Rothia endophytica
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| Rothia endophytica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Micrococcales |
| Family: | Micrococcaceae |
| Genus: | Rothia |
| Species: | R. endophytica |
| Binomial name | |
| Rothia endophytica Xiong et al. 2013 | |
| Type strain | |
| YIM 67072T (=DSM 26247T =JCM 18541T) | |
Rothia endophytica is a species of Gram-positive aerobic, non-motile bacteria in the genus Rothia, family Micrococcaceae. It was originally isolated in 2012 from surface-sterilized roots of the plant Dysophylla stellata.[1] It has also been recovered from the tonsils of healthy pigs.[2]
The name endophytica refers to its endophytic origin, from the Greek endo (within) and phyton (plant), highlighting its initial recovery from internal plant tissues.[1]
Isolation and ecology
Rothia endophytica was first isolated from the roots of the plant Dysophylla stellata collected in Yunnan Province, China.[1] More recently, it has also been identified in the tonsils of healthy pigs as part of metagenomic and cultivation-based studies,[2] expanding its known habitat beyond plants to mammalian hosts.