''Alistipes indistinctus'' is a
Gram-negative,
anaerobic, non-
spore
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-forming and non-motile bacterium from the genus of ''
Alistipes
''Alistipes'' is a Gram-negative genus of rod-shaped anaerobic bacteria in the phylum Bacteroidota. When members of this genus colonize the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract, they provide protective effects against colitis (intestinal inflammat ...
'' which has been isolated from human faeces from
Tokyo in
Japan
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.
References
Bacteria described in 2010
Bacteroidia
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