Ruminococcus
Ruminococcus is a genus of bacteria in the class Clostridia. They are anaerobic, gram-positive gut microbes. One or more species in this genus are found in significant numbers in the intestines of humans. The type species is R. flavefaciens. As usual, bacteria taxonomy is in flux, with Clostridia being paraphyletic, and some or all members of Ruminococcus being reassigned to a new genus Blautia on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequences.[1]
Species
- Ruminococcus albus
- Ruminococcus bromii
- Ruminococcus callidus
- Ruminococcus flavefaciens
- Ruminococcus gauvreauii
- Ruminococcus gnavus
- Ruminococcus lactaris
- Ruminococcus obeum
- Ruminococcus torques
References
- ^ Liu, C.; Finegold, S. M.; Song, Y.; Lawson, P. A. (2008). "Reclassification of Clostridium coccoides, Ruminococcus hansenii, Ruminococcus hydrogenotrophicus, Ruminococcus luti, Ruminococcus productus and Ruminococcus schinkii as Blautia coccoides gen. nov., comb. nov., Blautia hansenii comb. nov., Blautia hydrogenotrophica comb. nov., Blautia luti comb. nov., Blautia producta comb. nov., Blautia schinkii comb. nov. and description of Blautia wexlerae sp. nov., isolated from human faeces.". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (Society for General Microbiology) 58 (8): 1896–1902. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65208-0. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/full/58/8/1896. Retrieved 21 April 2011.