Inconstantimicrobium

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Inconstantimicrobium
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacillota
Class:
Clostridia
Order:
Eubacteriales
Family:
Clostridiaceae
Genus:
Inconstantimicrobium

Wylensek et al. 2021
Type species
Inconstantimicrobium porci
Wylensek et al. 2021

Inconstantimicrobium is a genus of Gram-positive and strictly anaerobic bacteria in the family Clostridiaceae. The genus was first described in 2021 following the isolation and genome-based characterization of the type species, Inconstantimicrobium porci , from the feces of a domestic pig in Germany. [1]

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Etymology

The name Inconstantimicrobium is derived from Latin: inconstans ("variable" or "inconstant") and microbium ("microbe"), referring to its variable morphology and growth behavior.

Species

As of 2025, two species have been validly published within this genus:

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). "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.
  2. ↑ Ueki, A.; Tonouchi, A.; Honma, S.; Kaku, N.; Ueki, K. (April 2025). "Inconstantimicrobium mannanitabidum sp. nov., a novel member of the family Clostridiaceae isolated from anoxic soil under the treatment of reductive soil disinfestation". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 75 (4). doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.006748. PMID   40215097.
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