Name: Slackia faecicanis 5WC12
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 3065

Type strain:

Species: Slackia faecicanis

Strain Designation: 5WC12

Culture col. no.: DSM 17537, CCUG 48399, CIP 108281, JCM 14555

Strain history: CIP <- 2004, CCUG <- Lawson, UK: strain 5WC12

NCBI tax ID(s): 255723 (species)

SI-ID 138302

CCUG 48399, CIP 108281, DSM 17537, JCM 14555

Special Collections

Section

Slackia faecicanis 5WC12 is an anaerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from faeces, dog.

Gram-positive
rod-shaped
anaerobe
16S sequence
Bacteria
genome sequence

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	*Coriobacteriia*
	Order	*Eggerthellales*
	Family	*Eggerthellaceae*
	Genus	*Slackia*
	Species	**Slackia faecicanis**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Slackia faecicanis Lawson et al. 2005

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #31432]	Gram stain	positive
[Ref.: #119220]	Gram stain	positive

[Ref.: #31432]	Cell length	1.5 µm

[Ref.: #31432]	Cell width	0.5 µm

[Ref.: #31432]	Cell shape	rod-shaped
[Ref.: #119220]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #119220]	Motility	no
[Ref.: #69480]	Motility	no Confidence in %91

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

PYG MEDIUM (MODIFIED) (DSMZ Medium 104)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

[Ref.: #7050]

Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

[Ref.: #33220]

Culture medium

MEDIUM 20 - for Anaerobic bacteria

[Ref.: #33220]

Culture medium growth

[Ref.: #33220]

Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

[Ref.: #119220]

Culture medium

CIP Medium 20

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

		Temperature
[Ref.: #7050]	growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #31432]	optimum	37 °C
[Ref.: #33220]	growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #58133]	growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #67770]	growth	37 °C

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #7050]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe
[Ref.: #31432]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe
[Ref.: #58133]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe
[Ref.: #119220]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe

[Ref.: #31432]	Ability of spore formation	no
[Ref.: #69481]	Ability of spore formation	no Confidence in %100

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #68381]	alpha-cyclodextrin ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #68380]	arginine ChEBI	+	hydrolysis	* from API rID32A, API rID32STR
[Ref.: #119220]	cellobiose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #119220]	D-arabinose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #68381]	D-arabitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #119220]	D-fructose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #119220]	D-glucose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #68381]	D-mannitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #68380]	D-mannose ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68381]	D-ribose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #68381]	D-tagatose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #119220]	D-xylose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #119220]	esculin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #68381]	glycogen ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #68381]	hippurate ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #68381]	L-arabinose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #68380]	L-glutamate ChEBI	-	degradation	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #119220]	lactose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #68381]	lactose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #119220]	maltose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #68381]	maltose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #68381]	melezitose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #68381]	melibiose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #68381]	methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #119220]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #119220]	nitrate ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #119220]	nitrite ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #68381]	pullulan ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #68381]	raffinose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #68380]	raffinose ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #119220]	salicin ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #68381]	sorbitol ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #119220]	sucrose ChEBI	-	degradation
[Ref.: #68381]	sucrose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #68381]	trehalose ChEBI	-	builds acid from	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #68380]	tryptophan ChEBI	-	energy source	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68381]	urea ChEBI	+	hydrolysis	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #68380]	urea ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API rID32A
	Only first 10 entries are displayed. Click here to see all.

	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #119220]	indole ChEBI	no
[Ref.: #68381]	acetoin ChEBI	no	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #68380]	indole ChEBI	no	* from API rID32A

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Voges-Proskauer-test	Indole test
[Ref.: #68381]		acetoin ChEBI	-		* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #68380]		indole ChEBI		-	* from API rID32A

