Virgisporangium
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| Class: | Actinobacteria
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| Order: | Micromonosporales
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| Genus: | Virgisporangium Tamura et al. 2001
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Virgisporangium is a genus of gram-positive bacteria. Virgisporangium are rod-shaped, motile, and form spores. They require oxygen to survive. They are generally found in the soil. The type species is Virgisporangium ochraceum, which was the first species of Virgisporangium described.[1]
References[]
- ^ Tamura T; Hayakawa M; Hatano K (2001). "A new genus of the order Actinomycetales, Virgosporangium gen. nov., with descriptions of Virgosporangium ochraceum sp. nov. and Virgosporangium aurantiacum sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 51 (5): 1809–1816. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-5-1809. PMID 11594613.
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Categories:
- Bacteria described in 2001
- Micromonosporineae
- Bacteria genera