Rothia (bacterium)

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
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]
R. aeria Li et al. 2004 R. aerolata Kämpfer et al. 2016 R. amarae Fan et al. 2002 "R. arfidiae" Ko et al. 2009 R. dentocariosa corrig. (Onishi 1949) Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) R. endophytica Xiong et al. 2013 R. halotolerans (Tang et al. 2009) Nouioui et al. 2018 R. koreensis (Park et al. 2010) Nouioui et al. 2018 R. kristinae (Kloos et al. 1974) Nouioui et al. 2018 "R. marina" Liu et al. 2013 R. mucilaginosa (Bergan and Kocur 1982) Collins et al. 2000 R. nasimurium Collins et al. 2000 "R. nasisuis" Schlattmann et al. 2018 R. terrae Chou et al. 2008
Synonyms[1]
Stomatococcus Bergan and Kocur 1982

Rothia is prevalent in our saliva and it produces enterobactin. This is a strong iron-binding siderophore, which is produced by E. coli. Rothia is also prevalent in our gut and causes the emergence of gastric atrophy and intestinal metaplasia.[6][7]