Eubacterium tenue (DSM 20695, ATCC 25553, VPI 4157)

Name: Eubacterium tenue (DSM 20695, ATCC 25553, VPI 4157)
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BacDive ID 5446

Type strain

Strain Designation 1980

Culture col. no. DSM 20695 ATCC 25553 VPI 4157 1980 JCM 6486 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1737

Special Collections DSMZ JCM

History <- ATCC <- W.E.C. Moore, VPI 4157 <- A. Prévot, 1980 T. Mitsuoka <-- ATCC 25553 <-- W. E. C. Moore VPI 4157 <-- A. Prévot 1980.

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Eubacterium tenue 1980 is an anaerobe bacterium that was isolated from post-abortion abscess.

anaerobe 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 38593

ATCC 25553,DSM 20695,JCM 6486,VTT E-042452

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:18:58

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Clostridia

Order Eubacteriales

Family Eubacteriaceae

Genus Eubacterium

Species Eubacterium tenue

Full scientific name Eubacterium tenue (Bergey et al. 1923) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

"Bacteroides tenuis"
Paraclostridium tenue

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Eubacterium tenue** (1)	Type strain
158903	E. tenue H6_17, DSM 108237

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
9015	CHOPPED MEAT MEDIUM WITH CARBOHYDRATES (DSMZ Medium 110)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CHOPPED MEAT MEDIUM WITH CARBOHYDRATES (DSMZ Medium 110) Composition: Ground beef 500.0 g/l Casitone 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l K2HPO4 5.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l D-Glucose 4.0 g/l Starch 1.0 g/l Maltose 1.0 g/l Cellobiose 1.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl 0.5 g/l Ethanol 0.19 g/l Vitamin K3 0.05 g/l Hemin 0.005 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.0005 g/l Vitamin K1 NaOH Distilled water
9015	PYG MEDIUM (MODIFIED) (DSMZ Medium 104)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: PYG MEDIUM (modified) (DSMZ Medium 104) Composition: Yeast extract 10.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Trypticase peptone 5.0 g/l Beef extract 5.0 g/l Glucose 5.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.5 g/l NaHCO3 0.4 g/l NaCl 0.08 g/l K2HPO4 0.04 g/l KH2PO4 0.04 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.02 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.01 g/l Hemin 0.005 g/l Ethanol 0.0038 g/l Resazurin 0.001 g/l Tween 80 Vitamin K1 NaOH Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
9015	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

9015

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host Body-Site	#Other	#Abscess
#Host Body Product	#Urogenital tract	#Abort

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
9015	post-abortion abscess
67770	Post-abortion abscess

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence FR749985 (>99% sequence identity) for Paeniclostridium sordellii from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	4522
Soil Samples	4480
Animal Samples	35570
Plant Samples	2044
Total Samples	46616

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
9015	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	[Eubacterium] tenue strain ATCC 25553 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	M59118	1509		1737
67770	[Eubacterium] tenue gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 6486	LC011042	1388		1737

