Enterococcus sulfureus

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

Overview

  • Enterococcus sulfureus is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile, oval-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 1 gut microbiome compilation study or metastudy. The DNA G+C content is 38%. Enterococcus sulfureus is probably a rare gut coloniser. (MartinezMurcia1991; Rossi2016)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces and plants. 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 (MartinezMurcia1991);
    Character Response
  • Substrates hydrolysed or digested:
  • aesculin;
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • tolerates 6.5% salt;
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  • Bile tolerance:
  • Grows in the presence of bile
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 10℃; grows at 40℃;
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • fructose; galactose; glucose; mannose; ribose; amygdalin; cellubiose; gentiobiose; lactose; maltose; melezitose; melibiose; raffinose; sucrose; trehalose; arbutin; gluconate; 2-ketogluconate; α-methyl glucoside; N-Ac glucosamine;
  • Active enzymes:
  • α-galactosidase; β-galactosidase; Leu arylamidase; pyrrolidine arylamidase;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (MartinezMurcia1991);
    Character Response
  • Pigments:
  • yellow

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Bacilli Order:  Lactobacillales Family:  Enterococcaceae Genus:  Enterococcus Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  facultatively anaerobic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Sessile Morphology:  Oval-shaped Pigment:  yellow
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces and plants
    DNA G+C(%):  38
    Low T(℃):  10(+)
    Mid T(℃):  40(+)
    NaCl >6%:  6.5(+)
    Bile reaction(%):  +
    		Aesculin:  + Hippurate:  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:  + Fucose:  neg D-Fucose:  neg Galactose:  + Glucose:  + Mannose:  + D-Lyxose:  neg Rhamnose:  neg Ribose:  + D-Tagatose:  neg Xylose:  neg L-Xylose:  neg Cellubiose:  + Gentiobiose:  + Lactose:  + Maltose:  + Melezitose:  + Melibiose:  + Sucrose:  + Trehalose:  + Amygdalin:  + 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:  + Gluconate:  + 2-Ketogluconate:  + Me-α-D-Glc:  + NAc-α-GA:  +
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    α-Galactosidase:  + β-Galactosidase:  + β-Glucuronidase:  neg ArgDH:  neg LeuAA:  + PyrrolidAA:  + AlkalineP:  neg
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		Pigment:  yellow

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR ENTEROCOCCUS SULFUREUS
  • MartinezMurcia1991 - Enterococcus sulfureus, a new yellow-pigmented Enterococcus species.
  • Rossi2016 - Mining metagenomic whole genome sequences revealed subdominant but constant Lactobacillus population in the human gut microbiota.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR ENTEROCOCCUS SULFUREUS
  • 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: December 15, 2021