Phocaeicola abscessus is a species of obligately anaerobic, Gram-negative bacterium in the family Bacteroidaceae. It is the type species of the genus Phocaeicola and was first isolated from a brain abscess sample from a human patient in Foça, Turkey.[1]
| Phocaeicola abscessus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
| Class: | Bacteroidia |
| Order: | Bacteroidales |
| Family: | Bacteroidaceae |
| Genus: | Phocaeicola |
| Species: | P. abscessus |
| Binomial name | |
| Phocaeicola abscessus Al Masalma et al. 2009 | |
| Type strain | |
| CIP 109962, DSM 21584 | |
Taxonomy
editThe species was first described in 2009, based on phylogenetic and phenotypic analyses. It was proposed as both a novel species and the type species of the newly established genus Phocaeicola. The genus name is derived from the ancient Greek city of Phocaea (modern-day Foça), where the type strain was isolated.[2]
References
edit- ↑ "Species: Phocaeicola abscessus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Leibniz Institute DSMZ–German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ↑ Al Masalma, M.; Raoult, D.; Roux, V. (2009). "Phocaeicola abscessus gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from a human brain abscess sample". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (9): 2232–2237. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.007823-0. PMID 19620382.