Aerococcus vaginalis

Bacteria
General | Carbohydrate O/F | Substrate utilisation | Enzymes | Metabolites | Antibiotics

Overview

  • Aerococcus vaginalis is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile, coccus bacterium. It has been detected in at least 1 gut microbiome compilation study or metastudy. The DNA G+C content is 44.7%. Aerococcus vaginalis is unlikely to be a gut coloniser. (Ezaki2001; Murdoch1998; Tohno2014; Ezaki2011cBergey)



  • This organism has been recovered from a cow vagina. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. It's gut microbiome symbiotic status is unknown.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Ezaki2001); (Murdoch1998); (Tohno2014); (Ezaki2011cBergey);
    Character Response
  • Substrates hydrolysed or digested:
  • hippurate;
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • tolerates 4% salt;
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  • Bile tolerance:
  • Doesn't tolerate 2% bile
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • tolerates pH 6.0-8.0;
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 30℃; grows at 45℃;
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • fructose; galactose; glucose; mannose; ribose; D-tagatose; maltose; N-Ac glucosamine;
  • Active enzymes:
  • Ala-Phe-Pro arylamidase; alkaline phosphatase; acid phosphatase; N-Ac β-glucosaminidase; cystine arylamidase; esterase C4; β-galactosidase; Gly-Trp arylamidase; Leu arylamidase; naphthol-ASBI-P;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Ezaki2001); (Murdoch1998); (Tohno2014); (Ezaki2011cBergey);
    Character Response
  • ✓
  • Metabolites produced:
  • lactate;
  • ✗
  • VP test:
  • not active
  • Haemolysis:
  • alpha
  • ✗
  • Nitrate:
  • not reduced
  • ✗
  • Pigments:
  • not produced

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Bacilli Order:  Lactobacillales Family:  Aerococcaceae Genus:  Aerococcus Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  facultatively anaerobic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Sessile Morphology:  Coccus Pigment:  neg
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  a cow vagina
    DNA G+C(%):  44.7
    Lower T(℃):  30(+)
    High T(℃):  45(+)
    NaCl 3-5%:  4(+)
    pH 6.0-8.0:  6.0-8.0(+)
    Bile reaction(%):  2(neg)
    		Aesculin:  neg Urea:  neg Arginine:  neg Hippurate:  +
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    D-Arabinose:  neg L-Arabinose:  neg Fructose:  + Fucose:  neg D-Fucose:  neg Galactose:  + Glucose:  + Mannose:  + D-Lyxose:  neg Rhamnose:  neg Ribose:  + Sorbose:  neg D-Tagatose:  + Xylose:  neg L-Xylose:  neg Cellubiose:  neg Gentiobiose:  neg Lactose:  neg Maltose:  + Melezitose:  neg Melibiose:  neg Sucrose:  neg Trehalose:  neg Turanose:  neg Amygdalin:  neg Aesculin:  neg Glycogen:  neg Inulin:  neg Starch:  neg Adonitol:  neg D-Arabitol:  neg L-Arabitol:  neg Dulcitol:  neg Erythritol:  neg Glycerol:  neg Inositol:  neg Mannitol:  neg Sorbitol:  neg Xylitol:  neg Arbutin:  neg Gluconate:  neg 2-Ketogluconate:  neg 5-Ketogluconate:  neg Me-α-D-Glc:  neg Me-α-D-Mann:  neg Me-Xyloside:  neg NAc-α-GA:  + Salicin:  neg
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Urease:  neg Ac-β-glcamnd:  + α-Fucosidase:  neg α-Galactosidase:  neg β-Galactosidase:  + α-Glucosidase:  neg β-Glucosidase:  neg β-Glucuronidase:  neg α-Mannosidase:  neg β-Mannosidase:  neg Chymotrypsin:  neg Trypsin:  neg AlaPheProAA:  + CystineAA:  + GlyTrpAA:  + LeuAA:  + PyrrolidAA:  neg PyrogluAA:  neg ValAA:  neg AlkalineP:  + AcidP:  + Esterase(C4):  + EstLip(C8):  neg Lipase(C14):  neg
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		Lactate:  + Pigment:  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR AEROCOCCUS VAGINALIS
  • Ezaki2001 - Proposal of the genera Anaerococcus gen. nov., Peptoniphilus gen. nov. and Gallicola gen. nov. for members of the genus Peptostreptococcus.
  • Murdoch1998 - Gram-Positive Anaerobic Cocci.
  • Tohno2014 - Aerococcus vaginalis sp. nov., isolated from the vaginal mucosa of a beef cow, and emended descriptions of Aerococcus suis, Aerococcus viridans, Aerococcus urinaeequi, Aerococcus urinaehominis, Aerococcus urinae, Aerococcus christensenii and Aerococcus sanguinicola.
  • Ezaki2011cBergey - Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 3, The Firmicutes. Family Incertae Sedis, Genus I. Anaerococcus
  • Goldstein2013 - In vitro activity of Biapenem plus RPX7009, a carbapenem combined with a serine β-lactamase inhibitor, against anaerobic bacteria.
  • Tyrrell2012 - In vitro activity of TD-1792, a multivalent glycopeptide-cephalosporin antibiotic, against 377 strains of anaerobic bacteria and 34 strains of Corynebacterium species.
  • Goldstein2008 - In vitro activities of doripenem and six comparator drugs against 423 aerobic and anaerobic bacterial isolates from infected diabetic foot wounds.
  • Goldstein2006a - In vitro activity of ceftobiprole against aerobic and anaerobic strains isolated from diabetic foot infections.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR AEROCOCCUS VAGINALIS
  • De2020 - Metagenomic analysis of gut microbiome and resistome of diarrheal fecal samples from Kolkata, India, reveals the core and variable microbiota including signatures of microbial dark matter.
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    • Added: January 19, 2022