Bifidobacterium choerinum (DSM 20434, ATCC 27686, CCUG 24609)

Name: Bifidobacterium choerinum (DSM 20434, ATCC 27686, CCUG 24609)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 1699

Type strain

Strain Designation SU806

Culture col. no. DSM 20434 ATCC 27686 CCUG 24609 SU806 LMG 10510 4 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1121107 35760

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM KCTC CIP

History DSMZ <- ATCC <- V. Scardovi, SU806 JCM <-- ATCC 27686 <-- V. Scardovi <-- D. Matteuzzi SU 806. CIP <- 2019, DSMZ <- 1990, DSMZ <- ATCC <- V. Scardovi <- D. Matteuzzi: strain SU806

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Bifidobacterium choerinum SU806 is an anaerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from piglet faeces.

Gram-positive rod-shaped anaerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 13594

LMG 10510,ATCC 27686,CCUG 24609,CIP 103378,DSM 20434,LMG 11085,JCM 1212,KCTC 3275,AS 1.2276,KCTC 3479,CGMCC 1.2276

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:25:19

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Bifidobacteriales

Family Bifidobacteriaceae

Genus Bifidobacterium

Species Bifidobacterium choerinum

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

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Bifidobacterium choerinum** (1)	Type strain
165479	B. choerinum JCM 7082

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility	Confidence
118249	positive	rod-shaped
125438				92.5

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
8810	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
118249	CIP Medium 20		Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
8810	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
8810	anaerobe
125439	facultative anaerobe	91.433

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125438		91.505
125439		98.554

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
8810	A11.21	A3alpha L-Lys(L-Orn)-L-Ala(L-Ser)-L-Ala₂

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	0 ChEBI	Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	0 ChEBI	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

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
8810	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Mammals	#Suidae (Pig,Swine)
#Host Body Product	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Feces (Stool)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date
8810	piglet faeces
47994	Swine feces	1989-05-02
67770	Pig feces
118249	Animal, Piglet, feces

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence LC071800 (>99% sequence identity) for Bifidobacterium from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	231
Soil Samples	410
Animal Samples	41508
Plant Samples	132
Total Samples	42281

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
8810	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
118249	1	Risk group (French 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	ASM48467v1 assembly for Bifidobacterium choerinum DSM 20434	contig	GCA_000484675	1121107.3	2529292584	1121107	75.03
67770	Bifcho assembly for Bifidobacterium choerinum LMG 10510	contig	GCA_000741135	35760.3	2597490261	35760	74.03
67770	DSM-20434 assembly for Bifidobacterium choerinum DSM 20434	contig	GCA_000771425	1121107.4	2660238656	1121107	49.72

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Bifidobacterium choerinum gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: ATCC 27686	D86186	1530	35760
20218	Bifidobacterium choerinum 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer region	L36968	552	35760
20218	Bifidobacterium choerinum strain DSM 20434 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	GQ487638	148	35760
20218	Bifidobacterium choerinum gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 1212	AB116296	489	35760
20218	Bifidobacterium choerinum gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 1212	AB507092	658	35760
20218	Bifidobacterium choerinum strain KCTC 3275 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	GU361817	1494	35760
67770	Bifidobacterium choerinum gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 1212	LC071800	1466	35760

GC content

8810

GC-content (mol%)66.3

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM48467v1 assembly for Bifidobacterium choerinum DSM 20434
BV-BRC: 1121107.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	91.43	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	79.78	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	40.79	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	98.55	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Bifidobacterium choerinum DSM 20434
PATRIC: 1121107.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	87.14	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	87.32	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	91.51	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	94.02	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	91.50	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	92.50	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
Phylogeny	Bifidobacterium lactis DSM 10140: identification of the atp (atpBEFHAGDC) operon and analysis of its genetic structure, characteristics, and phylogeny.	Ventura M, Canchaya C, van Sinderen D, Fitzgerald GF, Zink R.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.70.5.3110-3121.2004	2004
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
Enzymology	Detection of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (Bb12) in the intestine after feeding of sows and their piglets.	Solano-Aguilar G, Dawson H, Restrepo M, Andrews K, Vinyard B, Urban JF.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.00309-08	2008
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
Phylogeny	Phylogenetic Analysis of the Bifidobacterium Genus Using Glycolysis Enzyme Sequences.	Brandt K, Barrangou R.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2016.00657	2016
Genetics	Comparative genomic and phylogenomic analyses of the Bifidobacteriaceae family.	Lugli GA, Milani C, Turroni F, Duranti S, Mancabelli L, Mangifesta M, Ferrario C, Modesto M, Mattarelli P, Jiri K, van Sinderen D, Ventura M.	BMC Genomics	10.1186/s12864-017-3955-4	2017
Phylogeny	Genomic analysis of three Bifidobacterium species isolated from the calf gastrointestinal tract.	Kelly WJ, Cookson AL, Altermann E, Lambie SC, Perry R, Teh KH, Otter DE, Shapiro N, Woyke T, Leahy SC.	Sci Rep	10.1038/srep30768	2016
Phylogeny	Characterization of the phylogenetic diversity of five novel species belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium: Bifidobacterium castoris sp. nov., Bifidobacterium callimiconis sp. nov., Bifidobacterium goeldii sp. nov., Bifidobacterium samirii sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium dolichotidis sp. nov.	Duranti S, Lugli GA, Napoli S, Anzalone R, Milani C, Mancabelli L, Alessandri G, Turroni F, Ossiprandi MC, van Sinderen D, Ventura M	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.003306	2019
Phylogeny	Phylogenetic classification of six novel species belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium comprising Bifidobacterium anseris sp. nov., Bifidobacterium criceti sp. nov., Bifidobacterium imperatoris sp. nov., Bifidobacterium italicum sp. nov., Bifidobacterium margollesii sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium parmae sp. nov.	Lugli GA, Mangifesta M, Duranti S, Anzalone R, Milani C, Mancabelli L, Alessandri G, Turroni F, Ossiprandi MC, van Sinderen D, Ventura M	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1016/j.syapm.2018.01.002	2018

References

#8810	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 20434
#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 )
#47994	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 24609
#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 .
#118249	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103378
#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 choerinum (DSM 20434, ATCC 27686, CCUG 24609)

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

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000484675

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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