Thalassobacillus devorans

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

Overview

  • Thalassobacillus devorans is a Gram-positive, 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 42.4%. Thalassobacillus devorans is unlikely to be a gut coloniser. (Garcia2005)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces and hypersaline phenol enrichment (Spain). 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 and high salt required for optimum growth, so likely a gut non-coloniser.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Garcia2005);
    Character Response
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • doesn't tolerate 0% salt; tolerates 10% salt; Grows optimally with 7.5-10% salt.
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • tolerates pH 6.0; tolerates pH 10; Grows optimally at pH 7.0.
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 15℃; grows at 45℃; Grows optimally at 37℃.
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • fructose; glucose; mannose; trehalose;
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • N-acetylglucosamine; dextrin; fructose; glucose; maltose; maltotriose; mannitol; mannose; melezitose; sorbitol; sucrose; trehalose; acetate; 3-hydroxybutyrate; pyruvate; psicose; palatinose; α-ketovalerate; thymidine; uridine; N-acetylmannosamine;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Garcia2005);
    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
  • ✓
  • NO3➔NO2:
  • reduced

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Bacilli Order:  Bacillales Family:  Bacillaceae Genus:  Thalassobacillus Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  strictly aerobic Spore:  Endospore Motility:  Swimming Morphology:  Rod
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces and hypersaline phenol enrichment (Spain)
    DNA G+C(%):  42.4
    Opt. T:  37℃
    Low T(℃):  15(+)
    High T(℃):  45(+)
    NaCl 0.5-2%:  0(neg)
    NaCl >6%:  10(+)
    Opt. pH:  7.0
    pH 6.0-8.0:  6.0(+)
    pH >8:  10(+)
    		Aesculin:  neg Starch:  neg Casein:  neg
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    Fructose:  + Glucose:  + Mannose:  + Trehalose:  +
    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:  + Fucose:  neg Galactose:  neg Glucose:  + Mannose:  + Rhamnose:  neg Ribose:  neg D-Tagatose:  neg Xylose:  neg Cellubiose:  neg Gentiobiose:  neg Lactose:  neg Maltose:  + Maltotriose:  + Melezitose:  + Melibiose:  neg Raffinose:  neg Sucrose:  + D-Turanose:  neg Trehalose:  + N_Acetyl_glucosamine:  + Amygdalin:  neg D-Arabitol:  neg Arbutin:  neg Dextrin:  + Gluconate:  neg Glycerol:  neg Glycogen:  neg Inositol:  neg Inulin:  neg Mannitol:  + Me-α-D-Glc:  neg Salicin:  neg Sorbitol:  + Xylitol:  neg Ser:  neg Acetate:  + 3-Hydroxybutyrate:  + Lactate:  neg Malate:  neg L-Malate:  neg Propionate:  neg Pyruvate:  + Succinate:  neg
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  neg
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		Indole:  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR THALASSOBACILLUS DEVORANS
  • Garcia2005 - Thalassobacillus devorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, phenol-degrading, Gram-positive bacterium.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR THALASSOBACILLUS DEVORANS
  • Forster2019 - A human gut bacterial genome and culture collection for improved metagenomic analyses.
  • Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.
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    • Added: December 15, 2021