Bifidobacterium imperatoris

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

Overview

  • Bifidobacterium imperatoris is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 2 gut microbiome compilation studies or metastudies. The DNA G+C content is 56.1%. Bifidobacterium imperatoris is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Lugli2018)



  • Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Lugli2018);
    Character Response
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • tolerates pH 5; tolerates pH 6.0;
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 25℃; grows at 42℃;
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • arabinose; galactose; glucose; ribose; xylose; glycogen; lactose; maltose; raffinose; sucrose; D-turanose; mannitol;
  • Active enzymes:
  • alkaline phosphatase; Arg arylamidase; arginine dihydrolase; glutamic acid decarboxylase; Glu-Glu arylamidase; Leu-Gly arylamidase;

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Actinobacteria Class:  Actinomycetia Order:  Bifidobacteriales Family:  Bifidobacteriaceae Genus:  Bifidobacterium Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  facultatively anaerobic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Sessile Morphology:  Rod
    Health:  Unknown
    DNA G+C(%):  56.1
    Lower T(℃):  25(+)
    High T(℃):  42(+)
    pH 4.2-5.9:  5(+)
    pH 6.0-8.0:  6.0(+)
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    Arabinose:  + Fructose:  neg Fucose:  neg Galactose:  + Glucose:  + Mannose:  neg Rhamnose:  neg Ribose:  + Xylose:  + Cellubiose:  neg Lactose:  + Maltose:  + Sucrose:  + Trehalose:  neg Turanose:  + Glycogen:  + Inulin:  neg Starch:  neg Mannitol:  + Sorbitol:  neg NAc-α-GA:  neg
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    α-Arab:  neg Ac-β-glcamnd:  neg α-Galactosidase:  neg β-Galactosidase:  neg α-Glucosidase:  neg β-Glucosidase:  neg β-Glucuronidase:  neg ArgDH:  + GluDC:  + ArgAA:  + GluGluAA:  + LeuGlyAA:  + PyrogluAA:  neg SerAA:  neg AlkalineP:  +

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR BIFIDOBACTERIUM IMPERATORIS
  • Lugli2018 - Phylogenetic classification of six novel species belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium comprising Bifidobacterium anseris sp. nov., Bifidobacterium criceti sp. nov., Bifidobacterium imperatoris sp. nov., Bifidobacterium italicum sp. nov., Bifidobacterium margollesii sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium parmae sp. nov.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR BIFIDOBACTERIUM IMPERATORIS
  • Byrd2020 - Stability and dynamics of the human gut microbiome and its association with systemic immune traits.
  • New2022 - Collective effects of human genomic variation on microbiome function.
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    • Added: March 18, 2022