Anaerobacter Duda et al., 1996
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- phylum
- Firmicutes
- class
- Clostridia
- order
- Clostridiales
- family
- Clostridiaceae
- genus
- Anaerobacter
Abstract
Anaerobacter is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria related to Clostridium. They are anaerobic chemotrophs and are unusual spore-formers as they produce more than one spore per bacterial cell (up to five). They fix nitrogen. Their G+C content is 29%. Only one species of this genus (Anaerobacter polyendosporus) has been described.
Name
- Homonyms
- Anaerobacter Duda et al., 1996