Phocaeicola abscessus
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| Species: | P. abscessus
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| Phocaeicola abscessus Al Masalma et al. 2009
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| CIP 109962, DSM 21584 | |
Phocaeicola abscessus is a species of obligately anaerobic, Gram-negative bacterium in the family Bacteroidaceae. It is the type species of the genus Phocaeicola and was first isolated from a brain abscess sample from a human patient in Foça, Turkey.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]The species was first described in 2009, based on phylogenetic and phenotypic analyses. It was proposed as both a novel species and the type species of the newly established genus Phocaeicola. The genus name is derived from the ancient Greek city of Phocaea (modern-day Foça), where the type strain was isolated.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Species: Phocaeicola abscessus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Leibniz Institute DSMZ–German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ Al Masalma, M.; Raoult, D.; Roux, V. (2009). "Phocaeicola abscessus gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from a human brain abscess sample". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (9): 2232–2237. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.007823-0. PMID 19620382.