Urinicoccus timonensis

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

Overview

  • Urinicoccus timonensis is a Gram-positive, strictly anaerobic, coccus bacterium. The DNA G+C content is 41.1%. Urinicoccus timonensis is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Tall2020c)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Tall2020c);
    Character Response
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • tolerates pH 7.5;
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 37℃;
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • galactose; glucose; 5-ketogluconate;

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Tissierellia Order:  Tissierellales Family:  Peptoniphilaceae Genus:  Urinicoccus Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  strictly anaerobic Morphology:  Coccus
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces
    DNA G+C(%):  41.1
    Mid T(℃):  37(+)
    pH 6.0-8.0:  7.5(+)
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    D-Arabinose:  neg L-Arabinose:  neg Fructose:  neg Fucose:  neg D-Fucose:  neg Galactose:  + Glucose:  + Mannose:  neg D-Lyxose:  neg Rhamnose:  neg Ribose:  neg Sorbose:  neg D-Tagatose:  neg Xylose:  neg L-Xylose:  neg Cellubiose:  neg Gentiobiose:  neg Lactose:  neg Maltose:  neg Melezitose:  neg Melibiose:  neg Sucrose:  neg Trehalose:  neg Turanose:  neg Amygdalin:  neg Aesculin:  neg Glycogen:  neg Inulin:  neg Starch:  neg Adonitol:  neg D-Arabitol:  neg L-Arabitol:  neg Dulcitol:  neg Erythritol:  neg Glycerol:  neg Inositol:  neg Mannitol:  neg Sorbitol:  neg Xylitol:  neg Arbutin:  neg Gluconate:  neg 2-Ketogluconate:  neg 5-Ketogluconate:  + Me-α-D-Glc:  neg Me-α-D-Mann:  neg Me-Xyloside:  neg NAc-α-GA:  neg Salicin:  neg
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  neg Catalase:  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 Chymotrypsin:  neg Trypsin:  neg CystineAA:  neg LeuAA:  neg ValAA:  neg AlkalineP:  neg Esterase(C4):  neg EstLip(C8):  neg Lipase(C14):  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR URINICOCCUS TIMONENSIS
  • Tall2020c - Genome sequence and description of Urinicoccus timonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from a human stool sample.
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    • Added: April 09, 2023