Coriobacterium
| Coriobacterium | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
| Class: | Actinobacteria |
| Order: | Coriobacteriales |
| Family: | Coriobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Coriobacterium Haas & König 1988 |
| Species | |
|
Coriobacterium glomerans | |
Coriobacterium is a genus of Actinobacteria, in the family Coriobacteriaceae. Coriobacterium are non-motile, Gram-positive, non-sporulating rods, which inhabit the gastrointestinal tract of firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus). Up to now there is only on species of this genus known (Coriobacterium glomerans)[1]
See also
- Bifidobacterium—a similar genus of bacteria.
References
External links
- http://venus.uwindsor.ca/courses/biology/fackrell/Microbes/20340.htm
- http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/c/coriobacterium.html
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