Bacillus pumilus (DSM 2893, ATCC 6631, IFO 12110)

Name: Bacillus pumilus (DSM 2893, ATCC 6631, IFO 12110)
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BacDive ID 755

Type strain

Strain Designation 236, 726

Culture col. no. DSM 2893 ATCC 6631 IFO 12110 NBRC 12110 236 4 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1408

Special Collections DSMZ CIP

History <- Schering AG <- ATCC <- N.R. Smith, 236 <- AMNH 726 <- W. Ford (Bacillus mesentericus) CIP <- 1952, N.R. Smith, New Jersey Agri. Stat., USA: strain 236 <- AMNH: strain 726 <- W. Ford, Bacillus mesentericus

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Bacillus pumilus 236 is a spore-forming, Gram-positive, motile bacterium of the family Bacillaceae.

spore-forming Gram-positive motile rod-shaped 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 45469

ATCC 6631,ATCC 8471,NRRL NRS-236,DSM 2893,IFO 12110,NRRL B-1489,CIP 52.68,NBRC 12110,ICMP 6631,NCAIM B.01081

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:17:56

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)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Bacillus pumilus** (72)	Type strain
756	B. pumilus 272, DSM 27, ATCC 7061, CCM 2144, IFO 12092, ... (type strain)
749	B. pumilus 734a, 735, DSM 354, ATCC 71, CCM 1726
750	B. pumilus 734, 736, DSM 355, ATCC 72, CCM 1697, IFO ...
751	B. pumilus CIP3.83, Mill Hill, DSM 361, ATCC 14884, ...
752	B. pumilus E 601, E601, CCUG 24142, DSM 492, ATCC 27142, ...
753	B. pumilus 29, DSM 766
754	B. pumilus DSM 1794, NCIB 10822, CN 607
757	B. pumilus G1R, DSM 5549, HER 1182
758	B. pumilus DSM 8786, DSM 46309, IMET 11026, NCIB 7198
759	B. pumilus ES 20, DSM 13835
760	B. pumilus ES1-184-2, DSM 30537
761	B. pumilus ES1-215-1, DSM 30550
762	B. pumilus ES2-8a2, DSM 30596
763	B. pumilus ES2-12c1, DSM 30606
764	B. pumilus FR2-W6Ac, DSM 30704
765	B. pumilus FR2-W7Aa, DSM 30708
766	B. pumilus FR2-W7Ab, DSM 30709
767	B. pumilus FR2-W8Aa, DSM 30714
768	B. pumilus W17/3, DSM 30786
769	B. pumilus ES2-W4c1, DSM 30628
770	B. pumilus FR2-S1Aa, DSM 30670
771	B. pumilus FR2-S4Aa, DSM 30672
772	B. pumilus FR2-S4Ab, DSM 30673
773	B. pumilus FR2-S7Ab, DSM 30678
774	B. pumilus FR2-S7Ac, DSM 30679
775	B. pumilus FR2-S11Aa-b, DSM 30681
776	B. pumilus FR2-W6Ab, DSM 30703
777	B. pumilus FR1-11con, DSM 30720
778	B. pumilus W20/5, DSM 30789
779	B. pumilus MW15/1, DSM 30805
780	B. pumilus TS1/1, DSM 30806
781	B. pumilus KO_PS 3, DSM 30833
130862	B. pumilus W2, DSM 100617
130861	B. pumilus T4_3, DSM 100541
22913	B. pumilus DSM 30004, ATCC 15716, DSM 15573, IFO 12605, ...
130168	B. pumilus b17_1, DSM 31005
130169	B. pumilus T2_3, DSM 30977
130170	B. pumilus T2_44, DSM 30997
131630	B. pumilus Stev13, DSM 103049
131631	B. pumilus Stev38, DSM 103053
131632	B. pumilus D35_1, DSM 103757
131633	B. pumilus C8_12, DSM 103869
134937	B. pumilus 7.87, CIP 102756
137078	B. pumilus CIP 51.18, CN 2731
137576	B. pumilus 520.86, CIP 102496
138631	B. pumilus CIP 52.42
138682	B. pumilus H 634, CIP 101996
138686	B. pumilus CIP 102081
139688	B. pumilus T3_14, DSM 103904
141248	B. pumilus CCUG 397
141663	B. pumilus CCUG 4626
143929	B. pumilus CCUG 21924
144775	B. pumilus CCUG 26531
144948	B. pumilus CCUG 27243
144950	B. pumilus CCUG 27263
145355	B. pumilus CCUG 28267 B
146007	B. pumilus CCUG 30128
146237	B. pumilus CCUG 30686
147025	B. pumilus CCUG 32666
147795	B. pumilus CCUG 34244
148189	B. pumilus CCUG 35011
150505	B. pumilus CCUG 41443
151344	B. pumilus CCUG 43804
151785	B. pumilus CCUG 44877
151802	B. pumilus CCUG 44940
152656	B. pumilus CCUG 47302
153625	B. pumilus CCUG 50373 A
155159	B. pumilus CCUG 56623
156911	B. pumilus CCUG 66887
173512	B. pumilus CIMB23, CIMB 05-1841, CRBIP17.23
173513	B. pumilus CIMB 05-0968, CRBIP17.25
176402	B. pumilus 45.39, DSM 117807

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
122058	positive	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
1159	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
41302	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
122058	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP
122058	CIP Medium 3	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
1159	positive	growth	26
41302	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

122058

Spore formationyes

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
122058	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB680241 (>99% sequence identity) for Bacillus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	3497
Soil Samples	7187
Animal Samples	6743
Plant Samples	2902
Total Samples	20329

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
1159	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
122058		1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Bacillus pumilus gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 12110	AB680241	1474		1408

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Spontaneous auxotrophic and pigmented mutants occurring at high frequency in Bacillus pumilus NRRL B-3275.	Lovett PS.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.112.2.977-985.1972	1972
Pathogenicity	Regulatory regions that control expression of two chloramphenicol-inducible cat genes cloned in Bacillus subtilis.	Duvall EJ, Williams DM, Mongkolsuk S, Lovett PS.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.158.3.784-790.1984	1984
	Genetic analysis in Bacillus pumilus by PBSI-mediated transduction.	Lovett PS, Young FE.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.101.2.603-608.1970	1970
	Novel Allylic Oxidation of alpha-Cedrene to sec-Cedrenol by a Rhodococcus Strain.	Takigawa H, Kubota H, Sonohara H, Okuda M, Tanaka S, Fujikura Y, Ito S.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.59.5.1336-1341.1993	1993
Pathogenicity	Analysis of the regulatory sequences needed for induction of the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene cat-86 by chloramphenicol and amicetin.	Ambulos NP, Duvall EJ, Lovett PS.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.167.3.842-849.1986	1986
	Corrected Version Distribution of Heterogeneous and Homologous Plasmids in Bacillus spp.	Yoshimura K, Yamamoto O, Seki T, Oshima Y.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.46.6.1268-1275.1983	1983
	Distribution of heterogeneous and homologous plasmids in Bacillus spp.	Yoshimura K, Yamamoto O, Seki T, Oshima Y.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.45.6.1733-1740.1983	1983

References

#1159	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 2893
#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 )
#41302	; Curators of the CIP;
#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 .
#122058	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 52.68
#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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Bacillus pumilus (DSM 2893, ATCC 6631, IFO 12110)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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