Rothia uropygioeca (DSM 101741, LMG 29266, 257)

Name: Rothia uropygioeca (DSM 101741, LMG 29266, 257)
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BacDive ID 158393

Type strain

Strain Designation 257

Culture col. no. DSM 101741 LMG 29266 257

NCBI tax ID(s) 2021970

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- M. S. Braun, Univ. Heidelberg, IPMB; 257

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Rothia uropygioeca 257 is a bacterium that was isolated from preen gland of Dendrocopos major.

16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 403814

LMG 29266,DSM 101741

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:38:19

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Micrococcales

Family Micrococcaceae

Genus Rothia

Species Rothia uropygioeca

Full scientific name Rothia uropygioeca (Braun et al. 2018) Ghodhbane-Gtari et al. 2024

Synonyms (1)

Kocuria uropygioeca

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
65069	TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Yeast extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
65069	positive	growth	28

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2
#Host	#Birds
#Host Body-Site	#Organ

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
65069	preen gland of Dendrocopos major	Bad Homburg	Germany	DEU	Europe

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
65069	Kocuria uropygioeca strain 257 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	MF510150	1423		2055844

GC content

65069

GC-content (mol%)60.8

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Taxonomic note on Kocuria and Rothia: taxogenomic insights for addressing misidentifications and proposing new combinations and new subspecies.	Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Haj Nasr MA, Gatri R, Gtari M.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006586	2024
Pathogenicity	Selection and Evaluation of Staphylococcus xylosus as a Biocontrol Agent against Toxigenic Moulds in a Dry-Cured Ham Model System.	Cebrian E, Nunez F, Galvez FJ, Delgado J, Bermudez E, Rodriguez M.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms8060793	2020
	Great Tit (Parus major) Uropygial Gland Microbiomes and Their Potential Defensive Roles.	Bodawatta KH, Schierbech SK, Petersen NR, Sam K, Bos N, Jonsson KA, Poulsen M.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2020.01735	2020
Phylogeny	Kocuria uropygioeca sp. nov. and Kocuria uropygialis sp. nov., isolated from the preen glands of Great Spotted Woodpeckers (Dendrocopos major).	Braun MS, Wang E, Zimmermann S, Boutin S, Wink M	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1016/j.syapm.2017.09.005	2017

References

#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#65069	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 101741
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Rothia uropygioeca (DSM 101741, LMG 29266, 257)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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