Name: Anaerostipes caccae Schwiertz et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cac’cae. Gr. fem. n. kakkê, human ordure, feces; N.L. gen. fem. n. caccae, of feces

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 14662; JCM 13470; L1-92; NCIMB 13811

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16S rRNA gene: AJ270487 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schwiertz A, Hold GL, Duncan SH, Gruhl B, Collins MD, Lawson PA, Flint HJ, 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.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 87. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1437-1438.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Anaerostipes Schwiertz et al. 2002. Publication: Schwiertz A, Hold GL, Duncan SH, Gruhl B, Collins MD, Lawson PA, Flint HJ, 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.
  • According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Anaerostipes Schwiertz et al. 2002

Assigned by: Schwiertz A, Hold GL, Duncan SH, Gruhl B, Collins MD, Lawson PA, Flint HJ, 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.

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Record number: 773261