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] It is the only species in the genus Metabacterium. This bacterium is physically similar to the phylogenetically related surgeonfish intestinal symbiont Epulopiscium fishelsoni.[4]
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| Genus: | Metabacterium |
| Species: | M. polyspora |
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| Metabacterium polyspora Chatton & Perard 1913 | |
