''Acidaminococcus'' is a genus in the phylum
Bacillota
The Bacillota (synonym Firmicutes) are a phylum of bacteria, most of which have Gram-positive cell wall structure. They have round cells, called cocci (singular coccus), or rod-like forms (bacillus). A few Bacillota, such as '' Megasphaera'', ...
(Bacteria), whose members are Anaerobic organism, anaerobic diplococcus, diplococci that can use amino acids as the sole energy source for growth.
Like other members of the class Negativicutes, they are gram-negative, despite being
Bacillota
The Bacillota (synonym Firmicutes) are a phylum of bacteria, most of which have Gram-positive cell wall structure. They have round cells, called cocci (singular coccus), or rod-like forms (bacillus). A few Bacillota, such as '' Megasphaera'', ...
, which are normally gram-positive.
Etymology
The name ''Acidaminococcus'' derives from:
Neo-Latin noun ''acidum'' (from Latin adjective ''acidus'', sour), an acid; Neo-Latin adjective ''aminus'', amino; Neo-Latin grammatical gender, masculine gender noun ''coccus'' (from Ancient Greek language, Greek grammatical gender, masculine gender noun ''kokkos (κόκκος)'', grain, seed), coccus-shaped; Neo-Latin grammatical gender, masculine gender noun ''Acidaminococcus'', the amino acid coccus.
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)
and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
See also
* Bacterial taxonomy
* Microbiology
* ''Selenomonas''
* List of bacterial orders
* List of bacteria genera
References
Bacteria genera
Acidaminococcaceae
Gram-negative bacteria
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