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Bacterial species of the genusPrevotella represent a numerically dominant microbial population in the rumen of cattle. They belong to the phylogenetic divisionCytophaga-Flexibacter-Bacteroides (CFB) which is a large group of ecologically diverse bacteria with only a few shared traits. The phylogenetic descent from a common ancestor seems to be unquestionable, however, as judged from the small subunit ribosomal RNA analysis. Only 4 ruminalPrevotella species have been described to date, even though the sequence analysis of directly retrieved 16S rRNA genes indicates a large genetic diversity within this group of rumen bacteria. The closest relatives of ruminalPrevotella spp. are not surprisingly other species of the genusPrevotella, typically inhabiting the gastrointestinal tract, oral cavity and genital areas of other animals and man. The previous phylogenetic analysis showed that species of the genusPrevotella can be split into two groups or superclusters, the “ruminal” and the “non-ruminal prevotellas”. One of 4 currently described ruminalPrevotella spp.,i.e. P. albensis, has been placed outside the supercluster containing ruminalPrevotella spp. and within the supercluster containing the non-ruminalPrevotella spp. However, the number of available small subunit rRNA sequences from this species represents only a fraction of all known ruminalPrevotella sequences.
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Avguštin, G., Ramšak, A. & Peterka, M. Systematics and evolution of ruminal species of the genusPrevotella . Folia Microbiol 46, 40–44 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02825882
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