Bacillus infantis

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

Overview

  • Bacillus infantis is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, aerobic, rod-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 4 gut microbiome compilation studies or metastudies. The DNA G+C content is 40.8%. Bacillus infantis is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Ko2006)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces and clinical sources (sepsis). It is an opportunistic pathogen. Is a known gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Ko2006);
    Character Response
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • N-acetylglucosamine; amygdalin; arbutin; cellubiose; aesculin; fructose; galactose; gluconate; glucose; inulin; lactose; maltose; mannitol; melibiose; methyl-α-glucoside; raffinose; salicin; sorbitol; starch; sucrose; trehalose; xylose;
  • Active enzymes:
  • catalase;

  • Lagier, J.-C., Armougom, F., Million, M., Hugon, P., Pagnier, I., Robert, C., Bittar, F., Fournous, G., Gimenez, G., Maraninchi, M., Trape, J.-F., Koonin, E. V., La Scola, B., & Raoult, D. (2012). Microbial culturomics: paradigm shift in the human gut microbiome study. Clinical Microbiology and Infection: The Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 18(12), 1185–1193.

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Bacilli Order:  Bacillales Family:  Bacillaceae Genus:  Bacillus Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  aerobic Spore:  Endospore Morphology:  Rod
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces and clinical sources (sepsis)
    DNA G+C(%):  40.8
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    Fructose:  + Galactose:  + Glucose:  + Mannose:  neg Ribose:  neg Xylose:  + Cellubiose:  + Gentiobiose:  neg Lactose:  + Maltose:  + Melibiose:  + Raffinose:  + Sucrose:  + Trehalose:  + N_Acetyl_glucosamine:  + Amygdalin:  + Arbutin:  + Aesculin:  + Gluconate:  + Glycerol:  neg Inositol:  neg Inulin:  + Mannitol:  + Me-α-D-Glc:  + Salicin:  + Sorbitol:  + Starch:  + Xylitol:  neg 5-Ketogluconate:  neg
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  neg Catalase:  +

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR BACILLUS INFANTIS
  • Ko2006 - Bacillus infantis sp. nov. and Bacillus idriensis sp. nov., isolated from a patient with neonatal sepsis.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR BACILLUS INFANTIS
  • Byrd2020 - Stability and dynamics of the human gut microbiome and its association with systemic immune traits.
  • Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.
  • RajilicStojanovic2014 - The first 1000 cultured species of the human gastrointestinal 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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    • GENERAL REFERENCES FOR BACILLUS INFANTIS
  • Ludwig2009 - Revised road map to the phylum Firmicutes.
    • Added: April 08, 2021