Butyricicoccus

RANK: Genus

TAXONOMY: Bacteria -> Terrabacteria group -> Firmicutes -> Clostridia -> Clostridiales -> Clostridiaceae -> Butyricicoccus

OVERVIEW:

Coccoid-shaped bacterium that produces butyrate. Butyricicoccus pullicaecorum gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, butyrate-producing bacterium isolated from the caecal content of a broiler chicken. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2799-2802.

This genus contains microbial species that can reside in the human gastrointestinal tract. [PMC 4262072]


Gut associated
Beta Galactosidase
Butyrate producer
Microbial Abundance Data: Butyricicoccus
Percent of total population with standard deviation [PMID: 22698087]. Percentages > 1% highlighted.
Buccal
Mucosa
Keratinized
Gingiva
Hard
Palate
Throat
Tonsils
Saliva
Stool
0.001 %
(0.006)
0.000 %
(0.003)
0.001 %
(0.006)
0.001 %
(0.005)
0.000 %
(0.002)
0.000 %
(0.002)
0.093 %
(0.182)
DESCENDANTS
METABOLOMICS   

Metabolic Endproducts
  • Butyrate

    • Transform Product
  • Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO)