Biology:Metabacterium

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Short description: Genus of bacteria

Metabacterium
Scientific classification
Domain:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Eubacteriales
Family:
Genus:
Metabacterium
Species:
M. polyspora
Binomial name
Metabacterium polyspora
Chatton and Perard, 1913

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

  1. "Schizophytes du caecum du cobaye. II. Metabacterium polyspora n. g., n. s.". C.R. Hebd. Soc. Biol. 74 (156): 1232–34. 1913. 
  2. "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