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #31432]	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
[Ref.: #68382]	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68380]	alanine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.2	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68381]	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidase	-		* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #68382]	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	* from API zym, API rID32STR, API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alpha-arabinosidase	-	3.2.1.55	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	* from API zym, API rID32A
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	* from API zym, API rID32STR, API rID32A
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	* from API zym, API rID32A
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68381]	arginine dihydrolase	+	3.5.3.6	* from API rID32STR, API rID32A
[Ref.: #119220]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	* from API zym, API rID32STR, API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphate	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	* from API zym, API rID32STR, API rID32A
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API zym, API rID32STR, API rID32A
[Ref.: #68381]	beta-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.25	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #119220]	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #68382]	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase (C 4)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #119220]	gelatinase	-
[Ref.: #68380]	glutamate decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.15	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	glutamyl-glutamate arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	glycin arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68381]	glycyl tryptophan arylamidase	-		* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #68380]	histidine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	L-arginine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68382]	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	* from API zym, API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	leucyl glycin arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68382]	lipase (C 14)	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	* from API zym, API rID32STR, API rID32A
[Ref.: #68382]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #119220]	oxidase	-
[Ref.: #68380]	phenylalanine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	proline-arylamidase	-	3.4.11.5	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68381]	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	* from API rID32STR, API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	serine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68382]	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68380]	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	tyrosine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #119220]	urease	-	3.5.1.5
[Ref.: #68381]	urease	+	3.5.1.5	* from API rID32STR
[Ref.: #68380]	urease	-	3.5.1.5	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68382]	valine arylamidase	-		* from API zym
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API® rID32A:

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

	API ID	Urease/urea hydrolysisURE	Arginine dihydrolaseADH (Arg)	alpha-Galactosidasealpha GAL	beta-Galactosidasebeta GAL	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphatebeta GP	alpha-Glucosidasealpha GLU	beta-Glucosidasebeta GLU	alpha-Arabinosidasealpha ARA	beta-Glucuronidasebeta GUR	beta-N-Acetyl-beta-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	Fermentation of D-mannoseMNE	Fermentation of raffinoseRAF	Glutamate decarboxylaseGDC	alpha-Fucosidasealpha FUC	Reduction of nitrateNIT	Indole productionIND	Alkaline phosphatasePAL	L-arginine arylamidaseArgA	Proline arylamidaseProA	Leucyl glycin arylamidaseLGA	Phenylalanine arylamidasePheA	Leucine arylamidaseLeuA	Pyrrolidonyl arylamidasePyrA	Tyrosine arylamidaseTyrA	Alanine arylamidaseAlaA	Glycin arylamidaseGlyA	Histidine arylamidaseHisA	Glutamyl-glutamate arylamidaseGGA	Serine arylamidaseSerA
[Ref.: #7050]	12650	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
[Ref.: #58133]	3979	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API® rID32STR:

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

	API ID	Arginine dihydrolaseADH (Arg)	beta-Glucosidasebeta GLU	beta-Galactosidasebeta GAR	beta-Glucuronidasebeta GUR	alpha-Galactosidasealpha GAL	Alkaline PhosphatasePAL	Acid from D-riboseRIB	Acid from D-mannitolMAN	Acid from sorbitolSOR	Acid from lactoseLAC	Acid from trehaloseTRE	Acid from raffinoseRAF	Acid from sucroseSAC	Acid from L-arabinoseLARA	Acid from D-arabitolDARL	Acid from alpha-cyclodextrinCDEX	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidaseAPPA	beta-Galactosidasebeta GAL	Pyrrolidonyl arylamidasePyrA	N-Acetyl-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	Glycyl-tryptophan arylamidaseGTA	Hydrolysis of hippuric acidHIP	Acid from glycogenGLYG	Acid from pullulanPUL	Acid from maltoseMAL	Acid from melibioseMEL	Acid from melezitoseMLZ	Acidification of methyl beta-D-glucopyranosideMbeta DG	Acid from D-tagatoseTAG	beta-Mannosidasebeta MAN	Urease/urea hydrolysisURE
[Ref.: #58133]	5319	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+

API® zym:

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

	API ID	Control	2-naphthyl phosphateAlkaline phosphatase	2-naphthyl butyrateEsterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	2-naphthyl myristateLipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-2-naphthylamideTrypsin	N-glutaryl-phenylalanine-2-naphthylamidealpha- Chymotrypsin	2-naphthyl phosphateAcid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-galactpyranosidealpha- Galactosidase	2-naphthyl-betaD-galactpyranosidebeta- Galactosidase	Naphthol-AS-BI-betaD-glucuronidebeta- Glucuronidase	2-naphthyl-alphaD-glucopyranosidealpha- Glucosidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-betaD-glucopyranosidebeta- Glucosidase	1-naphthyl-N-acetyl-betaD-glucosaminideN-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-mannopyranosidealpha- Mannosidase	2-naphthyl-alphaL-fucopyranosidealpha- Fucosidase
[Ref.: #58133]	3170	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
[Ref.: #119220]	11052	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #7050]	Sample type/isolated from	faeces, dog
[Ref.: #7050]	Country	United Kingdom
[Ref.: #7050]	Country ISO 3 Code	GBR
[Ref.: #7050]	Continent	Europe

