis CCUG 39222
150481	B. licheniformis CCUG 41410
150482	B. licheniformis CCUG 41412
150515	B. licheniformis CCUG 41470
150516	B. licheniformis CCUG 41471
150623	B. licheniformis CCUG 41786
150656	B. licheniformis CCUG 41881
150768	B. licheniformis CCUG 42256
150874	B. licheniformis CCUG 42605
151172	B. licheniformis CCUG 43404
151173	B. licheniformis CCUG 43405
151174	B. licheniformis CCUG 43406
151175	B. licheniformis CCUG 43407
151177	B. licheniformis CCUG 43409
151178	B. licheniformis CCUG 43410
151179	B. licheniformis CCUG 43411
151180	B. licheniformis CCUG 43412
151218	B. licheniformis CCUG 43486
151229	B. licheniformis CCUG 43512 A
151645	B. licheniformis CCUG 44512
151702	B. licheniformis CCUG 44671
151741	B. licheniformis CCUG 44767
151801	B. licheniformis CCUG 44939
153016	B. licheniformis CCUG 48322
153178	B. licheniformis CCUG 48650
157593	B. licheniformis 2C-C25, DSM 105525
158838	B. licheniformis K26-3, DSM 109521
158839	B. licheniformis CA-T2, DSM 110955
162879	B. licheniformis JCM 20329, IAM 11054
169165	B. licheniformis B1, DSM 103640
169166	B. licheniformis CLA-AP-5, DSM 111625
169167	B. licheniformis Turin101221_C9a2, DSM 113557
169168	B. licheniformis Turin3-S41, DSM 113927
169169	B. licheniformis Turin4- S28, DSM 113928
169170	B. licheniformis Turin15-W31, DSM 113931
173146	B. licheniformis CIMB24, CIMB 04-8363, CRBIP17.24
173147	B. licheniformis CIMB 04-5439, CRBIP17.26
174352	B. licheniformis MM1_1, DSM 110489
174353	B. licheniformis PD1_1, DSM 110495
174354	B. licheniformis HUN382, VTM3R78, DSM 116458

Morphology

Multimedia

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Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
16986	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

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
16986	positive	growth	28

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Built environment	#Clean room

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
16986	spacecraft-associated clean room class ISO 8, Herschel Space Observatory	Noordwijk, European Space Research and Technology Centre	Netherlands	NLD	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
16986	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#16986	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 30620
#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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