Floccifex porci

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Floccifex porci
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacillota
Class:
Erysipelotrichia
Order:
Erysipelotrichales
Family:
Erysipelotrichaceae
Genus:
Floccifex
Species:
F. porci
Binomial name
Floccifex porci
Wylensek et al. 2021
Type strain
LKV-178-WT-2G (=DSM 104670 =JCM 34421)

Floccifex porci is a species of Gram-positive and strictly anaerobic bacteria in the family Erysipelotrichaceae. It is the sole validly published species in the genus Floccifex and was first isolated from the feces of a healthy domestic pig in Germany. [1]

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Morphology and physiology

F. porci is a non-motile, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped prokaryote. It grows exclusively under anaerobic conditions and forms flocculent (tuft-like) aggregates in liquid culture, an attribute reflected in the genus name (floccus = tuft, fex = maker). [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Wylensek, D.; Hitch, T.C.A.; Riedel, T.; Afrizal, A.; Kumar, N.; Wortmann, E.; Liu, T.; Devendran, S.; Lesker, T.R.; Clavel, T. (2020-12-15). "A collection of bacterial isolates from the pig intestine reveals functional and taxonomic diversity". Nature Communications. 11: 6389. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19929-w. PMC   7738495 . PMID   33319778.
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