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]

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

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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