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Anaerobacter

Anaerobacter is 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. They fix nitrogen. Their G+C content is 29%. Only one species of this genus has been described.

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Anaerobacter
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Eubacteriales
Family: Clostridiaceae
Genus: Anaerobacter
Duda et al. 1996
Type species
Anaerobacter polyendosporus
Duda et al. 19961
Species
  • Anaerobacter polyendosporus

Anaerobacter is 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).2 They fix nitrogen. Their G+C content is 29%.3 Only one species of this genus (Anaerobacter polyendosporus) has been described.1

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References

References

  1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  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, eds. (2005). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (11th ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-144329-1.