Biology:Acidaminococcus

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Short description: Genus of bacteria


Acidaminococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Acidaminococcales
Family:
Genus:
Acidaminococcus

Rogosa 1969
Type species
Acidaminococcus fermentans
Rogosa 1969
Species
  • A. fermentans
  • A. hominis
  • A. intestini
  • "A. massiliensis"
  • "A. provencensis"
  • "A. timonensis"

Acidaminococcus is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria), whose members are anaerobic diplococci that can use amino acids as the sole energy source for growth.[1] Like other members of the class Negativicutes, they are gram-negative, despite being Bacillota, which are normally gram-positive.

Etymology

The name Acidaminococcus derives from:
Neo-Latin noun acidum (from Latin adjective acidus, sour), an acid; Neo-Latin adjective aminus, amino; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun coccus (from Greek masculine gender noun kokkos (κόκκος), grain, seed), coccus-shaped; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Acidaminococcus, the amino acid coccus.[1]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)[2]

16S rRNA based LTP_08_2023[3][4][5] 120 single copy marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[6][7][8]

A. intestini

A. fermentans

A. hominis Abdugheni et al. 2023

A. intestini Jumas-Bilak et al. 2007[9]

"A. provencensis" Takakura et al. 2019

"A. timonensis" Ricaboni et al. 2017

A. fermentans Rogosa 1969[10]

"A. massiliensis" Ricaboni et al. 2017

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4674086 entry