Name: Myxococcus virescens Mx v8
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 9817

Type strain:

Species: Myxococcus virescens

Strain Designation: Mx v8

Culture col. no.: DSM 52225

Strain history: <- GBF; Mx v8 <- H. Reichenbach, Univ. Freiburg

NCBI tax ID(s): 83456 (species)

SI-ID 143749

DSM 52225

Special Collections

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Section

Myxococcus virescens Mx v8 is a bacterium that builds a fruiting body and was isolated from faeces of rabbit, collected from sand dunes.

Bacteria

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

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Pseudomonadota*
	Class	*Deltaproteobacteria*
	Order	*Myxococcales*
	Family	*Myxococcaceae*
	Genus	*Myxococcus*
	Species	**Myxococcus virescens**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Myxococcus virescens Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonym

Myxococcus flavescens

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #18281]	Multicellular complex forming ability	yes *
[Ref.: #18281]	Multicellular complex name	fruiting body *

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

[Ref.: #13917]

Culture medium

VY/2 AGAR (DSMZ Medium 9)

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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

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #13917]			growth	28 °C

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

[Ref.: #13917]	Sample type/isolated from	faeces of rabbit, collected from sand dunes
[Ref.: #13917]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Cap d'Agde
[Ref.: #13917]	Country	France
[Ref.: #13917]	Country ISO 3 Code	FRA
[Ref.: #13917]	Continent	Europe
* marker position based on {}

Isolation sources categories

#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Sandy
#Host	#Mammals	#Leporidae (Rabbit/Hare)
#Host Body Product	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Feces (Stool)

What are isolation sources categories?

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

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Biosafety level

Risk group (German classification)
According to TRBA 466

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 52225

[Ref.: #79196]

SI-ID 143749

References

#13917

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 52225

#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 )

#79196

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-ID143749.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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