Metabacterium polyspora Chatton & Perard, 1913
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- phylum
- Firmicutes
- class
- Clostridia
- order
- Eubacteriales
- genus
- Metabacterium
- species
- Metabacterium polyspora
Abstract
Metabacterium polyspora is an unusual multiple endospore-producing bacterium isolated from the cecum of guinea pigs. This bacterium is physically similar to the phylogenetically related surgeonfish intestinal symbiont Epulopiscium fishelsoni.