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Turicibacter sp. H121 cells under microscope | |
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Turicibacter sp. H121 colonies | |
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Family: | Turicibacteraceae Verbarg et al. 2020
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Genus: | Turicibacter Bosshard, Zbinden & Altwegg 2002
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Turicibacter sanguinis Bosshard, Zbinden & Altwegg 2002
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Turicibacter is a genus in the Bacillota phylum of bacteria that has most commonly been found in the guts of animals. [1] The genus is named after the city in which it was first isolated from the blood of a human, Zurich (Latin = Turicum), Switzerland. [2]
The position of Turicibacter within the Bacillota could not be resolved using 16S rRNA gene-based analyses. However, it was tentatively placed in the class Bacilli, then the class Erysipelotrichia. [3]
In a tree built using a concatenated protein alignment containing data from two draft Turicibacter genomes, the group was placed at the base of the class Bacilli. [4] Later analyses that also included amino acid sequences predicted by a complete Turicibacter genome came to the same conclusion. [1]
Turicibacter | |
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Turicibacter sp. H121 cells under microscope | |
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Turicibacter sp. H121 colonies | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
Order: | |
Family: | Turicibacteraceae Verbarg et al. 2020
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Genus: | Turicibacter Bosshard, Zbinden & Altwegg 2002
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Type species | |
Turicibacter sanguinis Bosshard, Zbinden & Altwegg 2002
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Species | |
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Turicibacter is a genus in the Bacillota phylum of bacteria that has most commonly been found in the guts of animals. [1] The genus is named after the city in which it was first isolated from the blood of a human, Zurich (Latin = Turicum), Switzerland. [2]
The position of Turicibacter within the Bacillota could not be resolved using 16S rRNA gene-based analyses. However, it was tentatively placed in the class Bacilli, then the class Erysipelotrichia. [3]
In a tree built using a concatenated protein alignment containing data from two draft Turicibacter genomes, the group was placed at the base of the class Bacilli. [4] Later analyses that also included amino acid sequences predicted by a complete Turicibacter genome came to the same conclusion. [1]