Agathobacter rectalis

Agathobacter rectalis 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]

Agathobacter rectalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
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] Eubacterium rectale[2]

It is suggested that Eubacterium rectale is a synonym of A. rectalis,^[1] but this is not universally accepted.^[3][4]

Reduced numbers of Agathobacter rectalis in the gut may be a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease.^[5]