Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Kingdom: | Bacillati |
Phylum: | Bacillota |
Class: | Clostridia |
Order: | Tissierellales |
Family: | Peptoniphilaceae |
Genus: | Peptoniphilus |
Species: | P. asaccharolyticus |
Binomial name | |
Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus (Distaso 1912) Ezaki et al. 2001 [1] | |
Synonyms | |
Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus is a species of bacteria belonging to the family Peptoniphilaceae. The cells are small, spherical, and can occur in short chains, in pairs or individually. [2] Peptostreptococcus are slow-growing bacteria sometimes resistant to antimicrobial drugs. [3]
Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus is present as part of the microbiota of the lower reproductive tract of women and has been recovered from women with pelvic inflammatory disease. [4] [5]
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