| Bifidobacterium apri |
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Phylum “Actinobacteria”, Class Actinobacteria, Order Bifidobacteriales, Family Bifidobacteriaceae, Genus Bifidobacterium,
Bifidobacterium apri Pechar, Killer, Salmonova, Geigerova, Svejstil, Svec, Sedlacek, Rada and Benada, 2017.
Bifidobacterium apri Pechar, Killer, Salmonova, Geigerova, Svejstil, Svec, Sedlacek, Rada and Benada, 2017.
Gram-positive slightly irregular rods of variable sizes, 0,3-0.8/1.5-6 µm long.
Non-motile. Non-spore-forming.
Non-motile. Non-spore-forming.
Colonies are creamy white, glossy, round, disc-shaped in profile, soft, large, 1.4-2.8
mm in diameter after 72 h anaerobic incubation at 37 ºC on TPY agar. Optimum
growth temperature 37 ºC; range 10-49 ºC. Grows at pH 3.7-7.5 (optimum pH 6.5).
Strictly anaerobic.
mm in diameter after 72 h anaerobic incubation at 37 ºC on TPY agar. Optimum
growth temperature 37 ºC; range 10-49 ºC. Grows at pH 3.7-7.5 (optimum pH 6.5).
Strictly anaerobic.
Isolated from the large intestine content of a wild boar, Czech Republic.
Undetermined.
- Pechar R, Killer J, Salmonova H, Geigerova M, Svejstil R, Svec P, Sedlacek I, Rada V and Benada O, 2017. Bifidobacterium apri sp.
nov., a thermophilic actinobacterium isolated from the digestive tract of wild pigs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 67, 2349-2356.
Description is based mostly on API 50CHL and API Rapid ID32 A (bioMerieux) results.
Positive results for acid phosphatase, alanine arylamidase, arginine arylamidase, esterase C4, glycine arylamidase, alpha- and
beta-galactosidase, alpha- and beta-glucosidase, leucine arylamidase, naphtol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase (weak), phosphoamidase,
proline arylamidase, serine arylamidase, tyrosine arylamidase, valine arylamidase (weak), acid production from arbutin, D-fructose,
D-galactose, D-glucose, glycogen, D-lactose (weak), maltose, melibiose, raffinose, salicin, starch, sucrose, and D-turanose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, alpha-arabinosidase, catalase, esterase lipase C8,
alpha-fucosidase, cystine arylamidase, beta-glucuronidase, gelatin hydrolysis, histidine arylamidase, indole production, lipase,
alpha-mannosidase, nitrate reduction, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, oxidase, phenylalanine arylamidase, trypsin, chymotrypsin,
urease, acid production from D-adonitol, D- and L-arabinose, D- and L-arabitol, cellobiose, dulcitol, erythritol, aesculin, D- and
L-fucose, gentibiose, glycerol, gluconate, 2- and 5-ketogluconate, inositol, inulin, D-lyxose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, methyl
beta-D-xylopyranoside, N-acetylglucosamine, rhamnose, D-ribose, D-sorbitol, sorbose, D-tagatose, xylitol, D- and L-xylose.
Variable results for acid production from amygdalin, melezitose, trehalose, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside, and methyl
alpha-D-mannopyranoside.
Positive results for acid phosphatase, alanine arylamidase, arginine arylamidase, esterase C4, glycine arylamidase, alpha- and
beta-galactosidase, alpha- and beta-glucosidase, leucine arylamidase, naphtol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase (weak), phosphoamidase,
proline arylamidase, serine arylamidase, tyrosine arylamidase, valine arylamidase (weak), acid production from arbutin, D-fructose,
D-galactose, D-glucose, glycogen, D-lactose (weak), maltose, melibiose, raffinose, salicin, starch, sucrose, and D-turanose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, alpha-arabinosidase, catalase, esterase lipase C8,
alpha-fucosidase, cystine arylamidase, beta-glucuronidase, gelatin hydrolysis, histidine arylamidase, indole production, lipase,
alpha-mannosidase, nitrate reduction, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, oxidase, phenylalanine arylamidase, trypsin, chymotrypsin,
urease, acid production from D-adonitol, D- and L-arabinose, D- and L-arabitol, cellobiose, dulcitol, erythritol, aesculin, D- and
L-fucose, gentibiose, glycerol, gluconate, 2- and 5-ketogluconate, inositol, inulin, D-lyxose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, methyl
beta-D-xylopyranoside, N-acetylglucosamine, rhamnose, D-ribose, D-sorbitol, sorbose, D-tagatose, xylitol, D- and L-xylose.
Variable results for acid production from amygdalin, melezitose, trehalose, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside, and methyl
alpha-D-mannopyranoside.
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