Bacteroides congonensis

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

Overview

  • Bacteroides congonensis is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, anaerobic, motile, coccobacillus bacterium. It has been detected in at least 3 gut microbiome compilation studies or metastudies. The DNA G+C content is 43.0%. Bacteroides congonensis is a common gut coloniser. (Andrieu2018; Bilen2016)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces (CCUG). Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. Likely to be transient and not a long-term gut commensal.
    • QUIRKS
  • High salt required for optimum growth. In 99% of Europeans (unseenbio.com).
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Andrieu2018);
    Character Response
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • Grows optimally with 5% salt.
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • tolerates pH 6; tolerates pH 8.5;
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • Grows optimally at 37℃.
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • D-arabinose; L-arabinose; fructose; fucose; galactose; glucose; mannose; rhamnose; ribose; sorbose; xylose; aesculin; glycogen; starch; cellubiose; gentiobiose; lactose; maltose; melibiose; raffinose; sucrose; dulcitol; glycerol; inositol; sorbitol; 5-ketogluconate; methyl mannoside; N-Ac glucosamine;
  • Active enzymes:
  • alkaline phosphatase; acid phosphatase; catalase; esterase C4; esterase lipase C8; fucosidase; α-galactosidase; β-galactosidase; α-glucosidase; β-glucosidase; β-glucuronidase; Leu arylamidase; naphthol-ASBI-P;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Andrieu2018);
    Character Response
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  • Metabolites not produced:
  • indole;
    • RESPONSE TO ANTIBIOTICS (Andrieu2018);
    Class Active Resistant
  • Penicillins:
  • amoxicillin; amoxicillin-clavulanic acid; imipenem;
  • oxacillin;
  • Macrolides:
  • erythromycin;
  • Aminoglycosides:
  • gentamicin; tobramycin;
  • Polypep/ketides:
  • rifampicin;
  • Heterocycles:
  • metronidazole; trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole;
  • Miscellaneous antibiotics:
  • clindamycin;

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Bacteroidetes Class:  Bacteroidia Order:  Bacteroidales Family:  Bacteroidaceae Genus:  Bacteroides Gram stain:  neg O2 Relation.:  anaerobic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Swimming Morphology:  Coccobacillus
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces (CCUG)
    DNA G+C(%):  43.0
    Opt. T:  37℃
    pH 6.0-8.0:  6(+)
    pH >8:  8.5(+)
    		Aesculin:  neg Gelatin:  neg
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    D-Arabinose:  + L-Arabinose:  + Fructose:  + Fucose:  + D-Fucose:  neg Galactose:  + Glucose:  + Mannose:  + D-Lyxose:  neg Rhamnose:  + Ribose:  + Sorbose:  + D-Tagatose:  neg Xylose:  + L-Xylose:  neg Cellubiose:  + Gentiobiose:  + Lactose:  + Maltose:  + Melezitose:  neg Melibiose:  + Sucrose:  + Trehalose:  neg Turanose:  neg Aesculin:  + Glycogen:  + Inulin:  neg Starch:  + Adonitol:  neg D-Arabitol:  neg L-Arabitol:  neg Dulcitol:  + Erythritol:  neg Glycerol:  + Inositol:  + Mannitol:  neg Sorbitol:  + Arbutin:  neg Gluconate:  neg 2-Ketogluconate:  neg 5-Ketogluconate:  + Me-α-D-Glc:  neg Me-α-D-Mann:  + Me-Xyloside:  neg NAc-α-GA:  + Salicin:  neg
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  neg Catalase:  + Urease:  neg Ac-β-glcamnd:  neg α-Fucosidase:  + α-Galactosidase:  + β-Galactosidase:  + α-Glucosidase:  + β-Glucosidase:  + β-Glucuronidase:  + α-Mannosidase:  neg Chymotrypsin:  neg Trypsin:  neg CystineAA:  neg LeuAA:  + ValAA:  neg AlkalineP:  + AcidP:  + Esterase(C4):  + EstLip(C8):  + Lipase(C14):  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)
    amoxicillin:  S(25; disc)
    Augmentin:  S(30; disc)
    oxacillin:  R(5; disc)
    imipenem:  S(10; disc)
    gentamicin:  R(15; disc)
    tobramycin:  R(10; disc)
    erythromycin:  R(15; disc)
    Tetracyclines (μg/mL) Vancomycin Class (μg/mL) Polypep/ketides (μg/mL) Heterocycles (μg/mL) Other (μg/mL)
    rifampicin:  S(30; disc)
    metronidazole:  S(4; disc)
    SXT:  S(25; disc)
    clindamycin:  R(15; disc)

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR BACTEROIDES CONGONENSIS
  • Andrieu2018 - Non-contiguous finished genome sequences and description of Bacteroides mediterraneensis sp. nov., Bacteroides ihuae sp. nov., Bacteroides togonis sp. nov., Bacteroides ndongoniae sp. nov., Bacteroides ilei sp. nov. and Bacteroides congonensis sp. nov. identified by culturomics.
  • Bilen2016 - Bacteroides congonensis sp. nov., a new bacterial species from the human gut microbiota.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR BACTEROIDES CONGONENSIS
  • 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.
  • Urban2020 - Altered Fecal Microbiome Years after Traumatic Brain Injury
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    • GENERAL REFERENCES FOR BACTEROIDES CONGONENSIS
  • CCUG - Culture Collection University of Gothenburg - Entire Collection
    • Added: July 12, 2021