Name: Bifidobacterium merycicum Ru915B
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 1726

Type strain:

Species: Bifidobacterium merycicum

Strain Designation: Ru915B

Culture col. no.: DSM 6492, ATCC 49391, CCUG 34976, JCM 8219, CGMCC 1.2273, KCTC 3369, KCTC 3423, LMG 11341

Strain history: B. Biavati Ru915B.

NCBI tax ID(s): 1410646 (strain), 78345 (species)

SI-ID 14148

LMG 11341, ATCC 49391, CCUG 34976, DSM 6492, JCM 8219, KCTC 3369, AS 1.2273, KCTC 3423, CGMCC 1.2273

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Section

Bifidobacterium merycicum Ru915B is an anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-positive bacterium that forms circular colonies and was isolated from rumen of cattle.

colony-forming
Gram-positive
rod-shaped
anaerobe
mesophilic
16S sequence
Bacteria
genome sequence

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	09-12-2024 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	*Bacteria*
	Phylum	*Actinomycetota*
	Class	*Actinomycetes*
	Order	*Bifidobacteriales*
	Family	*Bifidobacteriaceae*
	Genus	*Bifidobacterium*
	Species	**Bifidobacterium merycicum**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Bifidobacterium merycicum Biavati and Mattarelli 1991

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #23364]	Gram stain	positive

[Ref.: #23364]	Cell length	2.0-5.0 µm

[Ref.: #23364]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #23364]	Motility	no
[Ref.: #69480]	Motility	no Confidence in %92

[Ref.: #23364]	Colony color	cream to white
[Ref.: #23364]	Colony shape	circular
[Ref.: #23364]	Cultivation medium used	Trypticase-Phytone-yeast extract agar

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

BIFIDOBACTERIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 58)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

Trypticase-Phytone-yeast
extract agar

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Culture medium growth

	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #2697]		growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #23364]	no	growth	25 °C
[Ref.: #23364]	no	growth	>45 °C
[Ref.: #23364]		optimum	38-42 °C
[Ref.: #52428]		growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #67770]		growth	37 °C

	Kind of pH		pH
[Ref.: #23364]		optimum	6.5-6.9
[Ref.: #23364]	no	growth	4.5
[Ref.: #23364]	no	growth	8.0

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #2697]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe
[Ref.: #23364]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe
[Ref.: #52428]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe

[Ref.: #23364]	Ability of spore formation	no
[Ref.: #69480]	Ability of spore formation	no Confidence in %90.384
[Ref.: #69481]	Ability of spore formation	no Confidence in %100

[Ref.: #2697]	Murein short key	A11.32
[Ref.: #2697]	Murein types	A4alpha L-Lys(L-Orn)-D-Asp

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #23364]	arabinose ChEBI	+	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	cellobiose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23364]	cellobiose ChEBI	+/-	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	D-ribose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23364]	D-xylose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23364]	dextrin ChEBI	+	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	fructose ChEBI	+/-	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	galactose ChEBI	+	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	gluconate ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23364]	gluconate ChEBI	-	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	glucose ChEBI	+	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	glycerol ChEBI	-	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	indole ChEBI	-
[Ref.: #23364]	inulin ChEBI	+/-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23364]	inulin ChEBI	+/-	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	L-arabinose ChEBI	+	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23364]	lactate ChEBI	-	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	lactose ChEBI	+	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	maltose ChEBI	+	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	mannitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23364]	mannitol ChEBI	-	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	mannose ChEBI	-	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	melezitose ChEBI	-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23364]	melezitose ChEBI	-	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	melibiose ChEBI	+	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #23364]	propionate ChEBI	-
[Ref.: #23364]	raffinose ChEBI	+	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	rhamnose ChEBI	-	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	ribose ChEBI	+	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	salicin ChEBI	+/-	builds acid from
[Ref.: #23364]	salicin ChEBI	+/-	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	sorbitol ChEBI	-	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	starch ChEBI	+	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	sucrose ChEBI	+	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	trehalose ChEBI	-	fermentation
[Ref.: #23364]	xylose ChEBI	+	fermentation
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	Enzymes	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #23364]		catalase	-	1.11.1.6

