Genus Lactonifactor
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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").
Lactonifactor Clavel et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Lactonifactor longoviformis Clavel et al. 2007.
Etymology: N.L. n. lactonum, lactone; L. masc. n. factor, maker; N.L. masc. n. Lactonifactor, producer of lactone.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 115. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 893-897.
Effective publication: CLAVEL (T.), LIPPMAN (R.), GAVINI (F.), DORÉ (J.) and BLAUT (M.): Clostridium saccharogumia sp. nov. and Lactonifactor longoviformis gen. nov., sp. nov., two novel human faecal bacteria involved in the conversion of the dietary phytoestrogen secoisolariciresinol diglucoside. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2007, 30, 16-26.
Validation List no. 115 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Lactonifactor longoviformis Clavel et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ED-Mt61/PYG-s6 = CCUG 51487 = DSM 17459.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ100449.
Etymology: L. adj. longus, long; L. n. ovum, egg; L. adj. suff. -formis (from L. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance), -like, in the shape of; N.L. masc. adj. longoviformis, shaped like a long egg.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 115. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 893-897.
Effective publication: CLAVEL (T.), LIPPMAN (R.), GAVINI (F.), DORÉ (J.) and BLAUT (M.): Clostridium saccharogumia sp. nov. and Lactonifactor longoviformis gen. nov., sp. nov., two novel human faecal bacteria involved in the conversion of the dietary phytoestrogen secoisolariciresinol diglucoside. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2007, 30, 16-26.
Validation List no. 115 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online