Lactobacillus ultunensis (DSM 16047, CCUG 48460, CIP 109908)

Name: Lactobacillus ultunensis (DSM 16047, CCUG 48460, CIP 109908)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 6619

Type strain

Strain Designation Kx146C1

Culture col. no. DSM 16047 CCUG 48460 CIP 109908 JCM 16177 LMG 22117 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 525365 227945

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP Literature strains

History DSMZ <- S. Roos; Kx146C1 JCM <-- DSM 16047 <-- S. Roos Kx146C1. CIP <- 2008, DSMZ <- S. Roos, Uppsala Univ., Uppsala, Sweden: strain Kx146C1

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Lactobacillus ultunensis Kx146C1 is an anaerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from gastric biopsies, human stomach mucosa.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 129731

LMG 22117,CCUG 48460,DSM 16047,JCM 16177,CIP 109908

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:26:27

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Lactobacillales

Family Lactobacillaceae

Genus Lactobacillus

Species Lactobacillus ultunensis

Full scientific name Lactobacillus ultunensis Roos et al. 2005

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Lactobacillus ultunensis** (1)	Type strain
6620	L. ultunensis Kx293C1, DSM 16048, CCUG 48461, LMG 22490

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Confidence
31225	positive	16 µm	1 µm	rod-shaped
125438					92.5
125438	positive				94.578

Colony morphology

58175

Incubation period3 days

Pigmentation

31225

Productionno

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
6163	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
38254	MEDIUM 40- for Lactobacillus and Leuconostoc		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Man Rogosa Sharp agar (68.000 g)
123717	CIP Medium 40	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
6163	positive	growth	37
31225	positive	growth	25-42
31225	positive	optimum	33.5
38254	positive	growth	37
58175	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
6163	anaerobe
31225	anaerobe
58175	anaerobe
125439	facultative anaerobe	92.665

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
31225
125438		91.345
125439		95.384

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
6163	A11.31	A4alpha L-Lys-D-Asp

Observation

31225

Observationaggregates in chains

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
31225	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	carbon source
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	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	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
31225	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31225	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+	carbon source
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31225	28260 ChEBI	galactose	+	carbon source
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31225	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	carbon source
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
31225	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	carbon source
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31225	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	carbon source
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31225	37684 ChEBI	mannose	+	carbon source
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31225	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	carbon source
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
31225	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	carbon source
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
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
31225	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	carbon source
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31225	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	carbon source
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31225	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	carbon source
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31225	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	carbon source
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

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
6163	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Infection	#Patient	#Biopsy
#Host	#Human	-
#Host Body-Site	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Stomach

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
6163	gastric biopsies, human stomach mucosa	Homo sapiens	Kalix	Sweden	SWE	Europe
58175	Human stomach biopsy,mucosa of healthy individual	Homo sapiens	Kalix	Sweden	SWE	Europe
67770	Human stomach mucosa	Homo sapiens
123717	Human, Stomach gastric biopsies mucosa	Homo sapiens

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence FR683091 (>99% sequence identity) for Lactobacillus ultunensis from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	430
Soil Samples	789
Animal Samples	13092
Plant Samples	199
Total Samples	14510

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
6163	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
123717	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
67770	ASM143630v1 assembly for Lactobacillus ultunensis DSM 16047	contig	GCA_001436305	525365.8	2700989148	525365	58.07
67770	ASM15941v1 assembly for Lactobacillus ultunensis DSM 16047	scaffold	GCA_000159415	525365.3	643886047	525365	55.86

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Lactobacillus ultunensis partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain CCUG 48460T	FR683091	1502		227945
31225	Lactobacillus ultunensis 16S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence	AY253660	1550		227945

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
6163	35.7
67770	35.7	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
67770	36	genome sequence analysis

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM143630v1 assembly for Lactobacillus ultunensis DSM 16047
BV-BRC: 525365.8

