Alistipes

Alistipes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacteroidetes
Class:	Bacteroidia
Order:	Bacteroidales
Family:	Rikenellaceae
Genus:	Alistipes
Type species
A. putredinis

Alistipes is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria).

The name Alistipes derives from:
Latin adjective alius, other; Latin masculine gender noun stipes, a log, stock, post, trunk of a tree, stick; New Latin masculine gender noun alistipes, the other stick.

The genus contains 5 species, namely

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