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	'''''Sharpea azabuensis''''' is a [[Gram-positive]], strictly [[~~anaerobe~~\|anaerobic]], non-spore-forming, non-motile bacterium belonging to the genus ''[[Sharpea]]''. It was first described in 2008 following its isolation from the [[feces]] of [[thoroughbred horses]] in Ibaraki, [[Japan]].<ref name="Morita2008" />		'''''Sharpea azabuensis''''' is a [[wikipedia:Gram-positive\|Gram-positive]], strictly [[wikipedia:Anaerobe\|anaerobic]], non-spore-forming, non-motile bacterium belonging to the genus ''[[Sharpea]]''. It was first described in 2008 following its isolation from the [[wikipedia:Feces\|feces]] of [[wikipedia:Thoroughbred horses\|thoroughbred horses]] in Ibaraki, [[wikipedia:Japan\|Japan]].<ref name="Morita2008" />

	== Ecology and distribution ==		== Ecology and distribution ==
	In addition to its original isolation from horses, ''S. azabuensis'' has been recovered from the lower [[gastrointestinal tract]] of pigs <ref name="Rahman2025" /> and from the [[rumen]] of calves.<ref name="BacDive2025" />		In addition to its original isolation from horses, ''S. azabuensis'' has been recovered from the lower [[wikipedia:Gastrointestinal tract\|gastrointestinal tract]] of pigs <ref name="Rahman2025" /> and from the [[wikipedia:Rumen\|rumen]] of calves.<ref name="BacDive2025" />

	==Etymology==		==Etymology==

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	==Etymology==		==Etymology==
	The species epithet ''azabuensis'' is an arbitrary name referring to the Azabu "Academic Frontier" Project, which supported the study describing the species through Japan's Private Universities Matching Fund Subsidy.<ref name="LPSN"/>		The species epithet ''azabuensis'' is an arbitrary name referring to the Azabu "Academic Frontier" Project, which supported the study describing the species through Japan's Private Universities Matching Fund Subsidy.<ref name="LPSN"/>

			== Global Methane Hub Strains ==

			* [[Sharpea azabuensis KH1P5\|''Sharpea azabuensis'' KH1P5]]

	== References ==		== References ==

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{{Short description|Anaerobic, lactic acid–producing bacterium from horse, pig, and calf gut}}

{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Sharpea azabuensis
| authority = Morita ''et al.'' 2008
| type_strain = ST18<small> (=DSM 18934 = JCM 14210)</small>
}}

'''''Sharpea azabuensis''''' is a [[Gram-positive]], strictly [[anaerobe|anaerobic]], non-spore-forming, non-motile bacterium belonging to the genus ''[[Sharpea]]''. It was first described in 2008 following its isolation from the [[feces]] of [[thoroughbred horses]] in Ibaraki, [[Japan]].<ref name="Morita2008" />

== Ecology and distribution ==
In addition to its original isolation from horses, ''S. azabuensis'' has been recovered from the lower [[gastrointestinal tract]] of pigs <ref name="Rahman2025" /> and from the [[rumen]] of calves.<ref name="BacDive2025" />

==Etymology==
The species epithet ''azabuensis'' is an arbitrary name referring to the Azabu "Academic Frontier" Project, which supported the study describing the species through Japan's Private Universities Matching Fund Subsidy.<ref name="LPSN"/>

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="Morita2008">{{cite journal
|last1=Morita |first1=H.
|last2=Shiratori |first2=C.
|last3=Murakami |first3=M.
|last4=Takami |first4=H.
|last5=Toh |first5=H.
|last6=Kato |first6=Y.
|last7=Nakajima |first7=F.
|last8=Takagi |first8=M.
|last9=Akita |first9=H.
|last10=Masaoka |first10=T.
|last11=Hattori |first11=M.
|title=''Sharpea azabuensis'' gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, strictly anaerobic bacterium isolated from the faeces of thoroughbred horses
|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
|volume=58
|issue=Pt 12
|pages=2682–2686
|year=2008
|doi=10.1099/ijs.0.65543-0
|pmid=19060040}}</ref>

<ref name="Rahman2025">{{cite journal
|last1=Rahman|first1=N.
|last2=McCullough|first2=T.
|last3=Orozco|first3=D. F.
|last4=Walkowiak|first4=S.
|last5=Farzan|first5=A.
|last6=Shekarriz|first6=S.
|last7=Surette|first7=M. G.
|last8=Cicek|first8=N.
|last9=Derakhshani|first9=H.
|title=Genomic characterization of antimicrobial resistance and mobile genetic elements in swine gut bacteria isolated from a Canadian research farm
|journal=Animal Microbiome
|volume=7 |issue=1 |page=66 |year=2025
|doi=10.1186/s42523-025-00432-w
|doi-access=free
|pmid=40533851
|pmc=12175345}}</ref>

<ref name="BacDive2025">{{cite web
|title=''Sharpea azabuensis'' strain ST28 – BacDive entry
|url=https://bacdive.dsmz.de/strain/5379
|website=BacDive – the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
|publisher=Leibniz Institute DSMZ
|access-date=16 July 2025}}</ref>

<ref name="LPSN">{{cite web
|title=''Sharpea azabuensis'' – LPSN
|website=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
|url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/sharpea-azabuensis
|access-date=16 July 2025}}</ref>
</references>

== External links ==
* [https://bacdive.dsmz.de/strain/5376 BacDive – type strain ST18 of ''Sharpea azabuensis'']
* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=322505 NCBI Taxonomy Browser]

[[Category:Coprobacillaceae]]
[[Category:Gram-positive bacteria]]
[[Category:Anaerobes]]
[[Category:Bacteria described in 2008]]

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