Bifidobacterium polysaccharolyticum
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Phylum “Actinobacteria”, Class Actinobacteria, Order Bifidobacteriales, Family Bifidobacteriaceae, Genus Bifidobacterium,
Bifidobacterium polysaccharolyticum Chen, Wang, Zheng 2021.
Gram-positive irregular rods. Non-motile. Asporogenous.
Colonies are white, opaque, 0.5-1.2 mm in diameter on BHI agar supplemented with
defibrinated sheep blood after 3 days of incubation. Grows under both aerophilic
conditions with 5% CO2 and anaerobic conditions. Optimum growth temperature 35 ºC;
range 20-42 ºC. Grows at pH 5.0-9.0 (optimum pH 6.0).
Isolated from hindgut of western honey bee (Apis mellifera), China.
Undetermined.
- Chen J, Wang J, Zheng H, 2021. Characterization of Bifidobacterium apousia sp. nov., Bifidobacterium choladohabitans sp. nov.,
and Bifidobacterium polysaccharolyticum sp. nov., three novel species of the genus Bifidobacterium from honey bee gut. Syst Appl
Microbiol 44, 126247.
Description is based mostly on API 50CHL and API Rapid ID32 A (bioMerieux) results.
Positive results for alanine arylamidase, arginine arylamidase, alpha-arabinosidase, alpha-fucosidase, glycine arylamidase, alpha-
and beta-galactosidase, alpha- and beta-glucosidase, histidine arylamidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, phenylalanine
arylamidase, proline arylamidase, serine arylamidase, tyrosine arylamidase, acid production from amygdalin, L-arabinose (weak),
arbutin, cellobiose, esculin, D-glucose, lactose (weak), melibiose, methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside, methyl alpha-D-xylopyranoside,
raffinose, D-ribose, salicin, sucrose, trehalose, turanose (weak) and D-xylose (weak).
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, catalase, beta-glucuronidase, leucine arylamidase, nitrates reduction,
oxidase, urease, acid production from arbutin, L-fucose, D-galactose, gluconate, maltose, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside and
D-sorbitol.
Variable results for acid production from D-fructose, gentiobiose. D-mannose, and melezitose.
(c) Costin Stoica