Akkermansia

Akkermansia
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Verrucomicrobiota
Class:
Verrucomicrobiae
Order:
Verrucomicrobiales
Family:
Akkermansiaceae
Genus:
Akkermansia

Derrien et al. 2004[1]
Type species
Akkermansia muciniphila
Derrien et al. 2004
Species[2]

Akkermansia is a genus in the phylum Verrucomicrobiota (Bacteria).[2] The genus was first proposed by Derrien et al. (2004), with the type species Akkermansia muciniphila (gen. nov., sp. nov).[1]

Until 2016 the genus contained a single known species, namely A. muciniphila.[2] In 2016, Akkermansia glycaniphila was isolated in the feces of a reticulated python.[3]

  1. ^ a b Derrien M, Vaughan EE, Plugge CM, de Vos WM (September 2004). "Akkermansia muciniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a human intestinal mucin-degrading bacterium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (Pt 5): 1469–1476. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02873-0. PMID 15388697.
  2. ^ a b c "Genus: Akkermansia". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  3. ^ Ouwerkerk JP, Aalvink S, Belzer C, de Vos WM (November 2016). "Akkermansia glycaniphila sp. nov., an anaerobic mucin-degrading bacterium isolated from reticulated python faeces". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (11): 4614–4620. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001399. PMID 27499019.