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Weissella confusa (CCUG 37938)

Name: Weissella confusa (CCUG 37938)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 149544

Type strain

Culture col. no. CCUG 37938

NCBI tax ID(s) 1583

Special Collections CCUG

Links

Weissella confusa CCUG 37938 is a bacterium that was isolated from Human feces,healthy 41-yr-old man.

genome sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 14474

LMG 18503,CCUG 37938

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:41:56

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Lactobacillales

Family Lactobacillaceae

Genus Weissella

Species Weissella confusa

Full scientific name Weissella confusa (Holzapfel and Kandler 1969) Collins et al. 1994

Synonyms (2)

"Lactobacillus coprophilus subsp. confusus"
Lactobacillus confusus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Weissella confusa** (20)	Type strain
6844	W. confusa 548-D, DSM 20196, ATCC 10881, NCDO 1586, ... (type strain)
6843	W. confusa DSM 20194, NCDO 1975, CIP 102979
138045	W. confusa 573-86, CIP 102578
138177	W. confusa R-915-5, CIP 105139, ATCC 14434, JCM 1562, ...
143159	W. confusa CCUG 17582
146270	W. confusa CCUG 30763
146336	W. confusa CCUG 30943
146342	W. confusa CCUG 30969
148893	W. confusa CCUG 36556, LMG 17670
150163	W. confusa CCUG 39150
150289	W. confusa CCUG 39518
150448	W. confusa CCUG 39957
150685	W. confusa CCUG 41966, LMG 18815
150718	W. confusa CCUG 42040
151003	W. confusa CCUG 43002
153809	W. confusa CCUG 51220
154588	W. confusa CCUG 54486
155557	W. confusa CCUG 58143
156396	W. confusa CCUG 61560
172653	W. confusa CRBIP24.132

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Motility	Confidence	Gram stain
125438		94
125438		96.245	positive

Culture and growth conditions

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	facultative anaerobe	95.425

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		91.141

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68381	40585 ChEBI	alpha-cyclodextrin	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	29016 ChEBI	arginine	+	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
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
68381	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
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
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	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	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
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
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
68381	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	320055 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
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
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	27941 ChEBI	pullulan	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68381	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68381	15688 ChEBI	acetoin		from API rID32STR

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
68381	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+	from API rID32STR

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68381	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidase	+		from API rID32STR
68381	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API rID32STR
68381	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API rID32STR
68381	arginine dihydrolase	+	3.5.3.6	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.25	from API rID32STR
68381	glycyl tryptophan arylamidase	-		from API rID32STR
68381	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API rID32STR
68381	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API rID32STR
68381	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32STR

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

53965

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C16:0	31.4	16
C18:1 ω7c /12t/9t	19.7	17.824
C16:1 ω7c	11.6	15.819
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	8.8	17.724
C19:0 CYCLO ω8c	6.8	18.9
C18:1 ω9c	6.1	17.769
C18:0	5.8	18
C14:0	4.5	14
Unidentified	3.6	18.881
C17:1 ISO I/C16:0 DMA	1	16.481
C13:0 ISO 2OH	0.7	13.814

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
53965	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API rID32STR

@ref	ADH (Arg)	beta GLU	beta GAR	beta GUR	alpha GAL	PAL	RIB	MAN	SOR	LAC	TRE	RAF	SAC	LARA	DARL	Acid from alpha-cyclodextrinCDEX	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidaseAPPA	beta GAL	Pyrrolidonyl arylamidasePyrA	N-Acetyl-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	Glycyl-tryptophan arylamidaseGTA	HIP	GLYG	PUL	MAL	MEL	MLZ	Acidification of methyl beta-D-glucopyranosideMbeta DG	TAG	beta MAN	URE
53965	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

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

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
53965	Human feces,healthy 41-yr-old man	Homo sapiens	1997-05-06	Göteborg	Sweden	SWE	Europe

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM476608v1 assembly for Weissella confusa CCUG 37938	contig	GCA_004766085	1583.157	2849974524	1583	69.42
66792	ASM1646608v1 assembly for Weissella confusa CCUG 37938	contig	GCA_016466085	1583.275		1583	67.91

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM476608v1 assembly for Weissella confusa CCUG 37938
BV-BRC: 1583.157

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	95.43	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	82.14	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	71.51	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	91.14	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Weissella confusa strain CCUG 37938
PATRIC: 1583.157

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	96.25	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	84.27	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	89.35	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	91.50	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	93.34	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	94.00	no

Literature

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 )
#53965	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 37938
#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) .
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68381	Automatically annotated from API rID32STR .
#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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