Microbacterium laevaniformans (DSM 20140, ATCC 15953, CCM 1929)

Name: Microbacterium laevaniformans (DSM 20140, ATCC 15953, CCM 1929)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 7375

Type strain

Strain Designation 1

Culture col. no. DSM 20140 ATCC 15953 CCM 1929 NCIB 9659 NRRL B-24229 16 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 36807

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM KCTC CIP Wink compendium

History <- ATCC <- J.V. Bhat, 1 IFO 14471 <-- NCIB 9659 <-- J. V. Bhat. CIP <- 1984, DSM <- J.V. Bhat: strain 1, Corynebacterium laevaniformans

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Microbacterium laevaniformans 1 is an aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote that produces polysaccharides and was isolated from activated sludge.

polysaccharide production Gram-positive rod-shaped aerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 36595

ATCC 15953,NCIB 9659,CIP 100934,CCM 1929,DSM 20140,IMET 10713,NCDO 2270,JCM 9181,IFO 14471,NCIMB 9659,VKM Ac-1138,KCTC 9644,CECT 445,NCFB 2270,KCTC 9732,NBRC 14471,NRRL B-24229,IAM 15186,CCUG 53894

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:19:27

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Micrococcales

Family Microbacteriaceae

Genus Microbacterium

Species Microbacterium laevaniformans

Full scientific name Microbacterium laevaniformans (ex Dias and Bhat 1962) Collins et al. 1983

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Microbacterium laevaniformans** (7)	Type strain
100901	M. laevaniformans STI07753(IMET), JCM 6048, IMET 7753
135133	M. laevaniformans 730.84, CIP 101112
145440	M. laevaniformans CCUG 28513
145992	M. laevaniformans CCUG 30105, CCM 4084, CIP 100116
147596	M. laevaniformans CCUG 33856
153937	M. laevaniformans CCUG 51708
154922	M. laevaniformans CCUG 55716

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
120545	positive	rod-shaped
125438			91
125438	positive		90.221
125439	positive		97.2

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Incubation period	Medium used	Hemolysis ability
18423	Light ivory (1015)	10-14 days	ISP 2
18423	Light ivory (1015)	10-14 days	ISP 3
120545				1

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Forms multicellular complex	Medium name
18423		ISP 2
18423		ISP 3

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
8564	CORYNEBACTERIUM AGAR (DSMZ Medium 53)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CORYNEBACTERIUM AGAR (DSMZ Medium 53) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 10.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Glucose 5.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l Distilled water
18423	ISP 2		Name: ISP 2 / Yeast Malt Agar (5265); 5265 Composition Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Preparation: Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.0 Usage: Maintenance and Taxonomy Organisms: All Actinomycetes
18423	ISP 3		Name: ISP 3; 5315 Composition Dog oat flakes 20.0 g/l Trace element solution (5314) 2.5 ml/l Agar 18.0 g/l Preparation: Oat flakes are cooked for 20 minutes, trace element solution and agar are added (in the case of non rolled oat flakes the suspension has to bee filtrated). Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.8 Usage: Maintenance and taxonomy (e.g. SEM As liquid medium for metabolite production) Organisms: All Actinomycetes Trace element solution 5314 Name: Trace element solution 5314; 5314 Composition CaCl2 x H2O 3.0 g/l Fe-III-citrate 1.0 g/l MnSO4 0.2 g/l ZnCl2 0.1 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 0.025 g/l Sodium tetra borate 0.2 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.004 g/l Sodium molybdate 0.01 g/l Preparation: Use double destillated water. Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: Usage: Trace element solution for different media Organisms:
40268	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
120545	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
8564	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
18423	positive	optimum	28	mesophilic
40268	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
60063	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	28	mesophilic
120545	negative	growth	41
120545	negative	growth	15
120545	negative	growth	10
120545	positive	growth	25-37	mesophilic
120545	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
60063	aerobe
120545	facultative anaerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	97.7

Compound production

@ref	Compound
8564	levan
8564	polysaccharides levan
20216	Levan (polysaccharide from sucrose and raffinose)

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
18423	NaCl	positive	maximum	5 %
120545	NaCl	positive	growth	0-10 %

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
8564	B01	B1alpha {Gly} [L-Lys] D-Glu(Hyg)-Gly-L-Lys

Observation

@ref	Observation
67770	Production of Levan from sucrose and raffinose
67770	quinones: MK-11, MK-12

