| Rothia amarae |
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Phylum Actinomycetota, Class Actinomycetes, Order Micrococcales, Family Micrococcaceae, Genus Rothia, Rothia amarae Fan et al.
2002.
2002.
Gram-positive cocci, 0.6-0.9 µm in diameter, occurring singly or in pairs, tetrads or
packets. Non-motile. Endospores are not produced.
packets. Non-motile. Endospores are not produced.
Colonies are creamy, with smooth surfaces in young colonies and rough surfaces in
old ones. Non-pigmented. Facultatively anaerobic. Grows on Luria-Bertani agar,
blood agar and trypticase soy agar. Optimum growth temperature is 30-37 °C. No
growth at 15 or 45 °C.
old ones. Non-pigmented. Facultatively anaerobic. Grows on Luria-Bertani agar,
blood agar and trypticase soy agar. Optimum growth temperature is 30-37 °C. No
growth at 15 or 45 °C.
Isolated from a sludge sample collected from a foul water sewer in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
Undetermined.
- Fan Y, Jin Z, Tong J, Li W, Pasciak M, Gamian A, Liu Z, Huang Y. Rothia amarae sp. nov., from sludge of a foul water sewer. Int J
Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2257-2260. - Xiong ZJ, Zhang JL, Zhang DF, Zhou ZL, Liu MJ, Zhu WY, Zhao LX, Xu LH, Li WJ. Rothia endophytica sp. nov., an actinobacterium
isolated from Dysophylla stellata (Lour.) Benth. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3964-3969.
Positive results for catalase, esculin hydrolysis, ester lipase C8 (weak), alpha-glucosidase, gelatin hydrolysis, nitrate reduction, acid
production from glucose, glycerol, maltose, mannose, ribose, sucrose, salicin and trehalose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, esterase C4, alpha-galactosidase, beta-glucosidase, trypsin, urease, valine arylamidase
(weak), acid production from lactose, mannitol, raffinose, and sorbitol.
production from glucose, glycerol, maltose, mannose, ribose, sucrose, salicin and trehalose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, esterase C4, alpha-galactosidase, beta-glucosidase, trypsin, urease, valine arylamidase
(weak), acid production from lactose, mannitol, raffinose, and sorbitol.
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