Name: Leucobacter albus F-8
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 7349

Type strain:

Species: Leucobacter albus

Strain Designation: F-8, TISTR1515; F-8, F-8A

Culture col. no.: DSM 17379, IAM 14851, TISTR 1515, CCUG 50213, JCM 12888, CIP 108569, LMG 22845, NBRC 103070

Strain history: CIP <- 2004, IFO <- A. Yokota, Tokyo Univ., Tokyo, Japan: strain F-8A

NCBI tax ID(s): 272210 (species)

SI-ID 134294

IAM 14851, TISTR 1515, LMG 22845, CCUG 50213, JCM 12888, DSM 17379, CIP 108569, NBRC 103070

Special Collections

Section

Leucobacter albus F-8 is an aerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from Soil.

Gram-positive
rod-shaped
aerobe
16S sequence
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	*Actinomycetota*
	Class	*Actinomycetes*
	Order	*Micrococcales*
	Family	*Microbacteriaceae*
	Genus	*Leucobacter*
	Species	**Leucobacter albus**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Leucobacter albus Lin et al. 2004

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #29956]	Gram stain	positive
[Ref.: #116199]	Gram stain	positive

[Ref.: #29956]	Cell length	0.8 µm

[Ref.: #29956]	Cell width	0.35 µm

[Ref.: #29956]	Cell shape	rod-shaped
[Ref.: #116199]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #29956]	Motility	no
[Ref.: #116199]	Motility	no

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Hemolysis ability

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 29- Brain heart agar

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 72

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 29

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #6936]		growth	28 °C
[Ref.: #29956]		optimum	30 °C
[Ref.: #33993]		growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #58791]		growth	30-37 °C
[Ref.: #67770]		growth	28 °C
[Ref.: #116199]		growth	10-37 °C
[Ref.: #116199]	no	growth	41 °C
[Ref.: #116199]	no	growth	45 °C

	pH	Kind of pH		pH
[Ref.: #29956]			optimum	7

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #29956]	Oxygen tolerance	aerobe
[Ref.: #58791]	Oxygen tolerance	aerobe
[Ref.: #116199]	Oxygen tolerance	obligate aerobe

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Ability of spore formation

	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #29956]	NaCl		growth	0.2-0.3	%
[Ref.: #29956]	NaCl		optimum	0.25	%
[Ref.: #116199]	NaCl		growth	0-6	%
[Ref.: #116199]	NaCl	no	growth	8	%
[Ref.: #116199]	NaCl	no	growth	10	%

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Observation

quinones: MK-11, MK-9, MK-12

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #29956]	alanine ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #116199]	citrate ChEBI	-	carbon source
[Ref.: #116199]	esculin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #29956]	fucose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #29956]	galactose ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #29956]	gamma-aminobutyric acid ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #29956]	glycerol ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #29956]	glycine ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #116199]	hippurate ChEBI	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #116199]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #116199]	nitrate ChEBI	-	respiration
[Ref.: #116199]	nitrite ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #29956]	ribose ChEBI	+	carbon source
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	Antibiotica	Metabolite	Antibiotic sensitivity	Antibiotic resistance
[Ref.: #116199]		0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)	no	yes

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #116199]		indole ChEBI	no

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Voges-Proskauer-test	Methylred-test
[Ref.: #116199]		acetoin ChEBI	-
[Ref.: #116199]		glucose ChEBI		-

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68382]	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	* from API zym
[Ref.: #116199]	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
[Ref.: #68382]	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	* from API zym
[Ref.: #116199]	amylase	-
[Ref.: #116199]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API zym
[Ref.: #116199]	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
[Ref.: #29956]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #116199]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #68382]	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	* from API zym
[Ref.: #116199]	DNase	+
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase (C 4)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #116199]	gamma-glutamyltransferase	+	2.3.2.2
[Ref.: #116199]	gelatinase	+/-
[Ref.: #116199]	lecithinase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #116199]	lipase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	lipase (C 14)	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #116199]	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
[Ref.: #68382]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #116199]	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
[Ref.: #116199]	oxidase	-
[Ref.: #116199]	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
[Ref.: #116199]	protease	-
[Ref.: #68382]	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	* from API zym
[Ref.: #116199]	tryptophan deaminase	-
[Ref.: #116199]	tween esterase	+
[Ref.: #116199]	urease	-	3.5.1.5
[Ref.: #68382]	valine arylamidase	+		* from API zym
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Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

