Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.8445

Name

Akkermansia Derrien et al. 2004

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Akkermansiaceae Hedlund and Derrien 2012

Members

species	Akkermansia muciniphila Derrien et al. 2004 emend. Hahnke et al. 2016
species	Akkermansia glycaniphila Ouwerkerk et al. 2016

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Verrucomicrobia (sic) Hedlund 2021
class Verrucomicrobiae Hedlund et al. 1998 emend. Yoon et al. 2008
order Verrucomicrobiales Ward-Rainey et al. 1996 emend. Yoon et al. 2008
family Akkermansiaceae Hedlund and Derrien 2012
genus Akkermansia Derrien et al. 2004

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Akkermansia Derrien et al. 2004. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.8445.

Source File

10.1601/tx.8445.xml


This information was last reviewed on September 20, 2016.

References

Ouwerkerk JP, Aalvink S, Belzer C, de Vos WM. Akkermansia glycaniphila sp. nov.: an anaerobic mucin-degrading bacterium isolated from reticulated python faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4614-4620. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001399 [PubMed].
Hedlund BP, Derrien M. Family II. Akkermansiaceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second Edition, Volume 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 809.
Derrien M, Vaughan EE, Plugge CM, de Vos WM. Akkermansia muciniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a human intestinal mucin-degrading bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1469-1476. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02873-0 [PubMed].