Vagococcus fluvialis

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

Overview

  • Vagococcus fluvialis is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, motile, oval-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 1 gut microbiome compilation study or metastudy. The DNA G+C content is 33.6%. Vagococcus fluvialis is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Collins1989b)



  • This organism has been recovered from chicken faeces (CCUG) and human faeces (Bilen2018e). The risk classification (www.baua.de) for this organism is 2, i.e., risk of individual infection, but low risk of spread (notes: human and animal pathogen). It is an opportunistic pathogen. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Collins1989b);
    Character Response
  • Substrates hydrolysed or digested:
  • aesculin;
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • tolerates 4% salt;
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • doesn't tolerate pH 9.6;
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 10℃; grows at 40℃; doesn't grow at 45℃;
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • fructose; glucose; mannose; ribose; amygdalin; cellubiose; gentiobiose; maltose; trehalose; mannitol; arbutin; N-Ac glucosamine; salicin;
  • ±
  • Strain-dependent acid from carbs:
  • sucrose; D-turanose; glycerol; sorbitol; α-methyl glucoside;
  • ±
  • Strain-dependent active enzymes:
  • arginine dihydrolase; β-galactosidase; pyrrolidine arylamidase;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Collins1989b);
    Character Response
  • ✓
  • Metabolites produced:
  • lactate;
  • ✗
  • VP test:
  • not active

    • 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:  Oval-shaped
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  chicken faeces (CCUG) and human faeces (Bilen2018e)
    DNA G+C(%):  33.6
    Low T(℃):  10(+)
    Mid T(℃):  40(+)
    High T(℃):  45(neg)
    NaCl 3-5%:  4(+)
    pH >8:  9.6(neg)
    		Aesculin:  + Gelatin:  neg Hippurate:  neg
    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:  + Fucose:  neg D-Fucose:  neg Galactose:  neg Glucose:  + Mannose:  + D-Lyxose:  neg Rhamnose:  neg Ribose:  + Sorbose:  neg D-Tagatose:  neg Xylose:  neg L-Xylose:  neg Cellubiose:  + Gentiobiose:  + Lactose:  neg Maltose:  + Melibiose:  neg Sucrose:  d Trehalose:  + Turanose:  d Amygdalin:  + Glycogen:  neg Inulin:  neg Starch:  neg Adonitol:  neg D-Arabitol:  neg Dulcitol:  neg Erythritol:  neg Glycerol:  d Inositol:  neg Mannitol:  + Sorbitol:  d Xylitol:  neg Arbutin:  + 2-Ketogluconate:  neg 5-Ketogluconate:  neg Me-α-D-Glc:  d Me-α-D-Mann:  neg Me-Xyloside:  neg NAc-α-GA:  + Salicin:  +
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Catalase:  neg α-Galactosidase:  neg β-Galactosidase:  d β-Glucuronidase:  neg ArgDH:  d LeuAA:  neg PyrrolidAA:  d AlkalineP:  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR VAGOCOCCUS FLUVIALIS
  • Collins1989b - 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid sequence analyses of lactococci and related taxa. Description of Vagococcus fluvialis gen. nov., sp. nov.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR VAGOCOCCUS FLUVIALIS
  • Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.
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    • GENERAL REFERENCES FOR VAGOCOCCUS FLUVIALIS
  • Bilen2018e - Description of the human gut microbiota by culturomics
    • Added: January 06, 2022