Bifidobacterium moukalabense (DSM 27321, JCM 18751, GG01)

Name: Bifidobacterium moukalabense (DSM 27321, JCM 18751, GG01)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 23789

Type strain

Strain Designation GG01

Culture col. no. DSM 27321 JCM 18751 GG01

NCBI tax ID(s) 1435051 1333651

Special Collections DSMZ JCM

History <- A. Ngomanda, Res. Inst. of Tropical Ecology (IRET), Natl. Center of Scientific Res. and Technol., Gabon; GG01 <- K. Ushida, Kyoto Univ., Japan A. Ngomanda GG01.

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Bifidobacterium moukalabense GG01 is an obligate anaerobe bacterium that was isolated from feces of wild western lowland gorilla .

obligate anaerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 406737

JCM 18751,DSM 27321

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:23:48

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Bifidobacteriales

Family Bifidobacteriaceae

Genus Bifidobacterium

Species Bifidobacterium moukalabense

Full scientific name Bifidobacterium moukalabense Tsuchida et al. 2014

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Motility	Confidence
125438		92

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
20460	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)
20460	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

20460

Oxygen toleranceobligate anaerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		96

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
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	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		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		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
20460	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20460	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+/-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
20460	feces of wild western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)	Gorilla gorilla gorilla	Moukalaba-Daudou National Park	Gabon	GAB	Africa
67770	Feces of a wild lowland gorilla in Moukalaba-Daudou National Park			Gabon	GAB	Africa

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
20460	1	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	DSM27321 assembly for Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321	contig	GCA_000522505	1435051.3	2609460007	1435051	75.75
66792	ASM540564v1 assembly for Bifidobacterium moukalabense GG01	contig	GCA_005405645	1333651.4	8031980993	1333651	74.57

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20460	Bifidobacterium moukalabense gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 18751	AB821293	1495	1435051
67770	Bifidobacterium moukalabense JCM 18751 gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	LC521993	1470	1435051
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008979	447	1685
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008980	432	1683
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008981	444	33905
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008982	558	35760
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008983	437	78345
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008984	412	1693
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008985	478	367928
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008986	403	1437611
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008987	404	78448
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008988	404	78344
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008989	487	78346
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008990	441	212365
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008991	512	31954
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008992	417	1687
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008993	473	158787
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008994	417	1437606
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008995	452	77635
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008996	431	471511
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008997	477	356829
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008998	409	518643
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM008999	443	1437610
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009000	449	1437609
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009001	438	1437607
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009002	481	762211
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009003	416	1437608
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009004	351	1692
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009005	416	1341694
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009006	519	1690
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009007	430	1437605
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009008	475	302912
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009009	452	1150423
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009010	459	555970
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009011	589	1688
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009012	460	566552
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009013	471	561180
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009014	459	547043
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009015	386	218140
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009016	435	78343
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009017	443	391904
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009018	442	1679
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009019	462	1681
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009020	439	79262
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009021	467	1150460
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009022	459	1437612
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009023	387	327277
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009024	411	1684
124043	Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KM009025	463	1435051

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
20460	60.1	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Bifidobacterium moukalabense GG01T
NCBI: GCA_005405645

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	96.00	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	64.80	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	88.30	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate anaerobe	60.80	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321
PATRIC: 1435051.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	87.40	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	82.26	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	86.13	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	91.65	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	94.47	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	92.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Decoding the Genomic Variability among Members of the Bifidobacterium dentium Species.	Lugli GA, Tarracchini C, Alessandri G, Milani C, Mancabelli L, Turroni F, Neuzil-Bunesova V, Ruiz L, Margolles A, Ventura M.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms8111720	2020
Genetics	Uncovering Bifidobacteria via Targeted Sequencing of the Mammalian Gut Microbiota.	Lugli GA, Duranti S, Milani C, Mancabelli L, Turroni F, Sinderen DV, Ventura M.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms7110535	2019
Phylogeny	Phylogenetic Analysis of the Bifidobacterium Genus Using Glycolysis Enzyme Sequences.	Brandt K, Barrangou R.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2016.00657	2016
	Occurrence and Diversity of CRISPR-Cas Systems in the Genus Bifidobacterium.	Briner AE, Lugli GA, Milani C, Duranti S, Turroni F, Gueimonde M, Margolles A, van Sinderen D, Ventura M, Barrangou R.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0133661	2015
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
Genetics	The Genome Sequence of Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 Highlights the Close Phylogenetic Relatedness with the Bifidobacterium dentium Taxon.	Lugli GA, Duranti S, Milani C, Turroni F, Viappiani A, Mangifesta M, van Sinderen D, Ventura M	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomeA.00048-14	2014
Phylogeny	Bifidobacterium moukalabense sp. nov., isolated from the faeces of wild west lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla).	Tsuchida S, Takahashi S, Nguema PPM, Fujita S, Kitahara M, Yamagiwa J, Ngomanda A, Ohkuma M, Ushida K	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.055186-0	2013

References

#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 )
#20460	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 27321
#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;
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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 moukalabense (DSM 27321, JCM 18751, GG01)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Metabolite utilization

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000522505

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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