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Extensive set of 16S rRNA-based probes for detection of bacteria in human feces.	Harmsen HJ, Raangs GC, He T, Degener JE, Welling GW.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.68.6.2982-2990.2002	2002
	Quantification of uncultured Ruminococcus obeum-like bacteria in human fecal samples by fluorescent in situ hybridization and flow cytometry using 16S rRNA-targeted probes.	Zoetendal EG, Ben-Amor K, Harmsen HJ, Schut F, Akkermans AD, de Vos WM.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.68.9.4225-4232.2002	2002
Enzymology	Variations of bacterial populations in human feces measured by fluorescent in situ hybridization with group-specific 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes.	Franks AH, Harmsen HJ, Raangs GC, Jansen GJ, Schut F, Welling GW.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.64.9.3336-3345.1998	1998
Metabolism	Sudan azo dyes and Para Red degradation by prevalent bacteria of the human gastrointestinal tract.	Xu H, Heinze TM, Paine DD, Cerniglia CE, Chen H.	Anaerobe	10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.06.007	2010
Enzymology	Quantification of bacterial groups within human fecal flora by oligonucleotide probe hybridization.	Sghir A, Gramet G, Suau A, Rochet V, Pochart P, Dore J.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.66.5.2263-2266.2000	2000
Genetics	In vitro culture conditions for maintaining a complex population of human gastrointestinal tract microbiota.	Kim BS, Kim JN, Cerniglia CE.	J Biomed Biotechnol	10.1155/2011/838040	2011
Phylogeny	Electrophoretic study of Clostridium species.	Cato EP, Hash DE, Holdeman LV, Moore WE.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.15.4.688-702.1982	1982
	Robust demarcation of the family Peptostreptococcaceae and its main genera based on phylogenomic studies and taxon-specific molecular markers.	Bello S, McQuay S, Rudra B, Gupta RS.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006247	2024
	Culture-dependent screening of endospore-forming clostridia in infant feces.	Ingribelli E, Modrackova N, Tejnecky V, Killer J, Schwab C, Neuzil-Bunesova V.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/s12866-023-03104-4	2023
	Fecal Microbiota and Performance of Dairy Cattle from a West Mexican Family Dairy Farm Supplemented with a Fiber-Degrading Enzymatic Complex.	Ruvalcaba-Gomez JM, Arteaga-Garibay RI, Anaya-Esparza LM, Gomez-Godinez LJ, Martinez-Sotelo JG, Hernandez-Cruz E, Arias-Chavez LE.	Vet Sci	10.3390/vetsci12060518	2025
	The diagnostic utility of nanopore targeted sequencing in suspected endophthalmitis.	Li X, Li Z, Wang M, Fu A, Hao X, Guo X, Gu J, Jin W, Yang A.	Int Ophthalmol	10.1007/s10792-023-02665-7	2023
	Genomic insights from Paraclostridium bifermentans HD0315_2: General features and pathogenic potential.	Zhao H, Wang J, Peng Y, Cai X, Liu Y, Huang W, Huang H, Nie Y.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2022.928153	2022
	Next-generation sequencing analysis of bacterial flora in bovine protothecal mastitic milk and feces.	Miura A, Kurumisawa T, Kano R, Ito T, Suzuki K, Kamata H.	J Vet Med Sci	10.1292/jvms.18-0649	2019
	Introducing untargeted data-independent acquisition for metaproteomics of complex microbial samples.	Pietila S, Suomi T, Elo LL.	ISME Commun	10.1038/s43705-022-00137-0	2022
	Comparing the Bacterial Community in the Gastrointestinal Tracts Between Growth-Retarded and Normal Yaks on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.	Ma J, Zhu Y, Wang Z, Yu X, Hu R, Wang X, Cao G, Zou H, Shah AM, Peng Q, Xue B, Wang L, Zhao S, Kong X.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2020.600516	2020
Biotechnology	Bacterial diversity of Darfiyeh, a Lebanese artisanal raw goat's milk cheese.	Serhan M, Cailliez-Grimal C, Borges F, Revol-Junelles AM, Hosri C, Fanni J.	Food Microbiol	10.1016/j.fm.2009.04.012	2009
	Describing the intestinal microbiota of Holstein Fasciola-positive and -negative cattle from a hyperendemic area of fascioliasis in central Colombia.	Ramirez AL, Herrera G, Munoz M, Vega L, Cruz-Saavedra L, Garcia-Corredor D, Pulido-Medellin M, Bulla-Castaneda DM, Giraldo JC, Bernal MC, Fernandez-Manrique J, Vasquez-Arteaga LR, Ramirez JD.	PLoS Negl Trop Dis	10.1371/journal.pntd.0009658	2021
Phylogeny	Anaerobic, non-sporulating, Gram-positive bacilli bacteraemia characterized by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.	Lau SK, Woo PC, Fung AM, Chan KM, Woo GK, Yuen KY.	J Med Microbiol	10.1099/jmm.0.45803-0	2004
	Differences in the gut microbiota of dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) fed a natural diet or a commercial feed revealed by the Illumina MiSeq platform.	Kim J, An JU, Kim W, Lee S, Cho S.	Gut Pathog	10.1186/s13099-017-0218-5	2017
Transcriptome	The role of 16S rRNA gene sequencing in identification of microorganisms misidentified by conventional methods.	Petti CA, Polage CR, Schreckenberger P.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.43.12.6123-6125.2005	2005
	Sequence analysis of bacterial DNA in the colon and stomach of the Tyrolean Iceman.	Cano RJ, Tiefenbrunner F, Ubaldi M, Del Cueto C, Luciani S, Cox T, Orkand P, Kunzel KH, Rollo F.	Am J Phys Anthropol	10.1002/1096-8644(200007)112:3<297::aid-ajpa2>3.0.co;2-0	2000
Enzymology	Identification of bacterial populations in dairy wastewaters by use of 16S rRNA gene sequences and other genetic markers.	McGarvey JA, Miller WG, Sanchez S, Stanker L.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.70.7.4267-4275.2004	2004
Phylogeny	Cow teat skin, a potential source of diverse microbial populations for cheese production.	Verdier-Metz I, Gagne G, Bornes S, Monsallier F, Veisseire P, Delbes-Paus C, Montel MC.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.06229-11	2012
Phylogeny	Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of PCR-amplified gki genes: a new technique for tracking streptococci.	van Vliet MJ, Tissing WJ, de Bont ES, Meessen NE, Kamps WA, Harmsen HJ.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.00089-09	2009
	Clinically applicable multiplex PCR for four middle ear pathogens.	Hendolin PH, Paulin L, Ylikoski J.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.38.1.125-132.2000	2000

References

#9015	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 20695
#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 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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 .
#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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Eubacterium tenue (DSM 20695, ATCC 25553, VPI 4157)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

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References

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