Bifidobacterium boum (DSM 20432, ATCC 27917, RU917)

Name: Bifidobacterium boum (DSM 20432, ATCC 27917, RU917)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 1694

Type strain

Strain Designation RU917

Culture col. no. DSM 20432 ATCC 27917 RU917 LMG 10736 KCTC 3227 4 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1410645 78343

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM KCTC

History <- ATCC <- V. Scardovi, RU917 ATCC 27917 <-- V. Scardovi RU 917.

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Bifidobacterium boum RU917 is an anaerobe bacterium that was isolated from bovine rumen.

anaerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 1242

LMG 10736,ATCC 27917,CCUG 24608,DSM 20432,JCM 1211,CCRC 14677,LMG21815,KCTC 3227,AS 1.2272,CCUG 44932,BCRC 14677,CGMCC 1.2272

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:18:09

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Bifidobacteriales

Family Bifidobacteriaceae

Genus Bifidobacterium

Species Bifidobacterium boum

Full scientific name Bifidobacterium boum Scardovi et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Bifidobacterium boum** (2)	Type strain
158888	B. boum WCA-130-P53-4B, DSM 102857
161179	B. boum JCM 11659, CGMCC 1.3004

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Motility	Confidence	Gram stain
125438		94
125439		92.9	positive

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
8808	BIFIDOBACTERIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 58)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BIFIDOBACTERIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 58) Composition: Glucose 10.0 g/l Casein peptone 10.0 g/l Bacto Soytone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 5.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.5 g/l NaHCO3 0.4 g/l NaCl 0.08 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.05 g/l KH2PO4 0.04 g/l K2HPO4 0.04 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.02 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.01 g/l Tween 80 Resazurin Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
8808	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

8808

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125438		90.266
125439		94.3

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
8808	A11.38	A4alpha L-Lys-D-Ser-D-Glu

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	threonine metabolism	100	10 of 10
66794	starch degradation	100	10 of 10
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	100	13 of 13
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	86.36	19 of 22
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	NAD metabolism	83.33	15 of 18
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	81.82	9 of 11
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	valine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	75	6 of 8
66794	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	73.33	11 of 15
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	67.86	19 of 28
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	d-mannose degradation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	66.67	4 of 6
66794	serine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	gluconeogenesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	vitamin K metabolism	60	3 of 5
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	60	27 of 45
66794	glycolysis	58.82	10 of 17
66794	purine metabolism	58.51	55 of 94
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	57.14	8 of 14
66794	propanol degradation	57.14	4 of 7
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	54.55	6 of 11
66794	methionine metabolism	53.85	14 of 26
66794	leucine metabolism	53.85	7 of 13
66794	non-pathway related	52.63	20 of 38
66794	alanine metabolism	51.72	15 of 29
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	51.65	47 of 91
66794	adipate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	50	8 of 16
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	50	13 of 26
66794	cysteine metabolism	50	9 of 18
66794	butanoate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	citric acid cycle	50	7 of 14
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	50	4 of 8
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	histidine metabolism	48.28	14 of 29
66794	urea cycle	46.15	6 of 13
66794	proline metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	lipid metabolism	45.16	14 of 31
66794	tryptophan metabolism	44.74	17 of 38
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	44.44	4 of 9
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	42.86	3 of 7
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	41.67	5 of 12
66794	arginine metabolism	41.67	10 of 24
66794	lysine metabolism	40.48	17 of 42
66794	propionate fermentation	40	4 of 10
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	40	4 of 10
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	40	4 of 10
66794	cellulose degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	d-xylose degradation	36.36	4 of 11
66794	tyrosine metabolism	35.71	5 of 14
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	octane oxidation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	flavin biosynthesis	33.33	5 of 15
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	degradation of pentoses	32.14	9 of 28
66794	glycine metabolism	30	3 of 10
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	glutathione metabolism	28.57	4 of 14
66794	degradation of hexoses	27.78	5 of 18
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	ascorbate metabolism	27.27	6 of 22
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	23.08	3 of 13
66794	sulfate reduction	23.08	3 of 13
66794	allantoin degradation	22.22	2 of 9
66794	nitrate assimilation	22.22	2 of 9

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
8808	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Mammals	#Bovinae (Cow, Cattle)
#Host Body-Site	#Organ	#Rumen

