Vagococcus carniphilus

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

Overview

  • Vagococcus carniphilus is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, motile, coccus bacterium. It has been detected in at least 1 gut microbiome compilation study or metastudy. The DNA G+C content is 34.0%. Vagococcus carniphilus is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Shewmaker2004)



  • This organism has been recovered from ground beef. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Shewmaker2004);
    Character Response
  • Substrates hydrolysed or digested:
  • aesculin;
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • tolerates 6.5% salt;
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  • Bile tolerance:
  • Resistant to 40% bile
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 10℃; strain-variable at 45(d);
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • glucose; ribose; maltose; trehalose; glycerol; α-methyl glucoside;
  • ±
  • Strain-dependent acid from carbs:
  • sucrose;
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  • Substrates assimilated or utilised:
  • pyruvate;
  • Active enzymes:
  • Gly-Trp arylamidase; Leu arylamidase; pyroGlu arylamidase; pyrrolidine arylamidase;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES
    Character Response
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  • VP test:
  • not active
    • RESPONSE TO ANTIBIOTICS (Shewmaker2004);
    Class Active Resistant
  • Vancomycins:
  • vancomycin;

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Bacilli Order:  Lactobacillales Family:  Enterococcaceae Genus:  Vagococcus Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  facultatively anaerobic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Swimming Morphology:  Coccus
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  ground beef
    DNA G+C(%):  34.0
    Low T(℃):  10(+)
    High T(℃):  45(d)
    NaCl >6%:  6.5(+)
    Bile reaction(%):  40(+)
    		Aesculin:  + Urea:  neg Arginine:  neg Hippurate:  neg
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    Arabinose:  neg L-Arabinose:  neg Glucose:  + Ribose:  + Sorbose:  neg D-Tagatose:  neg Lactose:  neg Maltose:  + Melezitose:  neg Melibiose:  neg Sucrose:  d Trehalose:  + Glycogen:  neg Inulin:  neg D-Arabitol:  neg Glycerol:  + Mannitol:  neg Sorbitol:  neg Me-α-D-Glc:  +
    SUBSTRATE ASSIMILATION & UTILISATION
    Monosaccharide util/assim Oligosaccharide util/assim Other carboh. util/assim Amino acid util/assim Organic acid util/assim
    Pyruvate:  +
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Urease:  neg Ac-β-glcamnd:  neg α-Galactosidase:  neg β-Galactosidase:  neg β-Glucosidase:  neg β-Glucuronidase:  neg β-Mannosidase:  neg ArgDH:  neg AlaPheProAA:  neg GlyTrpAA:  + LeuAA:  + PyrrolidAA:  + PyrogluAA:  + AlkalineP:  neg
    ANTIBIOTICS ℞
    Penicillins & Penems (μg/mL) Cephalosporins (μg/mL) Aminoglycosides (μg/mL) Macrolides (μg/mL) Quinolones (μg/mL)
    Tetracyclines (μg/mL) Vancomycin Class (μg/mL) Polypep/ketides (μg/mL) Heterocycles (μg/mL) Other (μg/mL)
    vancomycin:  Sens

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR VAGOCOCCUS CARNIPHILUS
  • Shewmaker2004 - Vagococcus carniphilus sp. nov., isolated from ground beef.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR VAGOCOCCUS CARNIPHILUS
  • Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.
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    • Added: February 09, 2022