Expanding the rumen Prevotella collection: The description of Prevotella communis, sp. nov. of ovine origin.

ABSTRACT: 27 strains representing eight new Prevotella species were isolated from rumen of a single sheep in eight weeks interval. One of the putative species encompassing the highest number of isolated strains which also exhibited some genetic variability in preliminary data, was then selected for description of a novel species. We examined six strains in genomic and phenotypic detail, two of which may actually be the same strain isolated nearly three weeks apart. Other strains formed clearly diverged intraspecies lineages as evidenced by core genome phylogeny and phenotypic differences. Strains of the proposed new Prevotella species are strictly saccharolytic as is usual for rumen Prevotella, and use plant cell-wall xylans and pectins for growth. However, the range of cell-wall polysaccharides uti

SUBMITTER: Grabner E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11198866 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature