Bacteroides fluxus

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Classification

Higher order taxa

Bacteria; Bacteroidetes; Bacteroidetes; Bacteroidales; Bacteroidaceae; Bacteroides

Species

Bacteroides fluxus is a newly recognized bacterium that is part of the diverse human gastrointestinal microbiome, and the GI microbiome of some other mammalians. The strain of B. fluxus that was isolated from human feces is known as YIT 12057. The short lived life span of this bacterium during observation led to the nomenclature of B. fluxus.

Current Research

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References

Watanabe, Y., Nagai, F., Morotomic, M., Sakon, H., and Tanaka, R. “”Bacteroides clarus sp. nov., Bacteroides fluxus sp. nov. and Bacteroides oleiciplenus sp. nov., isolated from human faeces”. “International Journal of Systematic and Evolutiony Microbiology”. 2010. Volume 60. p. 489-500.

Edited by (Samantha Nicholas), student of Rachel Larsen at the University of Southern Maine