Reference

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Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C15:0 ANTEISO	44.3	14.711
C17:0 anteiso	22.6	16.722
C16:0 iso	19.3	15.626
C15:0 ISO	4.1	14.621
C16:0	3	16
C14:0 ISO	2.5	13.618
C17:0 iso	1.6	16.629
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	1.3	17.724
C18:0	1.2	18
C15:1 ANTEISO A	0.4	14.526

API® Biotype100:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
[Ref.: #116199]	2810	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API® zym:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	Control	2-naphthyl phosphateAlkaline phosphatase	2-naphthyl butyrateEsterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	2-naphthyl myristateLipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-2-naphthylamideTrypsin	N-glutaryl-phenylalanine-2-naphthylamidealpha- Chymotrypsin	2-naphthyl phosphateAcid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-galactpyranosidealpha- Galactosidase	2-naphthyl-betaD-galactpyranosidebeta- Galactosidase	Naphthol-AS-BI-betaD-glucuronidebeta- Glucuronidase	2-naphthyl-alphaD-glucopyranosidealpha- Glucosidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-betaD-glucopyranosidebeta- Glucosidase	1-naphthyl-N-acetyl-betaD-glucosaminideN-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-mannopyranosidealpha- Mannosidase	2-naphthyl-alphaL-fucopyranosidealpha- Fucosidase
[Ref.: #116199]	11292	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

[Ref.: #6936]	Sample type/isolated from	Soil
[Ref.: #6936]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Uthai Thani Province
[Ref.: #6936]	Country	Thailand
[Ref.: #6936]	Country ISO 3 Code	THA
[Ref.: #6936]	Continent	Asia

[Ref.: #58791]	Sample type/isolated from	Soil
[Ref.: #58791]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Uthai Thani Province
[Ref.: #58791]	Country	Thailand
[Ref.: #58791]	Country ISO 3 Code	THA
[Ref.: #58791]	Continent	Asia

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Soil
[Ref.: #67770]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Uthai Thani Province
[Ref.: #67770]	Country	Thailand
[Ref.: #67770]	Country ISO 3 Code	THA
[Ref.: #67770]	Continent	Asia

[Ref.: #116199]	Sample type/isolated from	Environment, Soil
[Ref.: #116199]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Uthai Thani
[Ref.: #116199]	Country	Thailand
[Ref.: #116199]	Country ISO 3 Code	THA
[Ref.: #116199]	Continent	Asia
[Ref.: #116199]	Isolation date	1996
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Isolation sources categories

#Environmental

#Terrestrial

#Soil

What are isolation sources categories?

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

[Ref.: #6936]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
[Ref.: #116199]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (French classification)

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

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #6936]	Leucobacter albus gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: IAM 14851	AB012594	1486	GenBank ENA	272210 tax ID

[Ref.: #6936]	GC-content	66 mol%
[Ref.: #67770]	GC-content	66 mol%	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 17379, IAM 14851, TISTR 1515, CCUG 50213, JCM 12888, CIP 108569, LMG 22845, NBRC 103070

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SI-ID 134294

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Leucobacter iarius sp. nov., in the family Microbacteriaceae.	Somvanshi VS, Lang E, Schumann P, Pukall R, Kroppenstedt RM, Ganguly S, Stackebrandt E	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.64683-0	2007	*
Phylogeny	Zimmermannella helvola gen. nov., sp. nov., Zimmermannella alba sp. nov., Zimmermannella bifida sp. nov., Zimmermannella faecalis sp. nov. and Leucobacter albus sp. nov., novel members of the family Microbacteriaceae.	Lin YC, Uemori K, de Briel DA, Arunpairojana V, Yokota A	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.02741-0	2004	*

References

#6936

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 17379

#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 )

#29956

Barberan A, Caceres Velazquez H, Jones S, Fierer N.: Hiding in Plain Sight: Mining Bacterial Species Records for Phenotypic Trait Information. mSphere 2: 2017 ( DOI 10.1128/mSphere.00237-17 , PubMed 28776041 ) - originally annotated from #26325 (see below)

#33993 ; Curators of the CIP;
#58791 Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 50213
#67770 Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;

#68382

Automatically annotated from API zym .

#76799

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID134294.1 )

#116199 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 108569

#26325

IJSEM 1669 2004 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.02741-0 , PubMed 15388726 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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