Bifidobacterium reuteri
Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum “Actinobacteria”, Class Actinobacteria, Order Bifidobacteriales, Family Bifidobacteriaceae, Genus Bifidobacterium,  
Bifidobacterium reuteri
Endo, Futagawa-Endo, Schumann, Pukall, Dicks, 2012.
Gram-positive irregular rods with rounded or tapered end, usually swollen and
branched, 03-1.0 / 1
.5-6.0 µm, occurring singly or in pairs. Non-motile.
Colonies are beige, smooth, 1-2 mm in diameter after 2 days of anaerobic incubation
on MRS agar supplemented with 50 mg/l L-cysteine. Growth temperature 37 ºC. No
growth at
30 or 45 ºC. Grows at pH 5.0-7.0. Facultatively anaerobic.
Isolated from faeces of common marmoset, South Africa.
Undetermined.
  1. Endo A, Futagawa-Endo Y, Schumann P, Pukall R, Dicks LMT, 2012.  Bifidobacterium reuteri sp. nov., Bifidobacterium callitrichos
    sp. nov., Bifidobacterium saguini sp. nov., Bifidobacterium stellenboschense sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium biavatii sp. nov. isolated
    from faeces of common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) and red-handed tamarin (Saguinus midas). Syst Appl Microbiol 35, 92-97.
Description is based mostly on API 50 CHL (bioMerieux) results.

Positive results for acid production from
arbutin (weakly), cellobiose (weakly), D-fructose, gentibiose, gluconate (weakly), D-glucose,
glycogen, lactose, maltose, melezitose (weakly), melibiose, raffinose, salicin, starch, sucrose, trehalose (weakly), turanose (weakly),
and D-xylose.


Negative results for catalase, acid production from
amygdalin, L- and D-arabinose, dulcitol, esculin, erythritol, D- and L-fucose, D-
galactose, glycerol, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside, N-acetylglucosamine, inositol, inulin, D-lyxose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, methyl
alpha-D-mannopyranoside, rhamnose, D-ribose, D-sorbitol, L-sorbose, tagatose, L-xylose, xylan, xylitol and methyl beta-D-
xylopyranoside.
(c) Costin Stoica
Antibiogram
Encyclopedia
Culture media
Biochemical tests
Stainings
Images
Movies
Articles
Identification
Software
R E G N U M
PROKARYOTAE
Previous page
Back