Mycetocola reblochoni (DSM 18580, JCM 30549, LMG 22367)

Name: Mycetocola reblochoni (DSM 18580, JCM 30549, LMG 22367)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 7471

Type strain

Strain Designation BRB-1L41, R-20377

Culture col. no. DSM 18580 JCM 30549 LMG 22367 BRB-1L41 R-20377

NCBI tax ID(s) 331618

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History DSMZ <- R. M. Kroppenstedt, DSMZ <- N. Bora and M. Goodfellow, Univ. Newcastle; R-20377 JCM <-- DSM 18580 <-- N. Bora and M. Goodfellow; Newcastle Univ., UK; R-20377 (=BRB-1L41).

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Mycetocola reblochoni BRB-1L41 is an aerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from surface of Reblochon cheese .

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 93763

JCM30549,LMG 22367,DSM 18580

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:26:39

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Micrococcales

Family Microbacteriaceae

Genus Mycetocola

Species Mycetocola reblochoni

Full scientific name Mycetocola reblochoni Bora et al. 2008

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Confidence
31759	positive	1.1-1.5 µm	0.3 µm	rod-shaped
125438					91.5
125439	positive				96.991

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony color	Incubation period	Medium used
18413	Zinc yellow (1018)	10-14 days	ISP 2
18413	Beige (1001)	10-14 days	ISP 3
18413	Beige (1001)	10-14 days	ISP 4
18413	Zinc yellow (1018)	10-14 days	ISP 5
18413	Zinc yellow (1018)	10-14 days	ISP 6
18413	Beige (1001)	10-14 days	ISP 7

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Forms multicellular complex	Medium name
18413		ISP 2
18413		ISP 3
18413		ISP 4
18413		ISP 5
18413		ISP 6
18413		ISP 7

Pigmentation

31759

Productionyes

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
7538	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
18413	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
18413	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:
18413	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
18413	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
18413	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
18413	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

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
7538	positive	growth	28
18413	positive	optimum	28
31759	positive	growth	20-30
31759	positive	optimum	20-30
67770	positive	growth	28

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
31759	positive	optimum	07-10
31759	positive	growth	07-10	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
31759	aerobe
125439	facultative anaerobe	95.869

Spore formation

31759

Spore formationno

Observation

@ref	Observation
31759	aggregates in chains
67770	quinones: MK-10

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68379	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68379	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne
68379	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
68379	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
31759	37684 ChEBI	mannose	+	carbon source
68379	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API Coryne
31759	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	carbon source
31759	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	carbon source
68379	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation	from API Coryne
31759	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	carbon source
68379	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API Coryne

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68382	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API zym
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
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68379	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API Coryne
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
31759	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68379	gelatinase	-		from API Coryne
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
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
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
68379	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API Coryne
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

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
18413	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	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
18413	not determinedn.d.	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Food production	#Dairy product

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
7538	surface of Reblochon cheese (late stage of ripening)
67770	Surface of Reblochon cheese at the late stage of ripening

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
7538	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM366752v1 assembly for Mycetocola reblochoni JCM 30549	contig	GCA_003667525	331618.3	2866450942	331618	70.56

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
7538	Mycetocola reblochoni strain LMG 22367 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	DQ062097	1400		331618

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
7538	70.0
31759	70
67770	70	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: ASM366752v1 assembly for Mycetocola reblochoni JCM 30549
BV-BRC: 331618.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	95.87	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	96.99	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	89.34	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	65.61	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Mycetocola reblochoni strain JCM 30549
PATRIC: 331618.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	87.71	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	97.14	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	80.90	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	84.63	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	97.00	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	91.50	yes

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	The Genetic Determinants of Extreme UV Radiation and Desiccation Tolerance in a Bacterium Recovered from the Stratosphere.	Ellington AJ, Schult TJ, Reisch CR, Christner BC.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms13040756	2025
Phylogeny	Mycetocola miduiensis sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from Midui glacier.	Zhu L, Liu Q, Liu H, Zhou Y, Xin Y, Dong X	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.047985-0	2013
Phylogeny	Mycetocola reblochoni sp. nov., isolated from the surface microbial flora of Reblochon cheese.	Bora N, Vancanneyt M, Gelsomino R, Snauwaert C, Swings J, Jones AL, Ward AC, Chamba JF, Kroppenstedt RM, Schumann P, Goodfellow M	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.64201-0	2008

References

#7538	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 18580
#18413	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 )
#28032	IJSEM 2687 2008 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.64201-0 , PubMed 19060041 )
#31759	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 #28032
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68379	Automatically annotated from API Coryne .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#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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Mycetocola reblochoni (DSM 18580, JCM 30549, LMG 22367)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Multicellular morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Enzymes

API coryne

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Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_003667525

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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