Turicibacter

Turicibacter
Turicibacter sp. H121 cells under microscope
Turicibacter sp. H121 colonies
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacillota
Class:
Erysipelotrichia
Order:
Erysipelotrichales
Family:
Turicibacteraceae

Verbarg et al. 2020
Genus:
Turicibacter

Bosshard, Zbinden & Altwegg 2002
Type species
Turicibacter sanguinis
Bosshard, Zbinden & Altwegg 2002
Species
  • T. bilis Maki & Looft 2022
  • T. sanguinis Bosshard, Zbinden & Altwegg 2002

Turicibacter is a genus in the Bacillota phylum of bacteria that has most commonly been found in the guts of animals.[1] The genus is named after the city in which it was first isolated from the blood of a human, Zurich (Latin = Turicum), Switzerland.[2]

  1. ^ Auchtung TA, Holder ME, Gesell JR, Ajami NJ, Duarte RT, Itoh K, Caspi RR, Petrosino JF, Horai R, Zárate-Bladés CR (2016). "Complete Genome Sequence of Turicibacter sp. Strain H121, Isolated from the Feces of a Contaminated Germ-Free Mouse". Genome Announcements. 4 (2): e00114-16. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00114-16. PMC 4807225. PMID 27013036.
  2. ^ Bosshard PP, Zbinden R, Altwegg M (2002). "Turicibacter sanguinis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, Gram-positive bacterium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52: 1263–1266. doi:10.1099/00207713-52-4-1263. PMID 12148638.