Peptostreptococcaceae

Peptostreptococcaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Division:	Firmicutes
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Clostridiales
Family:	Peptostreptococcaceae; Garrity et al. 2001
Genera
	Acetoanaerobium; Asaccharospora; Clostridioides; Criibacterium; Filifactor; Intestinibacter; Paeniclostridium; Paraclostridium; Peptoanaerobacter; Peptoclostridium; Peptostreptococcus; Proteocatella; Romboutsia; Sporacetigenium; Tepidibacter; Terrisporobacter;

The Peptostreptococcaceae are a family of Gram-positive bacteria in the class Clostridia.

It appears to be over-represented in the guts of colorectal cancer patients.^[1] It is also very prominent in the feces of young cats.^[2]

References

^ Ahn, J.; Sinha, R.; Pei, Z.; Dominianni, C.; Wu, J.; Shi, J.; Goedert, J. J.; Hayes, R. B.; Yang, L. (18 December 2013). "Human Gut Microbiome and Risk for Colorectal Cancer". J Natl Cancer Inst. 105 (24): 1907–1911. doi:10.1093/jnci/djt300. PMC 3866154. PMID 24316595.
^ Bermingham, EN; Young, W; Butowski, CF; Moon, CD; Maclean, PH; Rosendale, D; Cave, NJ; Thomas, DG (2018). "The Fecal Microbiota in the Domestic Cat (Felis catus) Is Influenced by Interactions Between Age and Diet; A Five Year Longitudinal Study". Frontiers in Microbiology. 9: 1231. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.01231. PMC 6018416. PMID 29971046.

GPAC-id by Joan López is an experimental JavaScript software for GPAC ("Gram-stain positive anaerobic cocci", Peptostreptococcus sp) identification. The methodology follows doi:10.1128/JCM.01872-06.

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