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.
- 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