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Kytococcus sedentariusK. sedentarius
Its ID gene (16S) · each bar is one letter A C G T NCBI 16S
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Zoomed in: letters 115–138
  1. A
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  3. A
  4. C
  5. T
  6. A
  7. G
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  10. T
  11. A
  12. T
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  15. T
  16. A
  17. G
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  24. C

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_074714.2

NCBI Taxonomy 1276 Plate · Actinomycetota

Kytococcus sedentarius

Formerly Micrococcus sedentarius.

Healthy guts – no healthy-gut data yet
Its slice – no healthy-gut data yet
Genome 2.6M letters
Products 0 list it on the label
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Also known as Micrococcus sedentarius
Lab traits Gram +Coccus-shapedNon-motileAerobe Lab-tested · BacDive
The whole of its DNA, to scale

Its genome

Genome · 2.6 million letters · 72% G+C
Shortest we have Mycoplasmoides genitalium 0.6M
⋮ 774 shorter
Kytococcus average 2.5M
Kytococcus sedentarius 2.6M
⋮ 1,577 longer
Longest we have Bradyrhizobium altum 9.8M

Small for a gut microbe: longer than 33% of the 2,354 we have genomes for.

Smaller genomes usually carry fewer tools: it can do none of the 36 things we track. See what it can do →

72% G+C, higher than 98% of gut microbes.

To scale: if its ID gene were 1 cm long, its genome would stretch 17 meters. Yours would stretch 21 kilometers. One reference genome; strains vary. NCBI GCF_044813075.1

Capabilities, not measurements of anyone's gut

What it can do

Not seen in its genomes or lab tests: make butyrate, make propionate, make lactic acid, make succinate, make formate, ferment fiber, eat inulin, eat resistant starch, eat starch, eat pectin, use lactose, feed on gut mucus, change bile acids, free bile acids, make secondary bile acids, reshape bile acids, make B vitamins, make thiamin, make riboflavin, make niacin, make pyridoxine, make biotin, make folate, make cobalamin, make vitamin K2, make hydrogen, make hydrogen sulfide, make methane, ferment protein, make indole, make GABA, make TMA, make histamine, make tyramine.

All 36 capabilities and their evidence
CapabilityVerdict Genome analysis Lab tests Published research
Can make butyrateNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make propionateNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make lactic acidNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make succinateNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make formateNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can ferment fiberNot seen0 of 3 genomes0 of 2 strains · strip test No papers
Can eat inulinNot seen0 of 3 genomes0 of 1 strain · strip test No papers
Can eat resistant starchNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can eat starchNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can eat pectinNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can use lactoseNot seen0 of 3 genomes0 of 2 strains No papers
Can feed on gut mucusNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can change bile acidsNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can free bile acidsNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make secondary bile acidsNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can reshape bile acidsNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make B vitaminsNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make thiaminNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make riboflavinNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make niacinNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make pyridoxineNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make biotinNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make folateNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make cobalaminNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make vitamin K2Not seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make hydrogenNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make hydrogen sulfideNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make methaneNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can ferment proteinNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make indoleNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make GABANot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make TMANot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make histamineNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make tyramineNot seen0 of 3 genomes—No papers
Can make acetateNot checked——No papers
Can make ethanolNot 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