Genus Lawsonibacter
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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").
Lawsonibacter Sakamoto et al. 2018, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus Sakamoto et al. 2018.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Lawsonibacter, a rod named after Paul A. Lawson, University of Oklahoma, for his many contributions to microbial taxonomy and phylogeny.
Valid publication: SAKAMOTO, M., IINO, T., YUKI, M. and OHKUMA, M. 2018. Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a butyrate-producing bacterium isolated from human faeces. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2074-2081.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus Sakamoto et al. 2018, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 3BBH22=JCM 32166=DSM 106493.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC371917.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: BFBT01000001.
Etymology: Gr. pref. a, not; Gr. n. sakchsakchâracirc;r, sugar; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus (from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. asaccharolyticus, not digesting sugar.
Source: Human.
Valid publication: SAKAMOTO, M., IINO, T., YUKI, M. and OHKUMA, M. 2018. Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a butyrate-producing bacterium isolated from human faeces. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2074-2081.
Original article in IJSEM Online