Microbacterium aurum (DSM 8600, ATCC 51345, IFO 15204)

Name: Microbacterium aurum (DSM 8600, ATCC 51345, IFO 15204)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 7395

Type strain

Strain Designation H-5

Culture col. no. DSM 8600 ATCC 51345 IFO 15204 NBRC 15204 NRRL B-24210 9 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 36805

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Microbacterium aurum H-5 is an aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote that was isolated from corn steep liquor.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 42938

ATCC 51345,IFO 15204,CIP 103994,DSM 8600,JCM 9179,CCM 4522,VKM Ac-2076,VKM Ac-1950,CCUG 43279,NBRC 15204,LMG 22179,NCIMB 13852,NRRL B-24210,IAM 15207

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Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:48:34

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Micrococcales

Family Microbacteriaceae

Genus Microbacterium

Species Microbacterium aurum

Full scientific name Microbacterium aurum Yokota et al. 1993

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Microbacterium aurum** (5)	Type strain
100780	M. aurum ST033355(HKI),
153250	M. aurum CCUG 48876
153662	M. aurum CCUG 50533
154185	M. aurum CCUG 52679
157064	M. aurum CCUG 69293

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape
116640	positive	rod-shaped
125439	positive
125438
125438	positive

Colony morphology

@ref	Incubation period	Medium used
19731	10-14 days	ISP 2
19731	10-14 days	ISP 3
19731	10-14 days	ISP 4
19731	10-14 days	ISP 5
19731	10-14 days	ISP 6
19731	10-14 days	ISP 7
116640

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Forms multicellular complex	Medium name
19731		ISP 2
19731		ISP 3
19731		ISP 4
19731		ISP 5
19731		ISP 6
19731		ISP 7

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
3326	TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Yeast extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water
19731	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
19731	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:
19731	ISP 4		Name: ISP 4; DSM 547 Solution I: Difco soluble starch, 10.0 g. Make a paste of the starch with a small amount of cold distilled water and bring to a volume of 500 ml. Solution II: CaCO3 2.0 g K2HPO4 (anhydrous) 1.0 g MgSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g NaCl 1.0 g (NH4)2SO4 2.0 g Distilled water 500.0 ml Trace salt solution (see below) 1.0 ml The pH should be between 7.0 and 7.4. Do not adjust if it is within this range. Mix solutions I and II together. Add 20.0 g agar. Liquify agar by steaming at 100°C for 10 to 20 min. Trace element solution: FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.1 g ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g Distilled water 100.0 ml
19731	ISP 5		Name: ISP 5 (5323) Composition L-Asparagine 1.0 g/l Glycerol 10.0 g/l K2HPO4 1.0 g/l Salt solution (see preparation) 1.0 ml/l Agar 20.0 g/l Preparation: Salt solution 1.0 g FeSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g MnCl2 x 4 H2O 1.0 g ZNSO4 x 7 H2O in 100 ml water Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.2 Usage: Maintenance and taxonomy Organisms: All Actinomycetes
19731	ISP 6		Name: ISP 6 (5318) Composition Peptone 15.0 g/l Proteose peptose 5.0 g/l Ferric ammonium citrate 0.5 g/l Sodium glycerophosphate 1.0 g/l Sodium thiosulfate 0.08 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: Usage: Production of melanoid pigments Organisms: All Actinomycetes
19731	ISP 7		Name: ISP 7 (5322) Composition Glycerol 15.0 g/l L-Tyrosine 0.5 g/l L-Asparagine 1.0 g/l K2HPO4 0.5 g/l NaCl 0.5 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.01 g/l Trace element solution 5343 1.0 ml/l Agar 20.0 Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.3 Usage: Production of melanoid pigments Organisms: All Actinomycetes
40912	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
116640	CIP Medium 3	Medium recipe at CIP
116640	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
3326	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
19731	positive	optimum	28	mesophilic
40912	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
55760	positive	growth	22-42
67770	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
116640	positive	growth	25-41
116640	negative	growth	10
116640	negative	growth	15
116640	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
55760	aerobe
116640	obligate aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
116640	NaCl	positive	growth	0-4 %
116640	NaCl		growth	6 %
116640	NaCl		growth	8 %
116640	NaCl		growth	10 %

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
3326	B02	B1ß {Gly} [L-Hsr] D-Glu(Hyg)-Gly₂-L-Lys

