Acidaminococcus is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (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 Bacillota, which are normally gram-positive.
The name Acidaminococcus derives from:Neo-Latin noun acidum (from Latin adjective acidus, sour), an acid; Neo-Latin adjective aminus, amino; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun coccus (from Greek masculine gender noun kokkos (κόκκος), grain, seed), coccus-shaped; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Acidaminococcus, the amino acid coccus.
[1] The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)[2] A. intestini A. fermentans A. hominis Abdugheni et al. 2023 A. intestini Jumas-Bilak et al. 2007[9] "A. provencensis" Takakura et al. 2019 "A. timonensis" Ricaboni et al. 2017 A. fermentans Rogosa 1969[10] "A. massiliensis" Ricaboni et al. 2017
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