Cerasibacillus quisquiliarum

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

Overview

  • Cerasibacillus quisquiliarum is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, strictly aerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 1 gut microbiome compilation study or metastudy. The DNA G+C content is 35.5%. Cerasibacillus quisquiliarum is unlikely to be a gut coloniser. (Nakamura2004a; Lin2020)



  • This organism has been recovered from decomposing kitchen refuse. 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. Likely to be transient and not a long-term gut commensal.
    • QUIRKS
  • Doesn't oxidise glucose or most common carbohydrates. Has a very high optimum growth temp (50C), so likely to be a gut non-coloniser.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Nakamura2004a); (Lin2020);
    Character Response
  • Substrates hydrolysed or digested:
  • gelatin;
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • tolerates 0% salt; tolerates 5% salt; Grows optimally with 3% salt.
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • tolerates pH 7.5; tolerates pH 10; Grows optimally at pH 8-9.
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 30℃; grows at 55℃; Grows optimally at 50℃.
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • ribose; sorbose; D-tagatose; xylose; melibiose; trehalose; 5-ketogluconate;
  • Active enzymes:
  • alkaline phosphatase; catalase; chymotrypsin; cystine arylamidase; Leu arylamidase; oxidase; trypsin; Val arylamidase; naphthol-ASBI-P;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Nakamura2004a);
    Character Response
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  • Metabolites not produced:
  • Hâ‚‚S; indole;
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  • VP test:
  • not active
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  • Nitrate:
  • not reduced
  • Pigments:
  • yellow-brown

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Bacilli Order:  Bacillales Family:  Bacillaceae Genus:  Cerasibacillus Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  strictly aerobic Spore:  Endospore Motility:  Swimming Morphology:  Rod Pigment:  yellow-brown
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  decomposing kitchen refuse
    DNA G+C(%):  35.5
    Opt. T:  50℃
    Lower T(℃):  30(+)
    High T(℃):  55(+)
    NaCl 0.5-2%:  0(+)
    NaCl 3-5%:  5(+)
    Opt. pH:  8-9
    pH 6.0-8.0:  7.5(+)
    pH >8:  10(+)
    		Aesculin:  neg Urea:  neg Gelatin:  + Starch:  neg
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    D-Arabinose:  neg L-Arabinose:  neg Fructose:  neg Fucose:  neg D-Fucose:  neg Galactose:  neg Glucose:  neg Mannose:  neg Rhamnose:  neg Ribose:  + Sorbose:  + D-Tagatose:  + Xylose:  + L-Xylose:  neg Cellubiose:  neg Gentiobiose:  neg Lactose:  neg Maltose:  neg Melibiose:  + Sucrose:  neg Trehalose:  + Turanose:  neg Amygdalin:  neg Glycogen:  neg Inulin:  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:  + Catalase:  + Chymotrypsin:  + Trypsin:  + CystineAA:  + LeuAA:  + ValAA:  + AlkalineP:  +
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		H2S:  neg Indole:  neg Pigment:  yellow-brown

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR CERASIBACILLUS QUISQUILIARUM
  • Nakamura2004a - Cerasibacillus quisquiliarum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a semi-continuous decomposing system of kitchen refuse.
  • Lin2020 - Cerasibacillus terrae sp. nov., isolated from maize field, and emended description of Cerasibacillus quisquiliarum Nakamura et al. 2004
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR CERASIBACILLUS QUISQUILIARUM
  • Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.
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    • Added: January 14, 2022