Acidaminococcus

Acidaminococcus is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria), whose members are anaerobic diplococci that can use amino acids as the sole energy source for growth.[1] Like other members of the class Negativicutes, they are gram-negative, despite being Firmicutes, which are normally gram-positive.

Acidaminococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Firmicutes
Class:	Negativicutes
Order:	Selenomonadales
Family:	Acidaminococcaceae
Genus:	Acidaminococcus
Type species
A. fermentans

Etymology

The name Acidaminococcus derives from:
New Latin noun acidum (from Latin adjective acidus, sour), an acid; New Latin adjective aminus, amino; New Latin masculine gender noun coccus (from Greek masculine gender noun kokkos (κόκκος), grain, seed), coccus-shaped; New Latin masculine gender noun Acidaminococcus, the amino acid coccus.[2]

Species

The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely[2]

• A. fermentans ( Rogosa 1969 emend. Jumas-Bilak et al. 2007, species. (Type species of the genus).; Latin participle adjective fermentans, fermenting.)[3]
• A. intestini ( Jumas-Bilak et al. 2007, ; Latin genitive case noun intestini, of the intestine.)[4]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology
• Selenomonas

References

1. Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
2. Acidaminococcus entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2009-09-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. Jumas-Bilak, E.; Carlier, J. -P.; Jean-Pierre, H.; Mory, F.; Teyssier, C.; Gay, B.; Campos, J.; Marchandin, H. (2007). "Acidaminococcus intestini sp. Nov., isolated from human clinical samples". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (10): 2314–2319. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64883-0. PMID 17911303.