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Mucispirillum
Genus of bacteria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mucispirillum is a genus in the phylum Deferribacterota (Bacteria). It is represented by the single species Mucispirillum schaedleri|. It has been found in the intestinal tract of some rodents and considered a commensal with some association to disease. This species has been found in cockroaches mice, turkeys, dogs, pigs, goats, termites, and sometimes humans. It is anaerobic and does not form spores. It is motile, flagellated and thought to have the ability to move through mucus.[2]
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Etymology
The name Mucispirillum derives from Latin noun mucus, mucus; Neo-Latin dim. neuter gender noun spirillum, a small spiral; Neo-Latin neuter gender noun mucispirillum, a small spiral rod of the mucus.
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[3] and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[4]
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Species
This genus contains a single species, namely M. schaedleri (Robertson et al. 2005, (Type species of the genus).; Neo-Latin genitive case noun schaedleri, of Schaedler, in honour of Russell Schaedler, active in the study of the bacteria of the intestinal tract of mammals.[11]
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