Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum “Actinobacteria”, Class Actinobacteria, Order Bifidobacteriales, Family Bifidobacteriaceae, Genus Bifidobacterium,
Bifidobacterium porcinum (Zhu, Li and Dong 2003) Nouioui et al. 2018 .
Synonym: Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum subsp. porcinum Zhu, Li and Dong 2003.
Gram-positive irregular rods, 0.5 / 3-8 µm long, singly or sometimes arranged in ‘V’
shape. Non-motile. Non-spore-forming.
Colonies are convex, with entire margins, white, and 1.5-2 mm in diameter after 24 h
anaerobic incubation at 37 ºC on TPYG agar. Aggregated cell clumps are formed in
liquid cultures (TPYG liquid) but cells are readily dispersed by shaking. Growth
temperature 30-46.5 ºC, optimum 37-41 ºC, variable at 20 and 50 ºC. Optimum pH
7.0-7.2. Can grow at pH 4.5 and weak growth at pH 4.0. Strictly anaerobic.
Isolated from faeces of a piglet (domestic).
Undetermined.
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proposal of Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum subsp. porcinum subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 53, 1619-1623.
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nov., a thermophilic actinobacterium isolated from the digestive tract of wild pigs. Int J Syst Bacteriol 67, 2349-2356.
Positive results for arginine arylamidase, esterase C4, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, alpha- and beta-glucosidase, glycine
arylamidase, histidine arylamidase, leucine arylamidase, naphtol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase (weak), phosphoamidase, proline
arylamidase, phenylalanine arylamidase, serine arylamidase, tyrosine arylamidase, acid production from D-fructose, D-galactose,
D-glucose, glycogen, melibiose, raffinose, D-sorbitol, starch, sucrose and D-turanose.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, acid and alkaline phosphatase, alanine arylamidase, cystine arylamidase, catalase,
esterase lipase C8, alpha-fucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, gelatin liquefaction, H2S production,indole production, lipase,
alpha-mannosidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, nitrate reduction, oxidase, trypsin, chymotrypsin, urease, valine arylamidase,
acid production from amygdalin, arbutin, D- and L-arabinose, inulin, D-mannitol, D-mannose, methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside,
methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, rhamnose, sorbose and L-xylose.
Variable results for acid production from gluconate, D-lactose, melezitose, methyl alpha-D-glucoside (weak), D-ribose, salicin,
trehalose and D-xylose.
(c) Costin Stoica