Mobiluncus porci

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Mobiluncus porci
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Actinomycetales
Family: Actinomycetaceae
Genus: Mobiluncus
Species:
M. porci
Binomial name
Mobiluncus porci
Wylensek et al. 2020
Type strain
DSM 108840 = JCM 34379 = RF-GAM-744-WT-7

Mobiluncus porci is a curved, motile, Gram-positive and strictly anaerobic bacterium in the genus Mobiluncus (family Actinomycetaceae). It was originally isolated from the feces of an Aachen minipig in Germany and described as a novel species in 2020. [1]

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Ecology

The species is part of the normal porcine gut microbiota and was first recovered from healthy pig feces. [1] It has also been isolated from stallion semen. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Wylensek, D.; Hitch, T.C.A.; Riedel, T.; Afrizal, A.; Kumar, N.; Wortmann, E.; Liu, T. (2020). "A collection of bacterial isolates from the pig intestine reveals functional and taxonomic diversity". Nature Communications. 11: 6389. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19929-w. PMC   7738495 . PMID   33319778.
  2. ↑ Malaluang, P.; Wagner, L.H.; Cojkic, A.; Spergser, J.; Aurich, C.; Morrell, J.M. (March 2024). "Reduced bacterial load in horse semen by modified single layer centrifugation or sperm washing". Theriogenology. 216: 111–117. doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2023.12.034 . PMID   38171197.
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