Bacteroides fragilis CIP 105892 is a mesophilic, Gram-negative, rod-shaped prokaryote of the family Bacteroidaceae.
Gram-negative rod-shaped mesophilic| @ref 20215 |
Last LPSN update
2025-12-16 10:03:01 |
| Domain Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum Bacteroidota |
| Class Bacteroidia |
| Order Bacteroidales |
| Family Bacteroidaceae |
| Genus Bacteroides |
| Species Bacteroides fragilis |
| Full scientific name Bacteroides fragilis (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980) |
| Synonyms (3) |
| @ref | Chebi-ID | Metabolite | Utilization activity | Kind of utilization tested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39381 | 17057 ChEBI | cellobiose | - | degradation | |
| 39381 | 15824 ChEBI | D-fructose | + | degradation | |
| 39381 | 17634 ChEBI | D-glucose | + | degradation | |
| 39381 | 65327 ChEBI | D-xylose | + | degradation | |
| 39381 | 4853 ChEBI | esculin | + | hydrolysis | |
| 39381 | 17716 ChEBI | lactose | + | degradation | |
| 39381 | 17306 ChEBI | maltose | + | degradation | |
| 39381 | 17632 ChEBI | nitrate | - | reduction | |
| 39381 | 17632 ChEBI | nitrate | + | respiration | |
| 39381 | 16301 ChEBI | nitrite | - | reduction | |
| 39381 | 17814 ChEBI | salicin | - | degradation | |
| 39381 | 17992 ChEBI | sucrose | + | degradation |
| @ref | Value | Activity | Ec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68382 | acid phosphatase | + | 3.1.3.2 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alkaline phosphatase | + | 3.1.3.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-chymotrypsin | - | 3.4.21.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-fucosidase | + | 3.2.1.51 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-galactosidase | + | 3.2.1.22 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-glucosidase | + | 3.2.1.20 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-mannosidase | - | 3.2.1.24 | from API zym |
| 39381 | amylase | - | ||
| 68382 | beta-galactosidase | + | 3.2.1.23 | from API zym |
| 39381 | beta-galactosidase | + | 3.2.1.23 | |
| 68382 | beta-glucosidase | - | 3.2.1.21 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-glucuronidase | + | 3.2.1.31 | from API zym |
| 39381 | caseinase | - | 3.4.21.50 | |
| 39381 | catalase | + | 1.11.1.6 | |
| 68382 | cystine arylamidase | - | 3.4.11.3 | from API zym |
| 68382 | esterase (C 4) | + | from API zym | |
| 68382 | esterase lipase (C 8) | + | from API zym | |
| 39381 | gelatinase | - | ||
| 39381 | lecithinase | - | ||
| 68382 | leucine arylamidase | - | 3.4.11.1 | from API zym |
| 39381 | lipase | - | ||
| 68382 | lipase (C 14) | - | from API zym | |
| 68382 | N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase | + | 3.2.1.52 | from API zym |
| 68382 | naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase | + | from API zym | |
| 39381 | oxidase | - | ||
| 39381 | protease | - | ||
| 68382 | trypsin | - | 3.4.21.4 | from API zym |
| 39381 | tween esterase | - | ||
| 39381 | urease | - | 3.5.1.5 | |
| 68382 | valine arylamidase | - | from API zym |
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A highly conserved SusCD transporter determines the import and species-specific antagonism of Bacteroides ubiquitin homologues. | Tong M, Xu J, Li W, Jiang K, Yang Y, Chen Z, Jiao X, Meng X, Wang M, Hong J, Long H, Liu SJ, Lim B, Gao X. | Nat Commun | 10.1038/s41467-024-53149-w | 2024 | | |
| Metabolism | A Common Pathway for Activation of Host-Targeting and Bacteria-Targeting Toxins in Human Intestinal Bacteria. | Bao Y, Verdegaal AA, Anderson BW, Barry NA, He J, Gao X, Goodman AL. | mBio | 10.1128/mbio.00656-21 | 2021 | |
| Dissecting Gut-Microbial Community Interactions using a Gut Microbiome-on-a-Chip. | Lee J, Menon N, Lim CT. | Adv Sci (Weinh) | 10.1002/advs.202302113 | 2024 | | |
| KRAS mutations promote the intratumoral colonization of enterotoxigenic bacteroides fragilis in colorectal cancer through the regulation of the miRNA3655/SURF6/IRF7/IFNbeta axis. | Chen Y, Liu S, Tan S, Zheng Y, Chen Y, Yang C, Lin S, Mi Y, Li W. | Gut Microbes | 10.1080/19490976.2024.2423043 | 2024 | | |
| The Bacteroides fragilis pathogenicity island links virulence and strain competition. | Casterline BW, Hecht AL, Choi VM, Bubeck Wardenburg J. | Gut Microbes | 10.1080/19490976.2017.1290758 | 2017 | | |
| Metabolism | A Two-Component System Regulates Bacteroides fragilis Toxin to Maintain Intestinal Homeostasis and Prevent Lethal Disease. | Hecht AL, Casterline BW, Choi VM, Bubeck Wardenburg J. | Cell Host Microbe | 10.1016/j.chom.2017.08.007 | 2017 | |
| Enzymology | Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of enterotoxigenic extra-intestinal Bacteroides fragilis among 13-year collection of isolates in Kuwait. | Jamal W, Khodakhast FB, AlAzmi A, Soki J, AlHashem G, Rotimi VO. | BMC Microbiol | 10.1186/s12866-020-1703-4 | 2020 | |
| Human gut bacteria contain acquired interbacterial defence systems. | Ross BD, Verster AJ, Radey MC, Schmidtke DT, Pope CE, Hoffman LR, Hajjar AM, Peterson SB, Borenstein E, Mougous JD. | Nature | 10.1038/s41586-019-1708-z | 2019 | | |
| Metabolism | Activation of Bacteroides fragilis toxin by a novel bacterial protease contributes to anaerobic sepsis in mice. | Choi VM, Herrou J, Hecht AL, Teoh WP, Turner JR, Crosson S, Bubeck Wardenburg J. | Nat Med | 10.1038/nm.4077 | 2016 | |
| Distribution, detection of enterotoxigenic strains and antimicrobial drug susceptibility patterns of bacteroides fragilis group in diarrheic and non-diarrheic feces from brazilian infants. | Ferreira DP, Silva VL, Guimaraes DA, Coelho CM, Zauli DA, Farias LM, Carvalho MA, Diniz CG. | Braz J Microbiol | 10.1590/s1517-83822010000300010 | 2010 | | |
| Human symbionts inject and neutralize antibacterial toxins to persist in the gut. | Wexler AG, Bao Y, Whitney JC, Bobay LM, Xavier JB, Schofield WB, Barry NA, Russell AB, Tran BQ, Goo YA, Goodlett DR, Ochman H, Mougous JD, Goodman AL. | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A | 10.1073/pnas.1525637113 | 2016 | | |
| Enzymology | Occurrence of Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin gene-carrying strains in Germany and the United States. | Claros MC, Claros ZC, Tang YJ, Cohen SH, Silva J, Goldstein EJ, Rodloff AC. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.38.5.1996-1997.2000 | 2000 | |
| Enzymology | Vaginal carriage of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in pregnant women. | Leszczynski P, van Belkum A, Pituch H, Verbrugh H, Meisel-Mikolajczyk F. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.35.11.2899-2903.1997 | 1997 | |
| Characterization of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis by a toxin-specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. | Van Tassell RL, Lyerly DM, Wilkins TD. | Clin Diagn Lab Immunol | 10.1128/cdli.1.5.578-584.1994 | 1994 | | |
| Exploratory Investigation of Bacteroides fragilis Transcriptional Response during In vitro Exposure to Subinhibitory Concentration of Metronidazole. | de Freitas MC, Resende JA, Ferreira-Machado AB, Saji GD, de Vasconcelos AT, da Silva VL, Nicolas MF, Diniz CG | Front Microbiol | 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01465 | 2016 | |
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