Blautia faecis

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

Overview

  • Blautia faecis is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, strictly anaerobic, motile, coccobacillus bacterium. It has been detected in at least 5 gut microbiome compilation studies or metastudies. The DNA G+C content is 41.6%. Blautia faecis is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Park2013)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. Is a known gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Park2013);
    Character Response
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 37℃;
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • D-arabinose; fucose; ribose; D-tagatose; aesculin; 5-ketogluconate;
  • Active enzymes:
  • arabinosidase; acid phosphatase; arginine dihydrolase; fucosidase; α-galactosidase; β-galactosidase; α-glucosidase; β-glucosidase; Gly arylamidase; Leu arylamidase; Ser arylamidase;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Park2013);
    Character Response
  • ✓
  • Metabolites produced:
  • acetate; lactate;
  • ✗
  • Metabolites not produced:
  • indole;
  • ✗
  • Nitrate:
  • not reduced

  • Park, S.-K., Kim, M.-S., & Bae, J.-W. (2013). Blautia faecis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 63(Pt 2), 599–603.

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Clostridia Order:  Eubacteriales Family:  Lachnospiraceae Genus:  Blautia Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  strictly anaerobic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Swimming Morphology:  Coccobacillus
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces
    DNA G+C(%):  41.6
    Mid T(℃):  37(+)
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    D-Arabinose:  + L-Arabinose:  neg Fructose:  neg Fucose:  + D-Fucose:  neg Galactose:  neg Mannose:  neg D-Lyxose:  neg Rhamnose:  neg Ribose:  + Sorbose:  neg D-Tagatose:  + Xylose:  neg L-Xylose:  neg Cellubiose:  neg Gentiobiose:  neg Lactose:  neg Maltose:  neg Melezitose:  neg Turanose:  neg Amygdalin:  neg Aesculin:  + Glycogen:  neg Starch:  neg Adonitol:  neg D-Arabitol:  neg L-Arabitol:  neg Dulcitol:  neg Erythritol:  neg Glycerol:  neg Inositol:  neg Mannitol:  neg Sorbitol:  neg Xylitol:  neg Arbutin:  neg Gluconate:  neg 2-Ketogluconate:  neg 5-Ketogluconate:  + Me-α-D-Glc:  neg Me-α-D-Mann:  neg Me-Xyloside:  neg NAc-α-GA:  neg Salicin:  neg
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  neg Catalase:  neg Urease:  neg α-Arab:  + Ac-β-glcamnd:  neg α-Fucosidase:  + α-Galactosidase:  + β-Galactosidase:  + α-Glucosidase:  + β-Glucosidase:  + β-Glucuronidase:  neg α-Mannosidase:  neg ArgDH:  + Chymotrypsin:  neg GluDC:  neg Trypsin:  neg AlanineAA:  neg ArgAA:  neg CystineAA:  neg GluGluAA:  neg GlyAA:  + HisAA:  neg LeuAA:  + LeuGlyAA:  neg ProAA:  neg PheAA:  neg PyrogluAA:  neg SerAA:  + TyrAA:  neg ValAA:  neg AlkalineP:  w AcidP:  + Esterase(C4):  neg EstLip(C8):  neg Lipase(C14):  neg
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		Acetate:  + Lactate:  + Indole:  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR BLAUTIA FAECIS
  • Liu2021a - Blautia - a new functional genus with potential probiotic properties?.
  • Park2013 - Blautia faecis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces.
  • DeAngelis2013 - Fecal microbiota and metabolome of children with autism and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified
  • Luo2018 - Gut Microbiota in Human Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and a Mouse Model of Lupus
  • Minerbi2019 - Altered microbiome composition in individuals with fibromyalgia
  • Takahashi2016 - Reduced Abundance of Butyrate-Producing Bacteria Species in the Fecal Microbial Community in Crohn's Disease
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR BLAUTIA FAECIS
  • Forster2019 - A human gut bacterial genome and culture collection for improved metagenomic analyses.
  • Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.
  • Minerbi2019 - Altered microbiome composition in individuals with fibromyalgia
  • RajilicStojanovic2014 - The first 1000 cultured species of the human gastrointestinal microbiota.
  • Zou2019 - 1,520 reference genomes from cultivated human gut bacteria enable functional microbiome analyses.
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    • GENERAL REFERENCES FOR BLAUTIA FAECIS
  • Ludwig2009 - Revised road map to the phylum Firmicutes.
    • Added: April 08, 2021