Name: Bacteroides fragilis mprl 1839
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 1586

Type strain:

Species: Bacteroides fragilis

Strain Designation: mprl 1839, MPRL 1839/MH3

Culture col. no.: DSM 9668

Strain history: <- M.A.E. Hamilton, University of the West Indies; MPRL 1839/MH3

NCBI tax ID(s): 817 (species)

SI-ID 48659

DSM 9668

Other strains from Bacteroides fragilis

Section

Bacteroides fragilis mprl 1839 is an anaerobe, mesophilic human pathogen that was isolated from clinical specimen.

anaerobe
human pathogen
mesophilic
Bacteria

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

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Bacteroidota*
	Class	*Bacteroidia*
	Order	*Bacteroidales*
	Family	*Bacteroidaceae*
	Genus	*Bacteroides*
	Species	**Bacteroides fragilis**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Bacteroides fragilis (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonym

"Bacillus fragilis"

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

PYG MEDIUM (MODIFIED) (DSMZ Medium 104)

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FASTIDIOUS ANAEROBE BROTH (DSMZ Medium 1203a)

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COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693)

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	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
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Temperature range

mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

anaerobe

	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	no	* 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]	glutamate decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.15	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	glutamyl-glutamate 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]	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:

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	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.: #3679]	13231	-	-	+	+	-	+	+/-	-	+/-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+/-	+	+	+/-	+	+	+/-

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

[Ref.: #3679]	Sample type/isolated from	clinical specimen
[Ref.: #3679]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Edinburgh
[Ref.: #3679]	Country	United Kingdom
[Ref.: #3679]	Country ISO 3 Code	GBR
[Ref.: #3679]	Continent	Europe
[Ref.: #3679]	Geographic location	55.9533°/-3.1883°
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Isolation sources categories

#Infection	#Patient	#Specimen
#Infection	#Medical environment	#Clinic

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Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

[Ref.: #3679]	Pathogenicity (human)	yes
[Ref.: #3679]	Pathogenicity (animal)	yes
[Ref.: #3679]	Biosafety level	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 9668

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SI-ID 48659

References

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Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 9668

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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 )

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Automatically annotated from API rID32A .

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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-ID48659.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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