Genus Erysipelothrix
Rosenbach 1909
Gram-positive slender rods, non-spore-forming, non-capsulated,
non-motile, facultative anaerobic, temperature limits of growth 5 to
42 ºC, fermentative activity weak, acid but no gas produced from
glucose and certain other carbohydrates. Negative for catalase,
oxidase, indole, methyl-red, Voges - Proskauer. H
2S positive, nitrates
not reduced. Some may be pathogenic for mammals, fish or birds.
(c) Costin Stoica
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* species not included in ABIS
identification databases
** use Streptococcus database
for identification
Genus Allobaculum
Greetham et al. 2006
Family Erysipelotrichaceae
Verbarg et al. 2004
Genus Bulleidia
Downes et al. 2000
Genus Holdemania
Willems et al. 1997
Genus Solobacterium
Kageyama and Benno 2000
Genus Turicibacter
Bosshard et al. 2002
Genus Faecalicoccus **
De Maesschalck et al. 2014
Family Turicibacteraceae
Verbarg et al. 2004
Genus Faecalitalea **
De Maesschalck et al. 2014
Genus Holdemanella
De Maesschalck et al. 2014
Genus Allocoprobacillus
Teng et al. 2023
Genus Amedibacterium
Ikeyama et al. 2020
Genus Amedibacillus
Ikeyama et al. 2020
Genus Anaerorhabdus
Shah and Collins 1986
Genus Breznakia
Tegtmeier et al. 2016
NOTES


Ikeyama et al 2020 reclassified

Eubacterium dolichum
Moore et al. 1976
as
Amedibacillus dolichus

Verbarg et al. 2020 reclassified the
genus
Turicibacter from the family
Erysipelotrichaceae to a newly created
family Turicibacteraceae.
Genus Catenisphaera
Kanno et al. 2015
Genus Copranaerobaculum
Feng et al. 2022
Genus Stecheria
Wylensek et al. 2021
Genus Tannockella
Pardesi et al. 2022
Genus Zhonglingia
Huang et al. 2025
Zhonglingia intestinalis *
Genus Longibaculum
Lagkouvardos et al. 2016
Genus Longicatena
Lagkouvardos et al. 2016
Genus Intestinibaculum
Kim et al. 2020
Genus Floccifex
Wylensek et al. 2021
Genus Ileibacterium
Cox et al. 2017
Genus Dielma
Ramasamy et al. 2016
Genus Dubosiella
Cox et al. 2017
Genus Faecalibacillus
Seo et al. 2019
Genus Faecalibaculum
Chang et al. 2016