Genus Anaerofustis
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Anaerofustis Finegold et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Anaerofustis stercorihominis Finegold et al. 2004.
Etymology: Gr. pref. an-, without; Gr. masc. n. aer, air; L. masc. n. fustis, stick; N.L. masc. n. Anaerofustis, stick living without air.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 98. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1005-1006.
Effective publication: FINEGOLD (S.M.), LAWSON (P.A.), VAISANEN (M.L.), MOLITORIS (D.R.), SONG (Y.), LIU (C.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Anaerofustis stercorihominis gen. nov., sp. nov., from human feces. Anaerobe, 2004, 10, 41-45.
Validation List no. 98 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Anaerofustis stercorihominis Finegold et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) WAL 14563 = ATCC BAA-858 = CCUG 47767.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ518871.
Etymology: L. neut. n. stercus -oris, dung, excrements, ordure; L. gen. n. hominis, of human; N.L. gen. n. stercorihominis, of human feces.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 98. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1005-1006.
Effective publication: FINEGOLD (S.M.), LAWSON (P.A.), VAISANEN (M.L.), MOLITORIS (D.R.), SONG (Y.), LIU (C.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Anaerofustis stercorihominis gen. nov., sp. nov., from human feces. Anaerobe, 2004, 10, 41-45.
Validation List no. 98 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: In the etymology provided by Finegold et al. 2004, the L. n. stercus is erroneously cited as stercor.