Alistipes finegoldii
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| Alistipes finegoldii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
| Class: | Bacteroidia |
| Order: | Bacteroidales |
| Family: | Rikenellaceae |
| Genus: | Alistipes |
| Species: | A. finegoldii |
| Binomial name | |
| Alistipes finegoldii Rautio et al. 2003[1] | |
| Type strain[2] | |
| AHN 2437, ANH 2437, CCUG 46020, CIP 107999, DSM 17242, JCM 16770, VTT E-093113T | |
Alistipes finegoldii is a bacterium from the genus of Alistipes which has been isolated from appendix tissue from a human from Helsinki in Finland.[1][3][4][5][6] The species is named in honor of Sydney M. Finegold.[7] A. finegoldii is a gram negative straight rod shaped bacterium commonly found in the human gut biome that grows anaerobically.[8] The general size ranges from 0.8 to 2 micrometers in length with rounded ends.