Coriobacterium

Coriobacterium
Several strand-like structures resting on top of and surrounding one another, the image is in black and white and the scale is at the micrometre level
An image of Coriobacterium glomerans, the only known species of Coriobacterium, taken using an electron microscope
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Coriobacteriia
Order: Coriobacteriales
Family: Coriobacteriaceae
Genus:
Haas and König 1988[1]
Type species
Coriobacterium glomerans
Haas & König 1988
Species[2]
  • C. glomerans

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]

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References

  1. ^ a b A.C. Parte; et al. "Coriobacterium". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  2. ^ C.L. Schoch; et al. "Coriobacterium". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
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