Lopez-Siles,M, Duncan,SH, Garcia-Gil,LJ, Martinez- Medina,M, ISME J 11:841-852, 2017
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii is a commensal bacterium, ubiquitous in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals and humans. This species is a functionally important member of the microbiota and studies suggest it has an impact on the physiology and health of the host. F. prausnitzii is the only identified species in the genus Faecalibacterium , but a recent study clustered strains of this species in two different phylogroups.