Slackia equolifaciens

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

Overview

  • Slackia equolifaciens is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, strictly anaerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 2 gut microbiome compilation studies or metastudies. The DNA G+C content is 60.8%. Slackia equolifaciens is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Jin2010)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Jin2010);
    Character Response
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 37℃;
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • arginine;
  • Active enzymes:
  • Ala arylamidase; arginine dihydrolase; Gly arylamidase; His arylamidase; Leu arylamidase; Phe arylamidase; Pro arylamidase; Ser arylamidase; Tyr arylamidase; naphthol-ASBI-P;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Jin2010);
    Character Response
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  • Metabolites not produced:
  • indole;
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  • Nitrate:
  • not reduced

  • Jin, J.-S., Kitahara, M., Sakamoto, M., Hattori, M., & Benno, Y. (2010). Slackia equolifaciens sp. nov., a human intestinal bacterium capable of producing equol. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 60(Pt 8), 1721–1724.

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Actinobacteria Class:  Coriobacteriia Order:  Eggerthellales Family:  Eggerthellaceae Genus:  Slackia Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  strictly anaerobic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Sessile Morphology:  Rod
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces
    DNA G+C(%):  60.8
    Mid T(℃):  37(+)
    		Aesculin:  neg Urea:  neg
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    Arabinose:  neg Glucose:  neg Mannose:  neg Rhamnose:  neg Xylose:  neg Cellubiose:  neg Lactose:  neg Maltose:  neg Melezitose:  neg Sucrose:  neg Trehalose:  neg Mannitol:  neg Sorbitol:  neg Salicin:  neg
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    Arg:  +
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Catalase:  neg Urease:  neg G6PDH6PGDH:  neg α-Arab:  neg Ac-β-glcamnd:  neg α-Fucosidase:  neg α-Galactosidase:  neg β-Galactosidase:  neg α-Glucosidase:  neg β-Glucosidase:  neg β-Glucuronidase:  neg α-Mannosidase:  neg ArgDH:  + Chymotrypsin:  neg GluDC:  neg Trypsin:  neg AlanineAA:  + ArgAA:  neg GluGluAA:  neg GlyAA:  + HisAA:  + LeuAA:  + LeuGlyAA:  vr ProAA:  + PyrrolidAA:  neg PheAA:  + PyrogluAA:  neg SerAA:  + TyrAA:  + AlkalineP:  neg Lipase(C14):  neg
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		Indole:  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR SLACKIA EQUOLIFACIENS
  • Jin2010 - Slackia equolifaciens sp. nov., a human intestinal bacterium capable of producing equol.
  • Danylec2019b - Draft Genome Sequences of Type Strains of Gordonibacter faecihominis, Paraeggerthella hongkongensis, Parvibacter caecicola, Slackia equolifaciens, Slackia faecicanis, and Slackia isoflavoniconvertens.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR SLACKIA EQUOLIFACIENS
  • Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.
  • RajilicStojanovic2014 - The first 1000 cultured species of the human gastrointestinal microbiota.
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    • GENERAL REFERENCES FOR SLACKIA EQUOLIFACIENS
  • CCUG - Culture Collection University of Gothenburg - Entire Collection
    • Added: April 08, 2021