Genus Anaerostipes
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
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).
Anaerostipes Schwiertz et al. 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Anaerostipes caccae Schwiertz et al. 2002.
Etymology: Gr. pref. an, not; Gr. n. aer aeros, air; L. masc. n. stipes, a log, trunk, stick; N.L. masc. n. Anaerostipes, a stick not living in air.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 87. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1437-1438.
Effective publication: SCHWIERTZ (A.), HOLD (G.L.), DUNCAN (S.H.), GRUHL (B.), COLLINS (M.D.), LAWSON (P.A.), FLINT (H.J.) and BLAUT (M.): Anaerostipes caccae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new saccharolytic, acetate-utilising, butyrate-producing bacterium from human faeces. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2002, 25, 46-51.
Validation List no. 87 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ Anaerostipes Schwiertz et al. 2002 emend. Eeckhaut et al. 2010.
Reference: EECKHAUT (V.), VAN IMMERSEEL (F.), PASMANS (F.), DE BRANDT (E.), HAESEBROUCK (F.), DUCATELLE (R.) and VANDAMME (P.): Anaerostipes butyraticus sp. nov., an anaerobic, butyrate-producing bacterium from Clostridium cluster XIVa isolated from broiler chicken caecal content, and emended description of the genus Anaerostipes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1108-1112.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Anaerostipes butyraticus Eeckhaut et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 35-7 = DSM 22094 = JCM 17466 = LMG 24724.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ947528.
Etymology: N.L. n. butyras -atis, butyrate; L. masc. suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to, related to; N.L. masc. adj. butyraticus, related to butyrate, i.e. producing butyrate.
Valid publication: EECKHAUT (V.), VAN IMMERSEEL (F.), PASMANS (F.), DE BRANDT (E.), HAESEBROUCK (F.), DUCATELLE (R.) and VANDAMME (P.): Anaerostipes butyraticus sp. nov., an anaerobic, butyrate-producing bacterium from Clostridium cluster XIVa isolated from broiler chicken caecal content, and emended description of the genus Anaerostipes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1108-1112.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Anaerostipes caccae Schwiertz et al. 2002, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) L1-92 = DSM 14662 = JCM 13470 = NCIMB 13811.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ270487.
Etymology: Gr. n. kakkê, human ordure, feces: N.L. gen. n. caccae, of feces.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 87. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1437-1438.
Effective publication: SCHWIERTZ (A.), HOLD (G.L.), DUNCAN (S.H.), GRUHL (B.), COLLINS (M.D.), LAWSON (P.A.), FLINT (H.J.) and BLAUT (M.): Anaerostipes caccae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new saccharolytic, acetate-utilising, butyrate-producing bacterium from human faeces. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2002, 25, 46-51.
Validation List no. 87 in IJSEM Online- Effective publication Online
Anaerostipes hadrus (Moore et al. 1976) Allen-Vercoe et al. 2013, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 29173=DSM 3319=VP 82-52.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FR749932.
Basonym: ¤ Eubacterium hadrum Moore et al. 1976
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. hadrus (from Gr. neut. adj. hadron), thick, bulky, referring to the relatively large size of the cell.
Source: Human.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 154. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63 (2013), 3931-3934.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: ALLEN-VERCOE, E., DAIGNEAULT, M., WHITE, A., PANACCIONE, R., DUNCAN, S. H., FLINT, H. J., O'NEAL, L. and LAWSON, P. A. 2012. Anaerostipes hadrus comb. nov., a dominant species within the human colonic microbiota; reclassification of Eubacterium hadrum Moore et al. 1976. Anaerobe, 18, 523-529.
Effective publication Online
Anaerostipes rhamnosivorans Bui et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 1y-2=DSM 26241=KCTC 15316.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX273468.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. rhamnosum, rhamnose; L. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. rhamnosivorans, devouring rhamnose.
Source: Human.
Valid publication: BUI, T. P., DE VOS, W. M. and PLUGGE, C. M. 2014. Anaerostipes rhamnosivorans sp. nov., a human intestinal, butyrate-forming bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 787-793.
Original article in IJSEM Online