Arthrobacter alpinus (DSM 22274, CGMCC 1.8950, S6-3)

Name: Arthrobacter alpinus (DSM 22274, CGMCC 1.8950, S6-3)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 7625

Type strain

Strain Designation S6-3

Culture col. no. DSM 22274 CGMCC 1.8950 S6-3 JCM 17736

NCBI tax ID(s) 656366

Special Collections DSMZ JCM Literature strains

Links

Arthrobacter alpinus S6-3 is an aerobe, Gram-positive, ovoid-shaped prokaryote that was isolated from alpine soil, north slope, 2300 m above sea level.

Gram-positive ovoid-shaped aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 370639

DSM 22274,CGMCC 1.8950,JCM 17736

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:48:38

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Micrococcales

Family Micrococcaceae

Genus Arthrobacter

Species Arthrobacter alpinus

Full scientific name Arthrobacter alpinus Zhang et al. 2010

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape
29621	positive	1.3-1.9 µm	0.8-1 µm	ovoid-shaped
125438
125438	positive

Pigmentation

29621

Productionyes

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
16249	R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casamino acids 0.5 g/l Starch 0.5 g/l Glucose 0.5 g/l Proteose peptone 0.5 g/l Yeast extract 0.5 g/l K2HPO4 0.3 g/l Na-pyruvate 0.3 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.05 g/l Distilled water
16249	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

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
16249	positive	growth	15-25
29621	positive	growth	01-25
29621	positive	optimum	20-25
67770	positive	growth	20

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH
29621	positive	optimum	7-7.2
29621	positive	growth	06-09

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

29621

Oxygen toleranceaerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		91.2

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
29621	NaCl	positive	growth	0-5 %
29621	NaCl	positive	optimum	0-5 %

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
16249	A11.28	A3alpha L-Lys-L-Thr-L-Ala₃

Observation

@ref	Observation
29621	aggregates in chains
67770	quinones: MK-9(H₂), MK-8(H₂), MK-10(H₂)

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
29621	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	+	carbon source
29621	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
29621	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	carbon source
29621	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	carbon source
29621	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	carbon source
29621	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+	carbon source
29621	37684 ChEBI	mannose	+	carbon source

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
29621	catalase	+	1.11.1.6

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	100	5 of 5
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	100	11 of 11
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	100	7 of 7
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	acetate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	propanol degradation	100	7 of 7
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	100	2 of 2
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	ceramide biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	cyanate degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	denitrification	100	2 of 2
66794	citric acid cycle	92.86	13 of 14
66794	proline metabolism	90.91	10 of 11
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	90	9 of 10
66794	threonine metabolism	90	9 of 10
66794	valine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	gluconeogenesis	87.5	7 of 8
66794	isoleucine metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	85.71	24 of 28
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	85.71	6 of 7
66794	leucine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	purine metabolism	80.85	76 of 94
66794	starch degradation	80	8 of 10
66794	creatinine degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	flavin biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	80	4 of 5
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	80	4 of 5
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	gallate degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	cellulose degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	77.78	35 of 45
66794	d-mannose degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	glycolysis	76.47	13 of 17
66794	alanine metabolism	75.86	22 of 29
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	75	6 of 8
66794	NAD metabolism	72.22	13 of 18
66794	heme metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	70	7 of 10
66794	propionate fermentation	70	7 of 10
66794	tryptophan metabolism	68.42	26 of 38
66794	lipid metabolism	67.74	21 of 31
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	methane metabolism	66.67	2 of 3
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	66.67	4 of 6
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	histidine metabolism	65.52	19 of 29
66794	methionine metabolism	65.38	17 of 26
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	62.64	57 of 91
66794	arginine metabolism	62.5	15 of 24
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	62.5	10 of 16
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	61.54	16 of 26
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	61.54	8 of 13
66794	degradation of hexoses	61.11	11 of 18
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	60	6 of 10
66794	degradation of sugar acids	60	15 of 25
66794	phenol degradation	60	12 of 20
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	60	9 of 15
66794	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	58.82	10 of 17
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
66794	lysine metabolism	57.14	24 of 42
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	56.25	9 of 16
66794	cysteine metabolism	55.56	10 of 18
66794	non-pathway related	55.26	21 of 38
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	54.55	6 of 11
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	54.55	6 of 11
66794	sulfate reduction	53.85	7 of 13
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	53.85	7 of 13
66794	urea cycle	53.85	7 of 13
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	glutathione metabolism	50	7 of 14
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	degradation of pentoses	50	14 of 28
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	kanosamine biosynthesis II	50	1 of 2
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	d-xylose degradation	45.45	5 of 11
66794	ascorbate metabolism	45.45	10 of 22
66794	nitrate assimilation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	polyamine pathway	43.48	10 of 23
66794	tyrosine metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	41.67	5 of 12
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	glycine metabolism	40	4 of 10
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	carnitine metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	aclacinomycin biosynthesis	28.57	2 of 7
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	27.78	5 of 18
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	25	2 of 8
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	vitamin E metabolism	25	1 of 4
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	22.73	5 of 22
66794	chlorophyll metabolism	22.22	4 of 18
66794	allantoin degradation	22.22	2 of 9

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil
#Climate	#Cold	#Alpine

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
16249	alpine soil, north slope, 2300 m above sea level	Hohe Tauern, Grossglockner area, Fuschertörl	Austria	AUT	Europe
67770	Alpine soil in Fuschertörl	Hohe Tauern	Austria	AUT	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence GQ227413 (>99% sequence identity) for Arthrobacter from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	494
Soil Samples	1504
Animal Samples	1120
Plant Samples	378
Total Samples	3496

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
16249	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	IMG-taxon 2634166197 annotated assembly for Arthrobacter alpinus DSM 22274	contig	GCA_900105965	656366.8	2634166197	656366	77.17

Genome browser: GCA_900105965

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
16249	Arthrobacter alpinus strain S6-3 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	GQ227413	1530		656366
124043	Arthrobacter alpinus strain DSM 22274(T) 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MW228827	1352		656366

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
16249	61.9	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
29621	61.9
67770	60.6	genome sequence analysis

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Arthrobacter alpinus DSM 22274
NCBI: GCA_900105965

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	91.20	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	68.30	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	69.30	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	80.10	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Arthrobacter alpinus strain DSM 22274
PATRIC: 656366.8

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	91.72	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	98.92	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	69.81	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	89.43	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	98.47	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	94.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Isolation, Physiological Characterization, and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing of Fast-Growing Bacteria from the Sea-Affected Temporary Meltwater Ponds in the Thala Hills Oasis (Enderby Land, East Antarctica).	Akulava V, Miamin U, Akhremchuk K, Valentovich L, Dolgikh A, Shapaval V.	Biology (Basel)	10.3390/biology11081143	2022
Phylogeny	Genetic diversity of glacier-inhabiting Cryobacterium bacteria in China and description of Cryobacterium zongtaii sp. nov. and Arthrobacter glacialis sp. nov.	Liu Q, Liu HC, Zhou YG, Xin YH	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1016/j.syapm.2018.10.005	2018
Phylogeny	Arthrobacter alpinus sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from alpine soil.	Zhang DC, Schumann P, Liu HC, Xin YH, Zhou YG, Schinner F, Margesin R	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.017178-0	2009

References

#16249	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 22274
#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 )
#29621	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 #26011 (see below)
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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 .
#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 )

Rate our new design

Content

About us

Arthrobacter alpinus (DSM 22274, CGMCC 1.8950, S6-3)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Murein

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Enzymes

Pathway annotation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900105965

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

BacDive

Help

Social Media