Slackia isoflavoniconvertens

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Slackia isoflavoniconvertens
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Coriobacteriia
Order: Eggerthellales
Family: Eggerthellaceae
Genus: Slackia
Species:
S. isoflavoniconvertens
Binomial name
Slackia isoflavoniconvertens
Matthies et al 2009 [1]
Type strain [2]
CCUG 57679, DSM 22006, HE8, JCM 16137

Slackia isoflavoniconvertens is a bacterium from the genus Slackia which has been isolated from faeces of a human from Nuthetal in Germany. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] Slackia isoflavoniconvertens can metabolize daidzein and genistein, [6] two compounds in the class of isoflavones.

References

  1. 1 2 Parte, A.C. "Slackia". LPSN .
  2. ↑ "DSM 22006 Strain Passport - StrainInfo". www.straininfo.net.
  3. ↑ "Slackia isoflavoniconvertens". www.uniprot.org.
  4. ↑ Parker, Charles Thomas; Taylor, Dorothea; Garrity, George M (2009). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Slackia isoflavoniconvertens". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.14589.
  5. ↑ "Details: DSM-22006". www.dsmz.de.
  6. 1 2 Matthies, A; Loh, G; Blaut, M; Braune, A (January 2012). "Daidzein and genistein are converted to equol and 5-hydroxy-equol by human intestinal Slackia isoflavoniconvertens in gnotobiotic rats". The Journal of Nutrition. 142 (1): 40–6. doi: 10.3945/jn.111.148247 . PMID   22113864.
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