Genus Anaerotruncus
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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).
Anaerotruncus Lawson et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Anaerotruncus colihominis Lawson et al. 2004.
Etymology: Gr. pref. an, without; Gr. masc. n. aer, air; L. masc. n. truncus, stick; N.L. masc. n. Anaerotruncus, a stick that lives without air.
Valid publication: LAWSON (P.A.), SONG (Y.), LIU (C.), MOLITORIS (D.R.), VAISANEN (M.L.), COLLINS (M.D.) and FINEGOLD (S.M.): Anaerotruncus colihominis gen. nov., sp. nov., from human faeces. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 413-417.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Anaerotruncus colihominis Lawson et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) WAL 14565 = CCUG 45055 = CIP 107754 = JCM 15631.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ315980.
Etymology: L. n. colum, colon; L. gen. n. hominis, of man; N.L. gen. n. colihominis, of the gut of man.
Valid publication: LAWSON (P.A.), SONG (Y.), LIU (C.), MOLITORIS (D.R.), VAISANEN (M.L.), COLLINS (M.D.) and FINEGOLD (S.M.): Anaerotruncus colihominis gen. nov., sp. nov., from human faeces. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 413-417.
Original article in IJSEM Online