Pseudoruminococcus massiliensis

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

Overview

  • Pseudoruminococcus massiliensis is a Gram-negative, strictly anaerobic, non-motile, coccus bacterium. The DNA G+C content is 37.6%. Pseudoruminococcus massiliensis is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Afouda2020)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces (Bilen2018e). Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Afouda2020);
    Character Response
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • Grows optimally at pH 6.5-7.
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • Grows optimally at 37℃.
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • arginine; glutamate; glutamine;
  • Active enzymes:
  • esterase C4; esterase lipase C8; β-galactosidase; α-glucosidase; naphthol-ASBI-P;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Afouda2020);
    Character Response
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  • Metabolites not produced:
  • indole;
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  • Nitrate:
  • not reduced

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Clostridia Order:  Eubacteriales Family:  Oscillospiraceae Genus:  Pseudoruminococcus Gram stain:  neg O2 Relation.:  strictly anaerobic Motility:  Sessile Morphology:  Coccus
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces (Bilen2018e)
    DNA G+C(%):  37.6
    Opt. T:  37℃
    Opt. pH:  6.5-7
    		Aesculin:  neg Urea:  neg Gelatin:  neg
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    Glucose:  neg Mannose:  neg
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    L-Arabinose:  neg Mannose:  neg Maltose:  neg N_Acetyl_glucosamine:  neg Gluconate:  neg Mannitol:  neg Arg:  + Glu:  + Adipate:  neg Caprate:  neg Citrate:  neg Malate:  neg Phenylacetate:  neg
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  neg Catalase:  neg Urease:  neg α-Arab:  neg Ac-β-glcamnd:  neg α-Fucosidase:  neg α-Galactosidase:  neg β-Galactosidase:  + α-Glucosidase:  + β-Glucosidase:  neg β-Glucuronidase:  neg α-Mannosidase:  neg Chymotrypsin:  neg Trypsin:  neg AlanineAA:  neg ArgAA:  neg CystineAA:  neg GluGluAA:  neg GlyAA:  neg HisAA:  neg LeuAA:  neg LeuGlyAA:  neg ProAA:  neg PheAA:  neg PyrogluAA:  neg SerAA:  neg TyrAA:  neg ValAA:  neg AlkalineP:  neg AcidP:  neg Esterase(C4):  + EstLip(C8):  + Lipase(C14):  neg
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		Indole:  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR PSEUDORUMINOCOCCUS MASSILIENSIS
  • Afouda2020 - Pseudoruminococcus massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the human gut microbiota.
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    • GENERAL REFERENCES FOR PSEUDORUMINOCOCCUS MASSILIENSIS
  • Bilen2018e - Description of the human gut microbiota by culturomics
    • Added: January 06, 2022