Anaerotruncus

Anaerotruncus is a bacterial genus from the family of Clostridiaceae, with one known species (Anaerotruncus colihominis).[1][2] Anaerotruncus bacteria occur in the human vaginal flora and gut.[3][4]

Anaerotruncus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Firmicutes
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Clostridiales
Family:	Clostridiaceae
Genus:	Anaerotruncus Lawson et al. 2004[1]
Species
A. colihominis[1]

References

1. Parte, A.C. "Anaerotruncus". LPSN.
2. "Anaerotruncus". www.uniprot.org.
3. Marchesi, editor, Julian R. (2014). The human microbiota and microbiome. Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 978-1-780-64049-5.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
4. Ravishankar, Rai V (2015). Advances in Food Biotechnology. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-86447-0.

Further reading

• Lau, S K P (1 July 2006). "Bacteraemia caused by Anaerotruncus colihominis and emended description of the species". Journal of Clinical Pathology. 59 (7): 748–752. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.031773. PMC 1860411. PMID 16467163.
• Lawson, P. A. (1 March 2004). "Anaerotruncus colihominis gen. nov., sp. nov., from human faeces". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (2): 413–417. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02653-0. PMID 15023953.
• Jason, Tetro; Emma, Allen-Vercoe (2016). The Human Microbiome Handbook. DEStech Publications. ISBN 978-1-605-95159-1.
• Niall, Hyland; Catherine, Stanton (2016). The Gut-Brain Axis: Dietary, Probiotic, and Prebiotic Interventions on the Microbiota. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-128-02544-4.