Name: Paraeggerthella hongkongensis HKU10
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 3074

Type strain:

Species: Paraeggerthella hongkongensis

Strain Designation: HKU10

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

Strain history: LMG 22124 <-- S. K. P. Lau HKU10.

NCBI tax ID(s): 883106 (strain), 230658 (species)

SI-ID 127786

LMG 22124, CCUG 49250, DSM 16106, JCM 14552

Other strains from Paraeggerthella hongkongensis

P. hongkongensis RC2/2 A, DSM 110927

Section

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

anaerobe
mesophilic
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	*Paraeggerthella*
	Species	**Paraeggerthella hongkongensis**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Paraeggerthella hongkongensis (Lau et al. 2006) Würdemann et al. 2009

Synonym

Eggerthella hongkongensis

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

CHOPPED MEAT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 78)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

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Culture medium composition

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Culture medium

COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

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Culture medium composition

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		Temperature
[Ref.: #6296]	growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #58484]	growth	37 °C
[Ref.: #67770]	growth	37 °C

[Ref.: #6296]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #58484]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #67770]	Temperature range	mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #6296]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe
[Ref.: #58484]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe

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Observation

quinones: MK-6, MMK-6

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #68380]	arginine ChEBI	+	hydrolysis	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	D-mannose ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	L-glutamate ChEBI	-	degradation	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	raffinose ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	tryptophan ChEBI	-	energy source	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	urea ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API rID32A

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #68380]		indole ChEBI	no	* from API rID32A

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Indole test
[Ref.: #68380]		indole ChEBI	-	* from API rID32A

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68380]	alanine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.2	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alpha-arabinosidase	-	3.2.1.55	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	arginine dihydrolase	+	3.5.3.6	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphate	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API rID32A
[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.: #68380]	histidine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	L-arginine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	leucyl glycin arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	phenylalanine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	proline-arylamidase	-	3.4.11.5	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	serine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	tyrosine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	urease	-	3.5.1.5	* from API rID32A
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API® rID32A:

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

[Ref.: #6296]	Sample type/isolated from	blood from a patient with perianal abscess
[Ref.: #6296]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Hong-Kong
[Ref.: #6296]	Country	China
[Ref.: #6296]	Country ISO 3 Code	CHN
[Ref.: #6296]	Continent	Asia
[Ref.: #6296]	Geographic location	22.3565°/114.1360°

[Ref.: #58484]	Sample type/isolated from	Human blood,patient with perianal abscess
[Ref.: #58484]	Continent	Asia

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Blood cultures
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Isolation sources categories

#Infection	#Patient	-
#Host Body-Site	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Rectum
#Host Body-Site	#Other	#Abscess
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	#Blood

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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

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.: #6296]	Eggerthella hongkongensis 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY288517	1427	ENA	883106 tax ID

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #67770]	Paraeggerthella hongkongensis DSM 16106	GCA_003726035	contig	GenBank	230658 tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Paraeggerthella hongkongensis strain DSM 16106	230658.4	wgs	PATRIC	230658 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Paraeggerthella hongkongensis DSM 16106	2866345068	draft	JGI IMG/M	230658 tax ID	*

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GC-content

61.8 mol%

high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

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

	Trait	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from Diaspora project based on: Paraeggerthella hongkongensis strain DSM 16106 PATRIC: 230658.4
[Ref.: #69480]	motile	no	93.995	no
[Ref.: #69480]	gram-positive	yes	87.404	no
[Ref.: #69480]	anaerobic	yes	98.552	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	aerobic	no	93.992	no
[Ref.: #69480]	halophile	no	89.886	no
[Ref.: #69480]	spore-forming	no	91.887	no
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-util	yes	57.753	no
[Ref.: #69480]	flagellated	no	98.426	no
[Ref.: #69480]	thermophile	no	99.723	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	glucose-ferment	no	61.367	no

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 16106, CCUG 49250, JCM 14552, LMG 22124

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SI-ID 127786

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
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	*
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	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	*
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	*

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

#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 .

#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) .

#72593

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-ID127786.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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