Biology:Rothia kristinae
| Rothia kristinae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Micrococcales |
| Family: | Micrococcaceae |
| Genus: | Rothia |
| Species: | R. kristinae
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| Binomial name | |
| Rothia kristinae | |
| Type strain | |
| ATCC 27570 CCM 2690 CCUG 33026 CIP 81.69 DSM 20032 IEGM 390 IFO 15354 JCM 7237 LMG 14215 NBRC 15354 NCTC 11038 NRRL B-14835 VKM B-1811 | |
| Synonyms | |
Rothia kristinae is a Gram positive bacterium.[2] R. kristinae is a common human skin organism, but can cause opportunistic infections in humans.[4]
Background
In 1974, a novel bacterium was isolated from the skin of a healthy adult woman. The novel species was originally named Micrococcus kristinae, and was named after the person from which it was first isolated (Kristin Holding).[2] (Micrococcus lylae was also first isolated during the same study)[2] In 1995, the species was reclassified into the genus Kocuria as Kocuria kristinae.[3] In 2018, further studies reclassified the species into genus Rothia as Rothia kristinae.[1]
R. kristinae is Gram-positive, and the cells are coccoid which tend to group together as tetrads. It is slightly facultatively anaerobic, and forms pale cream to pale orange colonies when grown on agar. The optimum growth range is 25–37 °C, and is resistant to lysozyme.[2]
R. kristinae is a common skin and oral microorganism in humans. However, it can cause opportunistic infections for the immunocompromised.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nouioui, Imen; Carro, Lorena; García-López, Marina; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Woyke, Tanja; Kyrpides, Nikos C.; Pukall, Rüdiger; Klenk, Hans-Peter et al. (2018). "Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria". Frontiers in Microbiology 9. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Kloos, W. E.; Tornabene, T. G.; Schleifer, K. H. (1974). "Isolation and Characterization of Micrococci From Human Skin, Including Two New Species: Micrococcus lylae and Micrococcus kristinae". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 24 (1): 79–101. doi:10.1099/00207713-24-1-79. ISSN 0020-7713.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Stackebrandt, E.; Koch, C.; Gvozdiak, O.; Schumann, P. (1 October 1995). "Taxonomic Dissection of the Genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend.". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 45 (4): 682–692. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-4-682.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chen, Hsin-Mao; Chi, Hsin; Chiu, Nan-Chang; Huang, Fu-Yuan (1 February 2015). "Kocuria kristinae: A true pathogen in pediatric patients". Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection 48 (1): 80–84. doi:10.1016/j.jmii.2013.07.001.
External links
- Vumicro entry
- LPSN
- Type strain of Kocuria kristinae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Wikidata ☰ Q16983977 entry
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