Virgisporangium

Virgisporangium is a genus of gram-positive bacteria.[1] Virgisporangium are rod-shaped, motile, and form spores. They require oxygen to survive. They are generally found in the soil.

Virgisporangium
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micromonosporales
Family: Micromonosporaceae
Genus: Virgisporangium
corrig. Tamura et al. 2001[1]
Type species
Virgisporangium ochraceum
corrig. Tamura et al. 2001
Species[2]
  • V. aliadipatigenens Otoguro et al. 2011
  • V. aurantiacum corrig. Tamura et al. 2001
  • V. myanmarense Yamamura et al. 2018
  • V. ochraceum corrig. Tamura et al. 2001
Synonyms
  • Virgosporangium Tamura et al. 2001

References
  1. Tamura T; Hayakawa M; Hatano K (2001). "A new genus of the order Actinomycetales, Virgosporangium gen. nov., with descriptions of Virgosporangium ochraceum sp. nov. and Virgosporangium aurantiacum sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 51 (5): 1809–1816. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-5-1809. PMID 11594613.
  2. LPSN page on Virgisporangium


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