Romboutsia Gerritsen et al. 2014
General information
Description and emendation
Members of the genus are anaerobic. Cells stain Gram-positive or Gram-variable. Cells are straight or slightly curved rods, which often form chains. All species are capable of spore formation, but free spore formation can be very sparse. The major end products of metabolism are acetate and formate. Cells contain both phospholipids and glycolipids. The major phospholipids are labelled PL4, PL5, PL7 and PL8 and the major glycolipids comprise GL2, GL5, GL7 and GL9. Phospholipids with free amino groups (e.g. phosphatidylethanolamine) are absent. The fatty acids present in the hydrolysis products of whole cells are straight-chain saturated and unsaturated Dimethyl acetals (i.e. plasmalogens) are not present. The genomic DNA G+C content is 27-28.1 mol%.
1: The DNA G+C content is 27-32 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
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MSG071152 | 'Romboutsia hominis' | Species | |
MSG050821 | 'Romboutsia muris' | Species | |
M021702011312002 | Romboutsia hominis | Species | 1507512 |
M021702011312001 | Romboutsia ilealis | Species | 1115758 |
M021702011312003 | Romboutsia lituseburensis | Species | 1537 |
M021702011312004 | Romboutsia sedimentorum | Species | 1368474 |