@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.044719-0, author = "Looft, T. and Levine, U. Y. and Stanton, T. B.", title = "Cloacibacillus porcorum sp. nov., a mucin-degrading bacterium from the swine intestinal tract and emended description of the genus Cloacibacillus", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2013", volume = "63", number = "Pt_6", pages = "1960-1966", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.044719-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.044719-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "A novel anaerobic, mesophilic, amino-acid-fermenting bacterium, designated strain CL-84T, was isolated from the swine intestinal tract on mucin-based media. Cells were curved rods (0.8–1.2×3.5–5.0 µm), stained Gram-negative and were non-motile with no evidence of spores. Strain CL-84T produced acetate, propionate, formate and butyrate as the end products of metabolism when grown on serine. Optimum growth occurred at 39 °C and pH 6.5. The major cellular fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 3-OH, iso-C17 : 0 and C16 : 0, distinguishing strain CL-84T from closely related species. The DNA G+C content of strain CL-84T was 55.1 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain CL-84T shared 90–95 % similarity with characterized genera within the phylum Synergistetes , family Synergistaceae . Phylogenetic analysis showed that strain CL-84T was related to, but distinct from, Cloacibacillus evryensis . Based on these findings, we propose that strain CL-84T represents a novel species of the genus Cloacibacillus . We further propose the name Cloacibacillus porcorum sp. nov. be designated for this species. The type strain is CL-84T ( = DSM 25858T = CCUG 62631T). An emended description of the genus Cloacibacillus is provided.", }