Lachnospiraceae

Lachnospiraceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Firmicutes"
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Clostridiales
Family:	Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010[1]
Genera
Acetitomaculum[2] Anaerofilum[2] Anaerostipes[2] Butyrivibrio[2] Catenibacterium[2] Catonella[2] Coprococcus[2] Johnsonella[2] Lachnobacterium[2] Lachnospira[2] Oribacterium[2] Pseudobutyrivibrio[2] Roseburia[2] Ruminococcus[2] Shuttleworthia[2] Sporobacterium[2]

Lachnospiraceae is a bacterium family in the order of Clostridiales which occure in the human and mammal gut flora.^[2][3][4][5] All species of this family are anaerobe.^[5] Members of this family can cause obesity and can protect from colon cancer in humans by producing butyric acid.^[6]

Further reading

• Newton, R. J.; VandeWalle, J. L.; Borchardt, M. A.; Gorelick, M. H.; McLellan, S. L. (29 July 2011). "Lachnospiraceae and Bacteroidales Alternative Fecal Indicators Reveal Chronic Human Sewage Contamination in an Urban Harbor". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77 (19): 6972–6981. doi:10.1128/AEM.05480-11.
• Kameyama, Keishi; Itoh, Kikuji (2014). "Intestinal Colonization by a Lachnospiraceae Bacterium Contributes to the Development of Diabetes in Obese Mice". Microbes and Environments 29 (4): 427–430. doi:10.1264/jsme2.ME14054.
• editors, Paul De Vos ... [et al.], (2009). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. (2nd ed. ed.). Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN 0-387-68489-1.
• Almeida, edited by Susan S. Cho, Nelson (2012). Dietary fiber and health. Boca Raton: CRC Press. ISBN 1-439-89929-0.
• Olsen, LeighAnne; Choffnes,, Eileen R.; Academies, Alison Mack, rapporteurs ; Forum on Microbial Threats, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine of the National (2012). The social biology of microbial communities : workshop summary. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. ISBN 0-309-26432-4.
• Nelson, Karen E.; Peterson, editor ; foreword by Jane L.; Garges, Susan (2011). Metagenomics of the human body. New York: Springer. ISBN 1-441-97089-4.

References

1. LPSN bacterio.net
2. eol
3. editors, Phyllis Kanki, Darrell Jay Grimes, (2013). Infectious diseases selected entries from the Encyclopedia of sustainability science and technology. New York: Springer. ISBN 1-461-45719-X.
4. UniProt
5. editors, Paul De Vos ... [et al.], (2009). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. (2nd ed. ed.). Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN 0-387-68489-1.
6. Meehan, C. J.; Beiko, R. G. (12 March 2014). "A Phylogenomic View of Ecological Specialization in the Lachnospiraceae, a Family of Digestive Tract-Associated Bacteria". Genome Biology and Evolution 6 (3): 703–713. doi:10.1093/gbe/evu050.

External identifiers for Lachnospiraceae
Encyclopedia of Life	7764