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
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Growth Parameters Rothia dentocariosa
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Tropism chemorganotrophs
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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
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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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