@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.015289-0, author = "Eeckhaut, Venessa and Van Immerseel, Filip and Pasmans, Frank and De Brandt, Evie and Haesebrouck, Freddy and Ducatelle, Richard and Vandamme, Peter", title = "Anaerostipes butyraticus sp. nov., an anaerobic, butyrate-producing bacterium from Clostridium cluster XIVa isolated from broiler chicken caecal content, and emended description of the genus Anaerostipes", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2010", volume = "60", number = "5", pages = "1108-1112", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.015289-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.015289-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Four butyrate-producing isolates were obtained from the caecal content of a 4-week-old broiler chicken. The 16S rRNA gene sequences were determined and confirmed the close relatedness of the four isolates, which suggested that they were derived from a single bacterial clone. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that its closest relatives were members of cluster XIVa of the Clostridium subphylum of Gram-positive bacteria and that the closest related type strain was Anaerostipes caccae L1-92T (94.5 % similarity). Similarity levels of 96–98 % with sequences from uncultured bacteria from human stool samples were observed. On the basis of morphological, biochemical and phylogenetic characteristics, this strain is assigned to a novel species in the genus Anaerostipes, for which the name Anaerostipes butyraticus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 35-7T (=LMG 24724T =DSM 22094T). An emended description of the genus Anaerostipes is also provided.", }