General Information of MIC (ID: MIC00576)
MIC Name Eubacterium limosum (firmicutes)
MIC Synonyms Bacteroides limosus
Body Site Gut
Lineage Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Clostridia
Order: Clostridiales
Family: Eubacteriaceae
Genus: Eubacterium
Species: Eubacterium limosum
Oxygen Sensitivity Obligate anaerobe
Microbial Metabolism Saccharolytic; Fermentative
Gram Positive
Host Relationship Commensal
Genome Size (bp) 4150332
No. of Coding Genes 3805
No. of Non-Coding Genes 76
No. of Small Non-Coding Genes 76
No. of Gene Transcripts 3881
No. of Base Pairs 4150332
Description Eubacterium limosum is an obligate anaerobic, Gram positive, nonmotile type species of the genus Eubacterium.
External Links Taxonomy ID
1736
Genome Assembly ID
ASM148172v1
GOLD Organism ID
Go0119287
Disease Relevance
          Graft-versus-host disease  [ICD-11: 4B24]
             Description Higher abundance of a bacterial group composed mostly of Eubacterium limosum in the validation set was associated with a decreased risk of relapse/progression of Graft-versus-host disease. [1]
Host Immune Factors (HIFs)
          Interferon-13
             HIF ID HIFM0132 HIF Info       Class Cytokine (Cyt)
             Description A decreased IL-13 release after Eubacterium limosum stimulation. [2]
          Interferon-6
             HIF ID HIFM0151 HIF Info       Class Cytokine (Cyt)
             Description Eubacterium limosum could produce the IL-6 expression. [3]
          Tumor necrosis factor
             HIF ID HIFM0226 HIF Info       Class Cytokine (Cyt)
             Description The abundance of Eubacterium limosum is associated with TNF-Alpha. [3]
          Toll-like receptor 4
             HIF ID HIFM0219 HIF Info       Class Toll-like receptor (TLR)
             Description Eubacterium limosum can produce butyrate on the mucosal innate immune response via activate TLR4 system. [3]
Environmental Factor(s)
             Disbiome ID
      477
             gutMDisorder ID
      gm0315
References
1 Intestinal Microbiota and Relapse After Hematopoietic-Cell Transplantation. J Clin Oncol. 2017 May 20;35(15):1650-1659. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2016.70.3348. Epub 2017 Mar 15.
2 Cytokine Response after Stimulation with Key Commensal Bacteria Differ in Post-Infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome (PI-IBS) Patients Compared to Healthy Controls. PLoS One. 2015 Sep 14;10(9):e0134836. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134836. eCollection 2015.
3 Eubacterium limosum ameliorates experimental colitis and metabolite of microbe attenuates colonic inflammatory action with increase of mucosal integrity. World J Gastroenterol. 2006 Feb 21;12(7):1071-7. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i7.1071.

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