Anaerostipes Explained

Anaerostipes is a Gram positive and anaerobic bacterial genus from the family of Lachnospiraceae.^{[1] [2]} Anaerostipes occurs in the human gut.^[3] Anaerostipes may protect against colon cancer in humans by producing butyric acid.^[4]

Further reading

• Schwiertz. A. Hold. GL. Duncan. SH. Gruhl. B. Collins. MD. Lawson. PA. Flint. HJ. Blaut. M. Anaerostipes caccae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new saccharolytic, acetate-utilising, butyrate-producing bacterium from human faeces.. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. April 2002. 25. 1. 46–51. 10.1078/0723-2020-00096. 12086188. 2002SyApM..25...46S.
• Kant. Ravi. Rasinkangas. Pia. Satokari. Reetta. Pietilä. Taija E.. Palva. Airi. Genome Sequence of the Butyrate-Producing Anaerobic Bacterium Anaerostipes hadrus PEL 85. Genome Announcements. 2 April 2015. 3. 2. e00224-15. 10.1128/genomeA.00224-15. 25838483. 4384487.
• Book: Paul. De Vos . etal. Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology.. 2009. Springer. Dordrecht. 978-0-387-68489-5. 2nd.

Notes and References

1. Anaerostipes. www.uniprot.org.
2. Anaerostipes. Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. 1–4. 1 January 2015. 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00638. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. en. 9781118960608.
3. Book: Andreas. Schwiertz. Microbiota of the Human Body: Implications in Health and Disease. 2016. Springer. 978-3-319-31248-4.
4. Xia. Li C.. Liu. Gang. Gao. Yingxin. Li. Xiaoxin. Pan. Hongfei. Ai. Dongmei. 2019. Identifying Gut Microbiota Associated With Colorectal Cancer Using a Zero-Inflated Lognormal Model. Frontiers in Microbiology. English. 10. 826. 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00826. 31068913. 6491826. 1664-302X. free.