Name: Bacteroides acidifaciens A40
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 1606

Type strain:

Species: Bacteroides acidifaciens

Strain Designation: A40

Culture col. no.: DSM 15896, JCM 10556, CCUG 51929, BCRC 81230

Strain history: Y. Miyamoto and K. Itoh A40.

NCBI tax ID(s): 1235814 (strain), 85831 (species)

SI-ID 100526

JCM 10556, DSM 15896, CCUG 51929

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Section

Bacteroides acidifaciens A40 is an anaerobe, Gram-negative bacterium that was isolated from caecal content; wildtype C57BL/6 mouse.

Gram-negative
anaerobe
16S sequence
Bacteria
genome sequence

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Bacteroidota*
	Class	*Bacteroidia*
	Order	*Bacteroidales*
	Family	*Bacteroidaceae*
	Genus	*Bacteroides*
	Species	**Bacteroides acidifaciens**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Bacteroides acidifaciens Miyamoto and Itoh 2000

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #69480]	Gram stain	negative Confidence in %94.434

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

CHOPPED MEAT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 78)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

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Culture medium

COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

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		Temperature
[Ref.: #6174]	growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #59367]	growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #67770]	growth	37 °C

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #6174]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe
[Ref.: #59367]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe

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Ability of spore formation

no Confidence in %92.46

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #68380]	arginine ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	L-glutamate ChEBI	-	degradation	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	urea ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API rID32A

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68380]	alanine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.2	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alpha-arabinosidase	+	3.2.1.55	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alpha-fucosidase	+	3.2.1.51	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphate	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	glutamate decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.15	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	glycin arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	histidine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	leucyl glycin arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	phenylalanine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	proline-arylamidase	-	3.4.11.5	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	serine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	tyrosine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	urease	-	3.5.1.5	* from API rID32A
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API® rID32A:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	Urease/urea hydrolysisURE	Arginine dihydrolaseADH (Arg)	alpha-Galactosidasealpha GAL	beta-Galactosidasebeta GAL	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphatebeta GP	alpha-Glucosidasealpha GLU	beta-Glucosidasebeta GLU	alpha-Arabinosidasealpha ARA	beta-Glucuronidasebeta GUR	beta-N-Acetyl-beta-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	Fermentation of D-mannoseMNE	Fermentation of raffinoseRAF	Glutamate decarboxylaseGDC	alpha-Fucosidasealpha FUC	Reduction of nitrateNIT	Indole productionIND	Alkaline phosphatasePAL	L-arginine arylamidaseArgA	Proline arylamidaseProA	Leucyl glycin arylamidaseLGA	Phenylalanine arylamidasePheA	Leucine arylamidaseLeuA	Pyrrolidonyl arylamidasePyrA	Tyrosine arylamidaseTyrA	Alanine arylamidaseAlaA	Glycin arylamidaseGlyA	Histidine arylamidaseHisA	Glutamyl-glutamate arylamidaseGGA	Serine arylamidaseSerA
[Ref.: #6174]	13054	-	-	+	+	-	+	+/-	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-
[Ref.: #6174]	12955	-	-	+	+	-	+	+/-	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+/-	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+/-	-
[Ref.: #6174]	12181	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-

