| Bifidobacterium scardovii |
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Phylum “Actinobacteria”, Class Actinobacteria, Order Bifidobacteriales, Family Bifidobacteriaceae, Genus Bifidobacterium,
Bifidobacterium scardovii Hoyles, Inganas, Falsen, Drancourt, Weiss, McCartney and Collins 2002.
Bifidobacterium scardovii Hoyles, Inganas, Falsen, Drancourt, Weiss, McCartney and Collins 2002.
Gram-positive rods. Non-motile. Non-spore-forming.
Colonies are shiny, convex, with a dense white center 2-3 mm in diameter. Weakly
haemolytic on Columbia blood agar. Facultatively anaerobic.
haemolytic on Columbia blood agar. Facultatively anaerobic.
Isolated from human clinical sources (blood). Habitat is not known.
Undetermined.
- Hoyles L, Inganäs E, Falsen E, Drancourt M, Weiss N, McCartney AL and Collins MD, 2002. Bifidobacterium scardovii sp. nov., from
human souces. IJSEM 52, 995-999. - Michelini S, Modesto M, Pisi AM, Filippini G, Sandri C, Spiezio C, Biavati B, Sgorbati B and Mattarelli P, 2016. Bifidobacterium
eulemuris sp. nov., isolated from faeces of black lemurs (Eulemur macaco). IJSEM 66, 1567-1576. - Modesto M, Michelini S, Stefanini I, Sandri C, Spiezio C, Pisi AM, Filippini G, Biavati B and Mattarelli P, 2015. Bifidobacterium
lemurum sp. nov., from faeces of the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta). IJSEM 65, 1726-1734. - Modesto, Michelini, Stefanini, Ferrara, Tacconi, Biavati, and Mattaraelli 2016. Bifidobacterium aesculapii sp. nov., from the faeces of
the baby common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 64, 2819-2827.
Description is based mostly on API 50CHL, API ZYM, API Rapid ID32A and Rapid
ID32S (bioMerieux) results.
Positive results for acid phosphatase, alpha-arabinosidase, arginine arylamidase, alpha-fucosidase, alpha- and beta-galactosidase,
alpha-and beta-glucosidase, glycine arylamidase, histidine arylamidase, phenylalanine arylamidase, serine arylamidase, tyrosine
arylamidase, acid production from D-arabinose, esculin, D-fructose, D-glucose, gentibiose, lactose, maltose, melibiose, methyl
alpha-D-mannopyranoside, raffinose, sucrose, starch and turanose.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, catalase, esterase C4, esterase lipase C8, hippurate hydrolysis, indole production, nitrates
reduction, proline arylamidase,Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from D-adonitol, D-arabitol, inulin, 2- and 5-ketogluconate,
D-mannitol, N-acetylglucosamine, rhamnose, D-sorbitol, L-sorbose, methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, xylitol, L- and D-xylose.
Variable results for alanine arylamidase, cysteine arylamidase, beta-glucuronidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, leucine
arylamidase, urease, valine arylamidase, and acid production from amygdalin, L-arabinose, arbutin, cellobiose, D-galactose, gluconate
(weakly), glycogen, glycerol (weakly), D-mannose, melezitose, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside, D-ribose, salicin and trehalose.
ID32S (bioMerieux) results.
Positive results for acid phosphatase, alpha-arabinosidase, arginine arylamidase, alpha-fucosidase, alpha- and beta-galactosidase,
alpha-and beta-glucosidase, glycine arylamidase, histidine arylamidase, phenylalanine arylamidase, serine arylamidase, tyrosine
arylamidase, acid production from D-arabinose, esculin, D-fructose, D-glucose, gentibiose, lactose, maltose, melibiose, methyl
alpha-D-mannopyranoside, raffinose, sucrose, starch and turanose.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, catalase, esterase C4, esterase lipase C8, hippurate hydrolysis, indole production, nitrates
reduction, proline arylamidase,Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from D-adonitol, D-arabitol, inulin, 2- and 5-ketogluconate,
D-mannitol, N-acetylglucosamine, rhamnose, D-sorbitol, L-sorbose, methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, xylitol, L- and D-xylose.
Variable results for alanine arylamidase, cysteine arylamidase, beta-glucuronidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, leucine
arylamidase, urease, valine arylamidase, and acid production from amygdalin, L-arabinose, arbutin, cellobiose, D-galactose, gluconate
(weakly), glycogen, glycerol (weakly), D-mannose, melezitose, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside, D-ribose, salicin and trehalose.
(c) Costin Stoica
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