Treponema berlinense

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

Overview

  • Treponema berlinense is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, strictly anaerobic, motile, spirochete bacterium. It has been detected in at least 2 gut microbiome compilation studies or metastudies. Treponema berlinense is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Nordhoff2005; Norris2010Bergey)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces, and pig faeces. 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 (Nordhoff2005); (Norris2010Bergey);
    Character Response
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • arabinose; fructose; fucose; glucose; maltose; mannitol; mannose; rhamnose; sucrose; trehalose; D-glucuronate; D-galacturonate;
  • Active enzymes:
  • acid phosphatase; naphthol-ASBI-P;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Nordhoff2005); (Norris2010Bergey);
    Character Response
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  • Metabolites not produced:
  • indole;
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  • Nitrate:
  • not reduced
  • NOTES

    Tests positive for phosphatase activity, although it wasn't stipulated what type was present (Bergey's manual).  Can, unusually, utilise glucuronidate

  • Tito, R. Y., Knights, D., Metcalf, J., Obregon-Tito, A. J., Cleeland, L., Najar, F., Roe, B., Reinhard, K., Sobolik, K., Belknap, S., Foster, M., Spicer, P., Knight, R., & Lewis, C. M., Jr. (2012). Insights from characterizing extinct human gut microbiomes. PloS One, 7(12), e51146.

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Spirochaetes Class:  Spirochaetia Order:  Spirochaetales Family:  Treponemataceae Genus:  Treponema Gram stain:  neg O2 Relation.:  strictly anaerobic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Swimming Morphology:  Spirochete
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces, and pig faeces
    		Aesculin:  neg
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    Mannose:  neg
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    Arabinose:  + Fructose:  + Fucose:  + Glucose:  + Mannose:  + Rhamnose:  + Maltose:  + Sucrose:  + Trehalose:  + Mannitol:  + Pectin:  neg
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  neg Catalase:  neg Urease:  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:  neg Chymotrypsin:  neg GluDC:  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:  + Esterase(C4):  neg EstLip(C8):  neg Lipase(C14):  neg
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		Indole:  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR TREPONEMA BERLINENSE
  • Nordhoff2005 - Treponema berlinense sp. nov. and Treponema porcinum sp. nov., novel spirochaetes isolated from porcine faeces.
  • Norris2010Bergey - Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 4, The Spirochetes. Family Spirochaetaceae, Genus IV. Treponema
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR TREPONEMA BERLINENSE
  • De2020 - Metagenomic analysis of gut microbiome and resistome of diarrheal fecal samples from Kolkata, India, reveals the core and variable microbiota including signatures of microbial dark matter.
  • RajilicStojanovic2014 - The first 1000 cultured species of the human gastrointestinal microbiota.
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    • Added: April 08, 2021