Roseburia faecis

Roseburia faecis
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Clostridia
Order: Clostridiales
Family: Lachnospiraceae
Genus: Roseburia
Species: R. faecis
Duncan et al. 2006
Binomial name
Roseburia faecis

Roseburia faecis is a bacterium first isolated from human faeces. It is anaerobic, gram-negative or Gram-variable, slightly curved rod-shaped and motile. The cells range in size from 0.5-1.5 to 5.0 micrometres. M72/1(T)=DSM 16840(T)=NCIMB 14031(T)) is the type strain.[1]

References

  1. Sylvia H. Duncan, Rustam I. Aminov, Karen P. Scott, Petra Louis, Thaddeus B. Stanton & Harry J. Flint (October 2006). "Proposal of Roseburia faecis sp. nov., Roseburia hominis sp. nov. and Roseburia inulinivorans sp. nov., based on isolates from human faeces". International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology. 56 (Pt 10): 2437–2441. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64098-0. PMID 17012576.

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