Megamonas funiformis (DSM 19343, JCM 14723, YITM815)

Name: Megamonas funiformis (DSM 19343, JCM 14723, YITM815)
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BacDive ID 17126

Type strain

Strain Designation YITM815

Culture col. no. DSM 19343 JCM 14723 YITM815

NCBI tax ID(s) 437897

Special Collections DSMZ JCM Literature strains

History <- H. Sakon {2007} H. Sakon YIT 11815 <-- H. Sakon and T. Nagai M2.

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Megamonas funiformis YITM815 is an anaerobe, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from human faeces .

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 343806

DSM 19343,JCM 14723

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:22:08

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Negativicutes

Order Selenomonadales

Family Selenomonadaceae

Genus Megamonas

Species Megamonas funiformis

Full scientific name Megamonas funiformis Sakon et al. 2008

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Megamonas funiformis** (2)	Type strain
159539	M. funiformis DSM 103915, Marseille-P3344
160651	M. funiformis Cla-CZ-129, DSM 110965

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Motility	Confidence
32412	negative	7.5 µm	1 µm	rod-shaped
125439	positive					91.1

Colony morphology

8060

Incubation period2-3 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
8060	COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693) Composition: Defibrinated sheep blood 50.0 g/l Columbia agar base
8060	PYG MEDIUM (MODIFIED) (DSMZ Medium 104)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: PYG MEDIUM (modified) (DSMZ Medium 104) Composition: Yeast extract 10.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Trypticase peptone 5.0 g/l Beef extract 5.0 g/l Glucose 5.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.5 g/l NaHCO3 0.4 g/l NaCl 0.08 g/l K2HPO4 0.04 g/l KH2PO4 0.04 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.02 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.01 g/l Hemin 0.005 g/l Ethanol 0.0038 g/l Resazurin 0.001 g/l Tween 80 Vitamin K1 NaOH Distilled water
8060	CHOPPED MEAT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 78)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CHOPPED MEAT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 78) Composition: Ground beef 500.0 g/l Casitone 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Ethanol 9.5 g/l (optional) K2HPO4 5.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl 0.5 g/l Haemin 0.005 g/l (optional) Resazurin 0.001 g/l Vitamin K3 0.0005 g/l (optional) Vitamin K1 (optional) NaOH (optional) Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
8060	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
8060	anaerobe
32412	anaerobe
125439	microaerophile	95.6

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
32412
125439		90.7

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
32412	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	+	carbon source
68380	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A
68367	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
68380	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	fermentation	from API rID32A
68367	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20A
68367	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20A
32412	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	carbon source
68367	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
68380	29985 ChEBI	L-glutamate	-	degradation	from API rID32A
68367	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
32412	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	carbon source
68367	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
32412	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	carbon source
68367	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
32412	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+	carbon source
32412	37684 ChEBI	mannose	+	carbon source
68367	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 20A
68380	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API rID32A
32412	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	carbon source
68380	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	fermentation	from API rID32A
68367	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
32412	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	carbon source
32412	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	+	carbon source
68367	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
32412	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	carbon source
68367	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
32412	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	carbon source
68367	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
68380	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API rID32A
68367	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20A
68380	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A
68367	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20A
32412	18222 ChEBI	xylose	+	carbon source

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API rID32A
68367	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20A

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API rID32A
68367	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API 20A

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
32412	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
68380	alanine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.2	from API rID32A
68380	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-arabinosidase	-	3.2.1.55	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API rID32A
32412	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22
68380	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API rID32A
68380	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API rID32A
68380	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API rID32A
68380	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphate	-		from API rID32A
68380	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API rID32A
68367	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API 20A
68380	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32A
68367	gelatinase	-		from API 20A
68380	glutamate decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.15	from API rID32A
68380	glutamyl-glutamate arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	glycin arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	histidine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	L-arginine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API rID32A
68380	leucyl glycin arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API rID32A
68380	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API rID32A
68380	phenylalanine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	proline-arylamidase	-	3.4.11.5	from API rID32A
68380	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API rID32A
68380	serine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API rID32A
68380	tyrosine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32A
68367	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20A

API 20A

@ref	IND	URE	GLU	MAN	LAC	SAC	MAL	SAL	XYL	ARA	GEL	ESC	GLY	CEL	MNE	MLZ	RAF	SOR	RHA	TRE	CAT	Spores presentSPOR	GramGRAM	Morphology coccus="+" rod="-"COCC
8060	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+/-	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.	not determinedn.d.

