Ruminococcus torques
| Ruminococcus torques | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Eubacteriales |
| Family: | Oscillospiraceae |
| Genus: | Ruminococcus |
| Species: | R. torques
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| Binomial name | |
| Ruminococcus torques Holdeman and Moore 1974
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Ruminococcus torques is a gram-positive, spherical-to-oval-shaped bacterium. It is anerobic and non-motile. It was discovered by Holdeman and Moore in 1974.
R. torques is a mucin degrader and has been associated with inflammatory bowel diseases, irritable bowel syndrome, gut inflammation, and the early stages of colorectal cancer. It degrades mucin through its ability to degrade the mucin oligosaccaride. Ruminococcus and Bifidobacterium strains are able to degrade the oligosaccaride due to their production of extracellular glycosidase.
Togo et al proposed the reclassification of Ruminococcus torques to Mediterraneibacter torques with the type strain ATCC 27756T (= VPI B2-51T) in 2018.