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Odoribacter splanchnicusRANK: SpeciesTAXONOMY: Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group -> Bacteroidetes -> Bacteroidia -> Bacteroidales -> Porphyromonadaceae -> Odoribacter -> Odoribacter splanchnicus OVERVIEW: Odoribacter splanchnicus strain 1651/6T was isolated as Bacteroides splanchnicus from a human abdominal abscess in 1971. Its name means bad smelling rod from innards. It is the type species for Odoribacter. While usually found in the intestines it has the potential to be an opportunistic pathogen. Cells are short rods (0.7 by 1.0-5.0 um) which occur singly or in loosely associated groups although they can also be pleomorphic. It is non-motile and strictly anaerobic, and is able to ferment glucose, fructose, galactose, arabinose, lactose and mannose but not sucrose, rhamnose, trehalose or salicin. It produces large quantities of H(2) and H(2)S (adapted from PMID 21677857).Synonyms : NCTC 10825, LMG 8202, JCM 15291, DSM 20712, CIP 104287, CCUG 21054 A, Bacteroides splanchnicus, ATCC 29572. Direct sub-taxa of Odoribacter splanchnicus: Odoribacter splanchnicus DSM 20712 This species has been identified as a resident in the human gastrointestinal tract based on the phylogenetic framework of its small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences.[PMC 4262072] |