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
18423	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	-
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
18423	62968 ChEBI	cellulose	-
120545	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
68368	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	assimilation	from API 20E
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
120545	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
18423	28757 ChEBI	fructose	-
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68368	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
18423	17234 ChEBI	glucose	-
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
120545	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
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
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	25094 ChEBI	lysine	-	degradation	from API 20E
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
18423	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	-
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
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
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
18423	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API Coryne
120545	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
120545	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
120545	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68368	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	-	degradation	from API 20E
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		Potassium 5-ketogluconate	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
18423	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
18423	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	-
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
18423	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20E
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68368	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
18423	18222 ChEBI	xylose	-

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
120545	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	from API 20E
68368	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide	from API 20E
120545	35581 ChEBI	indole
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole	from API 20E

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test	Indole test
120545	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+			from API 20E
120545	17234 ChEBI	glucose		+
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole			-	from API 20E

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
120545	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68379	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68379	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API Coryne
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
120545	amylase	+
68368	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20E
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
120545	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68379	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
68368	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API 20E
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68379	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API Coryne
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68379	beta-glucuronidase	+	3.2.1.31	from API Coryne
120545	caseinase	+	3.4.21.50
120545	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
120545	DNase	+
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
120545	gamma-glutamyltransferase	+	2.3.2.2
120545	gelatinase	+/-
68379	gelatinase	+		from API Coryne
68368	gelatinase	-		from API 20E
120545	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
120545	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
120545	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68368	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18	from API 20E
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
120545	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
68368	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	from API 20E
120545	oxidase	-
120545	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	+	4.3.1.24
120545	protease	+
68379	pyrazinamidase	+	3.5.1.B15	from API Coryne
68379	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	+	3.4.19.3	from API Coryne
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
120545	tryptophan deaminase	-
68368	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API 20E
120545	tween esterase	-
120545	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68379	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne
68368	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20E
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

API 20E

@ref	ONPG	ADH (Arg)	LDC (Lys)	ODC	CIT	H2S productionH2S	URE	TDA (Trp)	IND	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	GEL	GLU	MAN	INO	Sor	RHA	SAC	MEL	AMY	ARA	OX	Nitrite productionNO2	Reduction to N2N2	MotilityMOB	Growth on MacConkey mediumMAC	OF-O	OF-F
18423	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.

API coryne

@ref	Reduction of nitrateNIT	PYZ	PYRA	PAL	beta GUR	beta GAL	alpha GLU	beta NAG	ESC	URE	GEL	Control fermentationControl	GLU	RIB	XYL	MAN	MAL	LAC	SAC	GLYG	CAT
18423	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	not determinedn.d.

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
18423	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-
120545	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-

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
120545	not determinedn.d.	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	+	+	-	-	+	+/-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+

API biotype100

@ref	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
120545	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Waste	#Activated sludge

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
8564	activated sludge
60063	Activated sludge
67770	Activated sludge	Bangulore	India	IND	Asia
120545	Environment, Activated sludge

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence Y17234 (>99% sequence identity) for Microbacterium from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	954
Soil Samples	281
Animal Samples	3280
Plant Samples	131
Total Samples	4646

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
8564	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
18423	1	German classification According to TRBA 466
120545	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
66792	ASM1690755v1 assembly for Microbacterium laevaniformans DSM 20140	contig	GCA_016907555	36807.11	2893586405	36807	79.35
124043	ASM3953998v1 assembly for Microbacterium laevaniformans JCM 9181	contig	GCA_039539985			36807	73.67
124043	ASM2792178v1 assembly for Microbacterium laevaniformans VKM Ac-1138	scaffold	GCA_027921785	36807.12	8118478355	36807	67.31
124043	ASM4243130v1 assembly for Microbacterium laevaniformans JCM 9181	contig	GCA_042431305			36807	62.74

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Microbacterium laevaniformans 16S rRNA gene	Y17234	1423	36807
20218	Microbacterium laevaniformans 16S rRNA gene	D21344	1378	36807
124043	Microbacterium laevaniformans strain DSM 20140 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MN543870	1355	36807
124043	Microbacterium laevaniformans strain DSM 20140(T) 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MW111247	600	36807

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
8564	70.5
67770	70.5	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Microbacterium laevaniformans DSM 20140
NCBI: GCA_016907555

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	84.50	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	62.50	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	97.20	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	97.70	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Microbacterium laevaniformans strain DSM 20140
PATRIC: 36807.11

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	90.22	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	97.89	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	82.68	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	82.03	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.86	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	91.00	no

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#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
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