Table 1.

Characteristics of JE7A12^T compared with members of the genus Ruminococcus

Fermentation data for R. champanellensis and R. gauvereauii were taken from Chassard et al. [15] and Domingo et al. [42], respectively. Fermentation data for all other species were taken from Ezaki [3]. +, Positive; −, negative; sd, strain dependent; w, weak reaction; nd., no data; A, acetate; F, formate; S, succinate; *, average based on all assemblies in the NCBI database.

Characteristic	JE7A12T	R. albus	R. bromii	R. callidus	R. champanellensis	R. flavefaciens	R. gauvreauii	R. gnavus	R. lactaris	R. torques
Genomic DNA G+C content (mol%)	34.6	44.7*	41.0*	49.1*	53.3*	46.9*	47.6*	42.7*	42.7*	41.7
Genome size (Mbp)	2.44	3.71*	2.15*	3.10*	2.54*	2.70*	4.10*	3.50*	2.73*	3.00*
Major fermentation product(s)	A	A, F	A	A, S	A, S	A, F, S	A	A, F	A, F	A, L
Fermentation of:
Arabinose	–	–	–	–	nd	–	nd	+	–	–
Cellobiose	–	+	–	+	+	+	–	–	–	–
Glucose	+	+	+	+	–	–	nd	+	+	+
Lactose	–	+	–	+	–	+	–	–	+	+
Mannose	–	+	w/–	–	–	–	nd	–	w/–	w/–
Maltose	+	–	+	+	–	–	nd	+	sd	w
Mannitol	–	–	–	–	nd	–	nd	–	+	–
Raffinose	–	–	–	+	–	–	–	+	–	–