Acidaminococcus

Acidaminococcus is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria), whose members are anaerobic diplococci that can use amino acids as the sole energy source for growth.[1] Like other members of the class Negativicutes, they are gram-negative, despite being Firmicutes, which are normally gram-positive.

Acidaminococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Firmicutes
Class:
Negativicutes
Order:
Selenomonadales
Family:
Acidaminococcaceae
Genus:
Acidaminococcus
Type species
A. fermentans

Etymology

The name Acidaminococcus derives from:
New Latin noun acidum (from Latin adjective acidus, sour), an acid; New Latin adjective aminus, amino; New Latin masculine gender noun coccus (from Greek masculine gender noun kokkos (κόκκος), grain, seed), coccus-shaped; New Latin masculine gender noun Acidaminococcus, the amino acid coccus.[2]

Species

The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely[2]

  • A. fermentans ( Rogosa 1969 emend. Jumas-Bilak et al. 2007, species. (Type species of the genus).; Latin participle adjective fermentans, fermenting.)[3]
  • A. intestini ( Jumas-Bilak et al. 2007, ; Latin genitive case noun intestini, of the intestine.)[4]
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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". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.]
  2. Acidaminococcus entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.]
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2009-09-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Jumas-Bilak, E.; Carlier, J. -P.; Jean-Pierre, H.; Mory, F.; Teyssier, C.; Gay, B.; Campos, J.; Marchandin, H. (2007). "Acidaminococcus intestini sp. Nov., isolated from human clinical samples". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (10): 2314–2319. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64883-0. PMID 17911303.


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