Methylopila capsulata (DSM 16542, R2L2)

Name: Methylopila capsulata (DSM 16542, R2L2)
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BacDive ID 7223

Type strain

Strain Designation R2L2

Culture col. no. DSM 16542 R2L2

NCBI tax ID(s) 61654

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Methylopila capsulata R2L2 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from coaltar-contaminated soil.

mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 398304

DSM 16542

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:48:31

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Hyphomicrobiales

Family Methylocystaceae

Genus Methylopila

Species Methylopila capsulata

Full scientific name Methylopila capsulata Doronina et al. 1998

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Methylopila capsulata** (1)	Type strain
7222	M. capsulata DSM 6130, VKM B-1606 (type strain)

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
6480	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)	Range
6480	positive	growth	28	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Contamination	-
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Geologic
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
6480	coaltar-contaminated soil	Denmark	DNK	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
6480	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#6480	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 16542
#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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