Arthrobacter flavus (DSM 15322, MTCC 3476, CMS 19Y)

Name: Arthrobacter flavus (DSM 15322, MTCC 3476, CMS 19Y)
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BacDive ID 7596

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 15322 MTCC 3476 CMS 19Y KCTC 9998 CIP 107766 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 95172

Special Collections DSMZ JCM KCTC CIP

History <- S. Shivaji; CMS 19Y 2002, S. Shivaji, CCMB, Hyderabad, India: strain CMS 19y MTCC 3476 <-- S. Shivaji CMS 19Y. CIP <- 2002, S. Shivaji, CCMB, Hyderabad, India: strain CMS 19y

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Arthrobacter flavus DSM 15322 is an obligate aerobe, psychrophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote that was isolated from cyanobacterial mat sample.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 100510

MTCC 3476,JCM 11496,CIP 107766,KCTC 9998,DSM 15322

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:19:30

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Micrococcales

Family Micrococcaceae

Genus Arthrobacter

Species Arthrobacter flavus

Full scientific name Arthrobacter flavus Reddy et al. 2000

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
119385	positive	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
5844	NUTRIENT AGAR (OXOID CM3) (DSMZ Medium 605)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (OXOID CM3) (DSMZ Medium 605) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Yeast extract 2.0 g/l Lab-Lemco beef extract 1.0 g/l Distilled water
37394	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
119385	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
5844	positive	growth	22	psychrophilic
37394	positive	growth	25	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	20	psychrophilic
119385	positive	growth	15-30
119385	negative	growth	10
119385	negative	growth	37
119385	negative	growth	41
119385	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

119385

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
119385	NaCl	positive	growth	0-4 %
119385	NaCl		growth	6 %
119385	NaCl		growth	8 %
119385	NaCl		growth	10 %

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-9(H₂)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
119385	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
119385	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
119385	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	+	hydrolysis
119385	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
119385	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
119385	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
119385	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
119385	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
119385	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2	from API zym
119385	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
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
119385	amylase	+
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
119385	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
119385	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
119385	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
119385	DNase	+
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
119385	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
119385	gelatinase	+/-
119385	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
119385	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
119385	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
119385	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
119385	oxidase	-
119385	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
119385	tryptophan deaminase	-
119385	tween esterase	-
119385	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

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
119385	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Microbial community	#Microbial mat
#Host	#Microbial	#Bacteria

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Geographic location
5844	cyanobacterial mat sample			Australia and Oceania	McMurdo
67770	Cyanobacterial mat from a pond in Antarctica
119385	Sample, cyanobacterial material	Antarctica	ATA	Antarctica

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB299278 (>99% sequence identity) for Arthrobacter from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	42
Soil Samples	55
Animal Samples	212
Plant Samples	3
Total Samples	312

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
5844	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
119385	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM3952600v1 assembly for Arthrobacter flavus JCM 11496	scaffold	GCA_039526005	95172	61.69
124043	ASM4268166v1 assembly for Arthrobacter flavus JCM 11496	scaffold	GCA_042681665	95172	61.49

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
5844	Arthrobacter haridrum partial 16S rRNA gene, isolate CMS-19Y	AJ242532	1446	95172
67770	Arthrobacter flavus gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB299278	1377	95172
67770	Arthrobacter flavus gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence	AB537168	1458	95172
124043	Arthrobacter flavus strain JCM 11496 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	OQ618979	1245	95172
124043	Arthrobacter flavus strain JCM 11496 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	OQ619007	1273	95172
124043	Arthrobacter flavus strain JCM 11496 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KT989846	1481	95172

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
5844	64
67770	62-66	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	First case of pyogenic spondylitis caused by Arthrobacter flavus: a psychrophilic pathogen in humans.	Xu C, Shi L, Yang J, Lv L, Xie D.	FEMS Microbiol Lett	10.1093/femsle/fnaf127	2025
Genetics	Rhizospheric and Endophytic Microbial Communities Associated with Leptadenia pyrotechnica in Arid Zones.	Damiati LA.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms13091994	2025
	Bioaugmentation failed to enhance oil bioremediation in three soil samples from three different continents.	Radwan SS, Al-Mailem DM, Kansour MK.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-019-56099-2	2019
	Indigenous oil-degrading bacteria more efficient in soil bioremediation than microbial consortium and active even in super oil-saturated soils.	Ali N, Khanafer M, Al-Awadhi H.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2022.950051	2022
Phylogeny	Biodiversity acts as insurance of productivity of bacterial communities under abiotic perturbations.	Awasthi A, Singh M, Soni SK, Singh R, Kalra A.	ISME J	10.1038/ismej.2014.91	2014
	Cross-Bioaugmentation Among Four Remote Soil Samples Contaminated With Oil Exerted Just Inconsistent Effects on Oil-Bioremediation.	Al-Mailem DM, Kansour MK, Radwan SS.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2019.02827	2019
Phylogeny	16S rDNA diversity of cultured and uncultured prokaryotes of a mat sample from Lake Fryxell, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.	Brambilla E, Hippe H, Hagelstein A, Tindall BJ, Stackebrandt E.	Extremophiles	10.1007/s007920000169	2001
	Chemoorganotrophic Bacteria From Lake Fryxell, Antarctica, Including Pseudomonas Strain LFY10, a Cold-Adapted, Halotolerant Bacterium Useful in Teaching Labs.	Baker JM, Vander Schaaf NA, Cunningham AMG, Hang AC, Reeves CL, Huffman ER, Riester CJ, Madigan MT, Sattley WM.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2019.00156	2019
	At least 1 in 20 16S rRNA sequence records currently held in public repositories is estimated to contain substantial anomalies.	Ashelford KE, Chuzhanova NA, Fry JC, Jones AJ, Weightman AJ.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.71.12.7724-7736.2005	2005
Phylogeny	Arthrobacter flavus sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from a pond in McMurdo Dry Valley, Antarctica.	Reddy GS, Aggarwal RK, Matsumoto GI, Shivaji S	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-50-4-1553	2000

References

#5844	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 15322
#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 )
#37394	; Curators of the CIP;
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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 .
#119385	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 107766
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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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Arthrobacter flavus (DSM 15322, MTCC 3476, CMS 19Y)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_039526005

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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