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Roseomonas ludipueritiae is a species of Gram negative, strictly aerobic, coccobacilli-shaped, pale yellow-colored bacteria. It was first isolated from a children's day care center in 1995. Further work on the isolate led to the proposal of a new genus and species, Teichococcus ludipueritiae in 2003. Further work on T. ludipueritiae found that the species belonged in the genus Roseomonas, and also led to Muricoccus roseus being reclassified as Roseomonas rosea. The species name is derived from Latin ludus (garden) and pueritia (boyhood), referring to the kindergarten day care from which the species was first isolated.

The optimum growth temperature for R. ludipueritiae is 30 °C, but can grow in the 15-45 °C range.

References

1. Nutaratat P, Srisuk N, Duangmal K, Yurimoto H, Sakai Y, Muramatsu Y, Nakagawa Y. Roseomonas musae sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from a banana phyllosphere. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 2013 Mar 1;103(3):617-24.
2. Andersson MA, Nikulin M, Köljalg U, Andersson MC, Rainey F, Reijula K, Hintikka EL, Salkinoja-Salonen M. Bacteria, molds, and toxins in water-damaged building materials. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 1997 Feb 1;63(2):387-93.
3. Kämpfer P, Andersson MA, Jäckel U, Salkinoja-Salonen M. Teichococcus ludipueritiae gen. nov. sp. nov., and Muricoccus roseus gen. nov. sp. nov. representing two new genera of the α-1 subclass of the Proteobacteria. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 2003 Jan 1;26(1):23-9.
4. Sanchez-Porro C, Gallego V, Busse HJ, Kämpfer P, Ventosa A. Transfer of Teichococcus ludipueritiae and Muricoccus roseus to the genus Roseomonas, as Roseomonas ludipueritiae comb. nov. and Roseomonas rosea comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genus Roseomonas. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2009 May 1;59(5):1193-8.

External links

• Type strain of Roseomonas ludipueritiae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

• Rhodospirillales
• Bacteria described in 2009