''Collinsella tanakaei'' is a Gram-positive, strictly anaerobic, non-

spore In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, f ...

-forming and

rod-shaped A bacillus (), also called a bacilliform bacterium or often just a rod (when the context makes the sense clear), is a rod-shaped bacterium or archaeon. Bacilli are found in many different taxonomic groups of bacteria. However, the name ''Bacillu ...

bacterium from the genus of ''

Collinsella ''Collinsella'' is a genus of Actinomycetota, in the family Coriobacteriaceae The Coriobacteriaceae a family of Actinomycetota The ''Actinomycetota'' (or ''Actinobacteria'') are a phylum of all gram-positive bacteria. They can be ter ...

'' which has been isolated from human faeces from

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References

Coriobacteriaceae Bacteria described in 2010 {{Actinobacteria-stub