Name: Faecalicoccus acidiformans 37-2
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 130324

Type strain:

Species: Faecalicoccus acidiformans

Strain Designation: 37-2, 37-2a

Culture col. no.: DSM 26963, LMG 27428

Strain history: <- C. de Maesschalck, Ghent Univ., Belgium; 37-2 <- V. Eeckhaut

NCBI tax ID(s): 915173 (species)

SI-ID 387256

LMG 27428, DSM 26963, KCTC 15517

Section

Faecalicoccus acidiformans 37-2 is an obligate anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive bacterium that was isolated from caecal content of a 14-week old Isa Brown layer chicken.

Gram-positive
mesophilic
obligate anaerobe
16S sequence
Bacteria
genome sequence

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

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Bacillota*
	Class	*Erysipelotrichia*
	Order	*Erysipelotrichales*
	Family	*Erysipelotrichaceae*
	Genus	*Faecalicoccus*
	Species	**Faecalicoccus acidiformans**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Faecalicoccus acidiformans De Maesschalck et al. 2014

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #69480]	Gram stain	positive Confidence in %99.71

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

CHOPPED MEAT MEDIUM WITH CARBOHYDRATES (DSMZ Medium 110)

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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.: #22123]			growth	37 °C

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Temperature range

mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #22123]	Oxygen tolerance	obligate anaerobe
[Ref.: #69480]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe Confidence in %99.182

[Ref.: #69481]	Ability of spore formation	no Confidence in %97
[Ref.: #69480]	Ability of spore formation	no Confidence in %100

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #68380]	arginine ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	D-mannose ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	L-glutamate ChEBI	-	degradation	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	raffinose ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	tryptophan ChEBI	+	energy source	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	urea ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API rID32A

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #68380]		indole ChEBI	yes	* from API rID32A

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Indole test
[Ref.: #68380]		indole ChEBI	+	* from API rID32A

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68380]	alanine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.2	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alpha-arabinosidase	-	3.2.1.55	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphate	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	glutamate decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.15	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	glutamyl-glutamate arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	glycin arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	histidine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	L-arginine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	leucyl glycin arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	phenylalanine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	proline-arylamidase	-	3.4.11.5	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	+	3.4.19.3	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	serine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	tryptophan deaminase	+	4.1.99.1	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	tyrosine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	urease	-	3.5.1.5	* from API rID32A
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API® rID32A:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	Urease/urea hydrolysisURE	Arginine dihydrolaseADH (Arg)	alpha-Galactosidasealpha GAL	beta-Galactosidasebeta GAL	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphatebeta GP	alpha-Glucosidasealpha GLU	beta-Glucosidasebeta GLU	alpha-Arabinosidasealpha ARA	beta-Glucuronidasebeta GUR	beta-N-Acetyl-beta-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	Fermentation of D-mannoseMNE	Fermentation of raffinoseRAF	Glutamate decarboxylaseGDC	alpha-Fucosidasealpha FUC	Reduction of nitrateNIT	Indole productionIND	Alkaline phosphatasePAL	L-arginine arylamidaseArgA	Proline arylamidaseProA	Leucyl glycin arylamidaseLGA	Phenylalanine arylamidasePheA	Leucine arylamidaseLeuA	Pyrrolidonyl arylamidasePyrA	Tyrosine arylamidaseTyrA	Alanine arylamidaseAlaA	Glycin arylamidaseGlyA	Histidine arylamidaseHisA	Glutamyl-glutamate arylamidaseGGA	Serine arylamidaseSerA
[Ref.: #22123]	12819	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

[Ref.: #22123]	Sample type/isolated from	caecal content of a 14-week old Isa Brown layer chicken
[Ref.: #22123]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Ghent, Merelbeke
[Ref.: #22123]	Country	Belgium
[Ref.: #22123]	Country ISO 3 Code	BEL
[Ref.: #22123]	Continent	Europe
[Ref.: #22123]	Geographic location	50.9944°/3.7461°
* marker position based on {}

Isolation sources categories

#Host	#Birds	#Chicken
#Host Body-Site	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Large intestine
#Host Body Product	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Caecal content

What are isolation sources categories?

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Global distribution of 16S sequence HQ452864 (>99% sequence identity) for Faecalicoccus acidiformans subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	31
Soil Samples	100
Animal Samples	1771
Plant Samples	19
Total Samples	1921

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

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #22123]	Faecalicoccus acidiformans strain 37-2a 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	HQ452864	1380	ENA	915173 tax ID

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Faecalicoccus acidiformans DSM 26963	GCA_014202635	scaffold	GenBank	915173 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Faecalicoccus acidiformans strain DSM 26963	915173.6	wgs	PATRIC	915173 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Faecalicoccus acidiformans DSM 26963	2861580396	draft	JGI IMG/M	915173 tax ID	*

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GC-content

40.4 mol%

high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Data predicted using genome information as a basis Genome-based predictions

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 based on: Faecalicoccus acidiformans DSM 26963 NCBI: GCA_014202635.1
[Ref.: #69481]	spore-forming	no	97	no

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from Diaspora project based on: Faecalicoccus acidiformans DSM 26963 NCBI: GCA_014202635.1
[Ref.: #69480]	flagellated	no	96.732	no
[Ref.: #69480]	gram-positive	yes	87.982	no
[Ref.: #69480]	anaerobic	yes	99.219	no
[Ref.: #69480]	aerobic	no	99.212	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	halophile	no	62.301	no
[Ref.: #69480]	spore-forming	no	95.297	no
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-util	yes	85.84	no
[Ref.: #69480]	thermophile	no	97.063	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	motile	no	92.117	no
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-ferment	yes	63.982	no

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 26963, LMG 27428

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SI-ID 387256

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Faecalicoccus acidiformans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the chicken caecum, and reclassification of Streptococcus pleomorphus (Barnes et al. 1977), Eubacterium biforme (Eggerth 1935) and Eubacterium cylindroides (Cato et al. 1974) as Faecalicoccus pleomorphus comb. nov., Holdemanella biformis gen. nov., comb. nov. and Faecalitalea cylindroides gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively, within the family Erysipelotrichaceae.	De Maesschalck C, Van Immerseel F, Eeckhaut V, De Baere S, Cnockaert M, Croubels S, Haesebrouck F, Ducatelle R, Vandamme P	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.064626-0	2014	*

References

#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 )

#22123

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 26963

#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) .

#68380

Automatically annotated from API rID32A .

#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 .

#69480

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Predictions based on genome sequence made in the Diaspora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#69481

Xiao-Yin To, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Alice C. McHardy, Philipp C. Münch: Predictions based on the model GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 . ( DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2527258/v1 )

#88857

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-ID387256.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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