Name: Bifidobacterium merycicum Ru767
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 1727

Type strain:

Species: Bifidobacterium merycicum

Strain Designation: Ru767

Culture col. no.: DSM 6493, JCM 8220

Strain history: B. Biavati Ru767.

NCBI tax ID(s): 78345 (species)

SI-ID 48217

DSM 6493, JCM 8220, KCTC 3424

Other strains from Bifidobacterium merycicum

B. merycicum Ru915B, DSM 6492, ATCC 49391, CCUG ... (type strain)
B. merycicum Ru769, DSM 6494
B. merycicum JCM 34115

Section

Bifidobacterium merycicum Ru767 is an anaerobe, mesophilic bacterium that was isolated from rumen of cattle.

anaerobe
mesophilic
Bacteria

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

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (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 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

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #2698]			growth	37 °C
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[Ref.: #2698]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #67770]	Temperature range	mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

anaerobe

[Ref.: #2698]	Murein short key	A11.32
[Ref.: #2698]	Murein types	A4alpha L-Lys(L-Orn)-D-Asp

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[Ref.: #68371]	D-arabinose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	D-arabitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	D-fructose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	D-fucose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	D-galactose ChEBI	+	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	D-glucose ChEBI	+	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	D-lyxose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	D-mannitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	D-mannose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	D-ribose ChEBI	+	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	D-sorbitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	D-tagatose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	D-xylose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	erythritol ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	galactitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	gentiobiose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	gluconate ChEBI	+	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	glycogen ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	inulin ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	L-arabinose ChEBI	+	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	L-arabitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	L-fucose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	L-rhamnose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	L-sorbose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	L-xylose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
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[Ref.: #68371]	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	methyl alpha-D-mannoside ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
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[Ref.: #68371]	Potassium 5-ketogluconate ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
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[Ref.: #68371]	xylitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
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API® 50CH acid:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	ControlQ	Acid from glycerolGLY	Acid from erythritolERY	Acid from D-arabinoseDARA	Acid from L-arabinoseLARA	Acid from D-riboseRIB	Acid from D-xyloseDXYL	Acid from L-xyloseLXYL	Acid from D-adonitolADO	Acid from methyl beta-D-xylopyranosideMDX	Acid from D-galactoseGAL	Acid from D-glucoseGLU	Acid from D-fructoseFRU	Acid from D-mannoseMNE	Acid from L-sorboseSBE	Acid from L-rhamnoseRHA	Acid from dulcitolDUL	Acid from inositolINO	Acid from D-mannitolMAN	Acid from D-sorbitolSOR	Acid from methyl alpha-D-mannopyranosideMDM	Acid from methyl alpha-D-glucopyranosideMDG	Acid from N-acetyl-glucosamineNAG	Acid from amygdalinAMY	Acid from arbutinARB	Acid from esculinESC	Acid from salicinSAL	Acid from cellobioseCEL	Acid from maltoseMAL	Acid from lactoseLAC	Acid from melibioseMEL	Acid from sucroseSAC	Acid from trehaloseTRE	Acid from inulinINU	Acid from melezitoseMLZ	Acid from raffinoseRAF	Acid from starchAMD	Acid from glycogenGLYG	Acid from xylitolXLT	Acid from gentiobioseGEN	Acid from turanoseTUR	Acid from D-lyxoseLYX	Acid from D-tagatoseTAG	Acid from D-fucoseDFUC	Acid from L-fucoseLFUC	Acid from D-arabitolDARL	Acid from L-arabitolLARL	Acid from gluconateGNT	Acid from 2-Ketogluconate2KG	Acid from 5-Ketogluconate5KG
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Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #2698]	Sample type/isolated from	rumen of cattle

[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

[Ref.: #2698]	GC-content	60.0 mol%	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
[Ref.: #67770]	GC-content	60 mol%	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 6493, JCM 8220

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SI-ID 48217

References

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Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 6493

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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 )

#67770 Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;

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Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .

#71374

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-ID48217.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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