Metabacterium
Genus of bacteria
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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]
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| Genus: | Chatton & Perard 1913 |
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| Metabacterium polyspora Chatton & Perard 1913 | |
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