''Rothia'' is a Gram-positive, aerobic,

rod-shaped A bacillus (), also called a bacilliform bacterium or often just a rod (when the context makes the sense clear), is a rod-shaped bacterium or archaeon. Bacilli are found in many different taxonomic groups of bacteria. However, the name ''Bacillu ...

and

non-motile Sessility is the biological property of an organism describing its lack of a means of self-locomotion. Sessile organisms for which natural ''motility'' is absent are normally immobile. This is distinct from the botanical concept of sessility, ...

bacterial genus from the family Micrococcaceae. ''Rothia'' bacteria can cause disease in humans and

immunosuppressed Immunosuppression is a reduction of the activation or efficacy of the immune system. Some portions of the immune system itself have immunosuppressive effects on other parts of the immune system, and immunosuppression may occur as an adverse reacti ...

humans. ''Rothia'' is prevalent in our saliva and it produces enterobactin. This is a strong iron-binding siderophore, which is produced by ''E. coli''. ''Rothia'' is also prevalent in our gut and causes the emergence of gastric atrophy and intestinal metaplasia.

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