Bacillus pumilus E 601 is an obligate aerobe, spore-forming, Gram-positive bacterium of the family Bacillaceae.
spore-forming Gram-positive motile rod-shaped obligate aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria| @ref 20215 |
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| Domain Bacteria |
| Phylum Bacillota |
| Class Bacilli |
| Order Caryophanales |
| Family Bacillaceae |
| Genus Bacillus |
| Species Bacillus pumilus |
| Full scientific name Bacillus pumilus Meyer and Gottheil 1901 (Approved Lists 1980) |
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 232 | NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1) | Medium recipe at MediaDive | Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water | ||
| 35031 | MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar | Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml) | |||
| 122056 | CIP Medium 3 | Medium recipe at CIP | |||
| 122056 | CIP Medium 72 | Medium recipe at CIP |
| 122056 | Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe |
| 122056 | Spore formationyes |
| @ref | Chebi-ID | Metabolite | Utilization activity | Kind of utilization tested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68371 | 18305 ChEBI | arbutin | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17057 ChEBI | cellobiose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 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 | 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 | 17113 ChEBI | erythritol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 4853 ChEBI | esculin | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16813 ChEBI | galactitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28066 ChEBI | gentiobiose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 24265 ChEBI | gluconate | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28087 ChEBI | glycogen | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 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 |
| 68371 | 17716 ChEBI | lactose | - | 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 | 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 |
| 122056 | 17632 ChEBI | nitrate | - | reduction | |
| 122056 | 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 |
| 68371 | 28017 ChEBI | starch | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17992 ChEBI | sucrose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17151 ChEBI | xylitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| @ref | Value | Activity | Ec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68382 | acid phosphatase | + | 3.1.3.2 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alkaline phosphatase | + | 3.1.3.1 | from API zym |
| 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 |
| 68382 | beta-galactosidase | - | 3.2.1.23 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-glucosidase | + | 3.2.1.21 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-glucuronidase | - | 3.2.1.31 | from API zym |
| 122056 | 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 | |
| 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 |
| 68382 | naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase | - | from API zym | |
| 122056 | oxidase | + | ||
| 68382 | trypsin | - | 3.4.21.4 | from API zym |
| 122056 | urease | - | 3.5.1.5 | |
| 68382 | valine arylamidase | - | from API zym |
| Metadata FA analysis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| type of FA analysis | whole cell analysis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| method/protocol | CCUG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| @ref | 47925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| @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 | |
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| 122056 | not determinedn.d. | +/- | - | - | + | + | +/- | - | - | - | +/- | + | + | + | - | - | - | - | + | - | +/- | +/- | +/- | +/- | + | + | + | + | +/- | - | - | + | +/- | - | - | - | - | - | - | + | +/- | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| @ref | Country | Country ISO 3 Code | Continent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 232 | USA | USA | North America |
Global distribution of 16S sequence AY876287 (>99% sequence identity) for Bacillus from Microbeatlas ![]()
| @ref | Description | Assembly level | INSDC accession | BV-BRC accession | NCBI tax ID | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66792 | Bacillus pumilus strain NCTC10327 | contig | 1408 | 79.6 | |||
| 66792 | DSM492 assembly for Bacillus pumilus DSM 492 | chromosome | 1408 | 63.52 | |||
| 124043 | ASM3131655v1 assembly for Bacillus pumilus ATCC 27142 | contig | 1408 | 48.62 |
