''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 PB90-1
T (= DSM 11246
T).
Its
genome has been sequenced.
References
Further reading
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External links
LPSNType strain of ''Opitutus terrae'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabasemicrobewiki
Verrucomicrobiota
Medically important anaerobes
Bacteria described in 2001
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