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	92.67	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	68.03	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	83.09	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	95.38	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Lactobacillus ultunensis DSM 16047
PATRIC: 525365.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	94.58	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	55.17	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	91.35	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	97.52	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.50	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	92.50	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Exploring ultrasound-induced metabolic attenuation in Lacticaseibacillus casei ATCC 393-A combined approach using traditional methods and flow cytometry.	Giordano I, Salman M, Arioli S, Mora D, Mauriello G.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2025.1589054	2025
	A Unique Enhancement of Propionibacterium freudenreichii's Ability to Remove Pb(II) from Aqueous Solution by Tween 80 Treatment.	George F, Titecat M, Barois N, Daniel C, Garat A, Jan G, Foligne B.	Int J Mol Sci	10.3390/ijms23169207	2022
	In silico identification of bacteriocin gene clusters in the gastrointestinal tract, based on the Human Microbiome Project's reference genome database.	Walsh CJ, Guinane CM, Hill C, Ross RP, O'Toole PW, Cotter PD.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/s12866-015-0515-4	2015
	In vitro Evaluation of Different Feeds for Their Potential to Generate Methane and Change Methanogen Diversity.	Kim SH, Mamuad LL, Jeong CD, Choi YJ, Lee SS, Ko JY, Lee SS.	Asian-Australas J Anim Sci	10.5713/ajas.2013.13260	2013
	Production of Naturally gamma-Aminobutyric Acid-Enriched Cheese Using the Dairy Strains Streptococcus thermophilus 84C and Lactobacillus brevis DSM 32386.	Carafa I, Stocco G, Nardin T, Larcher R, Bittante G, Tuohy K, Franciosi E.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2019.00093	2019
Metabolism	Sulfonolipids as novel metabolite markers of Alistipes and Odoribacter affected by high-fat diets.	Walker A, Pfitzner B, Harir M, Schaubeck M, Calasan J, Heinzmann SS, Turaev D, Rattei T, Endesfelder D, Castell WZ, Haller D, Schmid M, Hartmann A, Schmitt-Kopplin P.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-017-10369-z	2017
Enzymology	Cloning, expression and biochemical characterization of the cholesterol oxidase CgChoA from Chryseobacterium gleum.	Reiss R, Faccio G, Thony-Meyer L, Richter M.	BMC Biotechnol	10.1186/1472-6750-14-46	2014
Pathogenicity	Fish oil enhances recovery of intestinal microbiota and epithelial integrity in chronic rejection of intestinal transplant.	Li Q, Zhang Q, Wang C, Tang C, Zhang Y, Li N, Li J.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0020460	2011
Metabolism	Lactobacillus surface layer proteins: structure, function and applications.	Hynonen U, Palva A.	Appl Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s00253-013-4962-2	2013
Metabolism	Oxalate-degrading activity in Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis: impact of acidic conditions on the transcriptional levels of the oxalyl coenzyme A (CoA) decarboxylase and formyl-CoA transferase genes.	Turroni S, Bendazzoli C, Dipalo SC, Candela M, Vitali B, Gotti R, Brigidi P.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.00844-10	2010
Phylogeny	Sphingobium wenxiniae sp. nov., a synthetic pyrethroid (SP)-degrading bacterium isolated from activated sludge in an SP-manufacturing wastewater treatment facility.	Wang BZ, Guo P, Zheng JW, Hang BJ, Li L, He J, Li SP.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.023309-0	2011
Phylogeny	Virgibacillus subterraneus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic Gram-positive bacterium isolated from subsurface saline soil.	Wang X, Xue Y, Ma Y.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.019554-0	2010
Phylogeny	Lactobacillus gastricus sp. nov., Lactobacillus antri sp. nov., Lactobacillus kalixensis sp. nov. and Lactobacillus ultunensis sp. nov., isolated from human stomach mucosa.	Roos S, Engstrand L, Jonsson H	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.63083-0	2005

References

#6163	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 16047
#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 )
#27551	IJSEM 77 2005 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.63083-0 , PubMed 15653856 )
#31225	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 #27551
#38254	; Curators of the CIP;
#58175	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 48460
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#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 .
#123717	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 109908
#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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Lactobacillus ultunensis (DSM 16047, CCUG 48460, CIP 109908)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Murein

Observation

Metabolite utilization

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_001436305

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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