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Tessaracoccus massiliensisT. massiliensis
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
  2. G
  3. A
  4. C
  5. T
  6. T
  7. G
  8. A
  9. G
  10. G
  11. A
  12. A
  13. G
  14. G
  15. T
  16. A
  17. G
  18. G
  19. G
  20. G
  21. A
  22. G
  23. A
  24. T

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_144717.1

NCBI Taxonomy 1522311 Plate · Actinomycetota

Tessaracoccus massiliensis

Healthy guts – no healthy-gut data yet
Its slice – no healthy-gut data yet
Genome 3.2M letters
Products 0 list it on the label
Lab traits Cell shape: not yet known
The whole of its DNA, to scale

Its genome

Genome · 3.2 million letters · 68% G+C
Shortest we have Mycoplasmoides genitalium 0.6M
⋮ 1,219 shorter
Tessaracoccus massiliensis 3.2M
Tessaracoccus average 3.5M
⋮ 1,132 longer
Longest we have Bradyrhizobium altum 9.8M

Mid-sized for a gut microbe: longer than 52% of the 2,354 we have genomes for.

68% G+C, higher than 92% of gut microbes.

To scale: if its ID gene were 1 cm long, its genome would stretch 21 meters. Yours would stretch 21 kilometers. One reference genome; strains vary. NCBI GCF_000826065.2

Capabilities, not measurements of anyone's gut

What it can do

Not seen in its genomes: make butyrate, make propionate, make lactic acid, ferment fiber, eat inulin, eat resistant starch, eat pectin, use lactose, feed on gut mucus, change bile acids, make B vitamins, make hydrogen sulfide, make methane.

All 13 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 acidNot 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 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 make B vitaminsNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make hydrogen sulfideNot seen0 of 1 genome—No papers
Can make methaneNot seen0 of 1 genome—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