Mucispirillum is a genus in the phylum Deferribacterota (Bacteria). It is represented by the single species Mucispirillum schaedleri|. It has been found in the intestinal tract of some rodents and considered a commensal with some association to disease. This species has been found in cockroaches mice, turkeys, dogs, pigs, goats, termites, and sometimes humans. It is anaerobic and does not form spores. It is motile, flagellated and thought to have the ability to move through mucus.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Deferribacterota |
| Class: | Deferribacteres |
| Order: | Deferribacterales |
| Family: | Deferribacteraceae |
| Genus: | Mucispirillum Robertson et al. 2005[1] |
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| Mucispirillum schaedleri Robertson et al. 2005
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Etymology
editThe name Mucispirillum derives from Latin noun mucus, mucus; Neo-Latin dim. neuter gender noun spirillum, a small spiral; Neo-Latin neuter gender noun mucispirillum, a small spiral rod of the mucus.
Species
editThis genus contains a single species, namely M. schaedleri (Robertson et al. 2005, (Type species of the genus).; Neo-Latin genitive case noun schaedleri, of Schaedler, in honour of Russell Schaedler, active in the study of the bacteria of the intestinal tract of mammals.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Microbiology Society Journals | Mucispirillum schaedleri gen. nov., sp. nov., a spiral-shaped bacterium colonizing the mucus layer of the gastrointestinal tract of laboratory rodents". ijs.sgmjournals.org. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ^ Loy, Alexander; Pfann, Carina; Steinberger, Michaela; Hanson, Buck; Herp, Simone; Brugiroux, Sandrine; Neto, João Carlos Gomes; Boekschoten, Mark V.; Schwab, Clarissa (2017-02-28). "Lifestyle and Horizontal Gene Transfer-Mediated Evolution of Mucispirillum schaedleri, a Core Member of the Murine Gut Microbiota". mSystems. 2 (1): e00171–16. doi:10.1128/mSystems.00171-16. ISSN 2379-5077. PMC 5285517. PMID 28168224.
- ^ Robertson, Bronwyn R.; O'Rourke, Jani L.; Neilan, Brett A.; Vandamme, Peter; On, Stephen L. W.; Fox, James G.; Lee, Adrian (2005-05-01). "Mucispirillum schaedleri gen. nov., sp. nov., a spiral-shaped bacterium colonizing the mucus layer of the gastrointestinal tract of laboratory rodents". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (3): 1199–1204. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63472-0. ISSN 1466-5034.