Megasphaera elsdenii (DSM 106891, WCA-386-APC-2A)

Name: Megasphaera elsdenii (DSM 106891, WCA-386-APC-2A)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 158994

Type strain

Strain Designation WCA-386-APC-2A

Culture col. no. DSM 106891 WCA-386-APC-2A

NCBI tax ID(s) 907

Special Collections DSMZ Pig DZIF

History <- T. Clavel , TU Munich, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany; WCA-386-APC-2A

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Megasphaera elsdenii WCA-386-APC-2A is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from feces; pig, 4 month old, genotype: APC1311/+ referring to the adenomatous-polyposis-coli protein.

mesophilic genome sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 406257

DSM 106891

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:08:09

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Negativicutes

Order Veillonellales

Family Veillonellaceae

Genus Megasphaera

Species Megasphaera elsdenii

Full scientific name Megasphaera elsdenii (Gutiérrez et al. 1959) Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

"Peptostreptococcus elsdenii"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Megasphaera elsdenii** (2)	Type strain
17130	M. elsdenii LC1, DSM 20460, ATCC 25940, NCIB 8927, CCUG ... (type strain)
158993	M. elsdenii PG-130-P53-9, DSM 100961

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125439	negative	95.3

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
65817	WILKINS-CHALGREN ANAEROBE BROTH (DSMZ Medium 339)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: WILKINS-CHALGREN ANAEROBE BROTH (DSMZ Medium 339) Composition: dehydrated Wilkins-Chalgren medium 33.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl 0.3 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.0005 g/l Distilled water
65817	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

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
65817	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	anaerobe	98.6

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.1

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
65817	feces; pig, 4 month old, genotype: APC1311/+ referring to the adenomatous-polyposis-coli (APC) protein	Kranzberg (Bavaria)	Germany	DEU	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
65817	yes, in single cases	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM1292852v1 assembly for Megasphaera elsdenii WCA-386-APC-2A	contig	GCA_012928525	907.161	907	62

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Megasphaera elsdenii WCA-386-APC-2A
NCBI: GCA_012928525

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.10	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	63.00	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	95.30	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	98.60	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Megasphaera elsdenii WCA-386-APC-2A
NCBI: GCA_012928525.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	85.46	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	87.82	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	94.56	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	82.99	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	91.35	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	84.09	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 )
#65817	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 106891
#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) .
#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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