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Gor.do.ni.bac'ter. N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Gordonibacter, a rod named after Jeffrey I. Gordon, the Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Center for Genome Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; N.L. masc. n. bacter a rod; N.L. masc. n. Gordonibacter a rod named after Jeffrey I. Gordon.

Actinomycetota / Coriobacteriia / Eggerthellales / Eggerthellaceae / Gordonibacter

The genus Gordonibacter accommodates bacteria species that are part of the human gut microbiota and have the ability to metabolize dietary polyphenols such as ellagitannins into bioactive metabolites known as urolithins. Cells of this genus are Gram‐positive, obligatorily anaerobic, motile, non‐spore‐forming, and short‐rod shaped. Often, one cell end appears conical in shape with a pronounced apex ending and with subpolar flagellum insertion. Cells are …