Comamonas thiooxydans

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

Overview

  • Comamonas thiooxydans 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 61.4%. Comamonas thiooxydans is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Narayan2010)



  • This organism has been recovered from sulfur spring sediment. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • QUIRKS
  • Utilises thiosulfate as an electron acceptor.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Narayan2010);
    Character Response
  • Substrates hydrolysed or digested:
  • starch; urea;
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • tolerates pH 6.0; tolerates pH 8.5;
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 12℃; grows at 40℃;
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • galactose; gluconate; glucose; lactose; arginine; aspartate; glutamate; isoleucine; leucine; serine; tyrosine; valine; acetate; citrate; fumarate; pyruvate; succinate; glutamine; succinamate;
  • Active enzymes:
  • catalase; oxidase; urease;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Narayan2010);
    Character Response
  • ✓
  • Metabolites produced:
  • Hâ‚‚S;
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  • Metabolites not produced:
  • indole;
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  • Methyl red test:
  • not active
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  • VP test:
  • not active
  • ✓
  • Nitrate:
  • reduced
  • ✓
  • Thiosulfate:
  • reduced

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Proteobacteria Class:  Betaproteobacteria Order:  Burkholderiales Family:  Comamonadaceae Genus:  Comamonas Gram stain:  neg O2 Relation.:  aerobic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Swimming Morphology:  Rod
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  sulfur spring sediment
    DNA G+C(%):  61.4
    Low T(℃):  12(+)
    Mid T(℃):  40(+)
    pH 6.0-8.0:  6.0(+)
    pH >8:  8.5(+)
    		Urea:  + Gelatin:  neg Starch:  +
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    Arabinose:  neg Fructose:  neg Galactose:  + Glucose:  + Mannose:  neg Rhamnose:  neg Ribose:  neg Xylose:  neg Lactose:  + Maltose:  neg Melibiose:  neg Raffinose:  neg Sucrose:  neg Trehalose:  neg Adonitol:  neg Dulcitol:  neg Gluconate:  + Inositol:  neg Mannitol:  neg Sorbitol:  neg Ala:  neg Arg:  + Asp:  + Cys:  neg Glu:  + Gly:  neg His:  neg Ile:  + Leu:  + Lys:  neg Met:  neg Phe:  neg Pro:  neg Ser:  + Thr:  neg Trp:  neg Tyr:  + Val:  + Acetate:  + Citrate:  + Fumarate:  + Propionate:  neg Pyruvate:  + Succinate:  +
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  + Catalase:  + Urease:  + β-Galactosidase:  neg
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		H2S:  + Indole:  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR COMAMONAS THIOOXYDANS
  • Narayan2010 - Characterization of Comamonas thiooxidans sp. nov., and comparison of thiosulfate oxidation with Comamonas testosteroni and Comamonas composti.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR COMAMONAS THIOOXYDANS
  • Pandey2012 - Comparative analysis of fecal microflora of healthy full-term Indian infants born with different methods of delivery (vaginal vs cesarean): Acinetobacter sp. prevalence in vaginally born infants.
  • Yang2020 - Species-Level Analysis of Human Gut Microbiota With Metataxonomics.
  • Yang2020a - Establishing high-accuracy biomarkers for colorectal cancer by comparing fecal microbiomes in patients with healthy families
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    • Added: February 09, 2022