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Metallibacterium

Metallibacterium is a Gram-negative genus of Pseudomonadota from the family of Lysobacteraceae with one known species. Metallibacterium scheffleri has been isolated from acidic biofilm from a pyrite mine from the Harz Mountain in Germany.

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Metallibacterium
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Lysobacterales
Family: Lysobacteraceae
Genus: Metallibacterium
Ziegler et al. 20131
Species:
M. scheffleri
Binomial name
Metallibacterium scheffleri
Ziegler et al. 20131

Metallibacterium is a Gram-negative genus of Pseudomonadota from the family of Lysobacteraceae with one known species (Metallibacterium scheffleri).2134 Metallibacterium scheffleri has been isolated from acidic biofilm from a pyrite mine from the Harz Mountain in Germany.52

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  2. Ziegler, S; Waidner, B; Itoh, T; Schumann, P; Spring, S; Gescher, J (April 2013). "Metallibacterium scheffleri gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkalinizing gammaproteobacterium isolated from an acidic biofilm". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63 (Pt 4): 1499–504. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.042986-0. PMID 22863988.
  3. "Metallibacterium". www.uniprot.org.
  4. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (1 January 2003). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomic Abstract for the genera". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/tx.24013.
  5. "Details: DSM-24874". www.dsmz.de.