| Blautia (Streptococcus) hansenii |
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Streptococcaceae, Genus Streptococcus, Streptococcus
hansenii Holdeman & Moore 1974. Moved to Ruminococcus hansenii (Holdeman and Moore 1974) Ezaki et al. 1994, then to Blautia
hansenii (Holdeman and Moore 1974) Liu et al. 2008.
hansenii Holdeman & Moore 1974. Moved to Ruminococcus hansenii (Holdeman and Moore 1974) Ezaki et al. 1994, then to Blautia
hansenii (Holdeman and Moore 1974) Liu et al. 2008.
Gram-positive, 1.6 to 2.3 μm cocci, with rounded or slightly tapered ends, grouped in
pairs or chains of pairs.
pairs or chains of pairs.
Non-hemolytic, 0.5 to 2 mm in diameter, lenticular, and translucent or white
with translucent edges colonies (up to 5 days incubation). Grow at 37 to 45 ºC (no
growth below 25 ºC), strictly anaerobic.
Growth media: Blood agar, BHI agar, Chopped meat medium with 1% glucose,
PYG-MEDIUM (modified).
with translucent edges colonies (up to 5 days incubation). Grow at 37 to 45 ºC (no
growth below 25 ºC), strictly anaerobic.
Growth media: Blood agar, BHI agar, Chopped meat medium with 1% glucose,
PYG-MEDIUM (modified).
Isolated from human faeces.
Unknown (none) - human fecal flora.
- Holdeman LV & Moore WEC: New genus, Coprococcus, twelve new species, and emended descriptions of four previously
described species of bacteria from human feces. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1974, 24, 260-277. - Skerman VB, et al. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 30: 225-420, 1980.
- Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed., 1994.
- Takayuki Ezaki, Na Li, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Hiroaki Miura, & Hiroyuki Yamamoto: 16s Ribosomal DNA Sequences of Anaerobic
Cocci and Proposal of Ruminococcus hansenii comb. nov. and Ruminococcus productus comb. nov. International Journal of
Systematic Bacteriology, Jan. 1994, p. 130-136. - Lillian V. Holdeman and W. E. C. Moore: New Genus, Coprococcus, Twelve New Species, and Emended Descriptions of Four
Previously Described Species of Bacteria from Human Feces. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY April
1974, p. 260-277
Acid is produced from glucose, lactose and raffinose; not produced from inulin,
ribose, sorbitol, trehalose and salicin.
Hydrolysis of hippurate, starch, lecithinase and growth with 6.5% NaCl are negative.
Voges-Proskauer and hydrolysis of esculin are variable
ribose, sorbitol, trehalose and salicin.
Hydrolysis of hippurate, starch, lecithinase and growth with 6.5% NaCl are negative.
Voges-Proskauer and hydrolysis of esculin are variable
(c) Costin Stoica
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