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: 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
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
116640	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
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
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
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
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
116640	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
116640	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	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
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
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
116640	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
116640	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
116640	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
116640	132112 ChEBI	sodium thiosulfate	+	builds gas from
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is antibiotic	Is sensitive	Is resistant
116640	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
116640	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
116640	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
116640	17234 ChEBI	glucose

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
116640	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
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
68382	alpha-mannosidase	+	3.2.1.24	from API zym
116640	amylase	+
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
116640	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
116640	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
116640	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
116640	DNase	-
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
116640	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
116640	gelatinase	-
116640	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
116640	lipase	-
116640	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		from API zym
116640	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
116640	oxidase	-
116640	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
116640	protease	-
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
116640	tryptophan deaminase	-
116640	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	butanoate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	100	5 of 5
66794	glycogen metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	gallate degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	threonine metabolism	100	10 of 10
66794	acetate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	starch degradation	100	10 of 10
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	denitrification	100	2 of 2
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	cellulose degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	90.91	10 of 11
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	valine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	gluconeogenesis	87.5	7 of 8
66794	isoleucine metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	86.67	13 of 15
66794	citric acid cycle	85.71	12 of 14
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	85.71	24 of 28
66794	NAD metabolism	83.33	15 of 18
66794	flavin biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	80	8 of 10
66794	alanine metabolism	79.31	23 of 29
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	d-mannose degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	allantoin degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	leucine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	tryptophan metabolism	76.32	29 of 38
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	75	6 of 8
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	lactate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	purine metabolism	73.4	69 of 94
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	72.73	8 of 11
66794	proline metabolism	72.73	8 of 11
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	propanol degradation	71.43	5 of 7
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	71.11	32 of 45
66794	glycolysis	70.59	12 of 17
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	70	7 of 10
66794	propionate fermentation	70	7 of 10
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	histidine metabolism	68.97	20 of 29
66794	non-pathway related	68.42	26 of 38
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	65.38	17 of 26
66794	phenol degradation	65	13 of 20
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	62.5	10 of 16
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	61.54	56 of 91
66794	methionine metabolism	57.69	15 of 26
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
66794	tyrosine metabolism	57.14	8 of 14
66794	cysteine metabolism	55.56	10 of 18
66794	arginine metabolism	54.17	13 of 24
66794	urea cycle	53.85	7 of 13
66794	lysine metabolism	52.38	22 of 42
66794	lipid metabolism	51.61	16 of 31
66794	toluene degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	50	1 of 2
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	50	3 of 6
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	50	8 of 16
66794	degradation of hexoses	50	9 of 18
66794	kanosamine biosynthesis II	50	1 of 2
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	50	6 of 12
66794	glutathione metabolism	50	7 of 14
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	46.67	7 of 15
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	46.15	6 of 13
66794	sulfate reduction	46.15	6 of 13
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	d-xylose degradation	45.45	5 of 11
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	42.86	3 of 7
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	40.91	9 of 22
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	creatinine degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	40	2 of 5
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
66794	O-antigen biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	40	2 of 5
66794	degradation of pentoses	39.29	11 of 28
66794	carnitine metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
66794	nitrate assimilation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	degradation of sugar acids	32	8 of 25
66794	polyamine pathway	30.43	7 of 23
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	benzoyl-CoA degradation	28.57	2 of 7
66794	mevalonate metabolism	28.57	2 of 7
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	27.78	5 of 18
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	catecholamine biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	22.22	2 of 9

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
19731	not determinedn.d.	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-
116640	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-

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
116640	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
116640	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Food production	#Beverage
#Engineered	#Food production	#Fermented
#Host	#Plants	#Herbaceous plants (Grass,Crops)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
3326	corn steep liquor	Yamaguchi	Japan	JPN	Asia
55760	Corn steep liquor	Hiroshima Prefecture,Hikari	Japan	JPN	Asia
67770	Corn steep liquor
116640	Corn steep liquor	Yamaguchi	Japan	JPN	Asia

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
3326	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
19731	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
116640	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	ASM197498v1 assembly for Microbacterium aurum KACC 15219	complete	GCA_001974985	36805.5	2773857884	36805	98.02
66792	ASM1690781v1 assembly for Microbacterium aurum DSM 8600	contig	GCA_016907815	36805.16	2893677331	36805	77.78

