Brevibacterium pityocampae

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

Overview

  • Brevibacterium pityocampae is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, aerobic, 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 69.8%. Brevibacterium pityocampae is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Kati2010)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces and caterpillars. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Kati2010);
    Character Response
  • Substrates hydrolysed or digested:
  • aesculin;
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • tolerates 10% salt;
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • tolerates pH 8; tolerates pH 6.0-8.0; tolerates pH 10;
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 25℃; grows at 40℃; doesn't grow at 45℃;
  • Active enzymes:
  • catalase; esterase C4; esterase lipase C8; Leu arylamidase;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Kati2010);
    Character Response
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  • Metabolites not produced:
  • Hâ‚‚S; indole;
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  • VP test:
  • not active
  • ✓
  • Nitrate:
  • reduced
  • ✓
  • NO3➔NO2:
  • reduced
  • Pigments:
  • yellow

  • 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:  Actinobacteria Class:  Actinomycetia Order:  Micrococcales Family:  Brevibacteriaceae Genus:  Brevibacterium Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  aerobic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Sessile Morphology:  Rod Pigment:  yellow
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces and caterpillars
    DNA G+C(%):  69.8
    Lower T(℃):  25(+)
    Mid T(℃):  40(+)
    High T(℃):  45(neg)
    NaCl >6%:  10(+)
    pH 4.2-5.9:  8(+)
    pH 6.0-8.0:  6.0-8.0(+)
    pH >8:  10(+)
    		Aesculin:  + Urea:  neg Gelatin:  neg
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    L-Arabinose:  neg Glucose:  neg Rhamnose:  neg Ribose:  neg Xylose:  neg Lactose:  neg Maltose:  neg Melibiose:  neg Sucrose:  neg Amygdalin:  neg Glycogen:  neg Inositol:  neg Mannitol:  neg Sorbitol:  neg
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    Citrate:  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:  neg α-Galactosidase:  neg β-Galactosidase:  neg α-Glucosidase:  neg β-Glucosidase:  neg β-Glucuronidase:  neg α-Mannosidase:  neg ArgDH:  neg LysDC:  neg OrnDC:  neg TrpAA:  neg LeuAA:  + PyrrolidAA:  neg AlkalineP:  neg AcidP:  neg Esterase(C4):  + EstLip(C8):  + Lipase(C14):  neg
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		H2S:  neg Indole:  neg Pigment:  yellow

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR BREVIBACTERIUM PITYOCAMPAE
  • Kati2010 - Brevibacterium pityocampae sp. nov., isolated from caterpillars of Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera, Thaumetopoeidae).
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR BREVIBACTERIUM PITYOCAMPAE
  • Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.
  • RajilicStojanovic2014 - The first 1000 cultured species of the human gastrointestinal microbiota.
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    • Added: April 08, 2021