Faecalibacterium

Faecalibacterium



Domain : Bacteria

Phylum : Firmicutes

Class : Clostridia

Order : Clostridiales

Family : Ruminococcaceae

Genus : Faecalibacterium



Faecalibacterium Duncan et al. 2002, gen. nov.

Type species: Faecalibacterium prausnitzii (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Duncan et al. 2002.

Etymology: N.L. adj. faecalis (from L. n. faex faecis), pertaining to feces; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Faecalibacterium, rod from feces, as this bacterium is abundant in feces, with the colon its presumed habitat.

Valid publication: DUNCAN (S.H.), HOLD (G.L.), HARMSEN (H.J.M.), STEWART (C.S.) and FLINT (H.J.): Growth requirements and fermentation products of Fusobacterium prausnitzii, and a proposal to reclassify it as Faecalibacterium prausnitzii gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 2141-2146.



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