| @ref | Description | Accession | Length | Database | NCBI tax ID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20218 | Bacillus pumilus strain ATCC 27142 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence | AY876287 | 1434 | 1408 |
| @ref | Trait | Model | Prediction | Confidence in % | In training data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125439 | spore_formation | BacteriaNetⓘ | yes | 64.40 | no |
| 125439 | motility | BacteriaNetⓘ | yes | 61.60 | no |
| 125439 | gram_stain | BacteriaNetⓘ | variable | 78.80 | no |
| 125439 | oxygen_tolerance | BacteriaNetⓘ | obligate aerobe | 84.30 | no |
| @ref | Trait | Model | Prediction | Confidence in % | In training data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125438 | gram-positive | gram-positiveⓘ | yes | 92.36 | no |
| 125438 | anaerobic | anaerobicⓘ | no | 63.26 | yes |
| 125438 | spore-forming | spore-formingⓘ | no | 89.37 | no |
| 125438 | thermophilic | thermophileⓘ | no | 93.82 | yes |
| 125438 | aerobic | aerobicⓘ | no | 68.90 | yes |
| 125438 | flagellated | motile2+ⓘ | no | 94.50 | no |
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geobacillus and Bacillus Spore Inactivation by Low Energy Electron Beam Technology: Resistance and Influencing Factors. | Zhang Y, Moeller R, Tran S, Dubovcova B, Akepsimaidis G, Meneses N, Drissner D, Mathys A. | Front Microbiol | 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02720 | 2018 | ||
| Proteome | UV-C and hydration state drive pulsed light-induced proteome damage in Bacillus pumilus spores. | Dorbani I, Armengaud J, Carlin F, Duport C. | Front Microbiol | 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1579161 | 2025 | |
| Impact of Ultra-High-Pressure Homogenisation on the Inactivation of Bacillus pumilus and Bacillus subtilis Spores in Sheep and Cow Milk. | Antony A, Soni A, Samuelsson LM, Weeks M, Woo MW, Quek SY, Farid M, Gupta T. | Foods | 10.3390/foods13213452 | 2024 | ||
| Antibiofilm efficacy of biosynthesized silver nanoparticles against endodontic-periodontal pathogens: An in vitro study. | Halkai KR, Halkai R, Mudda JA, Shivanna V, Rathod V. | J Conserv Dent | 10.4103/jcd.jcd_203_18 | 2018 | ||
| Electrical discharges in water induce spores' DNA damage. | Lamarche C, Da Silva C, Demol G, Dague E, Rols MP, Pillet F. | PLoS One | 10.1371/journal.pone.0201448 | 2018 | ||
| Streamlining Skin Regeneration: A Ready-To-Use Silk Bilayer Wound Dressing. | Veiga A, Silva IV, Dias JR, Alves NM, Oliveira AL, Ribeiro VP. | Gels | 10.3390/gels10070439 | 2024 | ||
| Inactivation of spores by electric arcs. | Pillet F, Marjanovic I, Rebersek M, Miklavcic D, Rols MP, Kotnik T. | BMC Microbiol | 10.1186/s12866-016-0764-x | 2016 | ||
| UV surface disinfection in a wearable drug delivery device. | Zrehen A, Hili U, Weil N, Ben-David O, Yosef A, Eitan B. | Biomed Opt Express | 10.1364/boe.453270 | 2022 | ||
| Antibacterial and Antifungal Potential of Helichrysum italicum (Roth) G. Don Essential Oil. | Sovljanski O, Acimovic M, Tomic A, Loncar B, Miljkovic A, Cabarkapa I, Pezo L. | Antibiotics (Basel) | 10.3390/antibiotics13080722 | 2024 | ||
| Metabolism | Cell wall as a target for bacteria inactivation by pulsed electric fields. | Pillet F, Formosa-Dague C, Baaziz H, Dague E, Rols MP. | Sci Rep | 10.1038/srep19778 | 2016 | |
| Antimicrobial activity and mechanisms of Salvia sclarea essential oil. | Cui H, Zhang X, Zhou H, Zhao C, Lin L. | Bot Stud | 10.1186/s40529-015-0096-4 | 2015 | ||
| Pathogenicity | Cold atmospheric air plasma sterilization against spores and other microorganisms of clinical interest. | Klampfl TG, Isbary G, Shimizu T, Li YF, Zimmermann JL, Stolz W, Schlegel J, Morfill GE, Schmidt HU. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.00583-12 | 2012 | |
| Nitrogen Dioxide Sterilization in Low-Resource Environments: A Feasibility Study. | Shomali M, Opie D, Avasthi T, Trilling A. | PLoS One | 10.1371/journal.pone.0130043 | 2015 | ||
| Evaluating UV-C LED disinfection performance and investigating potential dual-wavelength synergy. | Beck SE, Ryu H, Boczek LA, Cashdollar JL, Jeanis KM, Rosenblum JS, Lawal OR, Linden KG. | Water Res | 10.1016/j.watres.2016.11.024 | 2017 | ||
| Pathogenicity | Evaluating the formulae for integrated lethality in ethylene oxide sterilization using six different endospore forming strains of bacteria, and comparisons of integrated lethality for ethylene oxide and steam systems. | Mosley GA, Gillis JR, Krushefski G. | PDA J Pharm Sci Technol | 2005 | ||
| Phylogeny | Detection of molecular diversity in Bacillus atrophaeus by amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis. | Burke SA, Wright JD, Robinson MK, Bronk BV, Warren RL. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.70.5.2786-2790.2004 | 2004 | |
