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Lucifera butyrica
Species of bacteria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lucifera is a genus of bacteria in the Sporomusaceae family.[1] Sanchez-Andrea et al. in 2018 described a novel species of a novel genus, for which they proposed the name Lucifera butyrica.[2]
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Etymology
The name Lucifera, Latin for "Light-bringing", refers to the bacterium's shape which is like a match,[1] and the old term "Lucifer" for a match.
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