Blautia Hydrogenotrophica
Classification
Bacteria; Firmicutes; Clostridia; Clostridiales; Blautia
Species
Blautia hydrogenotrophica, formerly known as Ruminococcus hydrogenotrophicus
NCBI: Taxonomy |
Description and Significance
Genome Structure
Blautia Hydrogenotrophica strain DSM 10507; 3,565,428 base pairs (NCBI, 2011)
Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
The Blautia hydrogenotrophica is gram-positive, non-sporulating, coccobacillus shaped bacterium with an average size of 0.7-0.6 mm. Through the use of negatively stained cells, it can be observed that the organism lacks flagella. (Bernalier et al. 1996)
Hydrogenotrophica, meaning feeds on hydrogen, refers to the organism’s ability to use H2/CO2 as energy source for growth” (Liu et al., 2008).
Ecology and Pathogenesis
References
Bain, J., Faith, J., Gordon, J., Muehlbauer, M., Newgard, C., Rey, F., and Stevens, R. “Dissecting the in Vivo Metabolic Potential of Two Human Gut Acetogens.” Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2010. Volume 285. P. 22082-22090. Accessed April 18, 2011. <http://www.jbc.org/content/285/29/22082.full>
Bernalier, A., Collins, MD., Leclerc, M., Rochet, V., Willems, A. “Ruminococcus hydrogenotrophicus sp. nov., a new H2/CO2-utilizing acetogenic bacterium isolated from human feces.” Archives of Microbiology, 1996. Volume 166(3). p. 176-83. Accessed April 16, 2011. < http://www.springerlink.com/content/tt7hew38ngt4j9d7/>
Liu, C., Finegold, S., Song, Y., and Lawson, P. “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 Evollutionary Microbiology, 2008. Volume 58. p. 1896-1902. Accessed April 21, 2011. <http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/full/58/8/1896>
NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information). “Blautia hydrogenotrophica DSM 10507, whole genome shotgun sequence.” Accessed April 21, 2011. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NZ_ACBZ00000000>
Author
Page authored by Megan Buhl and Blaze Budd, students of Prof. Jay Lennon at Michigan State University.