Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (DSM 108161, H5_3)

Name: Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (DSM 108161, H5_3)
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BacDive ID 158886

Type strain

Strain Designation H5_3

Culture col. no. DSM 108161 H5_3

NCBI tax ID(s) 818

Special Collections DSMZ Sanger human gut

History <- H. Browne, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom; H5_3

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Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron H5_3 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from human faeces.

mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 403205

DSM 108161

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:08:08

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Bacteroidota

Class Bacteroidia

Order Bacteroidales

Family Bacteroidaceae

Genus Bacteroides

Species Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

Full scientific name Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (Distaso 1912) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

"Bacteroides fragilis subsp. thetaiotaomicron"
"Bacillus thetaiotaomicron"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron** (11)	Type strain
1599	B. thetaiotaomicron E50 (VPI 5482), VPI-5482, DSM 2079, ATCC ... (type strain)
1600	B. thetaiotaomicron DSM 2255, ATCC 29741, WAL 2926, CIP 104207, ...
147878	B. thetaiotaomicron CCUG 34419
149779	B. thetaiotaomicron CCUG 38386 A
149982	B. thetaiotaomicron CCUG 38792
151917	B. thetaiotaomicron CCUG 45196
157019	B. thetaiotaomicron CCUG 68684
157023	B. thetaiotaomicron CCUG 68702
157029	B. thetaiotaomicron CCUG 68746
158885	B. thetaiotaomicron H3_25, DSM 108160
169208	B. thetaiotaomicron HM-168, 1/1/14, DSM 24846

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
65708	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
65708	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
65708	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

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	glutamate decarboxylase	+	4.1.1.15	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
65708	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+/-	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+/-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

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

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Latitude	Longitude
65708	human faeces	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe	52.0797	0.1855 52.0797/0.1855

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
65708	2	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Growth stage and interspecies interactions shape the cell biology and cell cycle characteristics of human gut bacteria Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron and Roseburia intestinalis.	Liu B, Sondervorst K, Nesporova K, Faust K, Govers SK.	Commun Biol	10.1038/s42003-025-08949-1	2025
	Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron enhances H₂S production in Bilophila wadsworthia.	Davies J, Mayer MJ, Juge N, Narbad A, Sayavedra L.	Gut Microbes	10.1080/19490976.2024.2431644	2024
	Starvation responses impact interaction dynamics of human gut bacteria Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron and Roseburia intestinalis.	Liu B, Garza DR, Gonze D, Krzynowek A, Simoens K, Bernaerts K, Geirnaert A, Faust K.	ISME J	10.1038/s41396-023-01501-1	2023

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 )
#65708	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 108161
#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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Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (DSM 108161, H5_3)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API rID32A

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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