Bacteroides eggerthii (DSM 107245, WCA3-601-WT-5E)

Name: Bacteroides eggerthii (DSM 107245, WCA3-601-WT-5E)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 158880

Type strain

Strain Designation WCA3-601-WT-5E

Culture col. no. DSM 107245 WCA3-601-WT-5E

NCBI tax ID(s) 28111

Special Collections DSMZ Pig DZIF

History DSMZ <- T. Clavel , TU Munich, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany;

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Bacteroides eggerthii WCA3-601-WT-5E is a bacterium that was isolated from feces; pig, 24 weeks old, wild type.

genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 405267

DSM 107245

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:44:03

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacteroidota

Class Bacteroidia

Order Bacteroidales

Family Bacteroidaceae

Genus Bacteroides

Species Bacteroides eggerthii

Full scientific name Bacteroides eggerthii Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Bacteroides eggerthii** (1)	Type strain
1583	B. eggerthii 10128, DSM 20697, ATCC 27754, NCTC 11155, ... (type strain)

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125438	negative	93.714

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
65702	GAM Broth (Gifu Anaerobic Medium Broth) (DSMZ Medium 1713)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: GAM Broth (Gifu Anaerobic Medium Broth) (DSMZ Medium 1713; with strain-specific modifications) Composition: GAM Broth powder 59.0 g/l Sodium pyruvate 11.004 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
65702	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125438		93.479

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-Galactosidase 6-phosphate	-		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
65702	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host Body Product	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Feces (Stool)
#Host	#Mammals	#Suidae (Pig,Swine)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
65702	feces; pig, 24 weeks old, wild type	Kranzberg (Bavaria)	Germany	DEU	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence MN537524 (>99% sequence identity) for Bacteroides eggerthii subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	9244
Soil Samples	2463
Animal Samples	163124
Plant Samples	713
Total Samples	175544

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
65702	2	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM1284412v1 assembly for Bacteroides eggerthii WCA3-601-WT-5E	contig	GCA_012844125	28111.443	28111	56.84

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
65702	Bacteroides eggerthii strain DSM 107245 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	MN537524	1488		28111

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Bacteroides eggerthii WCA3-601-WT-5E
NCBI: GCA_012844125.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	93.71	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	87.75	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	90.90	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	93.48	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.02	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	88.50	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 )
#65702	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 107245
#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) .
#68380	Automatically annotated from API rID32A .
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#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 )
#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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