Rothia (bacterium)

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Rothia is a Gram-positive, aerobic, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterial genus from the family Micrococcaceae.[1][2][3] Rothia bacteria can cause disease in humans and immunosuppressed humans.[4][5]

Rothia
Rothia dentocariosa, Gram stain.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Micrococcaceae
Genus: Rothia
Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)
Type species
Rothia dentocariosa
corrig. (Onishi 1949) Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)
Species[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Stomatococcus Bergan and Kocur 1982

Rothia is prevalent in human saliva and it produces enterobactin. Rothia is also prevalent in the human gut and can cause the emergence of gastric atrophy and intestinal metaplasia.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Parte, A.C. "Rothia". LPSN.
  2. ^ David E., Swayne; John R., Glisson; Larry R., McDougald; Lisa K., Nolan; David L., Suarez; Venugopal L., Nair (2013). Diseases of Poultry. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-71973-2.
  3. ^ Austin, Brian (1 January 2015). "Rothia". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: 1–13. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00124. ISBN 9781118960608.
  4. ^ Schlossberg, David, ed. (2015). Clinical infectious disease (Second ed.). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107038912.
  5. ^ (Hrsg.), Gholamreza Darai; et al. (2012). Lexikon der Infektionskrankheiten des Menschen Erreger, Symptome, Diagnose, Therapie und Prophylaxe (4., vollständig überarbeitete und aktualisierte Aufl. ed.). Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-17158-1.
  6. ^ Uranga, Carla; Arroyo, Pablo; Duggan, Brendan M.; Gerwick, William H.; Edlund, Anna (2020-02-20). "Commensal oral Rothia mucilaginosa produces enterobactin—a metal chelating siderophore" (PDF). doi:10.1101/2020.02.20.956391. S2CID 213599051. Retrieved 2020-10-13. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ Sung, Joseph J Y; Coker, Olabisi Oluwabukola; Chu, Eagle; Szeto, Chun Ho; Luk, Simson Tsz Yat; Lau, Harry Cheuk Hay; Yu, Jun (2020-01-23). "Gastric microbes associated with gastric inflammation, atrophy and intestinal metaplasia 1 year after Helicobacter pylori eradication". Gut. 69 (9): 1572–1580. doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2019-319826. ISSN 0017-5749. PMC 7456733. PMID 31974133.

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