Weissella confusa 548-D is an aerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from sugar cane.
Gram-positive rod-shaped aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria| @ref 20215 |
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| Domain Bacteria |
| Phylum Bacillota |
| Class Bacilli |
| Order Lactobacillales |
| Family Lactobacillaceae |
| Genus Weissella |
| Species Weissella confusa |
| Full scientific name Weissella confusa (Holzapfel and Kandler 1969) Collins et al. 1994 |
| Synonyms (2) |
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8469 | 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 | ||
| 34122 | MEDIUM 40- for Lactobacillus and Leuconostoc | Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Man Rogosa Sharp agar (68.000 g) | |||
| 118727 | CIP Medium 40 | Medium recipe at CIP |
| @ref | Spore formation | Confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 125439 | 99.339 |
| @ref | Murein short key | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8469 | A11.04 | A3alpha L-Lys-L-Ala |
| @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 |
| 118727 | 16947 ChEBI | citrate | - | carbon source | |
| 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 | 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 | 4853 ChEBI | esculin | + | 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 | 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 |
| 118727 | 17632 ChEBI | nitrate | - | reduction | |
| 118727 | 17632 ChEBI | nitrate | + | respiration | |
| 118727 | 16301 ChEBI | nitrite | - | reduction | |
| 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 | 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 |
| @ref | Metabolite | Is sensitive | Is resistant | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118727 | 0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate) |
| @ref | Value | Activity | Ec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68382 | acid phosphatase | + | 3.1.3.2 | from API zym |
| 118727 | 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 |
| 118727 | caseinase | - | 3.4.21.50 | |
| 118727 | 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 | |
| 118727 | gelatinase | - | ||
| 68382 | leucine arylamidase | + | 3.4.11.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | lipase (C 14) | - | from API zym | |
| 118727 | 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 | |
| 118727 | ornithine decarboxylase | - | 4.1.1.17 | |
| 118727 | oxidase | - | ||
| 68382 | trypsin | - | 3.4.21.4 | from API zym |
| 68382 | valine arylamidase | - | from API zym |
| @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 | |
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Global distribution of 16S sequence AB023241 (>99% sequence identity) for Weissella from Microbeatlas ![]()
| @ref | Description | Assembly level | INSDC accession | BV-BRC accession | IMG accession | NCBI tax ID | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66792 | ASM799187v1 assembly for Weissella confusa NBRC 106469 | contig | 1583 | 70.33 | ||||
| 124043 | ASM476642v1 assembly for Weissella confusa VTT E-90393 | contig | 1583 | 69.15 | ||||
| 124043 | ASM1646673v1 assembly for Weissella confusa DSM 20196 | contig | 1583 | 67.3 | ||||
| 67770 | ASM143689v1 assembly for Weissella confusa DSM 20196 | scaffold | 1583 | 62.23 |
| @ref | Description | Accession | Length | Database | NCBI tax ID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20218 | Weissella confusa DNA for 16S ribosomal RNA, strain JCM 1093 | AB023241 | 1477 | 1583 | ||
| 20218 | Weissella confusa gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 1093 | AB596944 | 1499 | 1583 | ||
| 20218 | Lactobacillus confusus gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence | D31684 | 230 | 1583 | ||
| 67770 | Weissella confusa gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 1093 | LC063164 | 1538 | 1583 | ||
| 67770 | L.confusus 16S small subunit ribosomal RNA | M23036 | 1525 | 1583 | ||
| 124043 | Weissella confusa gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 106469. | AB682449 | 1502 | 1583 | ||
| 124043 | Weissella confusa strain JCM 1093 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. | MT511331 | 623 | 1583 |
| @ref | Trait | Model | Prediction | Confidence in % | In training data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125439 | oxygen_tolerance | BacteriaNetⓘ | facultative anaerobe | 99.13 | no |
| 125439 | gram_stain | BacteriaNetⓘ | positive | 93.50 | no |
| 125439 | motility | BacteriaNetⓘ | no | 88.59 | no |
| 125439 | spore_formation | BacteriaNetⓘ | no | 99.34 | no |
| @ref | Trait | Model | Prediction | Confidence in % | In training data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125438 | gram-positive | gram-positiveⓘ | yes | 95.50 | no |
| 125438 | anaerobic | anaerobicⓘ | no | 82.78 | yes |
| 125438 | spore-forming | spore-formingⓘ | no | 89.39 | no |
| 125438 | thermophilic | thermophileⓘ | no | 93.84 | yes |
| 125438 | aerobic | aerobicⓘ | no | 91.33 | no |
| 125438 | flagellated | motile2+ⓘ | no | 93.00 | no |
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| Diversity of Weissella confusa in Pozol and Its Carbohydrate Metabolism. | Hernandez-Oaxaca D, Lopez-Sanchez R, Lozano L, Wacher-Rodarte C, Segovia L, Lopez Munguia A. | Front Microbiol | 10.3389/fmicb.2021.629449 | 2021 | ||
| Antimicrobial activity and safety features assessment of Weissella spp. from environmental sources. | Fhoula I, Boumaiza M, Tayh G, Rehaiem A, Klibi N, Ouzari IH. | Food Sci Nutr | 10.1002/fsn3.2885 | 2022 | ||
