Aquabacterium citratiphilum

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

Overview

  • Aquabacterium citratiphilum is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, microaerophilic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 2 gut microbiome compilation studies or metastudies. The DNA G+C content is 66%. Aquabacterium citratiphilum is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Kalmbach1999)



  • This organism has been recovered from drinking water and human faeces. 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 (Kalmbach1999);
    Character Response
  • Substrates hydrolysed or digested:
  • urea;
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • tolerates 0-1.8% salt;
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • tolerates pH 5.5; tolerates pH 10;
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 10℃; grows at 36℃;
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • acetate; adipate; azelate; butyrate; caproate; caprylate; citrate; fumarate; 3-hydroxybutyrate; DL-lactate; malate; pimelate; propionate; pyruvate; sebacate; succinate; valerate; butanol; 4-hydroxybutyrate;
  • Active enzymes:
  • oxidase;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES
    Character Response
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  • Metabolites not produced:
  • Hâ‚‚S;
  • ✓
  • Nitrate:
  • reduced
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  • Nitrite:
  • not reduced
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  • Sulfate:
  • not reduced

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Proteobacteria Class:  Betaproteobacteria Order:  Burkholderiales Family:  Comamonadaceae Genus:  Aquabacterium Gram stain:  neg O2 Relation.:  microaerophilic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Swimming Morphology:  Rod
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  drinking water and human faeces
    DNA G+C(%):  66
    Low T(℃):  10(+)
    Mid T(℃):  36(+)
    NaCl 0.5-2%:  0-1.8(+)
    pH 4.2-5.9:  5.5(+)
    pH >8:  10(+)
    		Aesculin:  neg Urea:  + Gelatin:  neg Starch:  neg Casein:  neg DNA:  neg Tween:  20(+) 40(+) 60(+) 80(+)
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    L-Arabinose:  neg Fructose:  neg Galactose:  neg Glucose:  neg Mannose:  neg Rhamnose:  neg Ribose:  neg Xylose:  neg Lactose:  neg Maltose:  neg Melibiose:  neg Sucrose:  neg Trehalose:  neg N_Acetyl_glucosamine:  neg Ethanol:  neg Gluconate:  neg Mannitol:  neg Methanol:  neg Glu:  neg Acetate:  + Adipate:  + Azelate:  + Benzoate:  neg Butyrate:  + Caprate:  neg Caproate:  + Caprylate:  + Citrate:  + Formate:  neg Fumarate:  + Glutarate:  neg 3-Hydroxybutyrate:  + DL-Lactate:  + Malate:  + Malonate:  neg Pimelate:  + Propionate:  + Pyruvate:  + Sebacate:  + Succinate:  + D-Tartrate:  neg L-Tartrate:  neg Valerate:  +
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  + Catalase:  neg
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		H2S:  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR AQUABACTERIUM CITRATIPHILUM
  • Kalmbach1999 - Aquabacterium gen. nov., with description of Aquabacterium citratiphilum sp. nov., Aquabacterium parvum sp. nov. and Aquabacterium commune sp. nov., three in situ dominant bacterial species from the Berlin drinking water system.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR AQUABACTERIUM CITRATIPHILUM
  • Aujoulat2014 - Temporal dynamics of the very premature infant gut dominant microbiota.
  • Yang2020 - Species-Level Analysis of Human Gut Microbiota With Metataxonomics.
  • Yang2020a - Establishing high-accuracy biomarkers for colorectal cancer by comparing fecal microbiomes in patients with healthy families
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    • Added: December 15, 2021