Sharpea azabuensis
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| Species: | S. azabuensis
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| Sharpea azabuensis Morita et al. 2008
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| ST18 (=DSM 18934 = JCM 14210) | |
Sharpea azabuensis is a Gram-positive, strictly anaerobic, non-spore-forming, non-motile bacterium belonging to the genus Sharpea. It was first described in 2008 following its isolation from the feces of thoroughbred horses in Ibaraki, Japan.[1]
Ecology and distribution
In addition to its original isolation from horses, S. azabuensis has been recovered from the lower gastrointestinal tract of pigs [2] and from the rumen of calves.[3]
Etymology
The species epithet azabuensis is an arbitrary name referring to the Azabu "Academic Frontier" Project, which supported the study describing the species through Japan's Private Universities Matching Fund Subsidy.[4]
References
- ^ Morita, H.; Shiratori, C.; Murakami, M.; Takami, H.; Toh, H.; Kato, Y.; Nakajima, F.; Takagi, M.; Akita, H.; Masaoka, T.; Hattori, M. (2008). "Sharpea azabuensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, strictly anaerobic bacterium isolated from the faeces of thoroughbred horses". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58 (Pt 12): 2682–2686. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65543-0. PMID 19060040.
- ^ Rahman, N.; McCullough, T.; Orozco, D. F.; Walkowiak, S.; Farzan, A.; Shekarriz, S.; Surette, M. G.; Cicek, N.; Derakhshani, H. (2025). "Genomic characterization of antimicrobial resistance and mobile genetic elements in swine gut bacteria isolated from a Canadian research farm". Animal Microbiome. 7 (1): 66. doi:10.1186/s42523-025-00432-w. PMC 12175345. PMID 40533851.
- ^ "Sharpea azabuensis strain ST28 – BacDive entry". BacDive – the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase. Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ "Sharpea azabuensis – LPSN". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 16 July 2025.