| Ruoffia tabacinasalis |
Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Aerococcaceae, Genus Ruoffia, Ruoffia tabacinasalis
(Collins et al. 1999) Fotedar et al. 2021, type species of the genus
Synonym: Facklamia tabacinasalis Collins et al. 1999.
(Collins et al. 1999) Fotedar et al. 2021, type species of the genus
Synonym: Facklamia tabacinasalis Collins et al. 1999.
Gram-positive, large ovoid cells, occurring in pairs or short chains. Non-motile.
Non-spore-forming.
Non-spore-forming.
Colonies on horse blood agar are round, smooth, domed, 0.5 mm in diameter (in 48h
at 30 ºC), alpha-haemolytic and non-pigmented. Facultatively anaerobic. No growth at
10 or 45 ºC.
at 30 ºC), alpha-haemolytic and non-pigmented. Facultatively anaerobic. No growth at
10 or 45 ºC.
Isolated from powdered tobacco. One strain has been isolated from sheep (unpublished data (2)).
Undetermined.
- Matthew D. Collins, Roger A. Hutson, Enevold Falsen, Berit Sjoden. Note: Facklamia tabacinasalis sp. nov., from powdered
tobacco. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, July 1999 49: 1247-1250. - Matthew D. Collins and Enevold Falsen, 2009. Genus V. Facklamia Collins, Falsen, Lemosy, Akervall, Sjoden and Lawson 1997,
882VP In: (Eds.) P.D. Vos, G. Garrity, D. Jones, N.R. Krieg, W. Ludwig, F.A. Rainey, K.-H. Schleifer, W.B. Whitman. Bergey’s Manual
of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume 3: The Firmicutes, Springer, 541-544. - Fotedar R, Sankaranarayanan K, Caldwell ME, Zeyara A, Al Malki A, Kaul R, Al Shamari H, Ali M, Al Marri M, Lawson PA.
Reclassification of Facklamia ignava, Facklamia sourekii and Facklamia tabacinasalis as Falseniella ignava gen. nov., comb. nov.,
Hutsoniella sourekii gen. nov., comb. nov., and Ruoffia tabacinasalis gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Ruoffia halotolerans
sp. nov., isolated from hypersaline Inland Sea of Qatar. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:1181-1193. - Tu Z, Lopes HFS, Yumoto I. Fundicoccus fermenti sp. nov., an indigo-reducing facultative anaerobic alkaliphile isolated from indigo
fermentation liquor used for dyeing. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5239.
Description is based on API systems results.
Positive results for alpha-galactosidase, ester lipase C8 (weak reaction), leucine arylamidase, naphthyl-AS-BI-phosphorylase, and
acid production from: L-arabinose, cellobiose, D-glucose, D-galactose, D-fructose, D-mannose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, amygdalin,
maltose, D-ribose and starch.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, catalase, esculin hydrolysis, hippurate hydrolysis, oxidase,
alanine-phenylalanine-proline arylamidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, chymo trypsin, trypsin, cystine arylamidase,
glycyltryptophan arylamidase, alpha-fucosidase, beta-galactosidase, beta-galacturonidase, beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase,
pyroglutamic acid arylamidase, alpha- and beta-mannosidase, leucine arylamidase, urease, Voges-Proskauer reaction, acid
production from: D-adonitol, D-arabinose, D- and L-arabitol, cyclodextrin, dulcitol, erythritol, aesculin ferric citrate, D- and L--fucose,
gluconate, 2-ketogluconate, gentiobiose, glycogen, inositol, inulin, D-lyxose, melibiose, maltose, melezitose, methyl
beta-D-glucopyranoside, methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside, methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, pullulan, raffinose, ribose, D-sorbitol,
L-sorbose, sucrose, tagatose, trehalose, turanose, xylitol, D- and L-xylose.
Variable or contradictory results for acid phosphatase, esterase (C4), beta-galactosidase, acid production from: arbutin, lactose,
mannitol, sucrose and trehalose.
Positive results for alpha-galactosidase, ester lipase C8 (weak reaction), leucine arylamidase, naphthyl-AS-BI-phosphorylase, and
acid production from: L-arabinose, cellobiose, D-glucose, D-galactose, D-fructose, D-mannose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, amygdalin,
maltose, D-ribose and starch.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, catalase, esculin hydrolysis, hippurate hydrolysis, oxidase,
alanine-phenylalanine-proline arylamidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, chymo trypsin, trypsin, cystine arylamidase,
glycyltryptophan arylamidase, alpha-fucosidase, beta-galactosidase, beta-galacturonidase, beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase,
pyroglutamic acid arylamidase, alpha- and beta-mannosidase, leucine arylamidase, urease, Voges-Proskauer reaction, acid
production from: D-adonitol, D-arabinose, D- and L-arabitol, cyclodextrin, dulcitol, erythritol, aesculin ferric citrate, D- and L--fucose,
gluconate, 2-ketogluconate, gentiobiose, glycogen, inositol, inulin, D-lyxose, melibiose, maltose, melezitose, methyl
beta-D-glucopyranoside, methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside, methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, pullulan, raffinose, ribose, D-sorbitol,
L-sorbose, sucrose, tagatose, trehalose, turanose, xylitol, D- and L-xylose.
Variable or contradictory results for acid phosphatase, esterase (C4), beta-galactosidase, acid production from: arbutin, lactose,
mannitol, sucrose and trehalose.
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