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Atopobacter

Atopobacter is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped and facultatively anaerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Carnobacteriaceae with one known species. Atopobacter phocae has been isolated from common seals.

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Atopobacter
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Carnobacteriaceae
Genus: Atopobacter
Lawson et al. 20001
Type species
Atopobacter phocae1
Species

A. phocae1

Atopobacter is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped and facultatively anaerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Carnobacteriaceae with one known species (A. phocae).1234 Atopobacter phocae has been isolated from common seals.4

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References

  1. "Genus: Atopobacter". LPSN.DSMZ.de.
  2. "Atopobacter". www.uniprot.org.
  3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Osier, Nicole Danielle; Garrity, George M. (2009). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomy of the genus Atopobacter Lawson et al. 2000". doi:10.1601/tx.5555. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Lawson, P A; Foster, G; Falsen, E; Ohlén, M; Collins, M D (1 September 2000). "Atopobacter phocae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from common seals". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50 (5): 1755–1760. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-5-1755. PMID 11034483.