Tetrasphaera elongata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
Class: | Actinobacteria |
Subclass: | Actinobacteridae |
Order: | Actinomycetales |
Suborder: | Micrococcineae |
Family: | Intrasporangiaceae |
Genus: | Tetrasphaera |
Species: | T. elongata |
Binomial name | |
Tetrasphaera elongata Hanada et al. 2002 |
Tetrasphaera elongata is a polyphosphate-accumulating bacterium. It is meso-diaminopimelic acid-containing, gram-positive, asporogenous oval to rod-shaped and an aerobic chemoheterotroph, with type strain Lp2T (= JCM 11141T = DSM 14184T).