Propionibacterium ruminifibrarum: Difference between revisions
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P. ruminifibrarum can convert D-adonitol, galactose, glucose, inositol, DL-lactate, mannose, meso-erythritol, ribose, and sorbitol, to propionate and acetate, and succinate and/or formate. This strain, JV5T, could not directly degrade plant carbon sources, but could use the compounds made by the primary degraders. | |||
==Ecology and Pathogenesis== | ==Ecology and Pathogenesis== | ||
Revision as of 04:30, 14 October 2023
Classification
Bacteria; Actinomycetota; Actinomycetes; Propionibacteriales; Propionibacteriaceae
Species
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Propionibacterium ruminifibrarum
Description and Significance
P. ruminifibrarum is rod-shaped and found in the skin of animals and humans. P. ruminifibrarum is specifically found in the rumen of a Holstein Friesian dairy cow. P. ruminifibrarum is important because it is a novel species found within Propionibacterium, that metabolizes differently than other Propionibacterium species.
Genome Structure
The DNA G+C content of the type strain is 68.9 mol%. Cells are present in single cells and in clusters. Against P. australiense, the average genome wide nucleotide identity was 88.3% and 35.5% digital DNA-DNA hybridization.
Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
P. ruminifibrarum can convert D-adonitol, galactose, glucose, inositol, DL-lactate, mannose, meso-erythritol, ribose, and sorbitol, to propionate and acetate, and succinate and/or formate. This strain, JV5T, could not directly degrade plant carbon sources, but could use the compounds made by the primary degraders.
Ecology and Pathogenesis
References
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Author
Page authored by Joanna Rose Bologna, student of Prof. Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.
