Cross Index	Rothia dentocariosa
SuperSet	Prokaryote, Eubacteria, Irregular, Nonsporing Gram-Positive Rods
Compare	Acetobacterium Acetogenium kivui, Actinomyces Aeromicrobium erythreum Agromyces ramosus Arachnia propionica, Arcanobacterium haemolyticum, Arthrobacter, Aureobacterium, Bifidobacterium, Brachybacterium faecium, Brevibacterium, Butyrivibrio, Caseobacter polymorphus, Cellulomonas ,Clavibacter, Coriobacterium glomerans, Corynebacterium, Curtobacterium, Dermobacter hominus, Eubacterium, Exigouibacterium aurantiacum, Falcivibrio, Gardnerella, Jonsia denitrificans, Lachnospira multiparus, Microbacterium, Mobiluncus, Pimelobacter, Proprionibacterium, Rarobacter faecitabidus , Rothia dentocariosa, Rubrobacter radiotolerans, Sphaerobacter thermophilus , Terrabacter tumescens, Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus, Thermoanaerobium brockii
Contrast	Archaea
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Morphology

Rothia dentocariosa

CELLULAR

Staining	Gram positive
Morphology	coccoid, diphteroid or filamentous cells usually 10. microns in diameter
Motility
Specialized structures

Division

COLONIAL

Solid surface

Liquid

 

Growth Parameters

Rothia dentocariosa

PHYSIOLOGICAL

Tropism	chemorganotrophs
Oxygen
pH
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Requirements
Products	major product of glucose fermentation is lactic acid. Does not produce propionic acid.
Enzymes	Catalase positive
Unique features	, Peptidoglycan contains alanine, glutamic acid and lysine but no diaminopimelic acid. Cell wall sugars include galactose,glucose and fructose by not 6-deoxytalose or arabinose

ENVIRONMENTAL

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Distribution

 

Genome

Rothia dentocariosa

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Reference

Rothia dentocariosa

First citation	Georg,L.K. and J.M. Brown 1967. Rothia gen. Nov. an aerobic genus of the family Actinomycetaceae IJSB 17:79-88
The Prokaryotes	p
Bergey's Systematatic	p 1342 M. A. Gerencser and G. H. Bowden
Bergey's Determinative	p 580

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