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Terrisporobacter

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Terrisporobacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Eubacteriales
Family: Peptostreptococcaceae
Genus: Terrisporobacter
Gerritsen et al. 2014
Type species
Terrisporobacter glycolicus
(Gaston and Stadtman 1963) Gerritsen et al. 2014[1]
Species

Terrisporobacter is a genus of Gram-positive spore-forming bacteria in the family Peptostreptococcaceae. Members of this genus were once classified as Clostridium until phylogenetic data revealed it should be a distinct genus.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Parte, A.C. "Terrisporobacter glycolicus". LPSN.
  2. ^ Gerritsen, J.; Fuentes, S.; Grievink, W.; van Niftrik, L.; Tindall, B.J.; Timmerman, H.M.; Rijkers, G.T.; Smidt, H. (May 2014). "Characterization of Romboutsia ilealis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat, and proposal for the reclassification of five closely related members of the genus Clostridium into the genera Romboutsia gen. nov., Intestinibacter gen. nov., Terrisporobacter gen. nov. and Asaccharospora gen. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 64 (5): 1600–1616. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.059543-0. PMID 24480908.