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Genus Agathobaculum

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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").


Agathobaculum Ahn et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Agathobaculum butyriciproducens Ahn et al. 2016.
Etymology: Gr. adj. agathos, good; L. neut. n. baculum, small rod; N.L. masc. n. Agathobaculum, small rod beneficial bacterium.
Valid publication: AHN, S., JIN, T. E., CHANG, D. H., RHEE, M. S., KIM, H. J., LEE, S. J., PARK, D. S. and KIM, B. C. 2016. Agathobaculum butyriciproducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a strict anaerobic, butyrate-producing gut bacterium isolated from human faeces and reclassification of Eubacterium desmolans as Agathobaculum desmolans comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3656-3661.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Agathobaculum butyriciproducens Ahn et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SR79=KCTC 15532=DSM 100391.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP889099.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: N. L. n. acidum, butyricum butyric acid; L. pres. part. producens, producing; N.L. part. adj. butyriciproducens, producing butyric acid.
Source: Human.
Valid publication: AHN, S., JIN, T. E., CHANG, D. H., RHEE, M. S., KIM, H. J., LEE, S. J., PARK, D. S. and KIM, B. C. 2016. Agathobaculum butyriciproducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a strict anaerobic, butyrate-producing gut bacterium isolated from human faeces and reclassification of Eubacterium desmolans as Agathobaculum desmolans comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3656-3661.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Agathobaculum desmolans Ahn et al. 2016, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 43058=CCUG 27818.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: L34618.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: Gr. n. desmos, a bond; mod. chem. term desmolase, an enzyme splitting a carbon–carbon bond; N.L. part. adj. desmolans, making desmolase.
Source: Human.
Valid publication: AHN, S., JIN, T. E., CHANG, D. H., RHEE, M. S., KIM, H. J., LEE, S. J., PARK, D. S. and KIM, B. C. 2016. Agathobaculum butyriciproducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a strict anaerobic, butyrate-producing gut bacterium isolated from human faeces and reclassification of Eubacterium desmolans as Agathobaculum desmolans comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3656-3661.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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