The Genus Alistipes: Gut Bacteria With Emerging Implications to Inflammation, Cancer, and Mental Health

Alistipes is a relatively new genus of bacteria isolated primarily from medical clinical samples, although at a low rate compared to other genus members of the Bacteroidetes phylum, which are highly relevant in dysbiosis and disease. According to the taxonomy database at The National Center for Biotechnology Information, the genus consists of thirteen species: A. finegoldii, A. putredinis, A. onderdonkii, A. shahii, A. indistinctus, A. senegalensis, A. timonensis, A. obesi, A. ihumii, A. inops, A. megaguti, A. provencensis, and A. massiliensis. Although typically isolated from the human gut microbiome various species of this genus have been isolated from patients suffering from appendicitis, and abdominal and…

• WS
  Wayne State University
• CW
  Case Western Reserve University
• CA
  Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
• NI
  National Institutes of Health

  Awards: P30DK097948, DK118373, R21 DK118373