Tractidigestivibacter scatoligenes
| Tractidigestivibacter scatoligenes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Coriobacteriia |
| Order: | Coriobacteriales |
| Family: | Atopobiaceae |
| Genus: | Tractidigestivibacter |
| Species: | T. scatoligenes |
| Binomial name | |
| Tractidigestivibacter scatoligenes (Li et al. 2015) Zgheib et al. 2021 | |
| Type strain | |
| SK9K4 (= DSM 28304 = JCM 19907) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tractidigestivibacter scatoligenes is a Gram-positive, saccharolytic, non-spore-forming, strictly anaerobic, and non-motile bacterium in the family Atopobiaceae. It was originally isolated from pig feces in Denmark and is the type species of the genus Tractidigestivibacter.[1][2]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described in 2015 as Olsenella scatoligenes.[1] A phylogenomic revision of the family Atopobiaceae in 2021 transferred it to the newly established genus Tractidigestivibacter, resulting in the combination Tractidigestivibacter scatoligenes.[3] The List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature recognizes this as the correct name and treats Olsenella scatoligenes as a homotypic synonym.[4]
The specific epithet scatoligenes means “skatole-producing”, referring to the bacterium's production of skatole.[4]
Characteristics
Cells are Gram-positive, strictly anaerobic, non-motile, non-spore-forming coccobacilli. The species metabolizes indole-3-acetic acid to 3-methylindole (skatole) and produces 4-methylphenol (p-cresol) from p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid.[1] Skatole is an important contributor to boar taint, an undesirable odour and flavour that can occur in pork from uncastrated male pigs.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Li X, Jensen RL, Højberg O, Canibe N, Jensen BB (2015). "Olsenella scatoligenes sp. nov., a 3-methylindole- (skatole) and 4-methylphenol- (p-cresol) producing bacterium isolated from pig faeces". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65 (4): 1227–1233. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.000083. PMID 25634945.
- ↑ "Tractidigestivibacter scatoligenes DSM 28304". Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- ↑ Zgheib R, Anani H, Meng MM, Mailhe M, Ricaboni D, Morand A, Caputo A, Traore SI, Fontanini A, Armstrong N, Raoult D, Fournier PE (2021). "New human-associated species of the family Atopobiaceae and proposal to reclassify members of the genus Olsenella". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 71 (5): 004819. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004819. PMID 34047688.
- 1 2 "Species: Tractidigestivibacter scatoligenes". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 23 July 2026.