Pasteuriaceae
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| Pasteuriaceae | |
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| Pasteuria ramosa spores | |
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Bacillales |
| Family: | Pasteuriaceae Laurent 1890 |
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Pasteuriaceae is a family of nonmotile Gram-positive bacteria. They are moderately to strongly resistant to heat.[3] Species in this family produce a septate mycelium with one refractile endospore. The mycelium grows bigger on one end to form sporangia and sometimes endospores.[4] The size of the endospores is different for each species of the genus Pasteuria. Species of the family of Pastueriaceae are endoparasitic in plant, soil, and freshwater invertebrates.[3][4]
