Biology:Metabacterium
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Short description: Genus of bacteria
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| Order: | Eubacteriales
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| Genus: | Metabacterium
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| Species: | M. polyspora
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| Metabacterium polyspora Chatton and Perard, 1913
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Metabacterium polyspora is an unusual multiple endospore-producing bacterium isolated from the cecum of guinea pigs.[1] This bacterium is physically similar to the phylogenetically related surgeonfish intestinal symbiont Epulopiscium fishelsoni.[2]
References
- ↑ "Schizophytes du caecum du cobaye. II. Metabacterium polyspora n. g., n. s.". C.R. Hebd. Soc. Biol. 74 (156): 1232–34. 1913.
- ↑ "Phylogenetic Analysis of Metabacterium polyspora: Clues to the Evolutionary Origin of Daughter Cell Production in Epulopiscium Species, the Largest Bacteria". J Bacteriol 178 (5): 1451–56. 1996. doi:10.1128/jb.178.5.1451-1456.1996. PMID 8631724.
Further reading
Ward, Rebekah J. (March 2008). "DNA replication during endospore development in Metabacterium polyspora". Molecular Microbiology 67 (6): 1360–1370. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06129.x. PMID 18284580.
Wikidata ☰ Q6822318 entry
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