Acidaminococcus

Acidaminococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Negativicutes
Order:	Acidaminococcales
Family:	Acidaminococcaceae
Genus:	Acidaminococcus Rogosa 1969
Type species
Acidaminococcus fermentans Rogosa 1969
Species
A. fermentans A. hominis A. intestini "A. massiliensis" "A. provencensis" "A. timonensis"

Acidaminococcus is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (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 Bacillota, which are normally gram-positive.

Etymology

The name Acidaminococcus derives from:
Neo-Latin noun acidum (from Latin adjective acidus, sour), an acid; Neo-Latin adjective aminus, amino; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun coccus (from Greek masculine gender noun kokkos (κόκκος), grain, seed), coccus-shaped; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Acidaminococcus, the amino acid coccus. ^[1]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) ^[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). ^[2]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 [3] [4] [5]	120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220 [6] [7] [8]
Acidaminococcus A. intestini A. fermentans A. hominis	Acidaminococcus A. intestiniJumas-Bilak et al. 2007 [9] A. hominisAbdugheni et al. 2023 [incl. "A. provencensis" Takakura et al. 2019] "A. timonensis" Ricaboni et al. 2017 A. fermentansRogosa 1969 [10] "A. massiliensis" Ricaboni et al. 2017

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology
• Selenomonas
• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. A.C. Parte; et al. "Acidaminococcus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
2. C.L. Schoch; et al. "Acidaminococcus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
3. "The LTP" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
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5. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
6. "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
7. "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
8. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
9. 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.
10. "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names -- SKERMAN et al. 30 (1): 225 -- International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology". Archived from the original on 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2009-09-04.