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

Reference

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Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C18:1 ω9c	22.2	17.769
C16:0	17.3	16
C14:0	16.3	14
C12:0	11.3	12
C16:1 ω9c	10.4	15.774
Unidentified	4.7	18.225
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	4.7	17.724
C10:0	3	10
C18:0	2.7	18
C13:0 3OH/C15:1 i I/H	2.3	14.469
Unidentified	1	13.768
C17:1 ω9c	0.9	16.773
C17:1 ω5c ISO	0.7	16.461
Unidentified	0.7	19.297
C16:0 3OH	0.6	17.52
C13:1 at 12-13	0.6	12.931
Unidentified	0.6	12.472

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #2697]	Sample type/isolated from	rumen of cattle

[Ref.: #52428]	Sample type/isolated from	Cattle rumen

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Bovine rumen
* marker position based on {}

Isolation sources categories

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

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Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (German classification)
According to TRBA 466

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

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	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #67770]	Bifidobacterium merycicum gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 8219	LC071847	1392	GenBank ENA	78345 tax ID
[Ref.: #20218]	Bifidobacterium merycicum strain DSM 6492 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	GQ487639	137	GenBank ENA	78345 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Bifidobacterium merycicum gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 8219	AB116324	435	GenBank ENA	78345 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Bifidobacterium merycicum gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 8219	AB507128	840	GenBank ENA	78345 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Bifidobacterium merycicum gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 8219	D86192	1435	GenBank ENA	78345 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Bifidobacterium merycicum strain KCTC 3369 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	GU361825	1480	GenBank ENA	78345 tax ID	*

Genome sequence information:

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	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #67770]	Bifidobacterium merycicum DSM 6492	GCA_000770945	contig	GenBank ENA	1410646 tax ID
[Ref.: #67770]	Bifidobacterium merycicum LMG 11341	GCA_000741615	contig	GenBank ENA	78345 tax ID
[Ref.: #67770]	Bifidobacterium merycicum DSM 6492	GCA_900129045	contig	GenBank ENA	1410646 tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Bifidobacterium merycicum strain LMG 11341	78345.3	wgs	PATRIC	78345 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Bifidobacterium merycicum DSM 6492	2660238375	draft	JGI IMG/M	1410646 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Bifidobacterium merycicum DSM 6492	2563366502	draft	JGI IMG/M	1410646 tax ID	*

[Ref.: #2697]	GC-content	59.0 mol%	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
[Ref.: #23364]	GC-content	59.0 mol%	Thermal denaturation, fluorometry
[Ref.: #67770]	GC-content	59 mol%	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Data predicted using genome information as a basis Genome-based predictions

	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 based on: Bifidobacterium merycicum DSM 6492 PATRIC: 1410646.5
[Ref.: #69481]	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	100	no

	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from Diaspora project based on: Bifidobacterium merycicum DSM 6492 PATRIC: 1410646.3
[Ref.: #69480]	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	87.45	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	87.774	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	90.384	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	94.487	no
[Ref.: #69480]	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	92.637	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	92	yes

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 6492, ATCC 49391, CCUG 34976, JCM 8219, CGMCC 1.2273, KCTC 3369, KCTC 3423, LMG 11341

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SI-ID 14148

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Bifidobacterium ruminantium sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium merycicum sp. nov. from the rumens of cattle.	Biavati B, Mattarelli P	Int J Syst Bacteriol	10.1099/00207713-41-1-163	1991	*

References

#2697

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 6492

#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 )

#23364

B. BIAVATI, P. MATTARELLI: Bifidobacterium ruminantium sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium merycicum sp. nov. from the Rumens of Cattle. IJSEM 41: 163 - 168 1991 ( DOI 10.1099/00207713-41-1-163 , PubMed 1995032 )

#52428 Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 34976

#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;

#69480

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Predictions based on genome sequence made in the Diaspora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#69481

Xiao-Yin To, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Alice C. McHardy, Philipp C. Münch: Predictions based on the model GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 . ( DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2527258/v1 )

#71373

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID14148.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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