Solobacterium moorei

Solobacterium moorei is a bacterium that has been identified as a contributor to halitosis. [http://uk.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUKTON77980320080407 Scientists find bug responsible for bad breath - Reuters] ] It is a gram-positive anaerobic bacillus. [http://iadr.confex.com/iadr/2007orleans/techprogram/abstract_90579.htm D.S. Gerber, DS, Haraszthy, VI, Zambon, JJ. (2007). Characterization of Solobacterium moorei Strains from Subjects with Halitosis] ] , erroneously known as "Bulleidia moorei". [http://beta.uniprot.org/taxonomy/102148 Taxonomy of Solobacterium moorei] ] This particular strain was identified by Kageyama and Benno in 2000, previously an unclassified Clostridium group RCA59. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10832964?dopt=Abstract Kageyama, A., and Benno, Y. "Phylogenic and phenotypic characterization of some Eubacterium-like isolates from human feces: description of Solobacterium moorei Gen. Nov., Sp. Nov." Microbiol. Immunol. (2000) 44:223-227.] ]

The genus "Solobacterium" is in the family Erysipelotrichaceae of the order Anaeroplasmatales. [http://beta.uniprot.org/taxonomy/102148 Taxonomy of Solobacterium moorei] ]

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