Aminiphilus

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Aminiphilus

| authority = Díaz et al. 2007{{cite journal |title=Aminiphilus |journal=LPSN |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/aminiphilus}}

| type_species = Aminiphilus circumscriptus

| type_species_authority = Diaz et al. 2007

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• A. circumscriptus

| synonyms =

}}

Aminiphilus is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming and motile genus of bacteria from the family of Synergistaceae with one known species (Aminiphilus circumscriptus).{{cite journal |title=Aminiphilus |website=www.uniprot.org |url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/290731}}{{cite journal |last1=Parker |first1=Charles Thomas |last2=Garrity |first2=George M |editor2-first=George M |editor2-last=Garrity |editor1-first=Charles Thomas |editor1-last=Parker |title=Taxonomic Abstract for the genera. |date=1 August 2008 |doi=10.1601/tx.11328 |publisher=NamesforLife, LLC |language=en}}{{cite journal |last1=Díaz |first1=C |last2=Baena |first2=S |last3=Fardeau |first3=ML |last4=Patel |first4=BK |title=Aminiphilus circumscriptus gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic amino-acid-degrading bacterium from an upflow anaerobic sludge reactor. |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |date=August 2007 |volume=57 |issue=Pt 8 |pages=1914–8 |doi=10.1099/ijs.0.63614-0 |pmid=17684281|doi-access=free }} Aminiphilus circumscriptus has been isolated from anaerobic sludge from Colombia.{{cite journal |title=Details: DSM-16581 |website=www.dsmz.de |url=https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-16581.html}}