| Metabolism | Quorum-sensing regulation of constitutive plantaricin by Lactobacillus plantarum strains under a model system for vegetables and fruits. | Rizzello CG, Filannino P, Di Cagno R, Calasso M, Gobbetti M. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.03224-13 | 2014 | |
| Use of a Selected Leuconostoc Citreum Strain as a Starter for Making a "Yeast-Free" Bread. | De Bellis P, Rizzello CG, Sisto A, Valerio F, Lonigro SL, Conte A, Lorusso V, Lavermicocca P. | Foods | 10.3390/foods8020070 | 2019 | ||
| Metabolism | Lactic acid fermentation as a tool to enhance the functional features of Echinacea spp. | Rizzello CG, Coda R, Macias DS, Pinto D, Marzani B, Filannino P, Giuliani G, Paradiso VM, Di Cagno R, Gobbetti M. | Microb Cell Fact | 10.1186/1475-2859-12-44 | 2013 | |
| Development of enhanced selective media for detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in oysters. | Yoon JH, Bae YM, Song H, Lee S, Moon SK, Oh SW, Lee SY. | Food Sci Biotechnol | 10.1007/s10068-021-00877-0 | 2021 | ||
| Characterization of a minimal pKW2124 replicon from Weissella cibaria KLC140 and its application for the construction of the Weissella expression vector pKUCm1. | Ku HJ, Park MS, Lee JH. | Front Microbiol | 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00035 | 2015 | ||
| Phylogeny | Design and evaluation of a Lactobacillus manihotivorans species-specific rRNA-targeted hybridization probe and its application to the study of sour cassava fermentation. | Ampe F. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.66.5.2224-2226.2000 | 2000 | |
| Abscess caused by vancomycin-resistant Lactobacillus confusus. | Bantar CE, Relloso S, Castell FR, Smayevsky J, Bianchini HM. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.29.9.2063-2064.1991 | 1991 | ||
| Nucleotide sequence of 16S ribosomal RNA from Lactobacillus viridescens and Lactobacillus confusus. | Martinez-Murcia AJ, Collins MD. | Nucleic Acids Res | 10.1093/nar/18.11.3402 | 1990 | ||
| Biotechnology | Control of industrially relevant microbial isolates by antimicrobial agents: Implications for sugar factories. | Bruni GO, Terrell E, Klasson KT, Qi Y. | J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol | 10.1093/jimb/kuaf001 | 2024 | |
| Unveiling the Perspective on Weissella confusa as a Promising Biocontrol Agent Against Fusaria. | Krishnan SV, Anaswara PA, Nampoothiri KM, Kovacs S, Adacsi C, Miklos I, Kiraly S, Pocsi I, Pusztahelyi T. | Microorganisms | 10.3390/microorganisms13030666 | 2025 | ||
| Genetics | Complete Genome Sequence of Weissella confusa LM1 and Comparative Genomic Analysis. | Yuan S, Wang Y, Zhao F, Kang L. | Front Microbiol | 10.3389/fmicb.2021.749218 | 2021 | |
| Pathogenicity | Biological activities and structural properties of the atypical bacteriocins mesenterocin 52b and leucocin b-ta33a. | Corbier C, Krier F, Mulliert G, Vitoux B, Revol-Junelles AM. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.67.4.1418-1422.2001 | 2001 | |
| Molecular Characterization of Culturable Yeasts and Nonspore-Forming Bacteria Associated With Fermented Kapok Seeds (Kantong), a Traditional Food Condiment in Ghana. | Ametefe EN, Thorsen L, Danwonno H, Agoha RK, Glover RLK, Dzogbefia VP, Jespersen L. | Int J Food Sci | 10.1155/ijfo/6452183 | 2025 | ||
| Phylogeny | Isolation, characterization of Weissella confusa and Lactococcus lactis from different milk sources and determination of probiotic features. | Onur M, Onlu H. | Braz J Microbiol | 10.1007/s42770-023-01208-7 | 2024 | |
| Isolation and Identification of Lactococcus lactis and Weissella cibaria Strains from Fermented Beetroot and an Investigation of Their Properties as Potential Starter Cultures and Probiotics. | Maslak E, Zloch M, Arendowski A, Sugajski M, Janczura I, Rudnicka J, Walczak-Skierska J, Buszewska-Forajta M, Rafinska K, Pomastowski P, Bialczak D, Buszewski B. | Foods | 10.3390/foods11152257 | 2022 | ||
| Metabolism | Molecular cloning of kman coding for mannanase from Klebsiella oxytoca KUB-CW2-3 and its hybrid mannanase characters. | Pongsapipatana N, Damrongteerapap P, Chantorn S, Sintuprapa W, Keawsompong S, Nitisinprasert S | Enzyme Microb Technol | 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2016.03.005 | 2016 | |
| Lactobacillus- and bifidobacterium-mediated antigenotoxicity in the colon of rats. | Pool-Zobel BL, Neudecker C, Domizlaff I, Ji S, Schillinger U, Rumney C, Moretti M, Vilarini I, Scassellati-Sforzolini R, Rowland I | Nutr Cancer | 10.1080/01635589609514492 | 1996 | ||
| Metabolism | Some slime-forming heterofermentative species of the genus Lactobacillus. | Sharpe ME, Garvie EI, Tilbury RH | Appl Microbiol | 10.1128/am.23.2.389-397.1972 | 1972 | |
| Genetics | Description and Genomic Characteristics of Weissella fermenti sp. nov., Isolated from Kimchi. | Lee JK, Baek JH, Han DM, Lee SH, Kim SY, Jeon CO. | J Microbiol Biotechnol | 10.4014/jmb.2306.06010 | 2023 |
| #8469 | Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 20196 |
| #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 ) |
| #34122 | ; Curators of the CIP; |
| #49916 | Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 30113 |
| #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; |
| #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 . |
| #118727 | Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103172 |
| #124043 | Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy . |
| #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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