Name: Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans FA4
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 8494

Type strain:

Species: Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans

Strain Designation: FA4

Culture col. no.: DSM 44556, CIP 108203, JCM 14741

Strain history: CIP <- 2003, DSMZ

NCBI tax ID(s): 258505 (species)

SI-ID 215502

DSM 44556, CIP 108203, JCM 14741

Section

Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans FA4 is a facultative anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive bacterium that was isolated from PAH contaminated soil.

Gram-positive
facultative anaerobe
mesophilic
16S sequence
Bacteria
genome sequence

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Actinomycetota*
	Class	*Actinomycetes*
	Order	*Mycobacteriales*
	Family	*Mycobacteriaceae*
	Genus	*Mycobacterium*
	Species	**Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans Hormisch et al. 2006

Synonym

Mycolicibacterium fluoranthenivorans

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #69480]	Gram stain	positive Confidence in %100

[Ref.: #119407]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #119407]	Motility	no

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Caption:

Medium 645 37°C

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Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

MIDDLEBROOK MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 645)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 55 - for Mycobacterium

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 55

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #11753]		growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #36390]		growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #67770]		growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #119407]		growth	22-30 °C
[Ref.: #119407]	no	growth	10 °C
[Ref.: #119407]	no	growth	45 °C

[Ref.: #11753]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #36390]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #67770]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #119407]	Temperature range	psychrophilic
[Ref.: #119407]	Temperature range	thermophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

facultative anaerobe

[Ref.: #69481]	Ability of spore formation	no Confidence in %90
[Ref.: #69480]	Ability of spore formation	no Confidence in %98.807

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #119407]	hippurate ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #119407]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #119407]	nitrate ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #119407]	nitrite ChEBI	-	reduction

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #119407]		indole ChEBI	no

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68382]	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	* from API zym
[Ref.: #119407]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API zym
[Ref.: #119407]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #68382]	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase (C 4)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #119407]	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
[Ref.: #68382]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	lipase (C 14)	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #119407]	oxidase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	* from API zym
[Ref.: #119407]	urease	+	3.5.1.5
[Ref.: #68382]	valine arylamidase	-		* from API zym
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API® Biotype100:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	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
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API® zym:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	Control	2-naphthyl phosphateAlkaline phosphatase	2-naphthyl butyrateEsterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	2-naphthyl myristateLipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-2-naphthylamideTrypsin	N-glutaryl-phenylalanine-2-naphthylamidealpha- Chymotrypsin	2-naphthyl phosphateAcid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-galactpyranosidealpha- Galactosidase	2-naphthyl-betaD-galactpyranosidebeta- Galactosidase	Naphthol-AS-BI-betaD-glucuronidebeta- Glucuronidase	2-naphthyl-alphaD-glucopyranosidealpha- Glucosidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-betaD-glucopyranosidebeta- Glucosidase	1-naphthyl-N-acetyl-betaD-glucosaminideN-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-mannopyranosidealpha- Mannosidase	2-naphthyl-alphaL-fucopyranosidealpha- Fucosidase
[Ref.: #119407]	10980	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #11753]	Sample type/isolated from	PAH contaminated soil
[Ref.: #11753]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Burbach
[Ref.: #11753]	Country	Germany
[Ref.: #11753]	Country ISO 3 Code	DEU
[Ref.: #11753]	Continent	Europe

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-contaminated soil from a former coal gas plant
[Ref.: #67770]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Saarbruecken-Burbach
[Ref.: #67770]	Country	Germany
[Ref.: #67770]	Country ISO 3 Code	DEU
[Ref.: #67770]	Continent	Europe

[Ref.: #119407]	Sample type/isolated from	Environment, Polluted soil
[Ref.: #119407]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Saarbrücken Burbach
[Ref.: #119407]	Country	Germany
[Ref.: #119407]	Country ISO 3 Code	DEU
[Ref.: #119407]	Continent	Europe
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Isolation sources categories

#Engineered	#Contamination	-
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

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Global distribution of 16S sequence AJ617741 (>99% sequence identity) for Mycolicibacterium from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	659
Soil Samples	931
Animal Samples	305
Plant Samples	634
Total Samples	2529

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

[Ref.: #11753]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
[Ref.: #119407]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (French classification)

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #20218]	Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans strain DSM 44556 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	DQ350149	485	ENA	258505 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans 16S rRNA gene, type strain FA-4	AJ617741	1494	ENA	258505 tax ID	*

Genome sequence information:

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	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #67770]	Mycolicibacterium fluoranthenivorans DSM 44556	GCA_011758805	contig	GenBank	258505 tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Mycolicibacterium flavescens JCM 14741	GCA_001313385	contig	GenBank	1303678 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Mycolicibacterium flavescens JCM 14741	1303678.5	wgs	PATRIC	1303678 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Mycolicibacterium fluoranthenivorans strain DSM 44556	258505.4	wgs	PATRIC	258505 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Mycolicibacterium fluoranthenivorans JCM 14741	2734481944	draft	JGI IMG/M	1303678 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Mycolicibacterium fluoranthenivorans DSM 44556	2821251827	draft	JGI IMG/M	258505 tax ID	*

Data predicted using genome information as a basis Genome-based predictions

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 based on: Mycolicibacterium fluoranthenivorans strain DSM 44556 PATRIC: 258505.5
[Ref.: #69481]	spore-forming	no	90	no

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from Diaspora project based on: Mycolicibacterium flavescens JCM 14741 PATRIC: 1303678.5
[Ref.: #69480]	motile	no	91.361	no
[Ref.: #69480]	gram-positive	yes	83.27	no
[Ref.: #69480]	anaerobic	no	98.844	no
[Ref.: #69480]	halophile	no	97.057	no
[Ref.: #69480]	spore-forming	no	92.272	no
[Ref.: #69480]	thermophile	no	99.779	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-util	yes	83.947	no
[Ref.: #69480]	aerobic	yes	91.493	no
[Ref.: #69480]	flagellated	no	97.746	no
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-ferment	no	91.727	no

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 44556, CIP 108203, JCM 14741

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SI-ID 215502

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Degradation of aflatoxin B(1) by cell-free extracts of Rhodococcus erythropolis and Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans sp. nov. DSM44556(T).	Teniola OD, Addo PA, Brost IM, Farber P, Jany KD, Alberts JF, van Zyl WH, Steyn PS, Holzapfel WH	Int J Food Microbiol	10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2005.05.004	2005	*
Phylogeny	Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans sp. nov., a fluoranthene and aflatoxin B1 degrading bacterium from contaminated soil of a former coal gas plant.	Hormisch D, Brost I, Kohring GW, Giffhorn F, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E, Farber P, Holzapfel WH	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1078/0723202042369866	2004	*

References

#11753

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 44556

#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 )

#36390 ; Curators of the CIP;

#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) .

#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 .

#69480

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Predictions based on genome sequence made in the Diaspora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#69481

Xiao-Yin To, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Alice C. McHardy, Philipp C. Münch: Predictions based on the model GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 . ( DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2527258/v1 )

#77888

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID215502.1 )

#119407 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 108203
* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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