Microbacterium keratanolyticum (DSM 8606, ATCC 35057, CCM 4375)

Name: Microbacterium keratanolyticum (DSM 8606, ATCC 35057, CCM 4375)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 7397

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 8606 ATCC 35057 CCM 4375 CIP 103815 IFO 13309 10 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 67574

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Microbacterium keratanolyticum DSM 8606 is an obligate aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote that was isolated from soil.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 8201

LMG 16470,ATCC 35057,CCM 4375,CIP 103815,IFO 13309,JCM 9173,NCIMB 12401,DSM 8606,VKM Ac-1958,KCTC 9918,CCUG 43280,NBRC 13309,BCRC 11905,CCRC 11905,IAM 13165,NRRL B-24211

@ref 20215

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

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Micrococcales

Family Microbacteriaceae

Genus Microbacterium

Species Microbacterium keratanolyticum

Full scientific name Microbacterium keratanolyticum (Yokota et al. 1993) Takeuchi and Hatano 1998

Synonyms (1)

Aureobacterium keratanolyticum

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility	Confidence
120403	positive	rod-shaped
125439	positive			93

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Incubation period	Medium used	Hemolysis ability
20206	Lemon yellow (1012)	10-14 days	ISP 2
20206	Lemon yellow (1012)	10-14 days	ISP 3
20206	Lemon yellow (1012)	10-14 days	ISP 4
20206	Lemon yellow (1012)	10-14 days	ISP 5
20206	Lemon yellow (1012)	10-14 days	ISP 6
20206	Lemon yellow (1012)	10-14 days	ISP 7
120403				1

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Forms multicellular complex	Medium name
20206		ISP 2
20206		ISP 3
20206		ISP 4
20206		ISP 5
20206		ISP 6
20206		ISP 7

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
3328	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
20206	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
20206	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:
20206	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
20206	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
20206	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
20206	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
40801	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
120403	CIP Medium 3	Medium recipe at CIP
120403	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
3328	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
20206	positive	optimum	28	mesophilic
40801	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
120403	positive	growth	15-37
120403	negative	growth	10
120403	negative	growth	41
120403	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
120403	obligate aerobe
125439	obligate aerobe	99.3

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		90.5

Compound production

3328

Compoundkeratan sulfate-endogalactosidase

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
120403	NaCl	positive	growth	0-4 %
120403	NaCl		growth	6 %
120403	NaCl		growth	8 %
120403	NaCl		growth	10 %

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
3328	B09	B2alpha {Gly} [L-Orn] D-Glu-D-Orn

Observation

@ref	Observation
67770	Production of Keratan sulfate-degrading enzymes
67770	quinones: MK-12, MK-13

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
68368	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20E
120403	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
68379	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68368	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20E
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
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
120403	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
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
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
120403	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
68368	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	fermentation	from API 20E
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	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68368	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	fermentation	from API 20E
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
68368	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API Coryne
120403	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
120403	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
68368	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API 20E
120403	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
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
120403	132112 ChEBI	sodium thiosulfate	+	builds gas from
68368	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	fermentation	from API 20E
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68368	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation	from API 20E
120403	35020 ChEBI	tributyrin	-	hydrolysis
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

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is antibiotic	Is sensitive	Is resistant
120403	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	from API 20E
68368	17997 ChEBI	dinitrogen	from API 20E
68368	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide	from API 20E
120403	35581 ChEBI	indole
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole	from API 20E
68368	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	from API 20E

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test	Indole test
120403	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-			from API 20E
120403	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
120403	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68379	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API Coryne
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
120403	amylase	-
68368	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20E
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
120403	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
120403	caseinase	+	3.4.21.50
120403	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
120403	DNase	+
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
120403	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
120403	gelatinase	+/-
68379	gelatinase	+		from API Coryne
68368	gelatinase	-		from API 20E
120403	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
120403	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
120403	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68368	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18	from API 20E
68379	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API Coryne
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
120403	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
68368	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	from API 20E
120403	oxidase	-
120403	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
120403	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
120403	tryptophan deaminase	-
68368	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API 20E
120403	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
120403	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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
20206	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	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
20206	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.
120403	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	-

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
120403	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
120403	not determinedn.d.	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
3328	soil
67770	Soil
120403	Environment, Soil

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
3328	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
20206	1	German classification According to TRBA 466
120403	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	ASM1690725v1 assembly for Microbacterium keratanolyticum DSM 8606	contig	GCA_016907255	67574.6	2893531040	67574	77.31
124043	ASM2792196v1 assembly for Microbacterium keratanolyticum VKM Ac-1958	contig	GCA_027921965	67574.7		67574	75.48
124043	ASM3953394v1 assembly for Microbacterium keratanolyticum JCM 9173	scaffold	GCA_039533945			67574	73.47

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Aureobacterium keratanolyticum 16S rRNA gene	Y14786	1408	67574
20218	Microbacterium keratanolyticum 16S rRNA gene	Y17233	1461	67574
20218	Microbacterium keratanolyticum gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB004717	1520	67574

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
3328	66.5	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 keratanolyticum DSM 8606
NCBI: GCA_016907255

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	90.50	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	55.70	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	93.00	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	99.30	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Microbacterium keratanolyticum strain DSM 8606
PATRIC: 67574.6

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	86.99	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	96.55	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	74.09	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	88.10	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.39	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	76.50	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Soil microbial legacy mediated by buckwheat flavonoids enhances cabbage resistance to clubroot disease.	Wu J, Hu S, Chen J, Zhou L, Yang S, Zhou N, Wu L, Niu G, Zhang Y, Ren X, Li Q, Yuan J, Song H, Si J.	Microbiome	10.1186/s40168-025-02166-y	2025
Phylogeny	Proposal of six new species in the genus Aureobacterium and transfer of Flavobacterium esteraromaticum Omelianski to the genus Aureobacterium as Aureobacterium esteraromaticum comb. nov.	Yokota A, Takeuchi M, Sakane T, Weiss N	Int J Syst Bacteriol	10.1099/00207713-43-3-555	1993
Phylogeny	Microbacterium aerolatum sp. nov., isolated from the air in the 'Virgilkapelle' in Vienna.	Zlamala C, Schumann P, Kampfer P, Valens M, Rossello-Mora R, Lubitz W, Busse HJ.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-52-4-1229	2002
Phylogeny	Microbacterium profundi sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment of polymetallic nodule environments.	Wu YH, Wu M, Wang CS, Wang XG, Yang JY, Oren A, Xu XW	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.2008/000455-0	2008

References

#3328	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 8606
#20206	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 )
#40801	; Curators of the CIP;
#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) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68368	Automatically annotated from API 20E .
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#120403	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103815
#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 keratanolyticum (DSM 8606, ATCC 35057, CCM 4375)

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