Phocaeicola vulgatus (DSM 9670, mprl 1840, MPRL 1840/MH4)

Name: Phocaeicola vulgatus (DSM 9670, mprl 1840, MPRL 1840/MH4)
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BacDive ID 1588

Type strain

Strain Designation mprl 1840, MPRL 1840/MH4

Culture col. no. DSM 9670 mprl 1840 MPRL 1840/MH4

NCBI tax ID(s) 821

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Phocaeicola vulgatus mprl 1840 is an anaerobe, mesophilic human pathogen that was isolated from clinical specimen.

anaerobe mesophilic human pathogen

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 48661

DSM 9670

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:47:08

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Bacteroidota

Class Bacteroidia

Order Bacteroidales

Family Bacteroidaceae

Genus Phocaeicola

Species Phocaeicola vulgatus

Full scientific name Phocaeicola vulgatus (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) García-López et al. 2020

Synonyms (1)

Bacteroides vulgatus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Phocaeicola vulgatus** (8)	Type strain
1601	P. vulgatus LRA 049 07 85, DSM 1447, ATCC 8482, CCUG ... (type strain)
1602	P. vulgatus CCUG 12546, KCTC 2639, DSM 3289, ATCC 29327, ...
130883	P. vulgatus 39a-cc-B-5824-ARE, DSM 28735
157626	P. vulgatus H4_2, DSM 108222
157627	P. vulgatus H5_1, DSM 108228
157628	P. vulgatus H6_5, DSM 108234
158887	P. vulgatus WCA-389-WT-3C, DSM 107446
174363	P. vulgatus HUN383, NLAE-zl-G202, DSM 116443

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
3681	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
3681	FASTIDIOUS ANAEROBE BROTH (DSMZ Medium 1203a)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: FASTIDIOUS ANAEROBE BROTH (DSMZ Medium 1203a) Composition: Fastidious Anaerobe Basal Broth 35.4 g/l Distilled water
3681	COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693) Composition: Defibrinated sheep blood 50.0 g/l Columbia agar base

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
3681	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

3681

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68380	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A
68380	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	fermentation	from API rID32A
68380	29985 ChEBI	L-glutamate	+	degradation	from API rID32A
68380	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API rID32A
68380	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	fermentation	from API rID32A
68380	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API rID32A
68380	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API rID32A

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API rID32A

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68380	alanine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.2	from API rID32A
68380	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-arabinosidase	+	3.2.1.55	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-fucosidase	+	3.2.1.51	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API rID32A
68380	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API rID32A
68380	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API rID32A
68380	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API rID32A
68380	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32A
68380	glutamate decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.15	from API rID32A
68380	glutamyl-glutamate arylamidase	+		from API rID32A
68380	glycin arylamidase	+		from API rID32A
68380	histidine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	L-arginine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API rID32A
68380	leucyl glycin arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API rID32A
68380	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API rID32A
68380	phenylalanine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	proline-arylamidase	-	3.4.11.5	from API rID32A
68380	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	+	3.4.19.3	from API rID32A
68380	serine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API rID32A
68380	tyrosine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32A

API rID32A

@ref	URE	ADH (Arg)	alpha GAL	beta GAL	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphatebeta GP	alpha GLU	beta GLU	alpha ARA	beta GUR	beta-N-Acetyl-beta-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	MNE	RAF	GDC	alpha FUC	Reduction of nitrateNIT	IND	PAL	L-arginine arylamidaseArgA	ProA	LGA	Phenylalanine arylamidasePheA	Leucine arylamidaseLeuA	PyrA	Tyrosine arylamidaseTyrA	Alanine arylamidaseAlaA	Glycin arylamidaseGlyA	Histidine arylamidaseHisA	Glutamyl-glutamate arylamidaseGGA	Serine arylamidaseSerA
3681	-	-	+	+	+/-	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Infection	#Patient	#Specimen
#Infection	#Medical environment	#Clinic

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
3681	clinical specimen	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
3681			2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#3681	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 9670
#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 )
#68380	Automatically annotated from API rID32A .
#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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