Bifidobacterium dentium (DSM 20084, ATCC 15423)

Name: Bifidobacterium dentium (DSM 20084, ATCC 15423)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 1702

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 20084 ATCC 15423

NCBI tax ID(s) 1689

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- ATCC <- CDC X573 <- D.H. Howard (Actinomyces eriksonii)

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Bifidobacterium dentium DSM 20084 is an anaerobe, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from lung abscess.

anaerobe mesophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 276624

ATCC 15423,CCUG 17360,DSM 20084,CCUG 2235

@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 dentium

Full scientific name Bifidobacterium dentium Scardovi and Crociani 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Bifidobacterium dentium** (7)	Type strain
1704	B. dentium B764, DSM 20436, ATCC 27534, BCRC 14662, ... (type strain)
1703	B. dentium B735, DSM 20221, JCM 7135, JCM 1258
143134	B. dentium CCUG 17365
143135	B. dentium CCUG 17366
151364	B. dentium CCUG 43878
151655	B. dentium CCUG 44545
153394	B. dentium CCUG 49431

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
8511	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)	Range
8511	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

8511

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
8511	A11.32	A4alpha L-Lys(L-Orn)-D-Asp

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	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

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
8511	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host Body-Site	#Oral cavity and airways	#Lung
#Host Body-Site	#Other	#Abscess
#Infection	#Patient	-

Isolation

8511

Sample typelung abscess

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
8511	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Bifidobacterium dentium 16S ribosomal RNA	M58735	1478		1689

GC content

8511

GC-content (mol%)57.6

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Origin of fecal contamination in lettuce and strawberries: From microbial indicators, molecular markers, and H. pylori.	Vesga FJ, Venegas C, Florez Martinez V, Sanchez-Alfonso AC, Trespalacios AA.	Heliyon	10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e36526	2024
Enzymology	Use of Bifidobacterium dentium as an indicator of the origin of fecal water pollution.	Nebra Y, Bonjoch X, Blanch AR.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.69.5.2651-2656.2003	2003
Cultivation	A new selective medium for Bifidobacterium spp.	Nebra Y, Blanch AR.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.65.11.5173-5176.1999	1999
Enzymology	The superoxide dismutase gene, a target for detection and identification of mycobacteria by PCR.	Zolg JW, Philippi-Schulz S.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.32.11.2801-2812.1994	1994
Enzymology	Quantification of bacterial groups within human fecal flora by oligonucleotide probe hybridization.	Sghir A, Gramet G, Suau A, Rochet V, Pochart P, Dore J.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.66.5.2263-2266.2000	2000
Phylogeny	Rapid identification of Actinomycetaceae and related bacteria.	Kilian M.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.8.2.127-133.1978	1978

References

#8511	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 20084
#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 )
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#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 dentium (DSM 20084, ATCC 15423)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Murein

Metabolite utilization

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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