| Multiplex qPCR for reliable detection and differentiation of Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei. | Janse I, Hamidjaja RA, Hendriks AC, van Rotterdam BJ. | BMC Infect Dis | 10.1186/1471-2334-13-86 | 2013 | ||
| Survival of spacecraft-associated microorganisms under simulated martian UV irradiation. | Newcombe DA, Schuerger AC, Benardini JN, Dickinson D, Tanner R, Venkateswaran K. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.71.12.8147-8156.2005 | 2005 | ||
| D-values of Bacillus pumilus spores on irradiated devices (inoculated product). | Prince HN. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.36.2.392-393.1978 | 1978 | ||
| Metabolism | New sub-family of lysozyme-like proteins shows no catalytic activity: crystallographic and biochemical study of STM3605 protein from Salmonella Typhimurium. | Michalska K, Brown RN, Li H, Jedrzejczak R, Niemann GS, Heffron F, Cort JR, Adkins JN, Babnigg G, Joachimiak A. | J Struct Funct Genomics | 10.1007/s10969-013-9151-0 | 2013 | |
| Solvent removal and spore inactivation directly in dispensing vials with supercritical carbon dioxide and sterilant. | Howell J, Niu F, McCabe SE, Zhou W, Decedue CJ. | AAPS PharmSciTech | 10.1208/s12249-012-9777-4 | 2012 | ||
| Genotypic and phenotypic diversity of Bacillus spp. isolated from steel plant waste. | Freitas DB, Reis MP, Lima-Bittencourt CI, Costa PS, Assis PS, Chartone-Souza E, Nascimento AM. | BMC Res Notes | 10.1186/1756-0500-1-92 | 2008 | ||
| Characterization of Bacillus pumilus E601 spores after single sublethal gamma irradiation treatments. | Parisi AN, Antoine AD. | Appl Microbiol | 10.1128/am.29.1.34-39.1975 | 1975 | ||
| Increased radiation resistance of vegetative Bacillus pumilus. | Parisi A, Antoine AD. | Appl Microbiol | 10.1128/am.28.1.41-46.1974 | 1974 | ||
| Resistance and recovery studies on ultraviolet-irradiated spores of Bacillus pumilus. | Abshire RL, Bain B, Williams T. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.39.4.695-701.1980 | 1980 | ||
| Pathogenicity | Temperature-induced changes in the sporicidal activity and chemical properties of glutaraldehyde. | Thomas S, Russell AD. | Appl Microbiol | 10.1128/am.28.3.331-335.1974 | 1974 | |
| Chlorine Dioxide Gas Sterilization under Square-Wave Conditions. | Jeng DK, Woodworth AG. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.56.2.514-519.1990 | 1990 | ||
| Pathogenicity | Sporicidal activity of hospital disinfectants. | Kelsey JC, Mackinnon IH, Maurer IM. | J Clin Pathol | 10.1136/jcp.27.8.632 | 1974 | |
| Pathogenicity | Applicability of UV resistant Bacillus pumilus endospores as a human adenovirus surrogate for evaluating the effectiveness of virus inactivation in low-pressure UV treatment systems. | Boczek LA, Rhodes ER, Cashdollar JL, Ryu J, Popovici J, Hoelle JM, Sivaganesan M, Hayes SL, Rodgers MR, Ryu H | J Microbiol Methods | 10.1016/j.mimet.2016.01.012 | 2016 | |
| Biotechnology | Sterilization of plastic containers using electron beam irradiation directed through the opening. | Cleghorn DA, Dunn J, Nablo SV | J Appl Microbiol | 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2002.01777.x | 2002 | |
| Metabolism | Gamma irradiation for terminal sterilization of 17beta-estradiol loaded poly-(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) microparticles. | Mohr D, Wolff M, Kissel T | J Control Release | 10.1016/s0168-3659(99)00118-2 | 1999 | |
| Detection of Heated Bacterial Spores with Fluid Thioglycollate and Soybean Casein Digest Broths Containing Variable Concentrations of Solids. | Kallander KD, Romer JC, Sofos JN, Kreuzer KS, Singleton ER | J Food Prot | 10.4315/0362-028X-58.4.421 | 1995 | ||
| Pathogenicity | Gamma sterilization of a semi-solid poly(ortho ester) designed for controlled drug delivery--validation and radiation effects. | Merkli A, Heller J, Tabatabay C, Gurny R | Pharm Res | 10.1023/a:1018964511053 | 1994 | |
| 60Co-irradiation as an alternate method for sterilization of penicillin G, neomycin, novobiocin, and dihydrostreptomycin. | Tsuji K, Rahn PD, Steindler KA | J Pharm Sci | 10.1002/jps.2600720106 | 1983 |
| #232 | Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 492 |
| #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 ) |
| #35031 | ; Curators of the CIP; |
| #47925 | Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 24142 |
| #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) . |
| #68371 | Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid . |
| #68382 | Automatically annotated from API zym . |
| #69479 | João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta . |
| #122056 | Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 77.25 |
| #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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