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
8808	bovine rumen
67770	Rumen of cattle

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence LC071799 (>99% sequence identity) for Bifidobacterium boum subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	200
Soil Samples	313
Animal Samples	18077
Plant Samples	125
Total Samples	18715

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
8808	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	Bifbou assembly for Bifidobacterium boum LMG 10736	contig	GCA_000741535	78343.3	2600254979	78343	75.46
67770	ASM68761v1 assembly for Bifidobacterium boum DSM 20432	scaffold	GCA_000687615	1410645.3	2558860116	1410645	73.54
67770	DSM-20432 assembly for Bifidobacterium boum DSM 20432	contig	GCA_000771385	1410645.4	2681813198	1410645	71.97

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Bifidobacterium boum strain DSM 20432 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	GQ487635	141	78343
20218	Bifidobacterium boum culture-collection DSM:20432 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, partial sequence	JQ363654	421	78343
20218	Bifidobacterium boum gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 1211	AB116287	479	78343
20218	Bifidobacterium boum gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 1211	AB507082	669	78343
20218	Bifidobacterium boum gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 1211	D86190	1517	78343
20218	Bifidobacterium boum strain KCTC 3227 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	GU361814	1481	78343
67770	Bifidobacterium boum gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 1211	LC071799	1421	78343

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
8808	60.0
67770	60	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Bifidobacterium boum DSM 20432
NCBI: GCA_000687615

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	94.30	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	81.70	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	92.90	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	86.20	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Bifidobacterium boum DSM 20432
PATRIC: 1410645.4

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	86.14	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	83.81	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	90.27	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	92.49	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	94.29	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	94.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Identification of species belonging to the Bifidobacterium genus by PCR-RFLP analysis of a hsp60 gene fragment.	Baffoni L, Stenico V, Strahsburger E, Gaggia F, Di Gioia D, Modesto M, Mattarelli P, Biavati B.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/1471-2180-13-149	2013
Metabolism	Diversity, ecology and intestinal function of bifidobacteria.	Bottacini F, Ventura M, van Sinderen D, O'Connell Motherway M.	Microb Cell Fact	10.1186/1475-2859-13-s1-s4	2014
Phylogeny	Investigation of the evolutionary development of the genus Bifidobacterium by comparative genomics.	Lugli GA, Milani C, Turroni F, Duranti S, Ferrario C, Viappiani A, Mancabelli L, Mangifesta M, Taminiau B, Delcenserie V, van Sinderen D, Ventura M.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02004-14	2014
Phylogeny	Phylogenetic Analysis of the Bifidobacterium Genus Using Glycolysis Enzyme Sequences.	Brandt K, Barrangou R.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2016.00657	2016
Pathogenicity	Exploring the Ecology of Bifidobacteria and Their Genetic Adaptation to the Mammalian Gut.	Duranti S, Longhi G, Ventura M, van Sinderen D, Turroni F.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms9010008	2020
Genetics	Tracking the Taxonomy of the Genus Bifidobacterium Based on a Phylogenomic Approach.	Lugli GA, Milani C, Duranti S, Mancabelli L, Mangifesta M, Turroni F, Viappiani A, van Sinderen D, Ventura M.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02249-17	2018
	Designing primers and evaluation of the efficiency of propidium monoazide - Quantitative polymerase chain reaction for counting the viable cells of Lactobacillus gasseri and Lactobacillus salivarius.	Lai CH, Wu SR, Pang JC, Ramireddy L, Chiang YC, Lin CK, Tsen HY.	J Food Drug Anal	10.1016/j.jfda.2016.10.004	2017
Phylogeny	Bifidobacterium apri sp. nov., a thermophilic actinobacterium isolated from the digestive tract of wild pigs (Sus scrofa).	Pechar R, Killer J, Salmonova H, Geigerova M, Svejstil R, Svec P, Sedlacek I, Rada V, Benada O	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001956	2017
Phylogeny	Species identification of genus Bifidobacterium based on partial HSP60 gene sequences and proposal of Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum subsp. porcinum subsp. nov.	Zhu L, Li W, Dong X	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.02617-0	2003

References

#8808	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 20432
#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 )
#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;
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#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 .
#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 boum (DSM 20432, ATCC 27917, RU917)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Murein

Metabolite utilization

Pathway annotation

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000741535

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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