Aquabacterium commune

Bacteria
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Overview

  • Aquabacterium commune 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 commune 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:
  • casein;
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • tolerates 0.4% salt;
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • tolerates pH 6.5; tolerates pH 9.5;
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 6℃; grows at 34℃;
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • glutamate; acetate; adipate; azelate; benzoate; butyrate; caproate; caprylate; fumarate; 3-hydroxybutyrate; malate; pimelate; propionate; pyruvate; sebacate; succinate; valerate; glutamine;
  • Active enzymes:
  • oxidase;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES
    Character Response
  • ✗
  • Metabolites not produced:
  • Hâ‚‚S;
  • ✓
  • Nitrate:
  • reduced
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  • Nitrite:
  • not reduced
  • NOTES

    Aquabacterium commune was isolated from a biofilm on glass and polyethylene surfaces in house drinking water supply lines in Berlin, Germany.

    Combining comparison with a diversity ladder and sequencing allowed affiliation of 50 Species-Level Operational Taxonomic Units (SLOTUs) as well as semi-quantitative estimation of Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs). Coagulase-negative staphylococci, mainly the Staphylococcus epidermidis, was found in all the infants during the study period and was the most represented (75.7% of the SLOTUs) from the first days of life. Enterococci, present in 60% of the infants were early, highly represented and persistent colonizers of the premature gut. Later Enterobacteriaceae and the genus Clostridium appeared and were found in 10 (33%) and 21 infants (70%), respectively. We showed a high representation of Veillonella in more than a quarter of the infants and being able to persistently colonize premature gut. The genera Anaerococcus, Aquabacterium, Bacillus, Bifidobacterium, Corynebacterium, Micrococcus, Oceanobacillus, Propionibacterium, Pseudomonas, Rothia, Sarcina, Sneathia and Streptococcus were observed as transient or persistent colonizers, each genus being found in a minority of infants.

  • Wang, X., Heazlewood, S. P., Krause, D. O., & Florin, T. H. J. (2003). Molecular characterization of the microbial species that colonize human ileal and colonic mucosa by using 16S rDNA sequence analysis. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 95(3), 508–520.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4326509/

    • 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(℃):  6(+)
    Mid T(℃):  34(+)
    NaCl 0.5-2%:  0.4(+)
    pH 6.0-8.0:  6.5(+)
    pH >8:  9.5(+)
    		Aesculin:  neg Urea:  neg Gelatin:  neg Starch:  neg Casein:  + 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 Glycerol:  neg Mannitol:  neg Methanol:  neg Glu:  + Acetate:  + Adipate:  + Azelate:  + Benzoate:  + Butyrate:  + Caproate:  + Caprylate:  + Citrate:  neg Formate:  neg Fumarate:  + Glutarate:  neg 3-Hydroxybutyrate:  + Lactate:  neg 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 COMMUNE
  • 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 COMMUNE
  • Aujoulat2014 - Temporal dynamics of the very premature infant gut dominant microbiota.
  • RajilicStojanovic2014 - The first 1000 cultured species of the human gastrointestinal microbiota.
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    • Added: April 08, 2021