Dialister histaminiformans
| Dialister histaminiformans | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Negativicutes |
| Order: | Veillonellales |
| Family: | Veillonellaceae |
| Genus: | Dialister |
| Species: | D. histaminiformans |
| Binomial name | |
| Dialister histaminiformans (Garner et al. 2003) Heng et al. 2025 | |
| Type strain | |
| MR2 (= ATCC BAA-610 = CCUG 48567 = DSM 15230) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dialister histaminiformans is a Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic species of bacterium in the family Veillonellaceae. It produces histamine through the decarboxylation of histidine, which serves as its principal energy-yielding pathway.[1]
Characteristics
Cells are ovoid, non-motile, and non-spore-forming, and occur in pairs or chains. The species was originally isolated from the rumen of grain-fed cattle, with additional isolates recovered from bovine feces and the cecum of a horse.[1]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described as Allisonella histaminiformans. It was the type and only species of the genus Allisonella.[1][2]
In 2025, the species was transferred to Dialister as Dialister histaminiformans.[3] This transfer resulted in Allisonella being treated as a later heterotypic synonym of Dialister.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Garner, M. R.; Flint, J. F.; Russell, J. B. (2002). "Allisonella histaminiformans gen. nov., sp. nov. A novel bacterium that produces histamine, utilizes histidine as its sole energy source, and could play a role in bovine and equine laminitis". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 25 (4): 498–506. doi:10.1078/07232020260517625. PMID 12583709.
- 1 2 "Species: Dialister histaminiformans". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- ↑ Heng, Y. C.; Lee, J. K. Y.; Silvaraju, S.; Kittelmann, S. (2025). "Description of Megasphaera jansseni sp. nov., a novel short- and medium-chain fatty acid-producing species isolated from faeces of a wild boar (Sus scrofa), and a taxonomic note on the family Veillonellaceae". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 75. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.006937.