Mucinivorans
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| Mucinivorans | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
| Class: | Bacteroidia |
| Order: | Bacteroidales |
| Family: | Rikenellaceae |
| Genus: | Mucinivorans Nelson et al. 2015[1] |
| Type species | |
| Mucinivorans hirudinis[1] | |
| Species | |
Mucinivorans is an anaerobic bacterial genus from the family of Rikenellaceae with one known species (Mucinivorans hirudinis).[1][2][3][4] Mucinivorans hirudinis has been isolated from the digestrive tract of the leech Hirudo verbana.[4][5]