Corallococcus macrosporus (DSM 14697, CIP 109128, JCM 12621)

Name: Corallococcus macrosporus (DSM 14697, CIP 109128, JCM 12621)
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BacDive ID 9576

Type strain

Strain Designation Cc m8

Culture col. no. DSM 14697 CIP 109128 JCM 12621 Cc m8

NCBI tax ID(s) 1189310 35

Special Collections DSMZ JCM CIP Reichenbach collection

History <- H. Reichenbach; C cm8 DSM 14697 <-- H. Reichenbach Cc m 8.

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Corallococcus macrosporus Cc m8 is a bacterium that builds a fruiting body and was isolated from soil.

genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 132581

DSM 14697,CIP 109128,JCM 12621

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:20:00

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Deltaproteobacteria

Order Myxococcales

Family Myxococcaceae

Genus Corallococcus

Species Corallococcus macrosporus

Full scientific name Corallococcus macrosporus (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) Reichenbach 2007

Synonyms (3)

"Chondrococcus macrosporus"
Myxococcus macrosporus
"Pseudomyxococcus macrosporus"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Corallococcus macrosporus** (16)	Type strain
9575	C. macrosporus Cc m15, DSM 14690
9577	C. macrosporus Cc m3, DSM 51951
9578	C. macrosporus Cc m4, DSM 51952
9579	C. macrosporus Cc m6, DSM 51953
9580	C. macrosporus Cc m7, DSM 51954
9581	C. macrosporus Cc m9, DSM 51955
9582	C. macrosporus Cc m10, DSM 51956
9583	C. macrosporus Cc m11, DSM 51957
9584	C. macrosporus Cc m12, DSM 51958
9585	C. macrosporus Cc m13, DSM 51959
9586	C. macrosporus Cc m16, DSM 51960
9587	C. macrosporus Cc m17, DSM 51961
9588	C. macrosporus Cc m19, DSM 51962
9589	C. macrosporus Cc m20, DSM 51963
9590	C. macrosporus Cc m21, DSM 51964
9591	C. macrosporus Cc m22, DSM 51965

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125438	negative	92.476

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Forms multicellular complex	Complex name
18281		fruiting body

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
5490	VY/2 AGAR (DSMZ Medium 9)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: VY/2 AGAR (DSMZ Medium 9) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Baker's yeast 5.0 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 1.36 g/l Vitamin B12 0.0005 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
5490	positive	growth	30
67770	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	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
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	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
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
5490	-	+/-	+	+	+/-	+	+	-	+/-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
5490	soil	Ambalangoda	Sri Lanka	LKA	Asia
67770	Sandy soil		Sri Lanka	LKA	Asia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AJ233921 (>99% sequence identity) for Myxococcaceae from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	816
Soil Samples	6158
Animal Samples	759
Plant Samples	1196
Total Samples	8929

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
5490	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
66792	ASM230589v1 assembly for Corallococcus macrosporus DSM 14697	complete	GCA_002305895	1189310.7	2767802755	1189310	97.1
66792	Myxococcus macrosporus DSM 14697	complete		1189310.3		1189310	87.6

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Myxococcus macrosporus 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 14697	AJ811623	1522	35
20218	Corallococcus macrosporus strain DSM 14697 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	DQ768122	1493	35
5490	Myxococcus macrosporus 16S rRNA gene, strain Cc m8	AJ233921	1522	35

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Myxococcus macrosporus DSM 14697
PATRIC: 1189310.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	89.10	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	84.00	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	55.30	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	57.10	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Corallococcus macrosporus DSM 14697 DSM 14697
NCBI: GCA_002305895.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	92.48	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	92.47	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	82.38	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	72.14	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	94.79	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	58.01	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Pathogenicity	The microbiota of moon snail egg collars is shaped by host-specific factors.	Piedl K, Aylward FO, Mevers E.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.01804-24	2024
	Assessment of Evolutionary Relationships for Prioritization of Myxobacteria for Natural Product Discovery.	Ahearne A, Albataineh H, Dowd SE, Stevens DC.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms9071376	2021
Metabolism	Genetic manipulation and tools in myxobacteria for the exploitation of secondary metabolism.	Yue X, Sheng D, Zhuo L, Li YZ.	Eng Microbiol	10.1016/j.engmic.2023.100075	2023
	Approach to analyze the diversity of myxobacteria in soil by semi-nested PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) based on taxon-specific gene.	Li B, Yao Q, Zhu H.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0108877	2014
	Novel expression hosts for complex secondary metabolite megasynthetases: Production of myxochromide in the thermopilic isolate Corallococcus macrosporus GT-2.	Perlova O, Gerth K, Kuhlmann S, Zhang Y, Muller R.	Microb Cell Fact	10.1186/1475-2859-8-1	2009
Phylogeny	Isolation and identification of myxobacteria from saline-alkaline soils in Xinjiang, China.	Zhang X, Yao Q, Cai Z, Xie X, Zhu H.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0070466	2013
Phylogeny	Opinions 100, 101 and 102.	Arahal DR	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.004390	2020
Genetics	Complete Genome Sequence of the Fruiting Myxobacterium Myxococcus macrosporus Strain DSM 14697, Generated by PacBio Sequencing.	Treuner-Lange A, Bruckskotten M, Rupp O, Goesmann A, Sogaard-Andersen L	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomeA.01127-17	2017
Phylogeny	Emended descriptions of the genera Myxococcus and Corallococcus, typification of the species Myxococcus stipitatus and Myxococcus macrosporus and a proposal that they be represented by neotype strains. Request for an Opinion.	Lang E, Stackebrandt E	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.003566-0	2009
Phylogeny	Taxonomic characterization of members of the genus Corallococcus: molecular divergence versus phenotypic coherency.	Stackebrandt E, Pauker O, Steiner U, Schumann P, Straubler B, Heibei S, Lang E	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1016/j.syapm.2006.03.002	2006
Phylogeny	Gene sequence heterogeneity of Corallococcus coralloides strains isolated from geographically diverse locations.	Stackebrandt E, Pauker O	Environ Microbiol	10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00773.x	2005
Phylogeny	Simulacricoccus ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a microaerotolerant, non-fruiting, myxospore-forming soil myxobacterium and emended description of the family Myxococcaceae.	Garcia R, Muller R	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002936	2018

References

#5490	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 14697
#18281	Reichenbach, H.: Collection description and documentation of myxobacteria by H. Reichenbach, HZI (formerly GBF); Collection curr. located at the DSMZ . Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH:
#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 )
#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 .
#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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Corallococcus macrosporus (DSM 14697, CIP 109128, JCM 12621)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Multicellular morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

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_002305895

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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