[Ref.: #58133]	Sample type/isolated from	Canine feces,healthy male Labrador dog
[Ref.: #58133]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Reading ?
[Ref.: #58133]	Country	United Kingdom
[Ref.: #58133]	Country ISO 3 Code	GBR
[Ref.: #58133]	Continent	Europe

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Canine feces

[Ref.: #119220]	Sample type/isolated from	Animal, Dog
* marker position based on {}

Isolation sources categories

#Host	#Mammals	#Canidae (Dog)
#Host Body Product	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Feces (Stool)

What are isolation sources categories?

[Ref.: #69479]

Global distribution of 16S sequence AJ608686 (>99% sequence identity) for Slackia faecicanis subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	161
Soil Samples	67
Animal Samples	10248
Plant Samples	10
Total Samples	10486

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

[Ref.: #7050]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
[Ref.: #119220]	Biosafety level	1	Risk group (French classification)

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.: #7050]	Slackia faecicanis partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain CCUG 48399	AJ608686	1476	GenBank ENA	255723 tax ID

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #67770]	Slackia faecicanis DSM 17537	GCA_003725295	contig	GenBank ENA	255723 tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Slackia faecicanis strain DSM 17537	255723.3	wgs	PATRIC	255723 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Slackia faecicanis DSM 17537	2866339652	draft	JGI IMG/M	255723 tax ID	*

[Ref.: #7050]	GC-content	61.2 mol%
[Ref.: #67770]	GC-content	61.2 mol%	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Data predicted using genome information as a basis Genome-based predictions

	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 based on: Slackia faecicanis strain DSM 17537 PATRIC: 255723.3
[Ref.: #69481]	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	100	no

	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from Diaspora project based on: Slackia faecicanis strain DSM 17537 PATRIC: 255723.3
[Ref.: #69480]	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	84.765	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	87.499	no
[Ref.: #69480]	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	81.709	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	90.479	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	93.648	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	91	no

Availability in culture collections External links

[Ref.: #7050]

Culture collection no.

DSM 17537, CCUG 48399, CIP 108281, JCM 14555

[Ref.: #72585]

SI-ID 138302

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Draft Genome Sequences of Type Strains of Gordonibacter faecihominis, Paraeggerthella hongkongensis, Parvibacter caecicola,Slackia equolifaciens, Slackia faecicanis, and Slackia isoflavoniconvertens.	Danylec N, Stoll DA, Dotsch A, Huch M	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/MRA.01532-18	2019	*
Phylogeny	Slackia faecicanis sp. nov., isolated from canine faeces.	Lawson PA, Greetham HL, Gibson GR, Giffard C, Falsen E, Collins MD	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.63531-0	2005	*

References

#7050

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 17537

#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 )

#31432

Barberan A, Caceres Velazquez H, Jones S, Fierer N.: Hiding in Plain Sight: Mining Bacterial Species Records for Phenotypic Trait Information. mSphere 2: 2017 ( DOI 10.1128/mSphere.00237-17 , PubMed 28776041 ) - originally annotated from #27738 (see below)

#33220 ; Curators of the CIP;
#58133 Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 48399

#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;

#68380

Automatically annotated from API rID32A .

#68381

Automatically annotated from API rID32STR .

#68382

Automatically annotated from API zym .

#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 .

#69480

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Predictions based on genome sequence made in the Diaspora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#69481

Xiao-Yin To, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Alice C. McHardy, Philipp C. Münch: Predictions based on the model GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 . ( DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2527258/v1 )

#72585

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-ID138302.1 )

#119220 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 108281

#27738

IJSEM 1243 2005 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.63531-0 , PubMed 15879263 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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