Lachnospiraceae

Colony of Ruminococcus gnavus, from the Institute of Food Research.

Belongs within: Clostridium.

The Lachnospiraceae are a group of anaerobic bacteria found mostly in the gut of mammals, united on molecular phylogenetic grounds.

Lachnospiraceae
    |--Acetitomaculum GH01
    |--Anaerofilum GH01
    |--Coprococcus eutactus GH01, BS02
    |--Johnsonella GH01
    |--Roseburia cecicola GH01, KZ03
    |--Sporobacterium GH01
    |--Lachnospira pectinoschiza GH01, BS02
    |--Pseudobutyrivibrio GH01
    |    |--P. ruminis KZ03
    |    `--P. xylanivorans Kopečný, Zorec et al. 2003 KZ03
    |--Butyrivibrio GH01
    |    |--B. crossotus KZ03
    |    `--+--B. fibrisolvens KZ03
    |       `--+--B. hungatei Kopečný, Zorec et al. 2003 KZ03
    |          `--‘Clostridium’ proteoclasticum KZ03
    `--Ruminococcus GH01
         |--R. gnavus BS02
         |--R. hansenii BS02
         |--R. lactaris BS02
         |--R. obeum BS02
         |--R. productus [=Peptostreptococcus productus] PK03
         `--R. torques BS02

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BS02] Bonnet, R., A. Suau, J. Doré, G. R. Gibson & M. D. Collins. 2002. Differences in rDNA libraries of faecal bacteria derived from 10- and 25-cycle PCRs. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 52: 757–763.

[GH01] Garrity, G. M., & J. G. Holt. 2001. The road map to the Manual. In: Boone, D. R., R. W. Castenholz & G. M. Garrity (eds) Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology 2nd ed. vol. 1. The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria pp. 119–166. Springer.

[KZ03] Kopečný, J., M. Zorec, J. Mrázek, Y. Kobayashi & R. Marinšek-Logar. 2003. Butyrivibrio hungatei sp. nov. and Pseudobutyrivibrio xylanivorans sp. nov., butyrate-producing bacteria from the rumen. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53: 201–209.

[PK03] Parshina, S. N., R. Kleerebezem, J. L. Sanz, G. Lettinga, A. N. Nozhevnikova, N. A. Kostrikina, A. M. Lysenko & A. J. M. Stams. 2003. Soehningia saccharolytica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Clostridium amygdalinum sp. nov., two novel anaerobic, benzaldehyde-converting bacteria. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53: 1791–1799.