Abiotrophia
Abiotrophia is a genus of lactic acid bacteria, a family in the phylum Bacillota.
Species
The genus contains 4 species of coccus shaped species, 2 are former members of the genus Streptococcus, which were transferred in 1995 to the newly coined genus Abiotrophia:A. adiacens A. defectiva Kawamura et ''al. 1995, comb. nov.Other 2 are latter additions:A. balaenopterae A. elegans Abiotrophia elegans was reclassified to Granulicatella elegans.
In 2000, Collins and Lawsons further differentiated A. adiacens, A. balaenopterae and A. elegans from A. defectiva by placing them into the new genus Granulicatella''.
Etymology
The name Abiotrophia derives from:Greek language|Greek] prefix ἄ -, negative ; Greek noun βιος , life; Greek noun τροφιά , nutrition; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Abiotrophia, life-nutrition-deficiency.
Genome Sequence
For the Human Microbiome Project, the genome of Abiotrophia defectiva ATCC 49176 has been sequenced as it is a resident of human oral cavity and urogenital and intestinal tracts and is a cause of infective endocarditis,showing it to have 3291 protein encoded in a 3.4774 Mbp genome with a GC content of 37.0%