Oceanobacillus sojae

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

Overview

  • Oceanobacillus sojae is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, 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 38.0%. Oceanobacillus sojae is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Tominaga2009)



  • This organism has been recovered from soy sauce production equipment, Japan. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Tominaga2009);
    Character Response
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • tolerates 0% salt; tolerates 15% salt;
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • tolerates pH 6.0; tolerates pH 10; Grows optimally at pH 8.5.
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 15℃; grows at 45℃; Grows optimally at 30-35℃.
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • fructose; glucose; mannose; ribose; D-tagatose; aesculin; cellubiose; maltose; melezitose; sucrose; trehalose; mannitol; sorbitol; arbutin; N-Ac glucosamine; salicin;
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • N-acetylglucosamine; d_arabitol; cellubiose; fructose; gluconate; glucose; glycerol; maltose; mannitol; mannose; melezitose; sorbitol; trehalose;
  • Active enzymes:
  • catalase; oxidase;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Tominaga2009);
    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

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Bacilli Order:  Caryophanales Family:  Bacillaceae Genus:  Oceanobacillus Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  aerobic Spore:  Endospore Motility:  Swimming Morphology:  Rod
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  soy sauce production equipment, Japan
    DNA G+C(%):  38.0
    Opt. T:  30-35℃
    Low T(℃):  15(+)
    High T(℃):  45(+)
    NaCl 0.5-2%:  0(+)
    NaCl >6%:  15(+)
    Opt. pH:  8.5
    pH 6.0-8.0:  6.0(+)
    pH >8:  10(+)
    		Urea:  neg Gelatin:  neg Starch:  neg Casein:  neg Tween:  20(+) 40(neg) 60(+) 80(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:  neg Glucose:  + Mannose:  + Rhamnose:  neg Ribose:  + Sorbose:  neg D-Tagatose:  + Xylose:  neg L-Xylose:  neg Cellubiose:  + Gentiobiose:  neg Lactose:  neg Maltose:  + Melezitose:  + Melibiose:  neg Sucrose:  + Trehalose:  + Turanose:  neg Amygdalin:  neg Aesculin:  + Starch:  neg Adonitol:  neg D-Arabitol:  neg L-Arabitol:  neg Dulcitol:  neg Erythritol:  neg Glycerol:  neg Inositol:  neg Mannitol:  + Sorbitol:  + Xylitol:  neg Arbutin:  + Gluconate:  neg 2-Ketogluconate:  neg 5-Ketogluconate:  neg Me-α-D-Glc:  neg Me-α-D-Mann:  neg Me-Xyloside:  neg NAc-α-GA:  + Salicin:  +
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    Fructose:  + Glucose:  + Mannose:  + Cellubiose:  + Maltose:  + Melezitose:  + Trehalose:  + N_Acetyl_glucosamine:  + D-Arabitol:  + Gluconate:  + Glycerol:  + Mannitol:  + Sorbitol:  + Citrate:  neg
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  + Catalase:  + Urease:  neg β-Galactosidase:  neg ArgDH:  neg LysDC:  neg OrnDC:  neg TrpAA:  neg
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		H2S:  neg Indole:  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR OCEANOBACILLUS SOJAE
  • Tominaga2009 - Oceanobacillus soja sp. nov. isolated from soy sauce production equipment in Japan.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR OCEANOBACILLUS SOJAE
  • Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.
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    • Added: January 14, 2022