Bacteroides uniformis (DSM 108148, H5_2)

Name: Bacteroides uniformis (DSM 108148, H5_2)
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BacDive ID 159173

Type strain

Strain Designation H5_2

Culture col. no. DSM 108148 H5_2

NCBI tax ID(s) 820

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- H. Browne, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom; H5_2

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Bacteroides uniformis H5_2 is a bacterium that was isolated from human faeces.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 405705

DSM 108148

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:44:07

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacteroidota

Class Bacteroidia

Order Bacteroidales

Family Bacteroidaceae

Genus Bacteroides

Species Bacteroides uniformis

Full scientific name Bacteroides uniformis Eggerth and Gagnon 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Bacteroides uniformis** (14)	Type strain
1604	B. uniformis CCUG 4942, JCM 5828, CIP 103695, KCTC 5204, ... (type strain)
1605	B. uniformis mprl 1841, DSM 9672
147140	B. uniformis CCUG 32930
148471	B. uniformis CCUG 35501
150459	B. uniformis CCUG 39989
153424	B. uniformis CCUG 49527
156940	B. uniformis CCUG 67191
159170	B. uniformis H1_6, DSM 108145
159171	B. uniformis H4_4, DSM 108146
159172	B. uniformis H4_7, DSM 108147
161337	B. uniformis JCM 13286
161338	B. uniformis JCM 13287
161339	B. uniformis JCM 13288
169338	B. uniformis CLA-AV-11, DSM 110080

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
65996	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
65996	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)
65996	positive	growth	37

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	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
65996	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-

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	Latitude	Longitude
65996	human faeces	Homo sapiens	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe	52.0979	0.1856 52.0979/0.1856

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
65996	2	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Parabacteroides distasonis uses dietary inulin to suppress NASH via its metabolite pentadecanoic acid.	Wei W, Wong CC, Jia Z, Liu W, Liu C, Ji F, Pan Y, Wang F, Wang G, Zhao L, Chu ESH, Zhang X, Sung JJY, Yu J.	Nat Microbiol	10.1038/s41564-023-01418-7	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 )
#65996	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 108148
#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 uniformis (DSM 108148, H5_2)

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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