Romboutsia timonensis

Bacteria
General | Carbohydrate O/F | Substrate utilisation | Enzymes | Metabolites | Antibiotics

Overview

  • Romboutsia timonensis is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, strictly anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 2 gut microbiome compilation studies or metastudies. Romboutsia timonensis is a common gut coloniser. (Ricaboni2016)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces (Ricaboni2016). Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.
    • QUIRKS
  • In 78% of Europeans (unseenbio.com).
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Ricaboni2016);
    Character Response
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 37℃;
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • fructose; glucose; ribose; maltose; sucrose;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES
    Character Response
  • NOTES

    Metabolites produced:
    Our genomic analysis indicates that most members of this species can produce the following metabolites: acetate, ammonia, butyrate, hydrogen sulphide, lactate, cobalamin, biotin.

    Metabolites consumed:
    In addition, our genomic analysis indicates that most members of this species do not consume any reported metabolites.

    The exploration of the human microbiome was recently revolutionized by microbial culturomics and taxonogenomics. Thanks to this approach, we report here the main characteristics of Romboutsia timonensis strain Marseille-P326, a new bacterium isolated from the right human colon by colonoscopy in a 63-year-old French man with severe anaemia with melaena.

    Keywords: Culturomics, gut, human, Romboutsia timonensis sp. nov., taxonogenomics

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    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Clostridia Order:  Eubacteriales Family:  Peptostreptococcaceae Genus:  Romboutsia Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  strictly anaerobic Spore:  Endospore Morphology:  Rod
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces (Ricaboni2016)
    Mid T(℃):  37(+)
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    Fructose:  + Glucose:  + Ribose:  + Maltose:  + Sucrose:  +
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  neg Catalase:  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR ROMBOUTSIA TIMONENSIS
  • Ricaboni2016 - Romboutsia timonensis, a new species isolated from human gut.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR ROMBOUTSIA TIMONENSIS
  • Byrd2020 - Stability and dynamics of the human gut microbiome and its association with systemic immune traits.
  • Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.
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    • GENERAL REFERENCES FOR ROMBOUTSIA TIMONENSIS
  • Ludwig2009 - Revised road map to the phylum Firmicutes.
    • Added: February 08, 2021