Anaerobacter

Anaerobacter
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Clostridia
Order: Clostridiales
Family: Clostridiaceae
Genus: Anaerobacter
Duda et al. 1996[1]
Species

A polyendosporus[1]

Anaerobacter are a genus of Gram-positive bacteria related to Clostridium. They are anaerobic chemotrophs and are unusual spore-formers as they produce more than one spore per bacterial cell (up to five spores).[2] They fix nitrogen. G+C content 29.[3] Up to now there is only one species of this genus known (Anaerobacter polyendosporus).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 LPSN bacterio.net
  2. Siunov A, Nikitin D, Suzina N, Dmitriev V, Kuzmin N, Duda V (1999). "Phylogenetic status of Anaerobacter polyendosporus, an anaerobic, polysporogenic bacterium." (PDF). Int J Syst Bacteriol 49 (3): 1119–24. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-3-1119. PMID 10425769.
  3. Madigan M; Martinko J (editors). (2005). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (11th ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-144329-1.
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