Agathobacter rectalis

Agathobacter rectalis (formerly Eubacterium rectale) is a Gram-positive, butyrate-producing, anaerobic, rod-shaped and non-spore-forming bacterium from the genus of Agathobacter with a single flagellate which occur in the rumen content of sheep and cows.^[1][2][3][4]

Agathobacter rectalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Eubacteriales
Family:	Lachnospiraceae
Genus:	Agathobacter
Species:	A. rectalis
Binomial name
Agathobacter rectalis Rosero et al. 2016[1]
Type strain
ATCC 33656[2]
Synonyms
Bacteroides rectalis,[2] Pseudobacterium rectale,[2] Roseburia rectale[2]