Name: Priestia megaterium DSM 509
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 721

Type strain:

Species: Priestia megaterium

Culture col. no.: DSM 509, CCM 1464, IFO 12109, NBRC 12109, CIP 59.52, ATCC 10778, NCDO 685, NCIMB 8508

Strain history: CIP <- 1959, NCIB <- 1952, NRRL B-938

NCBI tax ID(s): 1404 (species)

Special Collections

DSMZ
CIP

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Section

Priestia megaterium DSM 509 is a human pathogen that was isolated from Environment, Soil.

human pathogen
Bacteria

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Bacillota*
	Class	*Bacilli*
	Order	*Caryophanales*
	Family	*Bacillaceae*
	Genus	*Priestia*
	Species	**Priestia megaterium**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Priestia megaterium (de Bary 1884) Gupta et al. 2020

Synonym

Bacillus megaterium

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

[Ref.: #34790]

Culture medium

MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar

[Ref.: #34790]

Culture medium growth

[Ref.: #34790]

Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

[Ref.: #256]

Culture medium

NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)

[Ref.: #256]

Culture medium growth

[Ref.: #256]

Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

[Ref.: #256]

Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

[Ref.: #120880]

Culture medium

CIP Medium 3

[Ref.: #120880]

Culture medium growth

[Ref.: #120880]

Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #256]			growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #34790]			growth	30 °C

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #256]	Name of produced compound	vitamin B₁₂
[Ref.: #20216]	Name of produced compound	Vitamin B12
[Ref.: #20216]	Name of produced compound	riboflavin

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #120880]	Sample type/isolated from	Environment, Soil
* marker position based on {}

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

[Ref.: #256]	Pathogenicity (human)	yes, in single cases
[Ref.: #256]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
[Ref.: #120880]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (French classification)

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

[Ref.: #256]

GC-content

37.0 mol%

Availability in culture collections External links

[Ref.: #256]

Culture collection no.

DSM 509, CCM 1464, IFO 12109, NBRC 12109, CIP 59.52, ATCC 10778, NCDO 685, NCIMB 8508

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Impact of carbon source and variable nitrogen conditions on bacterial biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates: evidence of an atypical metabolism in Bacillus megaterium DSM 509.	Shahid S, Mosrati R, Ledauphin J, Amiel C, Fontaine P, Gaillard JL, Corroler D	J Biosci Bioeng	10.1016/j.jbiosc.2013.02.017	2013	*

References

#256	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 509

#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

Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI) Curators of the HKI: Collection Description Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI) .

#34790 ; Curators of the CIP;
#120880 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 59.52
* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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