Blastobacter

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Blastobacter
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Blastobacter

Zavarzin 1961 [1]
Type species
Blastobacter henricii [2]
Species
  • B. henricii Zavarzin 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)
  • "Blastobacter viscosus" Loginova and Trotsenko 1979

Blastobacter is a genus of bacteria from the family Nitrobacteraceae. [3] Most of the species originally ascribed to Blastobacter have been transferred to other genera, with Blastobacter henricii as the only remaining valid species. [4] To complicate matters, no type strain is available for Blastobacter henricii, [4] so the entire genus may be dismantled.

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References

  1. Zavarzin GA. (1961). "Budding bacteria". Mikrobiologiya. 30: 952–975. PMID   14009937.
  2. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  3. UniProt
  4. 1 2 LPSN entry for Blastobacter

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