Turicibacter
Genus of bacteria
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Turicibacter is a genus in the Bacillota phylum of bacteria that has most commonly been found in the guts of animals.[2] The genus is named after the city in which it was first isolated from the blood of a human, Zurich (Latin = Turicum), Switzerland.[3]
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| Turicibacter sp. H121 cells under microscope | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| 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 | |
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Phylogeny
The position of Turicibacter within the Bacillota could not be resolved using 16S rRNA gene-based analyses. However, it was tentatively placed in the class Bacilli, then the class Erysipelotrichia.[4]
In a tree built using a concatenated protein alignment containing data from two draft Turicibacter genomes, the group was placed at the base of the class Bacilli.[5] Later analyses that also included amino acid sequences predicted by a complete Turicibacter genome came to the same conclusion.[2]
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[6]
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