Allisonella histaminiformans

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

Overview

  • Allisonella histaminiformans is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile, oval-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 7 gut microbiome compilation studies or metastudies. The DNA G+C content is 46.8%. Allisonella histaminiformans is probably a common, although minor, coloniser of the gut. (Garner2002; Rainey2011qBergey)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces, and cow rumen. The risk classification (www.baua.de) for this organism is 1, i.e., low risk of infection and spread (notes: opportunistic in immunocompromised patients). It is an opportunistic pathogen. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Garner2002); (Rainey2011qBergey);
    Character Response
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • Grows optimally at 39℃.
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • histidine; lysine; butyrate;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Rainey2011qBergey);
    Character Response
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  • Metabolites not produced:
  • indole;
    • RESPONSE TO ANTIBIOTICS
    Class Active Resistant
  • Miscellaneous antibiotics:
  • monensin;
  • NOTES

    The histamine producing bacteria appeared to use histidine
    decarboxylation as their sole mechanism of energy
    derivation, and 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses supported
    the hypothesis that they were novel. Therefore, we
    propose a new taxon (Allisonella histaminiformans gen.
    nov., sp. nov.) for our isolates.

    A. histaminiformans is the first
    histamine producing bacterium that can utilize histidine
    as its sole source of energy.

  • Hayashi, H., Sakamoto, M., & Benno, Y. (2002). Fecal microbial diversity in a strict vegetarian as determined by molecular analysis and cultivation. Microbiology and Immunology, 46(12), 819–831.

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Negativicutes Order:  Veillonellales Family:  Veillonellaceae Genus:  Allisonella Gram stain:  neg O2 Relation.:  facultatively anaerobic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Sessile Morphology:  Oval-shaped
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces, and cow rumen
    DNA G+C(%):  46.8
    Opt. T:  39℃
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    His:  + Lys:  + Butyrate:  +
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  neg Catalase:  neg
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		Indole:  neg
    ANTIBIOTICS ℞
    Penicillins & Penems (μg/mL) Cephalosporins (μg/mL) Aminoglycosides (μg/mL) Macrolides (μg/mL) Quinolones (μg/mL)
    Tetracyclines (μg/mL) Vancomycin Class (μg/mL) Polypep/ketides (μg/mL) Heterocycles (μg/mL) Other (μg/mL)
    monensin:  Res

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR ALLISONELLA HISTAMINIFORMANS
  • Garner2002 - Allisonella histaminiformans gen. nov., sp. nov.
  • Rainey2011qBergey - Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 3, The Firmicutes. Family Veillonellaceae, Genus IV. Allisonella
  • Lozupone2013 - Alterations in the gut microbiota associated with HIV-1 infection
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR ALLISONELLA HISTAMINIFORMANS
  • Byrd2020 - Stability and dynamics of the human gut microbiome and its association with systemic immune traits.
  • 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.
  • Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.
  • McLaughlin2010 - The bacteriology of pouchitis: a molecular phylogenetic analysis using 16S rRNA gene cloning and sequencing.
  • Minerbi2019 - Altered microbiome composition in individuals with fibromyalgia
  • RajilicStojanovic2014 - The first 1000 cultured species of the human gastrointestinal microbiota.
  • Zou2019 - 1,520 reference genomes from cultivated human gut bacteria enable functional microbiome analyses.
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    • GENERAL REFERENCES FOR ALLISONELLA HISTAMINIFORMANS
  • Ludwig2009 - Revised road map to the phylum Firmicutes.
    • Added: April 08, 2021