: Intriguing Aerotolerant Gut Anaerobe with Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance and Pathogenic and Probiotic Roles in Human Health

Overview

Journal Gut Microbes

Specialties Gastroenterology
Microbiology

Date 2021 Jul 1

PMID 34196581

Citations 109

Authors

Jessica C Ezeji

Daven K Sarikonda

Austin Hopperton

Hailey L Erkkila

Daniel E Cohen

Sandra P Martinez

Fabio Cominelli

Tomomi Kuwahara

Armand E K Dichosa

Caryn E Good

Michael R Jacobs

Mikhail Khoretonenko

Alida Veloo

Alexander Rodriguez-Palacios

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Abstract

is the type strain for the genus , a group of gram-negative anaerobic bacteria that commonly colonize the gastrointestinal tract of numerous species. First isolated in the 1930s from a clinical specimen as , the strain was re-classified to form the new genus in 2006. Currently, the genus consists of 15 species, 10 of which are listed as 'validly named' (, and ) and 5 'not validly named' (, and ) by the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. The genus has been associated with reports of both beneficial and pathogenic effects in human health. Herein, we review the literature on the history, ecology, diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and genetics of this bacterium, illustrating the effects of on human and animal health.

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