Acidipropionibacterium acidipropionici (DSM 20272, ATCC 4875, NCDO 570)

Name: Acidipropionibacterium acidipropionici (DSM 20272, ATCC 4875, NCDO 570)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 12634

Type strain

Strain Designation 4

Culture col. no. DSM 20272 ATCC 4875 NCDO 570 NCIB 8070 4 6 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1171373 1748

Special Collections DSMZ JCM CIP

History <- Weihenstephan, Germany <- ATCC <- C.B. van Niel, 4 (Propionibacterium pentosaceum) T. Mitsuoka <-- ATCC 4875 <-- C. B. van Niel 4. CIP <- 1953, ATCC, Bacterium acidi-propionici <- C.B. van Niel, Hopkins Marine Stat.: strain 4, Propionibacterium pentosaceum

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Acidipropionibacterium acidipropionici 4 is an obligate anaerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from emmental cheese.

Gram-positive rod-shaped obligate anaerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 8651

LMG 16439,ATCC 4875,DSM 20272,IFO 12425,JCM 6432,NCFB 570,NCIMB 5970,NCIMB 8070,CCUG 37258,NCDO 570,NCIB 8070,CIP 53.164,NBRC 12425,BCRC 16151,CCRC 16151,CGMCC 1.2232,VTT E-79096

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:20:53

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Propionibacteriales

Family Propionibacteriaceae

Genus Acidipropionibacterium

Species Acidipropionibacterium acidipropionici

Full scientific name Acidipropionibacterium acidipropionici (Orla-Jensen 1909) Scholz and Kilian 2016

Synonyms (1)

Propionibacterium acidipropionici

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Acidipropionibacterium acidipropionici** (5)	Type strain
12633	A. acidipropionici 14X, 0179, DSM 4900, ATCC 25562, VPI 0399, ... (type strain)
12635	A. acidipropionici 61, P-21, DSM 20273, ATCC 4965, NCDO 563, ...
149200	A. acidipropionici CCUG 37258
162836	A. acidipropionici JCM 20264, IAM 1714
165403	A. acidipropionici JCM 6431

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
116014	positive	rod-shaped
125438			92
125439			96.1
125439	positive		99.9

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
8679	PYG MEDIUM (MODIFIED) (DSMZ Medium 104)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: PYG MEDIUM (modified) (DSMZ Medium 104) Composition: Yeast extract 10.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Trypticase peptone 5.0 g/l Beef extract 5.0 g/l Glucose 5.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.5 g/l NaHCO3 0.4 g/l NaCl 0.08 g/l K2HPO4 0.04 g/l KH2PO4 0.04 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.02 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.01 g/l Hemin 0.005 g/l Ethanol 0.0038 g/l Resazurin 0.001 g/l Tween 80 Vitamin K1 NaOH Distilled water
8679	PROPIONIBACTERIUM AGAR (DSMZ Medium 91)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: PROPIONIBACTERIUM AGAR (DSMZ Medium 91) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Na-lactate 10.0 g/l Casein peptone 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l Distilled water
42208	MEDIUM 20 - for Anaerobic bacteria		Agar (15.000 g);Glucose (5.000 g);Yeast extract (20.000 g);Tryptone (30.000 g);Cysteine hydrochloride (0.500 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml);Hemin solution -M00149 (25.000 ml)
116014	CIP Medium 20	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
8679	positive	growth	30
42208	positive	growth	30
67770	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
8679	obligate anaerobe
116014	facultative anaerobe
125439	facultative anaerobe	96.4

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
8679	A41.01	A3gamma LL-Dpm-Gly

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68380	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68380	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	fermentation	from API rID32A
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
116014	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68380	29985 ChEBI	L-glutamate	-	degradation	from API rID32A
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68380	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API rID32A
116014	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
116014	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
116014	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68380	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	fermentation	from API rID32A
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
116014	35020 ChEBI	tributyrin	+	hydrolysis
68380	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API rID32A
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68380	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API rID32A
116014	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API rID32A

