Oscillospiraceae

Oscillospiraceae is a family of bacteria in the class Clostridia. All Oscillospiraceae are obligate anaerobes. However, members of the family have diverse shapes, with some rod-shaped and others cocci.[7]

Oscillospiraceae
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Eubacteriales
Family: Oscillospiraceae
Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)[1]
Type genus
Oscillospira
Chatton and Pérard 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)
Genus[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Hungateiclostridiaceae Zhang et al. 2018
  • Ruminococcaceae Rainey 2010

Within the family, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii is notable as an abundant commensal bacteria of the human gut microbiota. In addition, several members of Ruminococcus are found in the human gut.[8]

References
  1. "Oscillospiraceae". LPSN. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  2. Chen S, Dong X (2004). "Acetanaerobacterium elongatum gen. nov., sp. nov., from paper mill waste water". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (6): 2257–2262. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63212-0. PMID 15545467.
  3. Parker CT, Garrity GM (1 January 2003). Parker CT, Garrity GM (eds.). "Taxonomic Abstract for the genera". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/tx.29383.
  4. Lawson PA, Song Y, Liu C, Molitoris DR, Vaisanen ML, Collins MD, Finegold SM (2004). "Anaerotruncus colihominis gen. nov., sp. nov., from human faeces". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (2): 413–417. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02653-0. PMID 15023953.
  5. Le Roy T, Van der Smissen P, Paquot A, Delzenne N, Muccioli GG, Collet JF, Cani PD (2019). "Dysosmobacter welbionis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces and emended description of the genus Oscillibacter". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (9): 4851–4858. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.003547. PMID 31232680.
  6. Duncan DH, Hold GL, Harmsen HJ, Stewart CS, Flint HJ (2002). "Growth requirements and fermentation products of Fusobacterium prausnitzii, and a proposal to reclassify it as Faecalibacterium prausnitzii gen. nov., comb. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (6): 2141–2146. doi:10.1099/00207713-52-6-2141. PMID 12508881.
  7. Rainey FA (2015). "Ruminococcaceae fam. nov.". In Whitman WB (ed.). Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. pp. 1–2. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.fbm00136. ISBN 9781118960608.
  8. Rajilić-Stojanović M, de Vos WM (September 2014). "The first 1000 cultured species of the human gastrointestinal microbiota". FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 38 (5): 996–1047. doi:10.1111/1574-6976.12075. PMC 4262072. PMID 24861948.


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