Virgisporangium

Virgisporangium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Class:	Actinobacteria
Subclass:	Actinobacteridae
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Micromonosporineae
Family:	Micromonosporaceae
Genus:	Virgisporangium; Tamura, et al. 2001
Species
	Virgisporangium aliadipatigenens; Virgisporangium aurantiacum ; Virgisporangium ochraceum

Virgisporangium is a genus of gram-positive bacteria. Virgisporangium are rod-shaped, motile, and form spores. They require oxygen to survive. They are generally found in the soil. The type species is Virgisporangium ochraceum, which was the first species of Virgisporangium described.^[1]

References

^ Tamura T; Hayakawa M; Hatano K (2001). "A new genus of the order Actinomycetales, Virgosporangium gen. nov., with descriptions of Virgosporangium ochraceum sp. nov. and Virgosporangium aurantiacum sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 51: 1809–1816. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-5-1809. PMID 11594613.

External links

LPSN page on Virgisporangium

[Tamura2001-1] Tamura T; Hayakawa M; Hatano K (2001). "A new genus of the order Actinomycetales, Virgosporangium gen. nov., with descriptions of Virgosporangium ochraceum sp. nov. and Virgosporangium aurantiacum sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 51: 1809–1816. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-5-1809. PMID 11594613.

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