Vagococcus penaei

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

Overview

  • Vagococcus penaei is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile, coccus bacterium. It has been detected in at least 2 gut microbiome compilation studies or metastudies. The DNA G+C content is 35.4%. Vagococcus penaei is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Jaffres2010)



  • This organism has been recovered from microbiota of spoilt shrimp. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Jaffres2010);
    Character Response
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • doesn't tolerate 6.5% salt;
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 10℃; grows at 30℃; doesn't grow at 45℃;
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • glucose; ribose; maltose; melezitose; raffinose; sucrose; trehalose;
  • Active enzymes:
  • acid phosphatase; arginine dihydrolase; chymotrypsin; esterase C4; esterase lipase C8; α-glucosidase; Gly-Trp arylamidase; Leu arylamidase; pyroGlu arylamidase; naphthol-ASBI-P;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Jaffres2010);
    Character Response
  • ✓
  • Metabolites produced:
  • lactate;
  • ✓
  • VP test:
  • active
  • ✗
  • Nitrate:
  • not reduced

    • 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:  Sessile Morphology:  Coccus
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  microbiota of spoilt shrimp
    DNA G+C(%):  35.4
    Low T(℃):  10(+)
    Lower T(℃):  30(+)
    High T(℃):  45(neg)
    NaCl >6%:  6.5(neg)
    		Urea:  neg Hippurate:  neg
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    L-Arabinose:  neg Glucose:  + Ribose:  + D-Tagatose:  neg Lactose:  neg Maltose:  + Melezitose:  + Melibiose:  neg Sucrose:  + Trehalose:  + Glycogen:  neg D-Arabitol:  neg Mannitol:  neg Sorbitol:  neg Me-α-D-Glc:  neg
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Urease:  neg Ac-β-glcamnd:  neg α-Fucosidase:  neg α-Galactosidase:  neg β-Galactosidase:  neg α-Glucosidase:  d(+) β-Glucosidase:  neg β-Glucuronidase:  neg α-Mannosidase:  neg β-Mannosidase:  neg ArgDH:  + Chymotrypsin:  d(+) Trypsin:  neg AlaPheProAA:  neg CystineAA:  neg GlyTrpAA:  + LeuAA:  d(+) PyrogluAA:  + ValAA:  neg AlkalineP:  neg AcidP:  + Esterase(C4):  + EstLip(C8):  + Lipase(C14):  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR VAGOCOCCUS PENAEI
  • Jaffres2010 - Vagococcus penaei sp. nov., isolated from spoilage microbiota of cooked shrimp (Penaeus vannamei).
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR VAGOCOCCUS PENAEI
  • Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.
  • Zou2019 - 1,520 reference genomes from cultivated human gut bacteria enable functional microbiome analyses.
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    • Added: January 14, 2022