Paraeggerthella hongkongensis (DSM 16106, CCUG 49250, JCM 14552)

Name: Paraeggerthella hongkongensis (DSM 16106, CCUG 49250, JCM 14552)
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BacDive ID 3074

Type strain

Strain Designation HKU10

Culture col. no. DSM 16106 CCUG 49250 JCM 14552 LMG 22124 HKU10

NCBI tax ID(s) 883106 230658

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM

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Paraeggerthella hongkongensis HKU10 is an anaerobe, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from blood from a patient with perianal abscess.

anaerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 127786

LMG 22124,CCUG 49250,DSM 16106,JCM 14552

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:47:27

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Coriobacteriia

Order Eggerthellales

Family Eggerthellaceae

Genus Paraeggerthella

Species Paraeggerthella hongkongensis

Full scientific name Paraeggerthella hongkongensis (Lau et al. 2006) Würdemann et al. 2009

Synonyms (1)

Eggerthella hongkongensis

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Paraeggerthella hongkongensis** (1)	Type strain
159452	P. hongkongensis RC2/2 A, DSM 110927

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125439	negative	99.5

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
6296	CHOPPED MEAT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 78)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CHOPPED MEAT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 78; with strain-specific modifications) Composition: Ground beef 500.0 g/l Casitone 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Ethanol 9.5 g/l (optional) Yeast extract 5.0 g/l K2HPO4 5.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl 0.5 g/l Haemin 0.005 g/l Resazurin 0.001 g/l Vitamin K3 0.0005 g/l (optional) Vitamin K1 (optional) NaOH (optional) Distilled water
6296	COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693) Composition: Defibrinated sheep blood 50.0 g/l Columbia agar base

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
6296	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
58484	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
6296	anaerobe
58484	anaerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.8

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-6, MMK-6

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68380	29016 ChEBI	arginine	+	hydrolysis	from API rID32A
68380	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	fermentation	from API rID32A
68380	29985 ChEBI	L-glutamate	-	degradation	from API rID32A
68380	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API rID32A
68380	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	fermentation	from API rID32A
68380	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API rID32A
68380	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API rID32A

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API rID32A

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68380	alanine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.2	from API rID32A
68380	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-arabinosidase	-	3.2.1.55	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API rID32A
68380	arginine dihydrolase	+	3.5.3.6	from API rID32A
68380	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API rID32A
68380	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphate	-		from API rID32A
68380	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API rID32A
68380	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32A
68380	glutamate decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.15	from API rID32A
68380	glutamyl-glutamate arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	glycin arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	histidine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	L-arginine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API rID32A
68380	leucyl glycin arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API rID32A
68380	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API rID32A
68380	phenylalanine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	proline-arylamidase	-	3.4.11.5	from API rID32A
68380	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API rID32A
68380	serine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API rID32A
68380	tyrosine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32A

API rID32A

@ref	URE	ADH (Arg)	alpha GAL	beta GAL	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphatebeta GP	alpha GLU	beta GLU	alpha ARA	beta GUR	beta-N-Acetyl-beta-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	MNE	RAF	GDC	alpha FUC	Reduction of nitrateNIT	IND	PAL	L-arginine arylamidaseArgA	ProA	LGA	Phenylalanine arylamidasePheA	Leucine arylamidaseLeuA	PyrA	Tyrosine arylamidaseTyrA	Alanine arylamidaseAlaA	Glycin arylamidaseGlyA	Histidine arylamidaseHisA	Glutamyl-glutamate arylamidaseGGA	Serine arylamidaseSerA
6296	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6296	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2
#Infection	#Patient
#Host Body-Site	#Gastrointestinal tract
#Host Body-Site	#Other
#Host Body Product	#Fluids

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Latitude	Longitude
6296	blood from a patient with perianal abscess	Hong-Kong	China	CHN	Asia	22.3565	114.136 22.3565/114.136
58484	Human blood,patient with perianal abscess				Asia
67770	Blood cultures

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AY288517 (>99% sequence identity) for Paraeggerthella hongkongensis subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	489
Soil Samples	68
Animal Samples	3382
Plant Samples	21
Total Samples	3960

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
6296	2	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	ASM372603v1 assembly for Paraeggerthella hongkongensis DSM 16106	contig	GCA_003726035	230658.4	2866345068	230658	64.77

Genome browser: GCA_003726035

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
6296	Eggerthella hongkongensis 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY288517	1427		883106

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	61.8	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: Paraeggerthella hongkongensis DSM 16106
NCBI: GCA_003726035

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.80	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	85.30	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	99.50	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	83.80	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Paraeggerthella hongkongensis strain DSM 16106
PATRIC: 230658.4

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	78.58	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	89.65	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	75.37	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	92.03	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	94.26	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	83.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	A Genomic Toolkit for the Mechanistic Dissection of Intractable Human Gut Bacteria.	Bisanz JE, Soto-Perez P, Noecker C, Aksenov AA, Lam KN, Kenney GE, Bess EN, Haiser HJ, Kyaw TS, Yu FB, Rekdal VM, Ha CWY, Devkota S, Balskus EP, Dorrestein PC, Allen-Vercoe E, Turnbaugh PJ.	Cell Host Microbe	10.1016/j.chom.2020.04.006	2020
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	Isolation and characterization of novel S-equol-producing bacteria from brines of stinky tofu, a traditional fermented soy food in Taiwan.	Abiru Y, Ueno T, Uchiyama S	Int J Food Sci Nutr	10.3109/09637486.2013.816936	2013
Phylogeny	Isolation and characterization of a novel equol-producing bacterium from human feces.	Yokoyama S, Suzuki T	Biosci Biotechnol Biochem	10.1271/bbb.80329	2008
Phylogeny	Nocardioides solisilvae sp. nov., isolated from a forest soil.	Sultanpuram VR, Mothe T, Mohammed F.	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-015-0455-x	2015
Phylogeny	Arabiibacter massiliensis gen. nov. sp. nov., New Anaerobic Bacterium Isolated from the Human Gut.	Lo CI, Traore SI, Diop A, Bilen M, Azhar EI, Bibi F, Jiman-Fatani A, Yasir M, Lagier JC, Raoult D, Fenollar F, Fournier PE	Curr Microbiol	10.1007/s00284-021-02739-8	2022
Phylogeny	Gordonibacter pamelaeae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the Coriobacteriaceae isolated from a patient with Crohn's disease, and reclassification of Eggerthella hongkongensis Lau et al. 2006 as Paraeggerthella hongkongensis gen. nov., comb. nov.	Wurdemann D, Tindall BJ, Pukall R, Lunsdorf H, Strompl C, Namuth T, Nahrstedt H, Wos-Oxley M, Ott S, Schreiber S, Timmis KN, Oxley AP	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.005900-0	2009

References

#6296	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 16106
#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 )
#58484	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 49250
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68380	Automatically annotated from API rID32A .
#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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Paraeggerthella hongkongensis (DSM 16106, CCUG 49250, JCM 14552)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API rID32A

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_003726035

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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