Bifidobacterium gallinarum subsp. saeculare (DSM 6531, ATCC 49392, RA161)

Name: Bifidobacterium gallinarum subsp. saeculare (DSM 6531, ATCC 49392, RA161)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 1729

Type strain

Strain Designation RA161

Culture col. no. DSM 6531 ATCC 49392 RA161 JCM 8223 CCUG 34977 3 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 78257

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM KCTC

History DSMZ <- B. Biavati, RA161 JCM <-- B. Biavati RA161.

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Bifidobacterium gallinarum subsp. saeculare RA161 is an anaerobe bacterium that was isolated from rabbit faeces.

anaerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 92514

LMG 14934,ATCC 49392,CCUG 34977,DSM 6531,JCM 8223,KCTC 3427,AS 1.2278,CGMCC 1.2278

@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 gallinarum subsp. saeculare

Full scientific name Bifidobacterium gallinarum subsp. saeculare (Biavati et al. 1992) Liu et al. 2020

Synonyms (2)

Bifidobacterium pullorum subsp. saeculare
Bifidobacterium saeculare

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Bifidobacterium gallinarum subsp. saeculare** (3)	Type strain
1730	B. gallinarum subsp. saeculare RA158, DSM 6532
1731	B. gallinarum subsp. saeculare RA159, DSM 6533
165801	B. gallinarum subsp. saeculare JCM 8508

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Motility	Confidence
125438		93

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
2717	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)
2717	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

2717

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.312

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
2717	A11.32	A4alpha L-Lys(L-Orn)-D-Asp

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
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
2717	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+/-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Mammals	#Leporidae (Rabbit/Hare)
#Host Body Product	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Feces (Stool)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
2717	rabbit faeces
67770	Rabbit feces

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence LC071849 (>99% sequence identity) for Bifidobacterium pullorum subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	1025
Soil Samples	710
Animal Samples	40343
Plant Samples	221
Total Samples	42299

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
2717	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
67770	Bifsae assembly for Bifidobacterium pullorum subsp. saeculare DSM 6531 = LMG 14934	contig	GCA_000741375	1437611.3	2600254983	1437611	74.88
67770	DSM-6531 assembly for Bifidobacterium pullorum subsp. saeculare DSM 6531 = LMG 14934	contig	GCA_000770965	1437611.4	2660238131	1437611	65.12

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Bifidobacterium pullorum subsp. saeculare DSM 6531 gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	D89328	1514	1437611
20218	Bifidobacterium saeculare gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 8223	AB116349	473	1437611
20218	Bifidobacterium saeculare gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 8223	AB507153	603	1437611
20218	Bifidobacterium saeculare strain KCTC 3427 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	GU361832	1475	78257
67770	Bifidobacterium saeculare gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 8223	LC071849	1462	1437611

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
2717	63.0	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
67770	63

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Bifsae assembly for Bifidobacterium pullorum subsp. saeculare DSM 6531 = LMG 14934
NCBI: GCA_000741375

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate anaerobe	88.37	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	47.23	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	45.81	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.31	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Bifidobacterium saeculare DSM 6531 = LMG 14934
PATRIC: 1437611.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	84.32	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	85.16	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	88.88	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	92.50	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	95.59	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	93.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria.	Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007	2018
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
Phylogeny	Investigation of the evolutionary development of the genus Bifidobacterium by comparative genomics.	Lugli GA, Milani C, Turroni F, Duranti S, Ferrario C, Viappiani A, Mancabelli L, Mangifesta M, Taminiau B, Delcenserie V, van Sinderen D, Ventura M.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02004-14	2014
	Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes among Human Gut-Derived Bifidobacteria.	Duranti S, Lugli GA, Mancabelli L, Turroni F, Milani C, Mangifesta M, Ferrario C, Anzalone R, Viappiani A, van Sinderen D, Ventura M.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02894-16	2017
Pathogenicity	Exploring the Ecology of Bifidobacteria and Their Genetic Adaptation to the Mammalian Gut.	Duranti S, Longhi G, Ventura M, van Sinderen D, Turroni F.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms9010008	2020
Phylogeny	Phylogenetic Analysis of the Bifidobacterium Genus Using Glycolysis Enzyme Sequences.	Brandt K, Barrangou R.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2016.00657	2016

References

#2717	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 6531
#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 )
#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 .
#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 gallinarum subsp. saeculare (DSM 6531, ATCC 49392, RA161)

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_000741375

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

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