Agrococcus casei

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

Overview

  • Agrococcus casei is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, aerobic, non-motile, bacterium. It has been detected in at least 1 gut microbiome compilation study or metastudy. The DNA G+C content is 65.0%. Agrococcus casei is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Bora2007)



  • This organism has been recovered from ripening cheese. The risk classification (www.baua.de) for this organism is 1, i.e., low risk of infection and spread. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Bora2007);
    Character Response
  • Substrates hydrolysed or digested:
  • starch;
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • tolerates pH 6.0; tolerates pH 10;
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • doesn't grow at 4℃; grows at 20-30℃; doesn't grow at 42℃;
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • glucose; mannose;

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Actinobacteria Class:  Actinomycetia Order:  Micrococcales Family:  Microbacteriaceae Genus:  Agrococcus Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  aerobic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Sessile
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  ripening cheese
    DNA G+C(%):  65.0
    Low T(℃):  4(neg)
    Lower T(℃):  20-30(+)
    High T(℃):  42(neg)
    pH 6.0-8.0:  6.0(+)
    pH >8:  10(+)
    		Aesculin:  neg Starch:  + Tween:  20(neg) 80(+)
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    Fructose:  neg Glucose:  + Mannose:  + Cellubiose:  neg Maltose:  neg Sucrose:  neg Trehalose:  neg Mannitol:  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR AGROCOCCUS CASEI
  • Bora2007 - Agrococcus casei sp. nov., isolated from the surfaces of smear-ripened cheeses.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR AGROCOCCUS CASEI
  • Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.
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    • Added: January 14, 2022