Limnochorda pilosa

Bacteria
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Overview

  • Limnochorda pilosa is a Gram-negative, spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, pleiomorph rod-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 1 gut microbiome compilation study or metastudy. The DNA G+C content is 71%. Limnochorda pilosa is likely to be transient and not a long-term gut coloniser. (Watanabe2015)



  • This organism has been recovered from meromictic lake sediment, Japan. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. Likely to be transient and not a long-term gut commensal.
    • QUIRKS
  • High optimum growth temperature so unlikely to be a gut coloniser.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Watanabe2015);
    Character Response
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • tolerates 0.5% salt; tolerates 4% salt;
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • tolerates pH 6.5; tolerates pH 9; Grows optimally at pH 7.
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 30℃; grows at 55℃; Grows optimally at 45-50℃.
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • cellubiose; fructose; galactose; glucose; maltose; mannose; melibiose; sorbitol; sucrose; trehalose;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES
    Character Response
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  • Nitrate:
  • not reduced
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  • Sulfate:
  • not reduced

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Limnochordia Order:  Limnochordales Family:  Limnochordaceae Genus:  Limnochorda Gram stain:  neg O2 Relation.:  facultatively anaerobic Spore:  Endospore Morphology:  Pleiomorph rod
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  meromictic lake sediment, Japan
    DNA G+C(%):  71
    Opt. T:  45-50℃
    Lower T(℃):  30(+)
    High T(℃):  55(+)
    NaCl 0.5-2%:  0.5(+)
    NaCl 3-5%:  4(+)
    Opt. pH:  7
    pH 6.0-8.0:  6.5(+)
    pH >8:  9(+)
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    L-Arabinose:  neg Fructose:  + Galactose:  + Glucose:  + Mannose:  + Cellubiose:  + Maltose:  + Melibiose:  + Sucrose:  + Trehalose:  + N_Acetyl_glucosamine:  neg Ethanol:  neg Sorbitol:  + Acetate:  w Citrate:  neg Fumarate:  w Malate:  neg Pyruvate:  w
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Catalase:  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR LIMNOCHORDA PILOSA
  • Watanabe2015 - Limnochorda pilosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, facultatively anaerobic, pleomorphic bacterium and proposal of Limnochordaceae fam. nov., Limnochordales ord. nov. and Limnochordia classis nov. in the phylum Firmicutes.
  • Watanabe2016 - Complete genome sequence and cell structure of Limnochorda pilosa, a Gram-negative spore-former within the phylum Firmicutes.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR LIMNOCHORDA PILOSA
  • New2022 - Collective effects of human genomic variation on microbiome function.
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    • Added: March 18, 2022