Filifactor Collins et al. 1994
General information
Name
Filifactor
Valid publication
1994
Nomenclature type
Filifactor villosus
Etymology
L. n. <i>filum</i>, thread; L. masc. n. <i>factor</i>, a maker; N.L. masc. n. <i>Filifactor</i>, thread-maker.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are long rods. Filaments may be formed. Cells in young cultures are gram positive; the Gram reaction is variable in old cultures. Spores are oval and subterminal. The products of fermentation are acetate, butyrate, isobutyrate, formate, and isovalerate. Pyruvate is converted to butyrate. The cell walls contain an ornithine-D-asparagine-type murein.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M021702011304002 | Filifactor alocis | Species | 143361 |
M021702011304001 | Filifactor villosus | Species | 29374 |
References
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Collins, M.D., Lawson, P.A., Willems, A., Cordoba, J.J., Fernandez-Garayzabal, J., Garcia, P., Cai, J., Hippe, H., and Farrow, J.A.E. The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1994) 44:812-826.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-44-4-812]
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