Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus

Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus is a species of bacteria belonging to the family Peptoniphilaceae. The cells are small, spherical, and can occur in short chains, in pairs or individually.^[2] Peptostreptococcus are slow-growing bacteria sometimes resistant to antimicrobial drugs.^[3]

Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Tissierellales
Family:	Peptoniphilaceae
Genus:	Peptoniphilus
Species:	P. asaccharolyticus
Binomial name
Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus (Distaso 1912) Ezaki et al. 2001[1]
Synonyms
Peptococcus asaccharolyticus (Distaso 1912) Douglas 1957[1] Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus (Distaso 1912) Ezaki et al. 1983[1] "Schleiferella asaccharolytica" Rajendram et al. 2001[1] Staphylococcus asaccharolyticus Distaso 1912[1]

Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus is present as part of the microbiota of the lower reproductive tract of women and has been recovered from women with pelvic inflammatory disease.^[4][5]