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Metabacillus litoralisM. litoralis
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_043015.1

NCBI Taxonomy 152268 Plate · Bacillota

Metabacillus litoralis

Formerly Bacillus litoralis.

What it can do

All 36 things it can and can’t do →
  • Can ferment fiber
  • Can use lactose
Healthy guts – no healthy-gut data yet
Its slice – no healthy-gut data yet
Genome 4.9M letters
Products 0 list it on the label
See it on the map →
Also known as Bacillus litoralis
Lab traits Gram +Rod-shapedMotileAerobe Lab-tested · BacDive
The whole of its DNA, to scale

Its genome

Genome · 4.9 million letters · 34% G+C
Shortest we have Mycoplasmoides genitalium 0.6M
⋮ 1,973 shorter
Metabacillus litoralis 4.9M
⋮ 378 longer
Longest we have Bradyrhizobium altum 9.8M

Large for a gut microbe: longer than 84% of the 2,354 we have genomes for.

34% G+C, higher than 9% of gut microbes.

To scale: if its ID gene were 1 cm long, its genome would stretch 33 meters. Yours would stretch 21 kilometers. One reference genome; strains vary. NCBI GCF_007994985.1

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 use lactose The sugar in milk and dairy.
See where it sits in the food web →

Not seen in its lab tests: eat inulin.

All 36 capabilities and their evidence
CapabilityVerdict Genome analysis Lab tests Published research
Can ferment fiberCan—1 of 1 strain · strip test No papers
Can eat inulinNot seen—0 of 1 strain · strip test No papers
Can use lactoseCan—1 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 make acetateNot checked——No papers
Can make succinateNot checked——No papers
Can make formateNot checked——No papers
Can eat resistant starchNot checked——No papers
Can eat 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 free bile acidsNot checked——No papers
Can make secondary bile acidsNot checked——No papers
Can reshape bile acidsNot checked——No papers
Can make B vitaminsNot checked——No papers
Can make thiaminNot checked——No papers
Can make riboflavinNot checked——No papers
Can make niacinNot checked——No papers
Can make pyridoxineNot checked——No papers
Can make biotinNot checked——No papers
Can make folateNot checked——No papers
Can make cobalaminNot checked——No papers
Can make vitamin K2Not checked——No papers
Can make hydrogenNot checked——No papers
Can make hydrogen sulfideNot checked——No papers
Can make methaneNot checked——No papers
Can ferment proteinNot checked——No papers
Can make indoleNot checked——No papers
Can make GABANot checked——No papers
Can make TMANot checked——No papers
Can make histamineNot checked——No papers
Can make tyramineNot 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