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The genus Ruminococcus belongs to the core OTUs (>47% of healthy humans) in the healthy human gut
Tap et al. 2009 Environ Microbiol 11: 2574-2584

The genus Ruminococcus includes gram-positive bacteria (cocci) . The bacteria are primarily saccharolytic bacteria that metabolize sugar, starch, cellulose and produce acetate
Macfarlane et al. 1995 In Gastrointestinal and Oesophageal Pathology, 2nd ed., pp. 249-274 [R Whitehead, editor]. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone

see also:
Acetate-producing bacteria
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Metabolic significance of the gut microflora
Macfarlane et al. 1995 In Gastrointestinal and Oesophageal Pathology, 2nd ed., pp. 249-274 [R Whitehead, editor]. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone
Towards the human intestinal microbiota phylogenetic core
Tap et al. 2009 Environ Microbiol 11: 2574-2584

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