Name: Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis DSM 20218
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 1745

Type strain:

Species: Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis

Culture col. no.: DSM 20218, ATCC 17930, JCM 1260, BCRC 14661

Strain history: DSM 20218 <-- ATCC 17930 <-- CDC W723 ("Actinomyces parabifidus").

NCBI tax ID(s): 1682 (subspecies)

SI-ID 9640

LMG 11588, ATCC 17930, DSM 20218, LMG 13205, JCM 1260, CCRC 14661, KCTC 3473, BCRC 14661

Special Collections

DSMZ
JCM

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Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis DSM 20218 is an anaerobe, mesophilic bacterium that was isolated from Baby feces.

anaerobe
mesophilic
16S sequence
Bacteria

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 longum subsp. infantis**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis (Reuter 1963) Mattarelli et al. 2008

Synonym

Bifidobacterium infantis

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
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Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

anaerobe

[Ref.: #8611]	Murein short key	A21.03
[Ref.: #8611]	Murein types	A3ß L-Orn-L-Ser-L-Ala-L-Thr-L-Ala

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
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[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]	esculin 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]	glycerol 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
[Ref.: #68371]	lactose ChEBI	+	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	maltose 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
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[Ref.: #68371]	Potassium 5-ketogluconate ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
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[Ref.: #68371]	salicin ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	starch ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
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[Ref.: #68371]	trehalose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	turanose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
[Ref.: #68371]	xylitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API 50CH acid
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API® 50CH acid:

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	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.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Baby feces
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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:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #20218]	Bifidobacterium longum gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 1260	AB507103	655	GenBank ENA	216816 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #124043]	Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: YIT 12735.	AB924520	1504	GenBank ENA	1682 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 1260	AB116306	471	GenBank ENA	1682 tax ID	*

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 20218, ATCC 17930, JCM 1260, BCRC 14661

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SI-ID 9640

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Pathogenicity	Breast milk urea as a nitrogen source for urease positive Bifidobacterium infantis.	Schimmel P, Kleinjans L, Bongers RS, Knol J, Belzer C	FEMS Microbiol Ecol	10.1093/femsec/fiab019	2021	*

References

#8611

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 20218

#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;

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Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .

#71392

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-ID9640.1 )

#124043

Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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