Ruthenibacterium
| Ruthenibacterium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Eubacteriales |
| Family: | Oscillospiraceae |
| Genus: | Ruthenibacterium Shkoporov et al., 2016 |
| Type species | |
| Ruthenibacterium lactatiformans Shkoporov et al., 2016
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Ruthenibacterium is a genus of Gram-negative, obligately anaerobic, non-spore-forming bacteria within the family Oscillospiraceae. The genus was first described in 2016 with the identification of its type species, Ruthenibacterium lactatiformans, isolated from human feces.[2]
Taxonomy
The genus Ruthenibacterium was established by Shkoporov et al. in 2016 following the isolation and characterization of two novel strains (585-1T and 668) from the feces of healthy human subjects. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that these strains formed a distinct lineage within the family Oscillospiraceae, with less than 92% sequence similarity to their closest relatives, including Anaerofilum pentosovorans and Gemmiger formicilis.[2]
Species
Currently, the genus comprises two validly published species:[1]
- Ruthenibacterium intestinale Hitch et al. 2025
- Ruthenibacterium lactatiformans Shkoporov et al. 2016
References
- ^ a b genus/ruthenibacterium entry in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
- ^ a b Shkoporov, Andrei N.; Chaplin, Andrei V.; Shcherbakova, Victoria A.; Suzina, Natalia E.; Kafarskaia, Lyudmila I.; Bozhenko, Vladimir K.; Efimov, Boris A. (August 2016). "Ruthenibacterium lactatiformans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, lactate-producing member of the family Ruminococcaceae isolated from human faeces". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (8): 3041–3049. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001143. PMID 27242263.