Butyrivibrio hungatei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Firmicutes |
Class: | Clostridia |
Order: | Clostridiales |
Family: | Lachnospiraceae |
Genus: | Butyrivibrio |
Species: | B. altitudinis |
Binomial name | |
Butyrivibrio hungatei Kopecný et al. 2003 |
Butyrivibrio hungatei is a species of Gram-negative, anaerobic, non-spore-forming, butyrate-producing bacteria. It is curved rod-shaped and motile by means of single polar or subpolar flagellum and is common in the rumen. Its type strain is JK 615T (=DSM 14810T =ATCC BAA-456T).