Alistipes is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria).
The name Alistipes derives from:
Latin adjective alius, other; Latin masculine gender noun stipes, a log, stock, post, trunk of a tree, stick; New Latin masculine gender noun alistipes, the other stick.
The genus contains 5 species, namely
A. finegoldii ( Rautio et al. 2003, ; New Latin genitive case masculine gender noun finegoldii, of Finegold, in honor of Sydney Finegold, a researcher in anaerobic bacteriology and infectious diseases clinician.)
A. indistinctus ( Nagai et al. 2010, ; Latin masculine gender adjective indistinctus, not properly distinguished or indistinct, referring to the biochemical characteristics compared with those of phylogenetically related species.)
A. onderdonkii ( Song et al. 2006, ; New Latin genitive case masculine gender noun onderdonkii, of Onderdonk, to honour Andrew B. Onderdonk, an American microbiologist, for his contribution to increased knowledge about intestinal microbiota and anaerobic bacteria.)
A. putredinis ( (Weinberg et al. 1937) Rautio et al. 2003, (Type species of the genus).; Latin noun putredo -inis, rottenness, putridity; Latin genitive case noun putredinis, of putridity.)
A. shahii ( Song et al. 2006, ; New Latin genitive case masculine gender noun shahii, of Shah, to honour Haroun N. Shah, for his contribution to anaerobic bacteriology.)
