Agathobaculum butyriciproducens

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

Overview

  • Agathobaculum butyriciproducens is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, strictly anaerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 3 gut microbiome compilation studies or metastudies. The DNA G+C content is 52.9%. Agathobaculum butyriciproducens is a common gut coloniser. (Ahn2016)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces (Ahn2016). Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • QUIRKS
  • In 99% of Europeans (unseenbio.com).
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Ahn2016);
    Character Response
  • Substrates hydrolysed or digested:
  • starch;
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • tolerates 1% salt; Grows optimally with 0.5% salt.
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • doesn't tolerate pH 5; doesn't tolerate pH 9; Grows optimally at pH 7.
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 30℃; grows at 40℃; doesn't grow at 45℃; Grows optimally at 37℃.
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • L-arabinose; glucose; mannose; rhamnose; xylose; cellubiose; lactose; maltose; melezitose; sucrose; trehalose; mannitol; salicin;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Ahn2016);
    Character Response
  • ✓
  • Metabolites produced:
  • acetate; butyrate; ethanol; butanol;

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Clostridia Order:  Eubacteriales Family:  Oscillospiraceae Genus:  Agathobaculum Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  strictly anaerobic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Sessile Morphology:  Rod
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces (Ahn2016)
    DNA G+C(%):  52.9
    Opt. T:  37℃
    Lower T(℃):  30(+)
    Mid T(℃):  40(+)
    High T(℃):  45(neg)
    NaCl 0.5-2%:  1(+)
    Opt. pH:  7
    pH 4.2-5.9:  5(neg)
    pH >8:  9(neg)
    		Urea:  neg Gelatin:  neg Starch:  +
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    L-Arabinose:  + Glucose:  + Mannose:  + Rhamnose:  + Xylose:  + Cellubiose:  + Lactose:  + Maltose:  + Melezitose:  + Sucrose:  + Trehalose:  + Glycerol:  neg Mannitol:  + Sorbitol:  neg Salicin:  +
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    Raffinose:  neg Glycerol:  neg Sorbitol:  neg Tyr:  neg
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  neg Catalase:  neg Urease:  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR AGATHOBACULUM BUTYRICIPRODUCENS
  • Ahn2016 - Agathobaculum butyriciproducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a strict anaerobic, butyrate-producing gut bacterium isolated from human faeces and reclassification of Eubacterium desmolans as Agathobaculum desmolans comb. nov.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR AGATHOBACULUM BUTYRICIPRODUCENS
  • Byrd2020 - Stability and dynamics of the human gut microbiome and its association with systemic immune traits.
  • Minerbi2019 - Altered microbiome composition in individuals with fibromyalgia
  • Zou2019 - 1,520 reference genomes from cultivated human gut bacteria enable functional microbiome analyses.
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    • GENERAL REFERENCES FOR AGATHOBACULUM BUTYRICIPRODUCENS
  • Ludwig2009 - Revised road map to the phylum Firmicutes.
    • Added: July 12, 2021