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Oleidesulfovibrio alaskensisO. alaskensis
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_029338.2

NCBI Taxonomy 58180 Plate · Thermodesulfobacteriota

Oleidesulfovibrio alaskensis

Formerly Desulfovibrio alaskensis.

What it can do

All 36 things it can and can’t do →
  • Can make lactic acid
  • Can make hydrogen sulfide
  • Can ferment protein
Healthy guts – no healthy-gut data yet
Its slice – no healthy-gut data yet
Genome 3.7M letters
Products 0 list it on the label
See it on the map →
Also known as Desulfovibrio alaskensis
Lab traits Gram −Vibrio-shapedMotileAnaerobe Lab-tested · BacDive
The whole of its DNA, to scale

Its genome

Genome · 3.7 million letters · 58% G+C
Shortest we have Mycoplasmoides genitalium 0.6M
⋮ 1,506 shorter
Oleidesulfovibrio alaskensis 3.7M
⋮ 845 longer
Longest we have Bradyrhizobium altum 9.8M

Mid-sized for a gut microbe: longer than 64% of the 2,354 we have genomes for.

58% G+C, higher than 70% of gut microbes.

To scale: if its ID gene were 1 cm long, its genome would stretch 25 meters. Yours would stretch 21 kilometers. One reference genome; strains vary. NCBI GCF_000012665.1

Capabilities, not measurements of anyone's gut

What it can do

Makes
  • Can make lactic acid What yogurt bacteria make; other microbes turn it into butyrate.
  • Can make hydrogen sulfide A gas with the rotten-egg smell.
Eats
  • Can ferment protein Breaks down protein that reaches the colon, making compounds such as putrescine and phenols.
See where it sits in the food web →

Not seen in its genomes: make butyrate, make propionate, 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 methane, 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 1 genome—No papers
Can make propionateNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make lactic acidCan1 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make succinateNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make formateNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can ferment fiberNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can eat inulinNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can eat resistant starchNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can eat starchNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can eat pectinNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can use lactoseNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can feed on gut mucusNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can change bile acidsNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can free bile acidsNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make secondary bile acidsNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can reshape bile acidsNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make B vitaminsNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make thiaminNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make riboflavinNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make niacinNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make pyridoxineNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make biotinNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make folateNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make cobalaminNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make vitamin K2Not seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make hydrogenNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make hydrogen sulfideCan1 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make methaneNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can ferment proteinCan1 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make indoleNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make GABANot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make TMANot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make histamineNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make tyramineNot seen0 of 1 genome—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