Bacteroides faecalis (DSM 107828, KCTC 15687, KGMB02408)

Name: Bacteroides faecalis (DSM 107828, KCTC 15687, KGMB02408)
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BacDive ID 158883

Type strain

Strain Designation KGMB02408

Culture col. no. DSM 107828 KCTC 15687 KGMB02408 JCM 34008

NCBI tax ID(s) 2447885

Special Collections DSMZ JCM KCTC Literature strains

History DSMZ <- J. H. Lee, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, South Korea; KGMB02408 KCTC <- Jung-Sook Lee, KRIBB JCM <-- KCTC 15687 <-- J.-S. Lee; KCTC, KRIBB, South Korea; KGMB02408.

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Bacteroides faecalis KGMB02408 is an anaerobe, rod-shaped bacterium that forms circular colonies and was isolated from Human faeces.

rod-shaped colony-forming anaerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 402728

KCTC 15687,DSM 107828

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:44:04

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacteroidota

Class Bacteroidia

Order Bacteroidales

Family Bacteroidaceae

Genus Bacteroides

Species Bacteroides faecalis

Full scientific name Bacteroides faecalis Yu et al. 2019

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Confidence
67771				rod-shaped
67771	negative
68240	negative	1.5-4.4 µm	0.6-0.8 µm	rod-shaped
125438	negative				94.915
125439	negative				96.914

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony size	Colony color	Colony shape	Medium used
68240	0.5-2 mm	white-greyish	circular	TSAB

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
65705	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

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
65705	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37
67771	positive	growth	37
68240	positive	growth	15-37
68240	positive	optimum	37

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
68240	positive	optimum	5
68240	positive	growth	5-9	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
67771	anaerobe
68240	obligate anaerobe
125439	obligate anaerobe	98.806

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
67771
68240
125438		90.293
125439		99.898

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
68240	NaCl	positive	growth	0.5-1 %(w/v)
68240	NaCl	positive	optimum	0.5 %(w/v)

Observation

@ref	Observation
67770	quinones: MK-8 and MK-10
67771	quinones: MK-8, MK-10

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68240	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from
68240	62968 ChEBI	cellulose	+	assimilation
68240	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from
68240	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	builds acid from
68240	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from
68240	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from
68240	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from
68240	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
68240	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis
68240	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	builds acid from
68240	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from
68240	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	+	builds acid from
68240	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	builds acid from
68240	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from
68240	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	+	builds acid from
68240	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
68240	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	builds acid from
68240	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	builds acid from
68240	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	assimilation
68240	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from
68240	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from
68240	37166 ChEBI	xylan	+	assimilation

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68240	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68240	6-phospho-beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.85
68240	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1
68240	alpha-arabinosidase	-
68240	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51
68240	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22
68240	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20
68240	arginine arylamidase	-
68240	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6
68240	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
68240	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21
68240	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31
68240	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
68240	cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1
68240	glutamate decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.15
68240	glutamyl-glutamate arylamidase	+
68240	glycin arylamidase	-
68240	histidine arylamidase	-
68240	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1
68240	leucyl glycin arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1
68240	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52
68240	phenylalanine arylamidase	+
68240	phenylalanine arylamidase	-
68240	proline-arylamidase	-	3.4.11.5
68240	pyroglutamic acid arylamidase	-
68240	serine arylamidase	-
68240	tyrosine arylamidase	-
68240	urease	-	3.5.1.5

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

68240

Fatty acid	Percentage
C15:0 anteiso	34.1
C17:0 iso OH/C18:2 DMA	16.4
C17:0 iso OH	16.4
C16:0	14.9
C16:0 OH	8.9
C15:0 iso	6.6
C18:1 w9c	5.5
C17:0 anteiso OH	3
C14:0	2.3
C18:2 w9c/12c	2.1
C18:0	2
C17:0 anteiso	1.1

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

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

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Enrichment culture	Enrichment culture composition	Enrichment culture duration	Enrichment culture temperature	Geographic location
65705	Human faeces	Homo sapiens	Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia					Seoul
67770	Feces of a healthy human in the Republic of Korea	Homo sapiens
67771	From healthy human feces	Homo sapiens	Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia
68240	faeces of a healthy human	Homo sapiens	Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia	tryptic soy agar	supplemented with 5 % sheep blood	3 days	37

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
68240	ASM386507v1 assembly for Bacteroides faecalis KCTC 15687	contig	GCA_003865075	2447885.3	2916288202	2447885	62.89

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
65705	Bacteroides faecalis strain KGMB02408 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	MK207058	1455		2447885

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	39.5	genome sequence analysis

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM386507v1 assembly for Bacteroides faecalis KCTC 15687
NCBI: GCA_003865075

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate anaerobe	98.81	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	96.91	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	86.21	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.90	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Bacteroides sp. KCTC 15687
PATRIC: 2447885.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	94.92	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	72.24	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	90.29	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	94.37	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	86.28	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	88.50	yes

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Alterations in the gut microbiome and metabolome in elderly patients with postoperative delirium: A prospective nested case-control study.	Huo J, Han S, Hao X, Zhou Z, Lou J, Li H, Cao J, Yu Y, Mi W, Liu Y.	J Clin Anesth	10.1016/j.jclinane.2025.111833	2025
Phylogeny	Catalpol-a compound from Rehmannia glutinosa can improve hyperlipidemia by modulating gut microbiota and endogenous metabolic pathways.	Pei X, Dong W, Yu Y, Wang Y, Wang S, Dai L.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2025.1689778	2025
	Electroacupuncture Improves Insulin Resistance in Type 2 Diabetes Mice by Regulating Intestinal Flora and Bile Acid.	Pan T, Li X, Guo X, Wang H, Zhou X, Shang R, Xie D, Qian X, Dai M, Fan E, Chen X, Chen C.	Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes	10.2147/dmso.s421134	2023
	Effects of the Radix Ginseng and Semen Ziziphi Spinosae drug pair on the GLU/GABA-GLN metabolic cycle and the intestinal microflora of insomniac rats based on the brain-gut axis.	Qiao T, Wang Y, Liang K, Zheng B, Ma J, Li F, Liu C, Zhu M, Song M.	Front Pharmacol	10.3389/fphar.2022.1094507	2022
	Kombucha Reduces Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes of Mice by Regulating Gut Microbiota and Its Metabolites.	Xu S, Wang Y, Wang J, Geng W.	Foods	10.3390/foods11050754	2022
Phylogeny	Bacteroides faecalis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces.	Yu SY, Kim JS, Oh BS, Park SH, Kang SW, Park JE, Choi SH, Han KI, Lee KC, Eom MK, Suh MK, Lee DH, Yoon H, Kim BY, Yang SJ, Lee JS, Lee JH	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.003690	2019

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 )
#65705	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 107828
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#67771	Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC) ; Curators of the KCTC;
#68240	Seung Yeob Yu, Ji-Sun Kim Byeong Seob Oh, Seung-Hwan Park, Se Won Kang, Jam-Eon Park, Seung-Hyeon Choi, Kook-Il Han, Keun Chul Lee, Mi Kyung Eom, Min Kuk Suh, Dong Ho Lee, Hyuk Yoon, Byung-Yong Kim, Seung-Jo Yang, Jung-Sook Lee and Ju Huck Lee: Bacteroides faecalis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. IJSEM 69: 3824 - 3829 2019 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.003690 )
#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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Bacteroides faecalis (DSM 107828, KCTC 15687, KGMB02408)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Enzymes

Fatty acid profile

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_003865075

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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