Alistipes

Alistipes
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacteroidetes
Class: Bacteroidia
Order: Bacteroidales
Family: Rikenellaceae
Genus: Alistipes
Type species
A. putredinis

Alistipes is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria).[1]

Etymology

The name Alistipes derives from:
Latin adjective alius, other; Latin masculine gender noun stipes, a log, stock, post, trunk of a tree, stick; New Latin masculine gender noun alistipes, the other stick.[2]

Species

The genus contains 5 species, namely[2]

See also

References

  1. Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Alistipes entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
  3. 3.0 3.1 Rautio, M.; Eerola, E.; Väisänen-Tunkelrott, M. L.; Molitoris, D.; Lawson, P.; Collins, M. D.; Jousimies-Somer, H. (2003). "Reclassification of (Weinberg et al., 1937) in a New Genus gen. Nov., as comb. Nov., and Description of sp. Nov., from Human Sources". Systematic and Applied Microbiology 26 (2): 182–188. doi:10.1078/072320203322346029. PMID 12866844.
  4. Nagai, F.; Morotomi, M.; Watanabe, Y.; Sakon, H.; Tanaka, R. (2009). "Alistipes indistinctus sp. Nov. And Odoribacter laneus sp. Nov., common members of the human intestinal microbiota isolated from faeces". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 60 (6): 1296–1302. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.014571-0.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Song, Y.; Könönen, E.; Rautio, M.; Liu, C.; Bryk, A.; Eerola, E.; Finegold, S. M. (2006). "Alistipes onderdonkii sp. Nov. And Alistipes shahii sp. Nov., of human origin". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56 (8): 1985–1990. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64318-0.