Genome browser: GCA_001974985

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Microbacterium aurum 16S rRNA gene	Y17229	1472	36805
20218	Microbacterium aurum gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB007418	1440	36805
20218	Microbacterium aurum 16S rRNA gene	D21340	1341	36805
124043	Microbacterium aurum strain KACC 15219 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MW227637	1343	36805

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
3326	69	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
67770	69.2	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Microbacterium aurum strain KACC 15219
PATRIC: 36805.5

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	79.70	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	66.40	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	97.50	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	98.30	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Microbacterium aurum KACC 15219
NCBI: GCA_001974985.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	90.50	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	96.04	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	82.97	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	78.79	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	98.90	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	92.88	no

Literature

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Chromium-Tanned Leather and Microbial Consortia: Identification of Taxa With Biodegradation Potential and Chromium Tolerance.	Bonilla-Espadas M, Lifante-Martinez I, Camacho M, Orgiles-Calpena E, Aran-Ais F, Bertazzo M, Bonete MJ.	Environ Microbiol Rep	10.1111/1758-2229.70134	2025
Evaluation of the Growth-Inhibitory Spectrum of Three Types of Cyanoacrylate Nanoparticles on Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria.	Sarian FD, Ando K, Tsurumi S, Miyashita R, Ute K, Ohama T.	Membranes (Basel)	10.3390/membranes12080782	2022
Genetic Diversity and Growth-Promoting Functions of Endophytic Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria in Apple.	Liu H, Cheng H, Xu S, Zhang D, Wu J, Li Z, Fu B, Liu L.	Plants (Basel)	10.3390/plants14081235	2025
Sustainable agent of compost-derived bacteria for enhanced biological hydrolysis and saccharification of Napier grass.	Shen MS, Shen MY, Wu HC, Chu CY.	Bioresour Technol	10.1016/j.biortech.2025.133698	2025
Case Series: Microbacterium aurum Bacteremia in Immunosuppressed Patients-An Emerging Threat.	Varghese G, Sarawat D, Jamwal A, Patel SS, Tejan N, Sahu C.	Am J Trop Med Hyg	10.4269/ajtmh.23-0701	2024
Echoes of 1816: microbial footprints in heritage artifacts from Argentina's museum of independence.	Alonso-Reyes DG, Galvan FS, Alvarado NN, D'Arpino MC, Martinez LJ, Esquivel HJ, Gallardo CA, Silva Manco MJ, Albarracin VH.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2025.1611832	2025
A Bacterium Derived from the Ovary of the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Attract Oviposition of the Host.	He M, Wang Y, Xu W, Yu G, Yan X.	Biology (Basel)	10.3390/biology14091107	2025
Multi-year comparison of VITEK MS performance for identification of rarely encountered pathogenic gram-positive organisms (GPOs) in a large integrated Canadian healthcare region.	Church D, Griener T, Gregson D.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.02545-24	2025
Microbial landscape of Indian homes: the microbial diversity, pathogens and antimicrobial resistome in urban residential spaces.	Awasthi S, Hiremath VM, Nain S, Malik S, Srinivasan V, Rose P, Choudhury A, Grover R, Sharma R.	Environ Microbiome	10.1186/s40793-025-00684-8	2025
The Ruminococcus bromii amylosome protein Sas6 binds single and double helical alpha-glucan structures in starch.	Photenhauer AL, Villafuerte-Vega RC, Cerqueira FM, Armbruster KM, Marecek F, Chen T, Wawrzak Z, Hopkins JB, Vander Kooi CW, Janecek S, Ruotolo BT, Koropatkin NM.	Nat Struct Mol Biol	10.1038/s41594-023-01166-6	2024
Rhino-orbital Mucormycosis as a complication of severe COVID-19 pneumonia.	Alamin MA, Abdulgayoom M, Niraula S, Abdelmahmuod E, Ahmed AO, Danjuma MI.	IDCases	10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01293	2021
Safety and Outcomes With Combination Therapy With Sarilumab and Baricitinib for Severe COVID-19 Respiratory Infection in Cancer Patients.	Velez AP, Handley G, Morison A, Katzman JH, Kinkhova O, Quiltz R, Greene J, Pasikhova Y.	Cancer Control	10.1177/10732748231205864	2023
Evaluating and Managing the Microbial Contamination of Eye Drops: A Two-Phase Hospital-Based Study.	Roquefeuil L, Iskandar K, Roques C, Marchin L, Guittard M, Poupet H, Brandely-Piat ML, Jobard M.	Pharmaceutics	10.3390/pharmaceutics16070933	2024
