Opitutus terrae Chin et al., 2001
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
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Classification
- phylum
- Verrucomicrobiota
- class
- Opitutae
- order
- Opitutales
- family
- Opitutaceae
- genus
- Opitutus
- species
- Opitutus terrae
Abstract
Opitutus terrae is an obligately anaerobic (cannot grow in the presence of oxygen) bacterium first isolated from rice paddy soil, hence its epithet. It is coccus-shaped and is motile by means of a flagellum. Its type strain is PB90-1T (= DSM 11246T). Its genome has been sequenced.
Name
- Homonyms
- Opitutus terrae Chin et al., 2001