Planomicrobium okeanokoites

(aka Planococcus okeanokoites)

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

Overview

  • Planomicrobium okeanokoites, (aka Planococcus okeanokoites), is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, strictly 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 46%. Planomicrobium okeanokoites is likely to be transient and not a long-term gut coloniser. (Yoon2001; Gan2018; Nakagawa1996a)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces, blood and marine mud. 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
  • Obligate aerobe; unlikely to be a gut coloniser.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Yoon2001); (Gan2018); (Nakagawa1996a);
    Character Response
  • Substrates hydrolysed or digested:
  • casein; gelatin; starch;
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • tolerates 7% salt; Grows optimally with 3-5% salt.
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • Grows optimally at 20-37℃.
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • fructose; ribose; xylose; 5-ketogluconate;
  • Active enzymes:
  • arginine dihydrolase; catalase; lycine decarboxylase; ornithine decarboxylase;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Gan2018); (Nakagawa1996a);
    Character Response
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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
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  • NO3➔NO2:
  • not reduced
  • Pigments:
  • bright orange

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Bacilli Order:  Bacillales Family:  Planococcaceae Genus:  Planomicrobium Alt. name:  Planococcus okeanokoites Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  strictly aerobic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Swimming Morphology:  Rod Pigment:  bright orange
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces, blood and marine mud
    DNA G+C(%):  46
    Opt. T:  20-37℃
    NaCl >6%:  7(+)
    		Aesculin:  neg Urea:  neg Gelatin:  + Starch:  + Casein:  + Tyrosine:  neg Tween:  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:  neg Mannose:  neg Rhamnose:  neg Ribose:  + Sorbose:  neg D-Tagatose:  neg Xylose:  + L-Xylose:  neg Cellubiose:  neg Gentiobiose:  neg Lactose:  neg Maltose:  neg Melezitose:  neg Melibiose:  neg Sucrose:  neg Trehalose:  neg Turanose:  neg Amygdalin:  neg Aesculin:  neg Glycogen:  neg Inulin:  neg Starch:  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 Salicin:  neg
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  w Catalase:  + Urease:  neg ArgDH:  + LysDC:  + OrnDC:  + Phe deaminase:  neg
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		Indole:  neg Pigment:  bright orange

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR PLANOMICROBIUM OKEANOKOITES
  • Yoon2001 - Planomicrobium koreense gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from the Korean traditional fermented seafood jeotgal, and transfer of Planococcus okeanokoites (Nakagawa et al. 1996) and Planococcus mcmeekinii (Junge et al. 1998) to the genus Planomicrobium.
  • Gan2018 - Planococcus halotolerans sp. nov., isolated from a saline soil sample in China.
  • Nakagawa1996a - Emendation of the genus Planococcus and transfer of Flavobacterium okeanokoites Zobell and Upham 1944 to the genus Planococcus as Planococcus okeanokoites comb. nov.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR PLANOMICROBIUM OKEANOKOITES
  • Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.
  • 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