API rID32A

@ref	URE	ADH (Arg)	alpha GAL	beta GAL	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphatebeta GP	alpha GLU	beta GLU	alpha ARA	beta GUR	beta-N-Acetyl-beta-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	MNE	RAF	GDC	alpha FUC	Reduction of nitrateNIT	IND	PAL	L-arginine arylamidaseArgA	ProA	LGA	Phenylalanine arylamidasePheA	Leucine arylamidaseLeuA	PyrA	Tyrosine arylamidaseTyrA	Alanine arylamidaseAlaA	Glycin arylamidaseGlyA	Histidine arylamidaseHisA	Glutamyl-glutamate arylamidaseGGA	Serine arylamidaseSerA
8060	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Human	-
#Host Body Product	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Feces (Stool)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
8060	human faeces (healthy adult)	Japan	JPN	Asia
67770	Human feces

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB300988 (>99% sequence identity) for Megamonas funiformis from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	10488
Soil Samples	2560
Animal Samples	97515
Plant Samples	805
Total Samples	111368

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
8060	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
66792	ASM1066922v1 assembly for Megamonas funiformis JCM 14723	complete	GCA_010669225	437897.465	8074529035	437897	99.05

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
8060	Megamonas funiformis gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: YIT 11815 (= JCM 14723, = DSM 19343)	AB300988	1342		742816

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
32412	32.9
67770	32.9	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Megamonas funiformis JCM 14723
NCBI: GCA_010669225

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	90.70	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	65.30	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	91.10	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	microaerophile	95.60	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Megamonas funiformis JCM 14723
NCBI: GCA_010669225.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	86.27	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	89.53	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	93.68	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	81.37	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	90.66	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	85.03	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Draft Genome Sequence of Megamonas funiformis Strain Marseille-P3344, Isolated from a Human Fecal Microbiota.	Maaloum M, Diop A, Ndongo S, Nguyen TT, Cadoret F, Raoult D, Fournier PE.	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomea.01459-17	2018
	Microbiome-encoded bile acid metabolism modulates colonic transit times.	Li N, Koester ST, Lachance DM, Dutta M, Cui JY, Dey N.	iScience	10.1016/j.isci.2021.102508	2021
Metabolism	The effects of micronutrient deficiencies on bacterial species from the human gut microbiota.	Hibberd MC, Wu M, Rodionov DA, Li X, Cheng J, Griffin NW, Barratt MJ, Giannone RJ, Hettich RL, Osterman AL, Gordon JI.	Sci Transl Med	10.1126/scitranslmed.aal4069	2017
Metabolism	Panose prevents acute-on-chronic liver failure by reducing bacterial infection in mice.	Li J, Xie S, Chen M, Hong C, Chen Y, Lyu F, Tang N, Chen T, Zhao L, Zou W, Peng H, Bao J, Gu P, Schnabl B, Chen J, Chen P.	J Clin Invest	10.1172/jci184653	2025
	Complete Genome Sequence of Megamonas funiformis Strain 1CBH44, Isolated from Human Feces.	Ogata Y, Sakamoto M, Kumar N, Ohkuma M, Hattori M, Suda W.	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/mra.00785-21	2021
Phylogeny	Exploring Gut Microbiota in Patients with Colorectal Disease Based on 16S rRNA Gene Amplicon and Shallow Metagenomic Sequencing.	Liu Y, Li X, Yang Y, Liu Y, Wang S, Ji B, Wei Y.	Front Mol Biosci	10.3389/fmolb.2021.703638	2021
Genetics	Complete Genome Sequence of Megamonas funiformis JCM 14723(T).	Tourlousse DM, Sakamoto M, Miura T, Narita K, Ohashi A, Uchino Y, Yamazoe A, Kameyama K, Terauchi J, Ohkuma M, Kawasaki H, Sekiguchi Y	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/MRA.00142-20	2020
Phylogeny	Sutterella parvirubra sp. nov. and Megamonas funiformis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces.	Sakon H, Nagai F, Morotomi M, Tanaka R	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.65456-0	2008

References

#8060	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 19343
#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 )
#28636	IJSEM 970 2008 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.65456-0 , PubMed 18398204 )
#32412	Barberan A, Caceres Velazquez H, Jones S, Fierer N.: Hiding in Plain Sight: Mining Bacterial Species Records for Phenotypic Trait Information. mSphere 2: 2017 ( DOI 10.1128/mSphere.00237-17 , PubMed 28776041 ) - originally annotated from #28636
#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;
#68367	Automatically annotated from API 20A .
#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 .
#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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Megamonas funiformis (DSM 19343, JCM 14723, YITM815)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API 20A

API rID32A

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_010669225

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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