Microbacterium spp. peritonitis in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis: a single-center experience and literature review.	Yu X, Li Z, Yang X, Wang X, Nan D, Lu W, Lv J, Ma Y.	Front Med (Lausanne)	10.3389/fmed.2023.1297296	2023
A tandem CBM25 domain of alpha-amylase from Microbacterium aurum as potential tool for targeting proteins to starch granules during starch biosynthesis.	Huang XF, Nazarian F, Vincken JP, Visser RGF, Trindade LM.	BMC Biotechnol	10.1186/s12896-017-0406-x	2017
Molecular detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis sensu stricto in the soil of Niger.	Harouna Hamidou Z, Mamadou S, Saad J.	New Microbes New Infect	10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100939	2021
Bacteraemia, Malaria, and Case Fatality Among Children Hospitalized With Fever in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.	Moyo SJ, Manyahi J, Blomberg B, Tellevik MG, Masoud NS, Aboud S, Manji K, Roberts AP, Hanevik K, Morch K, Langeland N.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2020.02118	2020
A Genomic Approach to Investigating Ocular Surface Microorganisms: Monitoring Core Microbiota on Eyelid Margin with a Dot hybridization Assay.	Kuo MT, Chao TL, Kuo SF, Chien CC, Chen A, Lai YH, Huang YT.	Int J Mol Sci	10.3390/ijms21218299	2020
Performance and microbial diversity of a membrane bioreactor treating real textile dyeing wastewater.	You SJ, Tseng DH, Ou SH, Chang WK.	Environ Technol	10.1080/09593332808618854	2007
Differential Metabolism of Exopolysaccharides from Probiotic Lactobacilli by the Human Gut Symbiont Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron.	Lammerts van Bueren A, Saraf A, Martens EC, Dijkhuizen L.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.00149-15	2015
Bacteria that Travel: The Quality of Aircraft Water.	Handschuh H, O'Dwyer J, Adley CC.	Int J Environ Res Public Health	10.3390/ijerph121113938	2015
Bacterial Communities in Boreal Forest Mushrooms Are Shaped Both by Soil Parameters and Host Identity.	Pent M, Poldmaa K, Bahram M.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2017.00836	2017
The Effect of Endophytic Bacteria Bacillus subtilis and Salicylic Acid on Some Resistance and Quality Traits of Stored Solanum tuberosum L. Tubers Infected with Fusarium Dry Rot.	Lastochkina O, Pusenkova L, Garshina D, Yuldashev R, Shpirnaya I, Kasnak C, Palamutoglu R, Mardanshin I, Garipova S, Sobhani M, Aliniaeifard S.	Plants (Basel)	10.3390/plants9060738	2020
Identification of rare pathogenic bacteria in a clinical microbiology laboratory: impact of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry.	Seng P, Abat C, Rolain JM, Colson P, Lagier JC, Gouriet F, Fournier PE, Drancourt M, La Scola B, Raoult D.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.00492-13	2013
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Novel carbohydrate binding modules in the surface anchored alpha-amylase of Eubacterium rectale provide a molecular rationale for the range of starches used by this organism in the human gut.	Cockburn DW, Suh C, Medina KP, Duvall RM, Wawrzak Z, Henrissat B, Koropatkin NM.	Mol Microbiol	10.1111/mmi.13881	2018
Efficient hydrolysis of raw starch and ethanol fermentation: a novel raw starch-digesting glucoamylase from Penicillium oxalicum.	Xu QS, Yan YS, Feng JX.	Biotechnol Biofuels	10.1186/s13068-016-0636-5	2016
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References

#3326	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 8600
#19731	Wink, J.: Compendium of Actinobacteria. HZI-Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig .
#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 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#40912	; Curators of the CIP;
#55760	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 43279
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#116640	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103994
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#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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Microbacterium aurum (DSM 8600, ATCC 51345, IFO 15204)

Name and taxonomic classification

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Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

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Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Murein

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Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

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API zym

API 50CHac

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_001974985

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

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