	Pathway	Enzyme coverage	Annotated reactions
	Pathway annotation	Computationally determined by
[Ref.: #66794]	L-lactaldehyde degradation	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	sulfopterin metabolism	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	glycogen metabolism	100	5 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	100	8 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	gluconeogenesis	100	8 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
[Ref.: #66794]	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
[Ref.: #66794]	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
[Ref.: #66794]	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	92.86	13 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	starch degradation	90	9 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	lipid A biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	NAD metabolism	88.89	16 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B1 metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B6 metabolism	81.82	9 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	pentose phosphate pathway	81.82	9 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	80	4 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	pyrimidine metabolism	80	36 of 45
[Ref.: #66794]	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
[Ref.: #66794]	threonine metabolism	80	8 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	photosynthesis	78.57	11 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	valine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	d-mannose degradation	77.78	7 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylalanine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	ppGpp biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	purine metabolism	73.4	69 of 94
[Ref.: #66794]	flavin biosynthesis	73.33	11 of 15
[Ref.: #66794]	propanol degradation	71.43	5 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of pentoses	71.43	20 of 28
[Ref.: #66794]	propionate fermentation	70	7 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	Entner Doudoroff pathway	70	7 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	histidine metabolism	68.97	20 of 29
[Ref.: #66794]	alanine metabolism	68.97	20 of 29
[Ref.: #66794]	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	67.86	19 of 28
[Ref.: #66794]	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of hexoses	66.67	12 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	serine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	methionine metabolism	65.38	17 of 26
[Ref.: #66794]	glycolysis	64.71	11 of 17
[Ref.: #66794]	d-xylose degradation	63.64	7 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	non-pathway related	63.16	24 of 38
[Ref.: #66794]	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of sugar alcohols	62.5	10 of 16
[Ref.: #66794]	isoprenoid biosynthesis	61.54	16 of 26
[Ref.: #66794]	cellulose degradation	60	3 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	methylglyoxal degradation	60	3 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	hydrogen production	60	3 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	proline metabolism	54.55	6 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	leucine metabolism	53.85	7 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of sugar acids	52	13 of 25
[Ref.: #66794]	selenocysteine biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	citric acid cycle	50	7 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	lysine metabolism	50	21 of 42
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	adipate degradation	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	butanoate fermentation	50	2 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	cysteine metabolism	50	9 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	tryptophan metabolism	47.37	18 of 38
[Ref.: #66794]	sulfate reduction	46.15	6 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	lipid metabolism	45.16	14 of 31
[Ref.: #66794]	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	44.44	4 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	polyamine pathway	43.48	10 of 23
[Ref.: #66794]	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	42.86	3 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	tyrosine metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	cardiolipin biosynthesis	42.86	3 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	41.67	5 of 12
[Ref.: #66794]	arginine metabolism	41.67	10 of 24
[Ref.: #66794]	O-antigen biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	factor 420 biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	myo-inositol biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	lipoate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	glycine metabolism	40	4 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	38.46	5 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	oxidative phosphorylation	38.46	35 of 91
[Ref.: #66794]	ketogluconate metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	metabolism of disaccharids	36.36	4 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	33.33	2 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	ascorbate metabolism	31.82	7 of 22
[Ref.: #66794]	urea cycle	30.77	4 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	coenzyme M biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	heme metabolism	28.57	4 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	mevalonate metabolism	28.57	2 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	alginate biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	23.08	3 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	nitrate assimilation	22.22	2 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	glutathione metabolism	21.43	3 of 14
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Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #6174]	Sample type/isolated from	caecal content; wildtype C57BL/6 mouse
[Ref.: #6174]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Tokyo
[Ref.: #6174]	Country	Japan
[Ref.: #6174]	Country ISO 3 Code	JPN
[Ref.: #6174]	Continent	Asia

[Ref.: #59367]	Sample type/isolated from	Mouse cecum

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Cecum of mice
* marker position based on {}

Isolation sources categories

#Host	#Mammals	#Muridae (Mouse/Rat)
#Host Body-Site	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Large intestine
#Host Body Product	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Caecal content

What are isolation sources categories?

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Global distribution of 16S sequence AB510696 (>99% sequence identity) for Bacteroides acidifaciens subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	1548
Soil Samples	1207
Animal Samples	168578
Plant Samples	483
Total Samples	171816

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (German classification)
According to TRBA 466

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #6174]	Bacteroides acidofaciens DNA for 16S rRNA, strain A40	AB021164	1501	GenBank ENA	85831 tax ID
[Ref.: #20218]	Bacteroides acidifaciens gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 10556	AB510696	1490	GenBank ENA	85831 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Bacteroides acidifaciens strain JCM10556 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	EU136694	1968	GenBank ENA	85831 tax ID	*

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #67770]	Bacteroides acidifaciens JCM 10556	GCA_000613385	contig	GenBank ENA	1235814 tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Bacteroides acidifaciens JCM 10556	1235814.4	wgs	PATRIC	1235814 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Bacteroides acidifaciens JCM 10556	2565956591	draft	JGI IMG/M	1235814 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Bacteroides acidifaciens DSM 15896	GCA_024623065	contig	GenBank ENA	85831 tax ID	*

[Ref.: #6174]	GC-content	39.4-42.2 mol%
[Ref.: #67770]	GC-content	41.4 mol%	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Data predicted using genome information as a basis Genome-based predictions

	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from Diaspora project based on: Bacteroides acidifaciens JCM 10556 PATRIC: 1235814.4
[Ref.: #69480]	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	94.434	no
[Ref.: #69480]	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	82.055	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	92.46	no
[Ref.: #69480]	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	89.682	no
[Ref.: #69480]	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	91.966	no
[Ref.: #69480]	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	88	no

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 15896, JCM 10556, CCUG 51929, BCRC 81230

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SI-ID 100526

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Bacteroides stercorirosoris sp. nov. and Bacteroides faecichinchillae sp. nov., isolated from chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) faeces.	Kitahara M, Sakamoto M, Tsuchida S, Kawasumi K, Amao H, Benno Y, Ohkuma M	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.032706-0	2011	*
Phylogeny	Bacteroides acidifaciens sp. nov., isolated from the caecum of mice.	Miyamoto Y, Itoh K	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-50-1-145	2000	*

References

#6174

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 15896

#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 )

#20218

Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )

#59367 Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 51929

#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) .

#66794

Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )

#67770 Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;

#68380

Automatically annotated from API rID32A .

#69479

João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .

#69480

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Predictions based on genome sequence made in the Diaspora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#71251

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID100526.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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