Phocaeicola abscessus | |
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Species: | P. abscessus |
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Phocaeicola abscessus Al Masalma et al. 2009 | |
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CIP 109962, DSM 21584 |
Phocaeicola abscessus is a species of obligately anaerobic, Gram-negative bacterium in the family Bacteroidaceae . It is the type species of the genus Phocaeicola and was first isolated from a brain abscess sample from a human patient in Foça, Turkey. [1]
The species was first described in 2009, based on phylogenetic and phenotypic analyses. It was proposed as both a novel species and the type species of the newly established genus Phocaeicola. The genus name is derived from the ancient Greek city of Phocaea (modern-day Foça), where the type strain was isolated. [2]