Family Acidaminococcaceae | Phylum Firmicutes Order Selenomonadales Rank Genus | |
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Similar Megasphaera, Lachnospiraceae, Veillonella, Selenomonad, Coprococcus | ||
Medical vocabulary what does acidaminococcus mean
Acidaminococcus is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria), whose members are anaerobic diplococci that can use amino acids as the sole energy source for growth. Like other members of the class Negativicutes, they are gram-negative, despite being Firmicutes, which are normally gram-positive.
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Etymology
The name Acidaminococcus derives from:
New Latin noun acidum (from Latin adjective acidus, sour), an acid; New Latin adjective aminus, amino; New Latin masculine gender noun coccus (from Greek masculine gender noun kokkos (κόκκος), grain, seed), coccus-shaped; New Latin masculine gender noun Acidaminococcus, the amino acid coccus.
Species
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
References
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