Reclassification of Catabacter hongkongensis as Christensenella hongkongensis comb. nov. based on whole genome analysis.

ABSTRACT: The genera Catabacter (family 'Catabacteraceae') and Christensenella (family Christensenellaceae) are close relatives within the phylum Firmicutes. Members of these genera are strictly anaerobic, non-spore-forming and short straight rods with diverse phenotypes. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA genes suggest that Catabacter splits Christensenella into a polyphyletic clade. In an effort to ensure that family/genus names represent monophyletic clades, we performed a whole-genome based analysis of the genomes available for the cultured representatives of these genera: four species of Christensenella and two strains of Catabacter hongkongensis. A concatenated alignment of 135 shared protein sequences of single-copy core genes pres

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8289216 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature