Rothia (bacterium)

Rothia
Rothia dentocariosa, Gram stain.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Micrococcaceae
Genus: Rothia
Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)
Type species
Rothia dentocariosa
corrig. (Onishi 1949) Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)
Species
Synonyms
  • Stomatococcus Bergan and Kocur 1982

Rothia is a Gram-positive, aerobic, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterial genus from the family Micrococcaceae. Three species within Rothia have been shown to colonize humans: R. dentocariosa, R. mucilaginosa, and R. aeria. These species are considered to be commensal, but they can cause disease in immunosuppressed humans.

Rothia spp. are prevalent in human saliva and produce enterobactin. They are also prevalent in the human gut and can cause the emergence of gastric atrophy and intestinal metaplasia.

Rothia spp. have been isolated from diverse habitats, including humans, livestock, and natural and built environments. As of 2025, 13 species have been validly published and are recognized as members of the genus Rothia.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Parte, A.C. "Rothia". LPSN.
  2. ↑ David E., Swayne; John R., Glisson; Larry R., McDougald; Lisa K., Nolan; David L., Suarez; Venugopal L., Nair (2013). Diseases of Poultry. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-71973-2.
  3. ↑ Austin, Brian (1 January 2015). "Rothia". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp. 1–13. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00124. ISBN 9781118960608.
  4. ↑ Georg, L. K.; Brown, J. M. (1967-01-01). "Rothia, gen. nov. an aerobic genus of the family Actinomycetaceae". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 17 (1): 79–88. doi:10.1099/00207713-17-1-79. ISSN 0020-7713.
  5. ↑ Collins, M D; Hutson, R A; Båverud, V; Falsen, E (2000-05-01). "Characterization of a Rothia-like organism from a mouse: description of Rothia nasimurium sp. nov. and reclassification of Stomatococcus mucilaginosus as Rothia mucilaginosa comb. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50 (3): 1247–1251. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-3-1247. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 10843069.
  6. ↑ Li, Ying; Kawamura, Yoshiaki; Fujiwara, Nagatoshi; Naka, Takashi; Liu, Hongsheng; Huang, Xinxiang; Kobayashi, Kazuo; Ezaki, Takayuki (2004). "Rothia aeria sp. nov., Rhodococcus baikonurensis sp. nov. and Arthrobacter russicus sp. nov., isolated from air in the Russian space laboratory Mir". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (3): 827–835. Bibcode:2004IJSEM..54..827L. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02828-0. ISSN 1466-5034. PMID 15143031.
  7. ↑ Schlossberg, David, ed. (2015). Clinical infectious disease (Second ed.). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107038912.
  8. ↑ (Hrsg.), Gholamreza Darai; et al. (2012). Lexikon der Infektionskrankheiten des Menschen Erreger, Symptome, Diagnose, Therapie und Prophylaxe (4., vollständig überarbeitete und aktualisierte Aufl. ed.). Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-17158-1.
  9. ↑ Uranga, Carla; Arroyo, Pablo; Duggan, Brendan M.; Gerwick, William H.; Edlund, Anna (2020). "Commensal Oral Rothia mucilaginosa Produces Enterobactin, a Metal-Chelating Siderophore". mSystems. 5 (2) e00161-20. bioRxiv 10.1101/2020.02.20.956391. doi:10.1128/mSystems.00161-20. PMC 7190385. PMID 32345739.
  10. ↑ Sung, Joseph J Y; Coker, Olabisi Oluwabukola; Chu, Eagle; Szeto, Chun Ho; Luk, Simson Tsz Yat; Lau, Harry Cheuk Hay; Yu, Jun (2020-01-23). "Gastric microbes associated with gastric inflammation, atrophy and intestinal metaplasia 1 year after Helicobacter pylori eradication". Gut. 69 (9): 1572–1580. doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2019-319826. ISSN 0017-5749. PMC 7456733. PMID 31974133.
  11. ↑ West, Shannon R.; Suddaby, Allison B.; Lewin, Gina R.; Ibberson, Carolyn B. (2024-07-01). "Rothia". Trends in Microbiology. 32 (7): 720–721. doi:10.1016/j.tim.2024.03.009. ISSN 0966-842X. PMID 38580605.

Further reading