Butyricimonas faecihominis (DSM 105721, 180-3, CCUG 65562)

Name: Butyricimonas faecihominis (DSM 105721, 180-3, CCUG 65562)
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BacDive ID 133154

Type strain

Strain Designation 180-3

Culture col. no. DSM 105721 180-3 CCUG 65562 JCM 18676

NCBI tax ID(s) 1472416

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM Literature strains

History DSMZ <- JCM RIKEN BioResource Center, Tsukuba; JCM 18676 <- Y. Tanaka; 180-3 JCM <-- Y. Tanaka 180-3.

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Butyricimonas faecihominis 180-3 is a Gram-positive, coccus-shaped bacterium that forms circular colonies and was isolated from healthy human’s faeces .

Gram-positive coccus-shaped colony-forming genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 400609

JCM 18676,DSM 105721,CCUG 65562

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:38:01

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacteroidota

Class Bacteroidia

Order Bacteroidales

Family Odoribacteraceae

Genus Butyricimonas

Species Butyricimonas faecihominis

Full scientific name Butyricimonas faecihominis Sakamoto et al. 2014

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Butyricimonas faecihominis** (2)	Type strain
140075	B. faecihominis
157197	B. faecihominis CCUG 70450

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Motility
24928	positive	1.3 µm	0.7 µm	coccus-shaped

Colony morphology

@ref	Type of hemolysis	Hemolysis ability	Colony color	Colony shape	Incubation period	Medium used	Colony size
24928			yellowish	circular	3 days	yeast extract-casein hydrolysate-fatty acids (YCFAG) agar plate	1.0-2.0 mm
24928	gamma	0	white to colourless	circular	3 days	yeast extract-casein hydrolysate-fatty acids (YCFAG) agar plate
24928				irregular

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
24928	yeast extract-casein hydrolysate-fatty acids (YCFAG) agar plate
24928	yeast extract-casein hydrolysate-fatty acids (YCFAG) agar plate		supplemented with 1.0 % glucose
24928	sulfide-indole motility medium
24928	inositol-enriched medium
42682	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

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
42682	positive	growth	37
63241	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
24928
63241	anaerobe
125438	anaerobe	90.338
125439	facultative anaerobe	91.745

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
24928	A31	A1gamma m-Dpm-direct

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-10

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
24928	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	fermentation
24928	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	-	fermentation
24928	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from
24928	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	fermentation
24928	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from
24928	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from
24928	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from
24928	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	builds acid from
24928	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from
24928	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	fermentation
24928	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	fermentation
24928	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
24928	28757 ChEBI	fructose	-	fermentation
24928	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis
24928	17234 ChEBI	glucose	-	fermentation
24928	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from
24928	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	fermentation
24928	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from
24928	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from
24928	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	fermentation
24928	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from
24928	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	fermentation
24928	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	-	fermentation
24928	37684 ChEBI	mannose	-	fermentation
24928	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from
24928	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	fermentation
24928	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	fermentation
24928	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	+	fermentation
24928	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
24928	17309 ChEBI	pectin	-	fermentation
24928	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from
24928	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	fermentation
24928	8806 ChEBI	resazurin	-	reduction
24928	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	-	builds acid from
24928	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	-	fermentation
24928	33942 ChEBI	ribose	-	fermentation
24928	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	fermentation
24928	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from
24928	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from
24928	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	fermentation
24928	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	hydrolysis
24928	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	fermentation
24928	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from
24928	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from
24928	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	fermentation
24928	18222 ChEBI	xylose	-	fermentation

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
24928	30089 ChEBI	acetate
24928	17968 ChEBI	butyrate
24928	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide
24928	35581 ChEBI	indole
24928	24996 ChEBI	lactate
24928	30031 ChEBI	succinate

