Rothia mucilaginosa

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Gram stain Culture

General information
- Taxonomy
  Family: Micrococcaceae
  
  Formely Stomatococcus mucilaginosus
  
  Natural habitats
  Is a normal in habitant of the mouth and upper respiratory tract.
  
  Clinical significance
  It is an infrequent pathogen, mostly affecting severely immunocompromised patients.
  
  All kind of infections have been described.
Gram stain
- Gram positive cocci,
  
  occurring mostly in clusters
Culture characteristics
- Facultative anaerobic
  
  BA: colonies are mucoid or sticky, transparent to white, and nonhemolytic and often adhere to the agar.
  
  McConkey: no growth
  
  BBAØ: growth
  
  Capsule: they are usually encapsulated with a small amount of polysaccharide
Characteristics
References
- James Versalovic et al.(2011) Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10th Edition