Opitutus terrae

Opitutus terrae is an obligately anaerobic (cannot grow in the presence of oxygen) bacterium first isolated from rice paddy soil, hence its epithet. It is coccus-shaped and is motile by means of a flagellum. Its type strain is PB90-1^T (= DSM 11246^T).^[1] Its genome has been sequenced.^[2]

Opitutus terrae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Verrucomicrobiota
Class:	Opitutae
Order:	Opitutales
Family:	Opitutaceae
Genus:	Opitutus
Species:	O. terrae
Binomial name
Opitutus terrae Chin et al. 2001