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68380	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-arabinosidase	+	3.2.1.55	from API rID32A
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68380	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API rID32A
68382	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68380	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22	from API rID32A
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68380	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API rID32A
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
116014	amylase	+
68380	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API rID32A
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
116014	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68380	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API rID32A
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68380	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32A
116014	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
116014	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	from API zym
116014	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	-		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	-		from API zym
116014	gelatinase	-
68380	glutamate decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.15	from API rID32A
68380	glutamyl-glutamate arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	L-arginine arylamidase	+		from API rID32A
116014	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68380	leucyl glycin arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API rID32A
116014	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68380	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API rID32A
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
116014	oxidase	-
68380	proline-arylamidase	+	3.4.11.5	from API rID32A
116014	protease	-
68380	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API rID32A
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68380	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API rID32A
116014	tween esterase	+
116014	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68380	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32A
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	teichoic acid biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	acetoin degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	100	7 of 7
66794	starch degradation	100	10 of 10
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	acetate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	denitrification	100	2 of 2
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	threonine metabolism	90	9 of 10
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	isoleucine metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	86.67	13 of 15
66794	heme metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	citric acid cycle	85.71	12 of 14
66794	propanol degradation	85.71	6 of 7
66794	glycolysis	82.35	14 of 17
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	82.22	37 of 45
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	82.14	23 of 28
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	81.82	9 of 11
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	81.82	9 of 11
66794	proline metabolism	81.82	9 of 11
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	cellulose degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	80	8 of 10
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	80	4 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	80	4 of 5
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	79.41	27 of 34
66794	photosynthesis	78.57	11 of 14
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	valine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	NAD metabolism	77.78	14 of 18
66794	d-mannose degradation	77.78	7 of 9
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	alanine metabolism	75.86	22 of 29
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	75	6 of 8
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	biotin biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	73.63	67 of 91
66794	flavin biosynthesis	73.33	11 of 15
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	71.43	5 of 7
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	purine metabolism	71.28	67 of 94
66794	non-pathway related	71.05	27 of 38
66794	propionate fermentation	70	7 of 10
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	70	7 of 10
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	68.75	11 of 16
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	66.67	4 of 6
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	d-xylose degradation	63.64	7 of 11
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	arginine metabolism	62.5	15 of 24
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
66794	gluconeogenesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	61.54	16 of 26
66794	leucine metabolism	61.54	8 of 13
66794	urea cycle	61.54	8 of 13
66794	degradation of hexoses	61.11	11 of 18
66794	degradation of pentoses	60.71	17 of 28
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	60	3 of 5
66794	methionine metabolism	57.69	15 of 26
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
66794	mevalonate metabolism	57.14	4 of 7
66794	degradation of sugar acids	56	14 of 25
66794	nitrate assimilation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	cysteine metabolism	55.56	10 of 18
66794	lipid metabolism	54.84	17 of 31
66794	lysine metabolism	54.76	23 of 42
66794	histidine metabolism	51.72	15 of 29
66794	grixazone biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	kanosamine biosynthesis II	50	1 of 2
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	tryptophan metabolism	50	19 of 38
66794	glutathione metabolism	50	7 of 14
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	adipate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	sulfate reduction	46.15	6 of 13
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	46.15	6 of 13
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	44.44	4 of 9
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	43.75	7 of 16
66794	tyrosine metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	41.67	5 of 12
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	38.46	5 of 13
66794	ascorbate metabolism	36.36	8 of 22
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	33.33	6 of 18
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	allantoin degradation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	33.33	5 of 15
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	30	3 of 10
66794	aclacinomycin biosynthesis	28.57	2 of 7
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	phenol degradation	25	5 of 20
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	butanoate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	22.22	2 of 9
66794	polyamine pathway	21.74	5 of 23

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
116014	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
116014	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	+/-	+	+/-	+/-	+	+/-	+/-	+	+	+	+	+/-	-	+/-	+	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-

API rID32A

@ref	URE	ADH (Arg)	alpha GAL	beta GAL	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphatebeta GP	alpha GLU	beta GLU	alpha ARA	beta GUR	beta-N-Acetyl-beta-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	MNE	RAF	GDC	alpha FUC	Reduction of nitrateNIT	IND	PAL	L-arginine arylamidaseArgA	ProA	LGA	Phenylalanine arylamidasePheA	Leucine arylamidaseLeuA	PyrA	Tyrosine arylamidaseTyrA	Alanine arylamidaseAlaA	Glycin arylamidaseGlyA	Histidine arylamidaseHisA	Glutamyl-glutamate arylamidaseGGA	Serine arylamidaseSerA
8679	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+/-	+/-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+
8679	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+/-	+/-	+	-	+
8679	-	-	+	+	-	+	+/-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Food production	#Dairy product

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
8679	emmental cheese
67770	Emmenthaler cheese
116014	Food, Cheese, Emmenthal

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB536774 (>99% sequence identity) for Acidipropionibacterium acidipropionici from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	3912
Soil Samples	3020
Animal Samples	15402
Plant Samples	540
Total Samples	22874

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
8679	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
116014	1	Risk group (French 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	ASM31006v1 assembly for Acidipropionibacterium acidipropionici ATCC 4875	complete	GCA_000310065	1171373.8	2521172602	1171373	98.59
66792	Acidipropionibacterium acidipropionici ATCC 4875	complete			2518285597	1171373	70.08

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Propionibacterium acidi-propionici partial 16S rRNA	X53221	1351		1171373
67770	Propionibacterium acidipropionici gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 6432	AB536774	1495		1171373

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
8679	66.0
67770	66	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Acidipropionibacterium acidipropionici ATCC 4875
NCBI: GCA_000310065

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	96.40	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	99.90	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	96.10	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	50.90	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Acidipropionibacterium acidipropionici ATCC 4875 ATCC 4875
NCBI: GCA_000310065.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	89.24	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	75.00	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	63.67	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	72.55	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	93.61	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	92.00	no

Literature

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	The Antimicrobial Effect of Various Single-Strain and Multi-Strain Probiotics, Dietary Supplements or Other Beneficial Microbes against Common Clinical Wound Pathogens.	Fijan S, Kocbek P, Steyer A, Vodicar PM, Strauss M.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms10122518	2022
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	Exploring the Extreme Acid Tolerance of a Dynamic Protein Nanocage.	Jones JA, Andreas MP, Giessen TW.	Biomacromolecules	10.1021/acs.biomac.2c01424	2023
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