Phreatobacter oligotrophus Tóth et al. 2014
General information
Name
Phreatobacter oligotrophus
Valid publication
2014
Nomenclature type
DSM 25521
;NCAIM B 02510;PI_21
Etymology
Gr. adj. <i>oligos</i>, little, small; Gr. suff. <i>trophos</i> (from Gr. v. <i>trepho</i>, to feed), feeder; N.L. masc. adj. <i>oligotrophus</i>, growing with low nutrient concentrations.
Ecology
Source
isolated from ultrapure water of a water storage tank in a Hungarian power plant.
Morphology
Cells are motile rods (0.3-0.7 × 1.0-2.9 µm). Colonies on R2A medium are small (1-2 mm), circular, shiny, whitish and almost transparent.
Morphology standardized
cell shape | length | width |
---|---|---|
rod | 1.0-2.9 | 0.3-0.7 |
motility |
---|
- |
Physiology
Oxygen requirement
obligately aerobic
GC
GC_content |
---|
68.9 |
Gram
staining |
---|
negative |
Growth temperature
optimum |
---|
25.0-37.0 |
range |
---|
20.0-45.0 |
Growth PH
optimum |
---|
6.0-8.0 |
range |
---|
5.5-9.5 |
C/N source
positive results | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D-xylose | methanol | alanine | D-fructose | dulcitol | D-glucose | D-galactose | glycerol | lactose |
negative results | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D-rhamnose | sucrose | pyruvate | sodium pyruvate | sodium citrate | acetate | formate | inositol | sodium acetate | citrate |
Biochemistry
Fattyacids
Name | Account |
---|---|
11-methyl C18:1 ω7c | 14.33 |
C16:0 | 5.32 |
C18:1 ω7c | 72.43 |
Indole pdu
-
Metyl red
-
Nitrate rdc
-
Polar lipids
PG;DPG;PE;PC
Quinones
UQ-10
Vp test
-
Cellwall aa
meso-diaminopimelic acid
Enzymology
Enzyme | Activity |
---|---|
acetyl β-glucosaminidase | - |
acid phosphatase | + |
alkaline phosphatase | + |
amylase | - |
catalase | + |
cystine arylamidase | - |
esterase C4 | + |
esterase C8 | + |
leucine arylamidase | + |
lipase C14 | - |
naphthol AS-BI-phosphohydrolase | + |
oxidase | + |
trypsin | + |
valine arylamidase | + |
α-chymotrypsin | - |
α-fucosidase | - |
α-galactosidase | - |
α-glucosidase | - |
α-mannosidase | - |
β-galactosidase | - |
β-glucosidase | - |
β-glucuronidase | - |
Taxonomy marker
HE616165
Phreatobacter oligotrophus
Create date: 08-DEC-2011
Length
1402
Topology
linear
Strandedness
double
Xref
Genomics
Submitter date: 2018/04/09 00:00 Update date: 2018/04/25 00:00
Source
DOE Joint Genome Institute
Coverage
157
Assembly status
Contig
Assembly class
haploid
Strain List
References
1
Tóth, E.M., Vengring, A., Homonnay, Z.G., Kki, Z., Sprer, C., Borsodi, A.K., Mrialigeti, K., and Schumann, P. Phreatobacter oligotrophus gen. nov., sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium isolated from ultrapure water of the water purification system of a power plant. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2014) 64:839-845.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.053843-0]
[PMID:24277862]