Coriobacterium
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| An image of Coriobacterium glomerans, the only known species of Coriobacterium, taken using an electron microscope | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Coriobacteriia |
| Order: | Coriobacteriales |
| Family: | Coriobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Coriobacterium Haas and König 1988[1] |
| Type species | |
| Coriobacterium glomerans Haas & König 1988
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| Species[2] | |
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Coriobacterium is a genus of Actinomycetota, in the family Coriobacteriaceae. Coriobacterium are non-motile, Gram-positive, non-sporulating rods, which inhabit the gastrointestinal tract of firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus). Up to now there is only one species of this genus known (Coriobacterium glomerans).[1]
See also
[edit]- Bifidobacterium a similar genus of bacteria.
- List of bacteria genera
- List of bacterial orders
References
[edit]- ^ a b A.C. Parte; et al. "Coriobacterium". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ C.L. Schoch; et al. "Coriobacterium". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
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