Tumebacillus avium

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

Overview

  • Tumebacillus avium is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 1 gut microbiome compilation study or metastudy. The DNA G+C content is 56.0%. Tumebacillus avium is likely to be transient and not a long-term gut coloniser. (Sung2018)



  • This organism has been recovered from the gut of a vulture, Korea. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. Likely to be transient and not a long-term gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Sung2018);
    Character Response
  • Substrates hydrolysed or digested:
  • casein; gelatin;
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • tolerates 3% salt; Grows optimally with 0% salt.
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • tolerates pH 6.0; tolerates pH 9; Grows optimally at pH 7.
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 4℃; grows at 37℃; Grows optimally at 25-30℃.
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • ribose; aesculin; 5-ketogluconate; N-Ac glucosamine;
  • Active enzymes:
  • acid phosphatase; esterase C4; esterase lipase C8; oxidase; naphthol-ASBI-P;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Sung2018);
    Character Response
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  • Metabolites produced:
  • indole;
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  • Methyl red test:
  • not active
  • ✗
  • VP test:
  • not active
  • ✗
  • Nitrate:
  • not reduced

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Bacilli Order:  Caryophanales Family:  Alicyclobacillaceae Genus:  Tumebacillus Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  facultatively anaerobic Spore:  Endospore Motility:  Swimming Morphology:  Rod
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  the gut of a vulture, Korea
    DNA G+C(%):  56.0
    Opt. T:  25-30℃
    Low T(℃):  4(+)
    Mid T(℃):  37(+)
    NaCl 3-5%:  3(+)
    Opt. pH:  7
    pH 6.0-8.0:  6.0(+)
    pH >8:  9(+)
    		Gelatin:  + Starch:  neg Casein:  + Arginine:  neg DNA:  neg Tween:  neg
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    Glucose:  neg Ribose:  + Aesculin:  + 5-Ketogluconate:  + NAc-α-GA:  +
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  + Catalase:  neg Ac-β-glcamnd:  neg AcidP:  + DNAse:  neg Esterase(C4):  + EstLip(C8):  +
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		Indole:  +

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR TUMEBACILLUS AVIUM
  • Sung2018 - Tumebacillus avium sp. nov., isolated from the gut of a cinereous vulture, Aegypius monachus.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR TUMEBACILLUS AVIUM
  • New2022 - Collective effects of human genomic variation on microbiome function.
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    • Added: March 18, 2022