Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis (JCM 7009, LMG 18902)

Name: Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis (JCM 7009, LMG 18902)
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BacDive ID 165450

Type strain

Culture col. no. JCM 7009 LMG 18902

NCBI tax ID(s) 1682

Special Collections JCM

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Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis JCM 7009 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from Infant feces.

mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 12480

LMG 18902,JCM 7009

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:09:40

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Bifidobacteriales

Family Bifidobacteriaceae

Genus Bifidobacterium

Species Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis

Full scientific name Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis (Reuter 1963) Mattarelli et al. 2008

Synonyms (1)

Bifidobacterium infantis

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis** (24)	Type strain
1743	B. longum subsp. infantis S12, DSM 20088, ATCC 15697, NCTC 11817, JCM ... (type strain)
1744	B. longum subsp. infantis S76E, DSM 20090, ATCC 15702, JCM 1272, BCRC ...
1745	B. longum subsp. infantis DSM 20218, ATCC 17930, JCM 1260, BCRC 14661
143274	B. longum subsp. infantis CCUG 18157, LMG 18912
146680	B. longum subsp. infantis CCUG 31778
148902	B. longum subsp. infantis CCUG 36569
151518	B. longum subsp. infantis CCUG 44191
152130	B. longum subsp. infantis CCUG 45868
152264	B. longum subsp. infantis CCUG 46247
152772	B. longum subsp. infantis CCUG 47592
154127	B. longum subsp. infantis CCUG 52484
154128	B. longum subsp. infantis CCUG 52485
154129	B. longum subsp. infantis CCUG 52486
154130	B. longum subsp. infantis CCUG 52487
155385	B. longum subsp. infantis CCUG 57566
159328	B. longum subsp. infantis WCA-178-WT-4B, DSM 107246
161155	B. longum subsp. infantis JCM 11344
161156	B. longum subsp. infantis JCM 11345
161157	B. longum subsp. infantis JCM 11347
161180	B. longum subsp. infantis JCM 11660, CGMCC 1.3006
161197	B. longum subsp. infantis JCM 1210, ATCC 25962, BCRC 14603, CECT 4552, ...
165449	B. longum subsp. infantis JCM 7007, LMG 18901
165451	B. longum subsp. infantis JCM 7010
165452	B. longum subsp. infantis JCM 7011

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Motility	Confidence
125438		91

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
67770	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		95

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

67770

Sample typeInfant feces

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM1729959v1 assembly for Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis JCM 7009	complete	GCA_017299595	1682.165	1682	97.56

Genome browser: GCA_017299595

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
124043	Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 7009.	AB116309	472		1682

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis JCM 7009
NCBI: GCA_017299595

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	95.00	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	54.10	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	67.60	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	66.70	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis JCM 7009
NCBI: GCA_017299595.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	85.49	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	83.74	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	91.91	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	86.01	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	93.00	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	91.00	no

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Indole Derivatives Biosynthesis in Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis and the Tryptophan Substrate Availability.	Zhang SM, Wu HC, Hung JH, Huang SL.	Microb Biotechnol	10.1111/1751-7915.70167	2025
Bifidobacterium infantis utilizes N-acetylglucosamine-containing human milk oligosaccharides as a nitrogen source.	Li S, You X, Rani A, Ozcan E, Sela DA.	Gut Microbes	10.1080/19490976.2023.2244721	2023
Impact of milk secretor status on the fecal metabolome and microbiota of breastfed infants.	Wang A, Diana A, Rahmannia S, Gibson RS, Houghton LA, Slupsky CM.	Gut Microbes	10.1080/19490976.2023.2257273	2023
Potential Applications of Endo-beta-N-Acetylglucosaminidases From Bifidobacterium longum Subspecies infantis in Designing Value-Added, Next-Generation Infant Formulas.	Duman H, Kaplan M, Arslan A, Sahutoglu AS, Kayili HM, Frese SA, Karav S.	Front Nutr	10.3389/fnut.2021.646275	2021
Comparative transcriptomics reveals key differences in the response to milk oligosaccharides of infant gut-associated bifidobacteria.	Garrido D, Ruiz-Moyano S, Lemay DG, Sela DA, German JB, Mills DA.	Sci Rep	10.1038/srep13517	2015
A versatile and scalable strategy for glycoprofiling bifidobacterial consumption of human milk oligosaccharides.	Locascio RG, Ninonuevo MR, Kronewitter SR, Freeman SL, German JB, Lebrilla CB, Mills DA.	Microb Biotechnol	10.1111/j.1751-7915.2008.00072.x	2009
Broad conservation of milk utilization genes in Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis as revealed by comparative genomic hybridization.	LoCascio RG, Desai P, Sela DA, Weimer B, Mills DA.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.00675-10	2010

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 )
#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) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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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Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis (JCM 7009, LMG 18902)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_017299595

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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