Tractidigestivibacter
| Tractidigestivibacter | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Coriobacteriia |
| Order: | Coriobacteriales |
| Family: | Atopobiaceae |
| Genus: | Tractidigestivibacter Zgheib et al. 2021 |
| Type species | |
| Tractidigestivibacter scatoligenes (Li et al. 2015) Zgheib et al. 2021 | |
| Species | |
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Tractidigestivibacter is a genus of Gram-positive, strictly anaerobic, non-motile, and non-spore-forming bacteria in the family Atopobiaceae. Members of the genus have been isolated from pig and human feces.[1][2] The only species with a validly published name is Tractidigestivibacter scatoligenes.[3]
Taxonomy
The genus was established in 2021 during a phylogenomic reclassification of species previously assigned to the genus Olsenella.[4] Its type species, Tractidigestivibacter scatoligenes, was originally described as Olsenella scatoligenes in 2015 after isolation from pig feces in Denmark.[1] It was transferred to Tractidigestivibacter in 2021.[4]
The name Tractidigestivibacter is derived from Latin words referring to the digestive tract and a rod-shaped bacterium, giving the meaning "a rod from the digestive tract".[3]
Characteristics
Members of the genus are Gram-positive, saccharolytic, strictly anaerobic rods or coccobacilli. They are non-motile and do not form spores.[1][2]
Species
The genus contains one species with a validly published name and one additionally described species whose name has not been validly published:[3]
- Tractidigestivibacter scatoligenes (Li et al. 2015) Zgheib et al. 2021 – type species
- "Tractidigestivibacter montrealensis" Benlaïfaoui et al. 2023 – not validly published
References
- 1 2 3 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.
- 1 2 Benlaïfaoui M, Richard C, Diop A, Naimi S, Belkaid W, Bernet E, Veyrier F, Elkrief A, Bobay LM, Routy B, Diop K (2023). "Tractidigestivibacter montrealensis sp. nov., a new member of human gut microbiota isolated from a healthy volunteer". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 370 fnad058. doi:10.1093/femsle/fnad058. PMC 10396324. PMID 37348476.
- 1 2 3 "Genus: Tractidigestivibacter". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- 1 2 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.