Prosthecobacter fluviatilis

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

Overview

  • Prosthecobacter fluviatilis is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, aerobic, fusobacterium bacterium. It has been detected in at least 2 gut microbiome compilation studies or metastudies. The DNA G+C content is 62.9%. Prosthecobacter fluviatilis is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Takeda2008)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces, and oligotrophic aquatic environments. 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 (Takeda2008);
    Character Response
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • Grows optimally at pH 6.5-7.0.
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 10℃; grows at 38℃; Grows optimally at 30℃.
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • N-acetylglucosamine; cellubiose; galactose; glucose; mannose; ribose; sucrose; xylose; N-acetylgalactosamine;

  • McLaughlin, S. D., Walker, A. W., Churcher, C., Clark, S. K., Tekkis, P. P., Johnson, M. W., Parkhill, J., Ciclitira, P. J., Dougan, G., Nicholls, R. J., & Petrovska, L. (2010). The bacteriology of pouchitis: a molecular phylogenetic analysis using 16S rRNA gene cloning and sequencing. Annals of Surgery, 252(1), 90–98.

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Verrucomicrobia Class:  Verrucomicrobiae Order:  Verrucomicrobiales Family:  Verrucomicrobiaceae Genus:  Prosthecobacter Gram stain:  neg O2 Relation.:  aerobic Spore:  No spore Morphology:  Fusobacterium
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces, and oligotrophic aquatic environments
    DNA G+C(%):  62.9
    Opt. T:  30℃
    Low T(℃):  10(+)
    Mid T(℃):  38(+)
    Opt. pH:  6.5-7.0
    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:  neg Galactose:  + Glucose:  + Mannose:  + Rhamnose:  neg Ribose:  + Xylose:  + Cellubiose:  + Lactose:  neg Melibiose:  neg Raffinose:  neg Sucrose:  + Trehalose:  neg N_Acetyl_glucosamine:  + Glucosamine:  neg Glycogen:  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR PROSTHECOBACTER FLUVIATILIS
  • Takeda2008 - Prosthecobacter fluviatilis sp. nov., which lacks the bacterial tubulin btubA and btubB genes.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR PROSTHECOBACTER FLUVIATILIS
  • McLaughlin2010 - The bacteriology of pouchitis: a molecular phylogenetic analysis using 16S rRNA gene cloning and sequencing.
  • RajilicStojanovic2014 - The first 1000 cultured species of the human gastrointestinal microbiota.
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    • Added: April 08, 2021