Anaerobacter

<i>Anaerobacter</i>

Anaerobacter

Genus of bacteria

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).[2] They fix nitrogen. Their G+C content is 29%.[3] Only one species of this genus (Anaerobacter polyendosporus) has been described.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. [2]
    Siunov A, Nikitin D, Suzina N, Dmitriev V, Kuzmin N, Duda V (1999). "Phylogenetic status of Anaerobacter polyendosporus, an anaerobic, polysporogenic bacterium" (PDF). Int J Syst Bacteriol. 49 (3): 1119–24. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-3-1119. PMID 10425769.
  3. [3]
    Madigan M; Martinko J, eds. (2005). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (11th ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-144329-1.


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