| Bifidobacterium bombi |
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Phylum “Actinobacteria”, Class Actinobacteria, Order Bifidobacteriales, Family Bifidobacteriaceae, Genus Bifidobacterium,
Bifidobacterium bombi Killer, Kopecny, Mrazek, Rada, Benada, Koppova, Havlik and Straka, 2009.
Bifidobacterium bombi Killer, Kopecny, Mrazek, Rada, Benada, Koppova, Havlik and Straka, 2009.
Gram-positive short and irregular rods, 0.4-0.5 x 0.9-1.1 µm; frequently forming
filaments and bifurcations. Non-spore-forming. Non-motile.
filaments and bifurcations. Non-spore-forming. Non-motile.
Colonies are white, low convex with sharp, undulate edges, 1.0-1.7 mm in diameter
after 3 days of incubation under anaerobic conditions on TPY agar. Grows at
temperature 10-37 ºC (optimum 30 ºC; weak growth at 45 ºC), pH 5.0-7.0. Strictly
anaerobic.
after 3 days of incubation under anaerobic conditions on TPY agar. Grows at
temperature 10-37 ºC (optimum 30 ºC; weak growth at 45 ºC), pH 5.0-7.0. Strictly
anaerobic.
Isolated from the digestive tract contents of a bumblebee (Bombus lucorum), Czech Republic.
Undetermined.
- Killer J, Kopecny J, Mrazek J, Rada V, Benada O, Koppova I, Havlick J and Straka J, 2009. Bifidobacterium bombi sp. nov. from the
bumblebee digestive tract. IJSEM 59, 2020-2024. - Alberoni D, Gaggia F, Baffoni L, Modesto MM, Biavati B, Di Gioia D, 2019. Bifidobacterium xylocopae sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium
aemilianum sp. nov., from the carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea) digestive tract. Syst Appl Microbiol 42, 205-216. - Biavati B, Mattarelli P, 2012. Genus I. Bifidobacterium Orla-Jensen 1924. In: Parte et al. (ed). Bergey’s manual of systematic
bacteriology: The Actinobacteria,Part A and B. Springer, New York, 171-206.
Description is based mostly on API 50 CHL and RAPID ID32 results.
Positive results for arginine arylamidase, beta-galactosidase, alpha-glucosidase, beta-glucosidase, histidine arylamidase, leucine
arylamidase, proline arylamidase, serine arylamidase, tyrosine arylamidase, acid production from arbutin, L-arabinose (weak),
cellobiose, dulcitol, erythritol, esculin, gentiobiose, D-glucose (without gas production), D-mannose, melibiose, D-ribose, and salicin.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, alanine arylamidase, catalase, cysteine arylamidase, alpha-fucosidase, N-acetyl-beta-
glucosaminidase, glycine arylamidase, indole production, oxidase, urease, valine arylamidase, acid production from D-adonitol, D-
and L-arabitol, D-fucose, gluconate, inulin, 2-ketogluconate, lactose, D-lyxose, D-mannitol, rhamnose, D-sorbitol, starch, methyl
alpha-D-mannopyranoside, N-acetylglucosamine, tagatose, methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, xylitol, and D-xylose.
Variable results for alpha-galactosidase, acid production from amygdalin, D-fructose (weak), D-galactose, glycogen, glycerol, inositol,
maltose (weak), melezitose, raffinose, sucrose (weak), methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside (weak), turanose and L-sorbose.
Positive results for arginine arylamidase, beta-galactosidase, alpha-glucosidase, beta-glucosidase, histidine arylamidase, leucine
arylamidase, proline arylamidase, serine arylamidase, tyrosine arylamidase, acid production from arbutin, L-arabinose (weak),
cellobiose, dulcitol, erythritol, esculin, gentiobiose, D-glucose (without gas production), D-mannose, melibiose, D-ribose, and salicin.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, alanine arylamidase, catalase, cysteine arylamidase, alpha-fucosidase, N-acetyl-beta-
glucosaminidase, glycine arylamidase, indole production, oxidase, urease, valine arylamidase, acid production from D-adonitol, D-
and L-arabitol, D-fucose, gluconate, inulin, 2-ketogluconate, lactose, D-lyxose, D-mannitol, rhamnose, D-sorbitol, starch, methyl
alpha-D-mannopyranoside, N-acetylglucosamine, tagatose, methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, xylitol, and D-xylose.
Variable results for alpha-galactosidase, acid production from amygdalin, D-fructose (weak), D-galactose, glycogen, glycerol, inositol,
maltose (weak), melezitose, raffinose, sucrose (weak), methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside (weak), turanose and L-sorbose.
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