Ligilactobacillus equi (DSM 15833, ATCC BAA-261, CCUG 47129)

Name: Ligilactobacillus equi (DSM 15833, ATCC BAA-261, CCUG 47129)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 6604

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 15833 ATCC BAA-261 CCUG 47129 CIP 107382 JCM 10991 2 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 137357

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM KCTC CIP

History DSMZ <- JCM <- M. Morotomi; YIT 0455 JCM <-- M. Morotomi YIT 0455. KCTC <- JCM <- M Morotomi, YIT 0455 CIP <- 2002, JCM <- M. Morotomi: strain YIT 0455

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Ligilactobacillus equi DSM 15833 is a microaerophile, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from faeces of horses.

rod-shaped microaerophile genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 100712

ATCC BAA-261,JCM 10991,KCTC 13921,CIP 107382,CCUG 47129,DSM 15833,LMG 21748,NCIMB 14042

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:26:26

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Lactobacillales

Family Lactobacillaceae

Genus Ligilactobacillus

Species Ligilactobacillus equi

Full scientific name Ligilactobacillus equi (Morotomi et al. 2002) Zheng et al. 2020

Synonyms (1)

Lactobacillus equi

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Ligilactobacillus equi** (3)	Type strain
161117	L. equi JCM 10992
161118	L. equi JCM 10993
165561	L. equi JCM 7690

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
67771		rod-shaped
67771	positive
119109	positive	rod-shaped
125438	positive		95.891

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
6047	MRS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 11)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: MRS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 11) Composition: Glucose 20.0 g/l Casein peptone 10.0 g/l Meat extract 10.0 g/l Na-acetate 5.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l (NH4)3 citrate 2.0 g/l K2HPO4 2.0 g/l Tween 80 1.0 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.2 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.05 g/l Distilled water
33784	MEDIUM 40- for Lactobacillus and Leuconostoc		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Man Rogosa Sharp agar (68.000 g)
119109	CIP Medium 40	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
6047	positive	growth	37
33784	positive	growth	37
57523	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37
67771	positive	growth	37
119109	positive	growth	30-45
119109	negative	growth	10
119109	negative	growth	15
119109	negative	growth	22

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
6047	microaerophile
57523	anaerobe
67771	microaerophile
125439	facultative anaerobe	93.173

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
67771
125439		98.151

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	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	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	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	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
119109	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
119109	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
119109	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371	0 ChEBI	Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	0 ChEBI	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

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
119109	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
119109	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2	from API zym
119109	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
119109	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	-		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	-		from API zym
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
119109	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
119109	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
119109	oxidase	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
119109	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-

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
119109	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+/-	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	+/-	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Mammals	#Equidae (Horse)
#Host Body Product	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Feces (Stool)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
6047	faeces of horses	Japan	JPN	Asia
57523	Equine feces	Japan	JPN	Asia
67770	Horse feces
67771	From faeces of horses	Japan	JPN	Asia
119109	Animal, Horse, feces

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence LC145558 (>99% sequence identity) for Ligilactobacillus equi subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	202
Soil Samples	307
Animal Samples	11428
Plant Samples	94
Total Samples	12031

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
6047	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
119109	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67771	ASM143573v1 assembly for Ligilactobacillus equi DSM 15833 = JCM 10991	scaffold	GCA_001435735	1423740.3	2660238440	1423740	31.71
67770	ASM61576v1 assembly for Ligilactobacillus equi DSM 15833 = JCM 10991	contig	GCA_000615765	1236948.3	2585427875	1423740	28.82

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Lactobacillus equi gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 10991	AB289099	685	137357
67770	Lactobacillus equi gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB048833	1432	137357
67771	Lactobacillus equi gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 10991	LC145558	1502	137357

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
6047	38.9
67770	38	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
67770	39	genome sequence analysis
67771	39.0	genome sequence analysis
67771	38.0	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: ASM143573v1 assembly for Ligilactobacillus equi DSM 15833 = JCM 10991
NCBI: GCA_001435735

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	93.17	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	74.22	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	88.82	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	98.15	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Lactobacillus equi DSM 15833 = JCM 10991
PATRIC: 1423740.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	95.89	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	81.77	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	87.46	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	95.54	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.50	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	88.50	yes

