Blautia Hydrogenotrophica

Classification

Bacteria; Firmicutes; Clostridia; Clostridiales; Blautia

Species Blautia Hydrogenotrophica, formerly known as Ruminococcus hydrogenotrophicus

Description and Significance

Genome Structure Blautia Hydrogenotrophica strain DSM 10507; 3,565,428 base pairs (NCBI, 2011)

References 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 >

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>

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>

Author Page authored by Megan Buhl and Blaze Budd, students of Prof. Jay Lennon at Michigan State University.