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Lysinibacillus fusiformis (DSM 30621, ES2-W3a1)

BacDive ID 1522

Type strain

Strain Designation ES2-W3a1

Culture col. no. DSM 30621 ES2-W3a1

NCBI tax ID(s) 28031

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Lysinibacillus fusiformis ES2-W3a1 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from spacecraft-associated clean room class ISO 8, Herschel Space Observatory.

mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 406184

DSM 30621

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:47:07

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Caryophanaceae

Genus Lysinibacillus

Species Lysinibacillus fusiformis

Full scientific name Lysinibacillus fusiformis (Priest et al. 1989 ex Meyer and Gottheil 1901) Ahmed et al. 2007

Synonyms (1)

Bacillus fusiformis

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Lysinibacillus fusiformis** (8)	Type strain
1521	L. fusiformis AMNH 732, DSM 2898, ATCC 7055, JCM 31033, ... (type strain)
1520	L. fusiformis 24D, DSM 493, ATCC 7054, NCTC 2608, CRBIP3.1596
138368	L. fusiformis 1593, CIP 106827, IEBC S05.001, NRRL B-23282
156086	L. fusiformis CCUG 60335
157203	L. fusiformis CCUG 70528
169163	L. fusiformis H1k, DSM 103230
174350	L. fusiformis CG7_3, DSM 110491
174351	L. fusiformis CG7_2, DSM 110492

Morphology

Multimedia

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Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
16987	CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CASO AGAR (Merck 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 15.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 5.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
16987	positive	growth	28	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Built environment	#Clean room

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
16987	spacecraft-associated clean room class ISO 8, Herschel Space Observatory	Noordwijk, European Space Research and Technology Centre	Netherlands	NLD	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
16987	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#16987	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 30621
#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 )
#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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