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Whole-genome sequencing and pathogenicity analysis of Rhodococcus equi isolated in horses.	Hu B, Gao S, Zhang H, Li Q, Li G, Zhang S, Xing Y, Huang Y, Han S, Tian Y, Zhang W, He H.	BMC Vet Res	10.1186/s12917-024-04167-9	2024
Phylogeny	First case of bloodstream infection caused by Rhodococcus erythropolis.	Baba H, Nada T, Ohkusu K, Ezaki T, Hasegawa Y, Paterson DL.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.00294-09	2009
	In vitro assessment of horse-isolated strains of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Ligilactobacillus equi species for fecal microbiota modulation in horses.	Nogacka AM, Garcia A, G de Los Reyes-Gavilan C, Arboleya S, Gueimonde M.	J Equine Vet Sci	10.1016/j.jevs.2024.105341	2025
	Effect of rice bran fermented with Ligilactobacillus equi on in vitro fermentation profile and microbial population	Manlapig JJD, Kondo M, Ban-Tokuda T, Matsui H.	Animal Science Journal.		2024
	Effect of rice bran fermented with Ligilactobacillus equi on in vitro fermentation profile and microbial population.	Manlapig JJD, Kondo M, Ban-Tokuda T, Matsui H.	Anim Sci J	10.1111/asj.13955	2024
	Isolation and molecular identification of Lactobacillaceae bacteria and Bifidobacterium from horse feces.	Fujimoto R, Kuchida M, Ban-Tokuda T, Matsui H.	J Equine Sci	10.1294/jes.36.39	2025
	Nutritional quality and organic acid profile of rice bran fermented with lactic acid bacteria isolated from horse feces	Manlapig JJD, Ban-Tokuda T, Matsui H.	Animal Science Journal.		2023
	Nutritional quality and organic acid profile of rice bran fermented with lactic acid bacteria isolated from horse feces.	Manlapig JJD, Ban-Tokuda T, Matsui H.	Anim Sci J	10.1111/asj.13860	2023
	Effects of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Equine on Salmonella-Infected Gut Mouse Model.	Pei L, Liu J, Huang Z, Iqbal M, Shen Y.	Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins	10.1007/s12602-021-09841-0	2023
	Associations between intestinal lactic acid bacteria species and feeding habits of zoo animals.	Horie M, Ohno T, Iwahashi H, Umemura M, Murotomi K.	Microbiome Res Rep	10.20517/mrr.2024.08	2024
Genetics	Host specific adaptations of Ligilactobacillus aviarius to poultry.	Rios Galicia B, Saenz JS, Yergaliyev T, Camarinha-Silva A, Seifert J.	Curr Res Microb Sci	10.1016/j.crmicr.2023.100199	2023
	Determination of Antiviral Mechanism of Centenarian Gut-Derived Limosilactobacillus fermentum Against Norovirus.	Li Y, Gao J, Xue L, Shang Y, Cai W, Xie X, Jiang T, Chen H, Zhang J, Wang J, Chen M, Ding Y, Wu Q.	Front Nutr	10.3389/fnut.2022.812623	2022
Genetics	Comparative Genomic Analysis Reveals Intestinal Habitat Adaptation of Ligilactobacillus equi Rich in Prophage and Degrading Cellulase.	Li Y, Liu C, Liu Q, Liu W	Molecules	10.3390/molecules27061867	2022
Phylogeny	Rhodococcus canchipurensis sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from a limestone deposit site.	Nimaichand S, Sanasam S, Zheng LQ, Zhu WY, Yang LL, Tang SK, Ningthoujam DS, Li WJ.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.036087-0	2013
Phylogeny	Lactobacillus equi sp. nov., a predominant intestinal Lactobacillus species of the horse isolated from faeces of healthy horses.	Morotomi M, Yuki N, Kado Y, Kushiro A, Shimazaki T, Watanabe K, Yuyama T	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-52-1-211	2002

References

#6047	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 15833
#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 )
#33784	; Curators of the CIP;
#57523	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 47129
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#67771	Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC) ; Curators of the KCTC;
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#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 .
#119109	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 107382
#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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Ligilactobacillus equi (DSM 15833, ATCC BAA-261, CCUG 47129)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_001435735

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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