Brevundimonas bacteroides

(aka Caulobacter bacteroides)

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

Overview

  • Brevundimonas bacteroides, (aka Caulobacter bacteroides), is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 2 gut microbiome compilation studies or metastudies. The DNA G+C content is 66%. Brevundimonas bacteroides is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Abraham1999; Abraham2008; Poindexter1964)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces. The risk classification (www.baua.de) for this organism is 1, i.e., low risk of infection and spread. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Abraham2008); (Poindexter1964);
    Character Response
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • Grows optimally with 0.5-2.0% salt.
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • arabinose; L-arabinose; fructose; galactose; gluconate; glucose; mannose; ribose; starch; sucrose; acetate; fumarate; pyruvate; succinate;
  • ±
  • Strain-dependent substrate utilisation:
  • ethanol; lactose; maltose; alanine; D-alanine; aspartate; glutamate; leucine; proline; butyrate; DL-lactate; malate; glutamine; Casamino acids;
  • Active enzymes:
  • catalase;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Abraham2008); (Poindexter1964);
    Character Response
  • ±
  • Nitrate:
  • strain dependent
  • Pigments:
  • cream, yellow, orange
    • RESPONSE TO ANTIBIOTICS (Poindexter1964);
    Class Active Resistant
  • Penicillins:
  • penicillin G;
  • Aminoglycosides:
  • streptomycin;

  • Bik, E. M., Eckburg, P. B., Gill, S. R., Nelson, K. E., Purdom, E. A., Francois, F., Perez-Perez, G., Blaser, M. J., & Relman, D. A. (2006). Molecular analysis of the bacterial microbiota in the human stomach. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103(3), 732–737.

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Proteobacteria Class:  Alphaproteobacteria Order:  Caulobacterales Family:  Caulobacteraceae Genus:  Brevundimonas Alt. name:  Caulobacter bacteroides Gram stain:  neg O2 Relation.:  aerobic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Swimming Morphology:  Rod Pigment:  cream, yellow, orange
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces
    DNA G+C(%):  66
    		Starch:  w
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    Arabinose:  + L-Arabinose:  + Fructose:  + Galactose:  + Glucose:  + Mannose:  + Ribose:  + Lactose:  d Maltose:  d Sucrose:  + Ethanol:  d Gluconate:  + Methanol:  neg Propanol:  neg Starch:  + Ala:  d D-Ala:  d Arg:  neg Asp:  d Glu:  d His:  neg Ile:  neg Leu:  d Lys:  neg Pro:  d Ser:  neg Tyr:  neg Val:  neg Acetate:  + Butyrate:  d Fumarate:  + DL-Lactate:  d Malate:  d Pimelate:  neg Pyruvate:  + Succinate:  +
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Catalase:  +
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		Pigment:  cream, yellow, orange
    ANTIBIOTICS ℞
    Penicillins & Penems (μg/mL) Cephalosporins (μg/mL) Aminoglycosides (μg/mL) Macrolides (μg/mL) Quinolones (μg/mL)
    penicillin_G:  Sens
    streptomycin:  Sens
    Tetracyclines (μg/mL) Vancomycin Class (μg/mL) Polypep/ketides (μg/mL) Heterocycles (μg/mL) Other (μg/mL)

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR BREVUNDIMONAS BACTEROIDES
  • Abraham1999 - Phylogeny and polyphasic taxonomy of Caulobacter species. Proposal of Maricaulis gen. nov. with Maricaulis maris (Poindexter) comb. nov. as the type species, and emended description of the genera Brevundimonas and Caulobacter.
  • Abraham2008 - Phylogeny by a polyphasic approach of the order Caulobacterales, proposal of Caulobacter mirabilis sp. nov., Phenylobacterium haematophilum sp. nov. and Phenylobacterium conjunctum sp. nov., and emendation of the genus Phenylobacterium.
  • Poindexter1964 - Biological Properties and Classification of the Caulobacter Group.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR BREVUNDIMONAS BACTEROIDES
  • Bik2006 - Molecular analysis of the bacterial microbiota in the human stomach.
  • RajilicStojanovic2014 - The first 1000 cultured species of the human gastrointestinal microbiota.
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    • Added: April 08, 2021