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Bacillus gobiensisB. gobiensis
Its ID gene (16S) · each bar is one letter A C G T NCBI 16S
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Its ID gene: the stretch scientists read to tell microbes apart. Each bar is one letter of its DNA. Every species has its own order of letters, so the pattern works like a fingerprint. Close relatives share most of it.

16S rRNA gene, V4 region: the 253 letters between the standard primers (515F/806R), which are the same in every species. One reference sequence; strains can differ by a letter or two. NCBI NR_147766.1

NCBI Taxonomy 1441095 Plate · Bacillota

Bacillus gobiensis

What it can do

All 13 things it can and can’t do →
  • Can ferment fiber
  • Can eat inulin
Healthy guts – no healthy-gut data yet
Its slice – no healthy-gut data yet
Genome 4.6M letters
Products 0 list it on the label
Lab traits Gram +Rod-shapedMotileAerobe Lab-tested · BacDive
The whole of its DNA, to scale

Its genome

Genome · 4.6 million letters · 40% G+C
Shortest we have Mycoplasmoides genitalium 0.6M
⋮ 1,860 shorter
Bacillus average 4.3M
Bacillus gobiensis 4.6M
⋮ 491 longer
Longest we have Bradyrhizobium altum 9.8M

Large for a gut microbe: longer than 79% of the 2,354 we have genomes for.

40% G+C, higher than 29% of gut microbes.

To scale: if its ID gene were 1 cm long, its genome would stretch 31 meters. Yours would stretch 21 kilometers. One reference genome; strains vary. NCBI GCF_001278705.1

Capabilities, not measurements of anyone's gut

What it can do

Eats
  • Can ferment fiber Breaks down dietary fiber that our own enzymes can't.
  • Can eat inulin A fiber in onions, garlic, leeks, chicory and bananas (also sold as FOS).

Not seen in its lab tests: use lactose.

All 13 capabilities and their evidence
CapabilityVerdict Genome analysis Lab tests Published research
Can ferment fiberCan—1 of 1 strain · strip test No papers
Can eat inulinCan—1 of 1 strain · strip test No papers
Can use lactoseNot seen—0 of 1 strain No papers
Can make butyrateNot checked——No papers
Can make propionateNot checked——No papers
Can make lactic acidNot checked——No papers
Can eat resistant starchNot checked——No papers
Can eat pectinNot checked——No papers
Can feed on gut mucusNot checked——No papers
Can change bile acidsNot checked——No papers
Can make B vitaminsNot checked——No papers
Can make hydrogen sulfideNot checked——No papers
Can make methaneNot checked——No papers

AGORA2 (Heinken et al. 2023) via VMH, CC BY 4.0 · BacDive (DSMZ), CC BY 4.0 · NJC19 (Lim et al., Scientific Data 2020), CC0