''Rouxiella'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that, unlike gram-positive bacteria, do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. Their defining characteristic is that their cell envelope consists ...

bacteria Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of Prokaryote, prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micr ...

in the family

Yersiniaceae The Yersiniaceae are a family of Gram-negative bacteria that includes some familiar pathogens. For example, the type genus ''Yersinia'' includes ''Yersinia pestis'', the causative agent of plague. This family is a member of the order Enterobacte ...

. Members of this genus are rod-shaped, non-motile, and do not form spores. Colonies of genus ''Rouxiella'' are yellow or white colored. They are facultatively anaerobic and can grow in the temperature range of . The genus is named for

Émile Roux Pierre Paul Émile Roux FRS (; 17 December 18533 November 1933) was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist. Roux was one of the closest collaborators of Louis Pasteur (1822–1895), a co-founder of the Pasteur Institute, and respo ...

, a French bacteriologist and a close collaborator of

Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur (, ; 27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895) was a French chemist, pharmacist, and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, Fermentation, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization, the la ...

. The type species, '' Rouxiella chamberiensis'', was originally isolated from "parenteral nutrition bags used for premature newborns in neonatal intensive care units in Chambéry Hospital," and originally published in 2015. ''R. badensis'' and ''R. silvae'' were originally isolated from a

peat bog A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, and muske ...

, and ''R. aceris'' was isolated from tree sap.

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Gram-negative bacteria Bacteria genera Enterobacterales {{Enterobacterales-stub