Rothia endophytica
| Rothia endophytica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Micrococcales |
| Family: | Micrococcaceae |
| Genus: | Rothia |
| Species: | R. endophytica
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| Binomial name | |
| Rothia endophytica Xiong et al. 2013
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| Type strain | |
| YIM 67072T (=DSM 26247T =JCM 18541T) | |
Rothia endophytica is a species of Gram-positive aerobic, non-motile bacteria in the genus Rothia, family Micrococcaceae. It was originally isolated in 2012 from surface-sterilized roots of the plant Dysophylla stellata.[1] It has also been recovered from the tonsils of healthy pigs.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The name endophytica refers to its endophytic origin, from the Greek endo (within) and phyton (plant), highlighting its initial recovery from internal plant tissues.[1]
Isolation and ecology
[edit]Rothia endophytica was first isolated from the roots of the plant Dysophylla stellata collected in Yunnan Province, China.[1] More recently, it has also been identified in the tonsils of healthy pigs as part of metagenomic and cultivation-based studies,[2] expanding its known habitat beyond plants to mammalian hosts.
Morphology and physiology
[edit]Cells of R. endophytica are ovoid to coccoid in shape (0.5–1.0 μm × 0.5–1.5 μm), Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, and occur singly, in pairs, or in tetrads.[1]
Type strain
[edit]The type strain of R. endophytica is:
- YIM 67072T = DSM 26247T = JCM 18541T
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Xiong ZJ; Zhang JL; Zhang DF; Zhou ZL; Liu MJ; Zhu WY; Zhao LX; Xu LH; Li WJ (2013). "Rothia endophytica sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from the surface-sterilized roots of Dysophylla stellata". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63 (Pt 11): 3964–3969. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.052522-0. PMID 23710050.
- ^ a b Oliveira IMF; Ng DYK; van Baarlen P; Stegger M; Andersen PS; Wells JM (2022). "Comparative genomics of Rothia species reveals diversity in novel biosynthetic gene clusters and ecological adaptation to different hosts and host sites". Microbial Genomics. 8 (11). doi:10.1099/mgen.0.000854. PMC 9676035. PMID 36165601.