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Parabacteroides distasonis (Eggerth and Gagnon) Sakamoto and Benno

8503

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Parabacteroides distasonis is a whole-genome sequenced bacterial type strain that produces superoxide dismutase and catalase. This culture can be used as a quality control strain for bioMerieux Vitek and IDS products and Remel RapID™ Systems.
Product category
Bacteria
Product type
Anaerobe
Preceptrol culture
Strain designation
[NCTC 11152]
Type strain
Yes
Genome sequenced strain
Yes
Applications
Bioinformatics
Quality control
Product format
Frozen
Storage conditions
-80°C or colder
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Documentation

ATCC determines the biosafety level of a material based on our risk assessment as guided by the current edition of Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is your responsibility to understand the hazards associated with the material per your organization’s policies and procedures as well as any other applicable regulations as enforced by your local or national agencies.

ATCC highly recommends that appropriate personal protective equipment is always used when handling vials. For cultures that require storage in liquid nitrogen, it is important to note that some vials may leak when submersed in liquid nitrogen and will slowly fill with liquid nitrogen. Upon thawing, the conversion of the liquid nitrogen back to its gas phase may result in the vial exploding or blowing off its cap with dangerous force creating flying debris. Unless necessary, ATCC recommends that these cultures be stored in the vapor phase of liquid nitrogen rather than submersed in liquid nitrogen.

Detailed product information

General

Specific applications
Produces catalase
Produces superoxide dismutase
Quality control strain
Quality control strain for bioMerieux Vitek and IDS products
Preceptrol
Yes

Characteristics

Comments
Genome sequenced strain

Handling information

Medium
Temperature
37°C
Atmosphere
Anaerobic
Handling procedure
  1. Open thawed vial.
  2. Under anaerobic conditions aseptically transfer the entire contents to a 5-6 mL tube of #1490 broth. Additional test tubes can be inoculated by transferring 0.5 mL of the primary broth tube to these secondary broth tubes. Best practice dictates the use of pre-reduced media.
  3. Use several drops of the primary broth tube to inoculate a #260 plate and/or #260 agar slant.
  4. Incubate in an anaerobic atmosphere at 37°C for 24-48 hours. Incubate one agar plate aerobically at 37°C to check for contamination.

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS:

Anaerobic conditions for transfer may be obtained by the use of an anaerobic gas chamber or placement of test tubes under a gassing cannula system connected to anaerobic gas.

Anaerobic conditions for incubation may be obtained by any of the following:

  • Loose screw caps on test tubes in an anaerobic chamber
  • Loose screw caps on test tubes in an activated anaerobic gas pack jar
  • Use of sterile butyl rubber stoppers on test tubes so that an anaerobic gas headspace is retained
Handling notes
Anaerobe Systems Brucella Blood plate (AS-111 or AS-141) can be used to analyze colony morphology and purity.
No growth should occur on the aerobic blood plate.
This culture may require growth to be established in broth before growth on agar can be achieved.
Extended incubation may be required to establish growth upon revival of the culture from the vial.
Additional information on this culture is available on the ATCC® web site at www.atcc.org.

Quality control specifications

Verification method
Whole-genome Sequencing

History

Deposited as
Bacteroides distasonis Eggerth and Gagnon
Depositors
AH Eggerth
Cross references
GenBank AX110197 Sequence 930 from Patent WO0123604.
GenBank M86695 Bacteroides distasonis 16S ribosomal RNA.
GenBank AJ279040 Bacteroides distasonis partial gyrA gene for DNA gyrase subunit A, strain ATCC 8503.
GenBank AB238922 Parabacteroides distasonis gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial; strain: JCM 5825
GenBank CP000140 Parabacteroides distasonis ATCC 8503, complete genome.

Legal disclaimers

Intended use
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Warranty

The product is provided 'AS IS' and the viability of ATCC® products is warranted for 30 days from the date of shipment, provided that the customer has stored and handled the product according to the information included on the product information sheet, website, and Certificate of Analysis. For living cultures, ATCC lists the media formulation and reagents that have been found to be effective for the product. While other unspecified media and reagents may also produce satisfactory results, a change in the ATCC and/or depositor-recommended protocols may affect the recovery, growth, and/or function of the product. If an alternative medium formulation or reagent is used, the ATCC warranty for viability is no longer valid.  Except as expressly set forth herein, no other warranties of any kind are provided, express or implied, including, but not limited to, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, manufacture according to cGMP standards, typicality, safety, accuracy, and/or noninfringement.

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Permits & Restrictions

Import Permit for the State of Hawaii

If shipping to the U.S. state of Hawaii, you must provide either an import permit or documentation stating that an import permit is not required. We cannot ship this item until we receive this documentation. Contact the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA), Plant Industry Division, Plant Quarantine Branch to determine if an import permit is required.

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Frequently Asked Questions

References

Curated Citations

Cato EP, Johnson JL. Reinstatement of species rank for Bacteroides fragilis, B. ovatus, B. distasonis, B. thetaiotaomicron, and B. vulgatus: Designation of neotype strains for Bacteroides fragilis (Veillon and Zuber) Castellani and Chalmers and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (Distaso) Castellani and Chalmers. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 26: 230-237, 1976.

Eggerth AH, Gagnon BH. The bacteroides of human feces. J. Bacteriol. 25: 389-413, 1933.

Wang RF, et al. PCR detection and quantitiation of predominant anaerobic bacteria in human and animal fecal samples. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62: 1242-1247, 1996. PubMed: 8919784

Skerman VB, et al. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 30: 225-420, 1980.

Gregory EM, et al. Production and some properties of catalase and superoxide dismutase from the anaerobe Bacteroides distasonis. J. Bacteriol. 129: 1298-1302, 1977. PubMed: 845116

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