Mucispirillum

Mucispirillum is a genus in the phylum Deferribacteres (Bacteria). It is represented by the single species Mucispirillum schaedleri|. It has been found in the intestinal tract of some rodents and considered a commensal with some association to disease. This species has been found in cockroaches mice, turkeys, dogs, pigs, goats, termites, and sometimes humans. It is anaerobic and does not form spores. It is motile, flagellated and thought to have the ability to move through mucus.[1]

Mucispirillum
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
"Deferribacteres"
Class:
Deferribacteres
Order:
Deferribacterales
Family:
Deferribacteraceae
Genus:
Mucispirillum
Type species
M. schaedleri

Etymology

The name Mucispirillum derives from Latin noun mucus, mucus; New Latin dim. neuter gender noun spirillum, a small spiral; New Latin neuter gender noun mucispirillum, a small spiral rod of the mucus.

Species

This genus contains a single species, namely M. schaedleri (Robertson et al. 2005, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin genitive case noun schaedleri, of Schaedler, in honour of Russell Schaedler, active in the study of the bacteria of the intestinal tract of mammals.[2]

See also

References
  1. Loy, Alexander; Pfann, Carina; Steinberger, Michaela; Hanson, Buck; Herp, Simone; Brugiroux, Sandrine; Neto, João Carlos Gomes; Boekschoten, Mark V.; Schwab, Clarissa (2017-02-28). "Lifestyle and Horizontal Gene Transfer-Mediated Evolution of Mucispirillum schaedleri, a Core Member of the Murine Gut Microbiota". mSystems. 2 (1): e00171–16. doi:10.1128/mSystems.00171-16. ISSN 2379-5077. PMC 5285517. PMID 28168224.
  2. Robertson, Bronwyn R.; O'Rourke, Jani L.; Neilan, Brett A.; Vandamme, Peter; On, Stephen L. W.; Fox, James G.; Lee, Adrian (2005-05-01). "Mucispirillum schaedleri gen. nov., sp. nov., a spiral-shaped bacterium colonizing the mucus layer of the gastrointestinal tract of laboratory rodents". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (3): 1199–1204. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63472-0. ISSN 1466-5034.
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