Allocoprobacillus
| Allocoprobacillus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Erysipelotrichia |
| Order: | Erysipelotrichales |
| Family: | Erysipelotrichaceae |
| Genus: | Allocoprobacillus Teng et al. 2023[1] |
| Species: | A. halotolerans |
| Binomial name | |
| Allocoprobacillus halotolerans Teng et al. 2023 | |
Allocoprobacillus is a monotypic genus of Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria in the family Erysipelotrichaceae.[2] Its only recognized species and type species is Allocoprobacillus halotolerans.[1][3] The type strain, LH1062T (= DSM 114537T = NCTC 14686T), was isolated from a human fecal sample.[3]
Characteristics
The published phenotypic description is based on the single type strain. Cells are rod-shaped and occur in chains. The strain is catalase-negative and oxidase-negative, and it forms hemolytic colonies. Colonies grown on brain heart infusion agar for 48 hours are circular, smooth, shiny, and approximately 0.3–0.4 mm in diameter.[3][2]
It grows well at 30–40 °C and weakly at 45 °C. The strain tolerates media containing 1–20% sodium chloride, although growth is delayed at concentrations of 7–20%. The predominant cellular fatty acid is C16:0.[3]
The type strain has a genome of approximately 2.9 megabases (Mb) with a G+C content of 31.3 mol%.[3]
Taxonomy and name
The generic name combines the Greek words allos, meaning another or different, and kopros, meaning feces, with the Latin bacillus, meaning a small rod. The species epithet halotolerans means salt-tolerating.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Genus: Allocoprobacillus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- 1 2 Carella, Arianna; Carroll, Karen C.; Munson, Erik (2024). "Update on novel validly published and included bacterial taxa derived from human clinical specimens and taxonomic revisions published in 2023". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 62 (12) e01004-24. doi:10.1128/jcm.01004-24. PMC 11633100. PMID 39495305.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Teng, Nancy M. Y.; Kiu, Raymond; Evans, Rhiannon; Baker, David J.; Zenner, Christian; Robinson, Stephen D.; Hall, Lindsay J. (2023). "Allocoprobacillus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov and Coprobacter tertius sp. nov., isolated from human gut microbiota". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 73 (7) 005950. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.005950. PMID 37417270.