- Source: Anaerostipes
Anaerostipes is a Gram positive and anaerobic bacterial genus from the family of Lachnospiraceae. Anaerostipes occurs in the human gut. Anaerostipes may protect against colon cancer in humans by producing butyric acid.
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Further reading
Schwiertz, A; Hold, GL; Duncan, SH; Gruhl, B; Collins, MD; Lawson, PA; Flint, HJ; Blaut, M (April 2002). "Anaerostipes caccae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new saccharolytic, acetate-utilising, butyrate-producing bacterium from human faeces". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 25 (1): 46–51. Bibcode:2002SyApM..25...46S. doi:10.1078/0723-2020-00096. PMID 12086188.
Kant, Ravi; Rasinkangas, Pia; Satokari, Reetta; Pietilä, Taija E.; Palva, Airi (2 April 2015). "Genome Sequence of the Butyrate-Producing Anaerobic Bacterium Anaerostipes hadrus PEL 85". Genome Announcements. 3 (2): e00224-15. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00224-15. PMC 4384487. PMID 25838483.
De Vos, Paul; et al., eds. (2009). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-68489-5.