Bifidobacterium callitrichos (DSM 23973, JCM 17296, AFB22-5)

Name: Bifidobacterium callitrichos (DSM 23973, JCM 17296, AFB22-5)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 1754

Type strain

Strain Designation AFB22-5

Culture col. no. DSM 23973 JCM 17296 AFB22-5 KCTC 15334

NCBI tax ID(s) 1437609 762209

Special Collections DSMZ JCM KCTC

History DSMZ <- A. Endo, Dept. Microbiology, Stellenbosch Univ., South Africa; AFB22-5 JCM <-- A. Endo AFB22-5.

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Bifidobacterium callitrichos AFB22-5 is an anaerobe bacterium that was isolated from feces of common marmoset.

anaerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 379793

DSM 23973,JCM 17296,LMG 27584

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:25:20

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Bifidobacteriales

Family Bifidobacteriaceae

Genus Bifidobacterium

Species Bifidobacterium callitrichos

Full scientific name Bifidobacterium callitrichos Endo et al. 2012

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Motility	Confidence
125438		90

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
17464	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)
17464	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
17464	anaerobe
125439	facultative anaerobe	93.522

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		97.684

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	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	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	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	100	13 of 13
66794	threonine metabolism	100	10 of 10
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	acetoin degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	90.91	10 of 11
66794	starch degradation	90	9 of 10
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	86.67	13 of 15
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	NAD metabolism	83.33	15 of 18
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	flavin biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	cellulose degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	valine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	75	3 of 4
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	75	6 of 8
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	70	7 of 10
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	67.86	19 of 28
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	66.67	4 of 6
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	methionine metabolism	65.38	17 of 26
66794	degradation of pentoses	64.29	18 of 28
66794	d-xylose degradation	63.64	7 of 11
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	62.64	57 of 91
66794	gluconeogenesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
66794	isoleucine metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	62.5	10 of 16
66794	urea cycle	61.54	8 of 13
66794	purine metabolism	59.57	56 of 94
66794	glycolysis	58.82	10 of 17
66794	alanine metabolism	58.62	17 of 29
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	57.78	26 of 45
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	57.14	8 of 14
66794	cysteine metabolism	55.56	10 of 18
66794	d-mannose degradation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	non-pathway related	55.26	21 of 38
66794	histidine metabolism	55.17	16 of 29
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	54.55	6 of 11
66794	leucine metabolism	53.85	7 of 13
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	citric acid cycle	50	7 of 14
66794	adipate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	50	1 of 2
66794	arginine metabolism	50	12 of 24
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	butanoate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	toluene degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	50	13 of 26
66794	proline metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	45.45	5 of 11
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	44.44	4 of 9
66794	degradation of hexoses	44.44	8 of 18
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	44.44	4 of 9
66794	heme metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
66794	tyrosine metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
66794	glutathione metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
66794	propanol degradation	42.86	3 of 7
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	42.86	3 of 7
66794	tryptophan metabolism	42.11	16 of 38
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	41.67	5 of 12
66794	lysine metabolism	40.48	17 of 42
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	degradation of sugar acids	40	10 of 25
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	40	2 of 5
66794	sulfate reduction	38.46	5 of 13
66794	lipid metabolism	35.48	11 of 31
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	nitrate assimilation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	octane oxidation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	sulfoquinovose degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	allantoin degradation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	30.77	4 of 13
66794	propionate fermentation	30	3 of 10
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	polyamine pathway	26.09	6 of 23
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8
66794	ascorbate metabolism	22.73	5 of 22

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
17464	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+/-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+/-	+	+	-	-	+	+	+/-	+/-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Mammals	#Primates
#Host Body Product	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Feces (Stool)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
17464	feces of common marmoset	Cape Town	South Africa	ZAF	Africa
67770	Feces of a common marmoset	Cape Town	South Africa	ZAF	Africa

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
17464	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	Bifcal assembly for Bifidobacterium callitrichos DSM 23973	contig	GCA_000741175	1437609.3	2597490241	1437609	70.24
67770	DSM-23973 assembly for Bifidobacterium callitrichos DSM 23973	contig	GCA_000771665	1437609.4	2700989375	1437609	57.06

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
17464	Bifidobacterium callitrichos gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB559503	1502		1437609
67770	Bifidobacterium callitrichos JCM 17296 gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	LC519986	1461		762209

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
17464	64.3	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
67770	64.3

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Bifcal assembly for Bifidobacterium callitrichos DSM 23973
NCBI: GCA_000741175

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	93.52	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	89.60	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	85.38	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	97.68	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Bifidobacterium callitrichos DSM 23973
PATRIC: 1437609.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	89.79	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	73.56	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	83.87	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	86.41	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	89.50	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	90.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Genetic insights into the dark matter of the mammalian gut microbiota through targeted genome reconstruction.	Lugli GA, Alessandri G, Milani C, Viappiani A, Fontana F, Tarracchini C, Mancabelli L, Argentini C, Ruiz L, Margolles A, van Sinderen D, Turroni F, Ventura M.	Environ Microbiol	10.1111/1462-2920.15559	2021
	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
Genetics	Comparative genomic and phylogenomic analyses of the Bifidobacteriaceae family.	Lugli GA, Milani C, Turroni F, Duranti S, Mancabelli L, Mangifesta M, Ferrario C, Modesto M, Mattarelli P, Jiri K, van Sinderen D, Ventura M.	BMC Genomics	10.1186/s12864-017-3955-4	2017
Phylogeny	Phylogenetic Analysis of the Bifidobacterium Genus Using Glycolysis Enzyme Sequences.	Brandt K, Barrangou R.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2016.00657	2016
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	Characterization of Bifidobacterium species in feaces of the Egyptian fruit bat: Description of B. vespertilionis sp. nov. and B. rousetti sp. nov.	Modesto M, Satti M, Watanabe K, Puglisi E, Morelli L, Huang CH, Liou JS, Miyashita M, Tamura T, Saito S, Mori K, Huang L, Sciavilla P, Sandri C, Spiezio C, Vitali F, Cavalieri D, Perpetuini G, Tofalo R, Bonetti A, Arita M, Mattarelli P	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1016/j.syapm.2019.126017	2019
Phylogeny	Bifidobacterium myosotis sp. nov., Bifidobacterium tissieri sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium hapali sp. nov., isolated from faeces of baby common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus L.).	Michelini S, Oki K, Yanokura E, Shimakawa Y, Modesto M, Mattarelli P, Biavati B, Watanabe K	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.000708	2015
Phylogeny	Bifidobacterium reuteri sp. nov., Bifidobacterium callitrichos sp. nov., Bifidobacterium saguini sp. nov., Bifidobacterium stellenboschense sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium biavatii sp. nov. isolated from faeces of common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) and red-handed tamarin (Saguinus midas).	Endo A, Futagawa-Endo Y, Schumann P, Pukall R, Dicks LM	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1016/j.syapm.2011.11.006	2012

References

#17464	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 23973
#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 )
#66794	Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#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 callitrichos (DSM 23973, JCM 17296, AFB22-5)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Metabolite utilization

Pathway annotation

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000741175

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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