Metabacterium

Metabacterium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	incertae sedis
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Metabacterium [1] [2] Chatton & Perard 1913
Type species
Metabacterium polyspora Chatton & Perard 1913
Species
M. polyspora

Metabacterium polyspora is an unusual multiple endospore-producing bacterium isolated from the cecum of guinea pigs. ^[3] This bacterium is physically similar to the phylogenetically related surgeonfish intestinal symbiont Epulopiscium fishelsoni . ^[4]

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. J.P. Euzéby. "Metabacterium". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2022-09-09.
2. Sayers; et al. "Metabacterium". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
3. Chatton E, Perard C (1913). "Schizophytes du caecum du cobaye. II. Metabacterium polyspora n. g., n. s.". C.R. Hebd. Soc. Biol. 74 (156): 1232–34.
4. Angert ER, Brook AE, Pace NR (1996). "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. doi:10.1128/jb.178.5.1451-1456.1996. PMC   177821 . 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. S2CID   28892318.