General Information of MIC (ID: MIC01132)
MIC Name Ruminococcus albus (firmicutes)
Body Site Gut
Lineage Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Clostridia
Order: Clostridiales
Family: Ruminococcaceae
Genus: Ruminococcus
Species: Ruminococcus albus
Oxygen Sensitivity Obligate anaerobe
Microbial Metabolism Saccharolytic; Fermentative
Gram Positive
Genome Size (bp) 4326500
Description Ruminococcus albus is an obligate anaerobe and Gram-positive bacterium.
External Links Taxonomy ID
1264
Genome Assembly ID
ASM17963v2
GOLD Organism ID
Go0006447
Disease Relevance
          Ulcerative colitis  [ICD-11: DD71]
             Description Ulcerative colitis was associated with Ruminococcus albus infection. [1]
Host Genetic Factors (HGFs)
          rs2066842
             HGF ID HGF1456 HGF Info       Class Single Nucleotide Polymorphism: Missense variant (SNP-MV)
             Description The variant gene NOD2 of innate immunity rs2066842 is significantly associated with the abundance of gut micriobiota Ruminococcus albus (p-value<0.0001). [2]
Environmental Factor(s)
             Disbiome ID
      208
             gutMDisorder ID
      gm0587
References
1 Longitudinal analyses of gut mucosal microbiotas in ulcerative colitis in relation to patient age and disease severity and duration. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Mar;51(3):849-56. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02574-12. Epub 2012 Dec 26.
2 Variants in genes of innate immunity, appetite control and energy metabolism are associated with host cardiometabolic health and gut microbiota composition.Gut Microbes. 2020 May 3;11(3):556-568. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2019.1619440. Epub 2019 Jun 3.

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