Ruminococcus

Ruminococcus is a genus of bacteria in the class Clostridia.^[2] They are anaerobic, Gram-positive gut microbes. One or more species in this genus are found in significant numbers in the human gut microbiota. The type species is R. flavefaciens. As usual, bacteria taxonomy is in flux, with Clostridia being paraphyletic, and some erroneous members of Ruminococcus being reassigned to a new genus Blautia on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequences.^[3]

Ruminococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Oscillospirales
Family:	Ruminococcaceae
Genus:	Ruminococcus[1] Sijpesteijn 1948
Type species
Ruminococcus flavefaciens Sijpesteijn 1948
Species
R. callidus R. champanellensis "R. equi" R. flavefaciens

One of the most highly cited papers involving the genus Ruminococcus is a paper describing interspecies hydrogen transfer between Ruminococcus albus and Wolinella succinogenes.^[4]

In 1972, Ruminococcus bromii was reportedly found in the human gut, which was the first of several species discovered.^[5] They may play a role in plant cell wall breakdown in the colon.^[6]

One study found that R. albus, R. callidus, and R. bromii are less abundant in people with inflammatory bowel disease.^[7] Ruminococcus are also less abundant in patients with Parkinson's disease^[8] and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.^[9][10] R. gnavus is associated with Crohn's disease.^[11]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[12] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)^[2]

120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220[13][14][15]
Ruminococcus R. champanellensis Chassard et al. 2012 R. callidus Holdeman & Moore 1974 R. flavefaciens Sijpesteijn 1948

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

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3. Liu C, Finegold SM, Song Y, Lawson PA (August 2008). "Reclassification of Clostridium coccoides, Ruminococcus hansenii, Ruminococcus hydrogenotrophicus, Ruminococcus luti, Ruminococcus productus and Ruminococcus schinkii as Blautia coccoides gen. nov., comb. nov., Blautia hansenii comb. nov., Blautia hydrogenotrophica comb. nov., Blautia luti comb. nov., Blautia producta comb. nov., Blautia schinkii comb. nov. and description of Blautia wexlerae sp. nov., isolated from human faeces". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58 (Pt 8). Society for General Microbiology: 1896–902. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65208-0. PMID 18676476.
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7. Nagao-Kitamoto H, Kamada N (February 2017). "Host-microbial Cross-talk in Inflammatory Bowel Disease". Immune Network. 17 (1): 1–12. doi:10.4110/in.2017.17.1.1. PMC 5334117. PMID 28261015.
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11. Henke, Matthew T.; Kenny, Douglas J.; Cassilly, Chelsi D.; Vlamakis, Hera; Xavier, Ramnik J.; Clardy, Jon (2019-06-25). "Ruminococcus gnavus, a member of the human gut microbiome associated with Crohn's disease, produces an inflammatory polysaccharide". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (26): 12672–12677. Bibcode:2019PNAS..11612672H. doi:10.1073/pnas.1904099116. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6601261. PMID 31182571.
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