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
24928	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
24928	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1
24928	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1
24928	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51
24928	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22
24928	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20
24928	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24
24928	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
24928	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21
24928	beta-glucuronidase		3.2.1.31
24928	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
24928	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3
24928	cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1
24928	esterase (C 4)	-
24928	esterase lipase (C 8)	-
24928	lecithinase	-
24928	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1
24928	lipase	-
24928	lipase (C 14)	-
24928	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52
24928	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-
24928	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4
24928	urease	-	3.5.1.5
24928	valine arylamidase	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Human	-
#Host Body Product	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Feces (Stool)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Enrichment culture	Enrichment culture composition	Enrichment culture duration	Enrichment culture temperature	Sampling date
24928	healthy human’s faeces (who had not undergone antibiotic therapy in the previous 6 months)	Homo sapiens	Japan	JPN	Asia	yeast extract-casein hydrolysate-fatty acids (YCFA) broth	supplemented with 0.5 % carbohydrate [one of mucin (from porcine stomach; Wako Pure Chemical Industries), inulin (from chicory), arabinogalactan, xylan, lignin, pectin, cellulose, galactose, amylopectin, L-fucose, N-acetyl-D-galactosamine or N-acetyl-D-glucosamine]	8-16 h	37
63241	Human feces	Homo sapiens	Japan	JPN	Asia					2010-07-08
42682	human faeces	Homo sapiens	Japan	JPN	Asia
67770	Human feces	Homo sapiens

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
42682	1	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM3309644v1 assembly for Butyricimonas faecihominis JCM 18676	complete	GCA_033096445	1472416.128		1472416	93.08
124043	ASM3287889v1 assembly for Butyricimonas faecihominis DSM 105721	complete	GCA_032878895	1472416.127		1472416	92.88
66792	ASM1419697v1 assembly for Butyricimonas faecihominis DSM 105721	contig	GCA_014196975	1472416.74	2830045573	1472416	69.03
66792	ASM1464733v1 assembly for Butyricimonas faecihominis JCM 18676	contig	GCA_014647335	1472416.75	8074823801	1472416	68.04
67770	ASM883038v1 assembly for Butyricimonas faecihominis CCUG 65562	contig	GCA_008830385	1472416.60	8074827895	1472416	65.89

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
42682	Butyricimonas faecihominis gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: 180-3	AB916501	1486		1472416

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
24928	55.6
24928	35
67770	45.2	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM3309644v1 assembly for Butyricimonas faecihominis JCM 18676
NCBI: GCA_033096445

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	91.75	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	84.26	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	37.57	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	50.45	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Butyricimonas faecihominis strain CCUG 65562
PATRIC: 1472416.60

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	68.96	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	90.34	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	88.66	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	94.75	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	94.48	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	85.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Complete genome sequence of Butyricimonas faecihominis JCM 18676^T.	Fukuoka H, Tourlousse DM, Hamajima M, Koike K, Endo I, Sekiguchi Y.	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/mra.00514-23	2023
Metabolism	Characterization of fructooligosaccharide metabolism and fructooligosaccharide-degrading enzymes in human commensal butyrate producers.	Tanno H, Fujii T, Hirano K, Maeno S, Tonozuka T, Sakamoto M, Ohkuma M, Tochio T, Endo A.	Gut Microbes	10.1080/19490976.2020.1869503	2021
Phylogeny	Butyricimonas muris sp. nov., isolated from mouse faeces.	Xu T, Ju E, Wang ZA, Wei J, Wang Y, Du Y.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006906	2025
Phylogeny	Butyricimonas faecihominis sp. nov. and Butyricimonas paravirosa sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and emended description of the genus Butyricimonas.	Sakamoto M, Tanaka Y, Benno Y, Ohkuma M	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.065318-0	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 )
#24928	T. W. Takada, Koichi,Makino, Hiroshi,Kushiro, Akira: Reclassification of Eubacterium desmolans as Butyricicoccus desmolans comb. nov., and description of Butyricicoccus faecihominis sp. nov., a butyrate-producing bacterium from human faeces. IJSEM 66: 4125 - 4131 2016 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.001323 , PubMed 27453394 )
#42682	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 105721
#63241	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 65562
#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) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#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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Butyricimonas faecihominis (DSM 105721, 180-3, CCUG 65562)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Murein

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Enzymes

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_033096445

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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