Ruminococcus torques
Gut Isolate
Ruminococcus torques (GenBank Accession Number for 16S rRNA gene: D14137) is a member of the Firmicutes division of the domain bacteria. In one comprehensive 16S rDNA sequence- based enumeration of the colonic microbiota of three healthy adult humans, it represents, on average, 0.482% of all 16S rDNA sequences and 0.949% of the sequences in its division (Eckburg et. al. (2005)). The sequenced strain was obtained from ATCC (ATCC# 27756). This is from the HGMI project.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Erica Sodergren | The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine |
| Jeffrey Gordon | Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine |
| Claire Fraser-Liggett | University of Maryland School of Medicine |
| David Relman | Stanford University |
| Ruth Ley | Department of Microbiology, Cornell University |
Sequences & Maps
Assemblies
| Name | Date | Description | Blast DBs |
| Ruminococcus_torques-1.0 | Aug 08, 2006 | 11.6X | contigs |
| Ruminococcus_torques-2.0.1 | Feb 04, 2007 | 13X improved draft | contigs supercontigs |
