Alistipes

A.li.sti'pes. L. adj. alius other; L. masc. n. stipes a log, stock, post, trunk of a tree, stick; N.L. masc. n. alistipes the other stick. Bacteroidetes / Bacteroidia / Bacteroidales / Rikenellaceae / Alistipes Straight or slightly curved rods 0.2–0.9 µm in diameter × 0.5–4 µm in length, with rounded ends. Swellings may occur, but spores are not formed. Cells usually occur singly or in pairs, occasionally in longer filaments. Nonmotile. Gram negative. Obligately anaerobic . Indole is produced. Gelatin is digested. Nitrate is not reduced to nitrite. Arginine and urea are not hydrolyzed. Produce succinic acid as the major glucose metabolic end product , with minor amounts of acetic acid. The major long‐chain fatty acid produced is C 15:0 iso. DNA G + C content ( mol %): 55–58. Type species : Alistipes putredinis (Weinberg, Nativelle and Prévot 1937) Rautio, Eerola, Väisänen‐Tunkelrott, Molitoris, Lawson, Collins and Jousimies‐Somer 2003b, 1701 (Effective publication: Rautio, Eerola, Väisänen‐Tunkelrott, Molitoris, Lawson, Collins and Jousimies‐Somer 2003a, 186.) ( Bacillus putredinis Weinberg, Nativelle and Prévot 1937, 755; Ristella putredinis Prévot 1938, 291; Bacteroides putredinis Kelly 1957, 420).