Bacteroides caccae (DSM 108144, H6_7)

Name: Bacteroides caccae (DSM 108144, H6_7)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 159505

Type strain

Strain Designation H6_7

Culture col. no. DSM 108144 H6_7

NCBI tax ID(s) 47678

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- H. Browne, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom; H6_7

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Bacteroides caccae H6_7 is a bacterium that was isolated from human faeces.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 399012

DSM 108144

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:44:12

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacteroidota

Class Bacteroidia

Order Bacteroidales

Family Bacteroidaceae

Genus Bacteroides

Species Bacteroides caccae

Full scientific name Bacteroides caccae Johnson et al. 1986

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Bacteroides caccae** (4)	Type strain
1617	B. caccae 3452A, DSM 19024, ATCC 43185, CCUG 38735, ... (type strain)
142386	B. caccae CCUG 12221
143032	B. caccae CCUG 16431
159506	B. caccae H1_3, DSM 108159

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
66329	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
66329	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)
66329	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	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	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
66329	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	+/-	+	-	+/-	+	-	+	+	-

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
66329	human faeces	Homo sapiens	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe	52.0797	0.1856 52.0797/0.1856

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
66329	2	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

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 )
#66329	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 108144
#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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