Opitutus terrae
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| Opitutus terrae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Verrucomicrobiota |
| Class: | Opitutae |
| Order: | Opitutales |
| Family: | Opitutaceae |
| Genus: | Opitutus |
| Species: | O. terrae |
| Binomial name | |
| Opitutus terrae Chin et al. 2001 | |
Opitutus terrae is an obligately anaerobic (cannot grow in the presence of oxygen) bacterium first isolated from rice paddy soil, hence its epithet. It is coccus-shaped and is motile by means of a flagellum. Its type strain is PB90-1T (= DSM 11246T).[1] Its genome has been sequenced.[2]
